Important People
This performer is known to have filmed a famous rainy scene with a fever
Gene Kelly
Cramp Roll
Step Step Heel Heel
What musical has an iconic tap dance opening?
42nd Street
Bill Bojangles Robinson stars with a young curly haired girl
Shirley Temple
This duo is known for tap dancing off pianos and sliding down staircases
Maxi Ford
Stamp Shuffle Step Tip
Vaudeville performers would finish their shows with this now iconic rhythm
Shave and Haircut 2 bit
This movies final scene boasts over 10 tap dance pioneers jamming together including Dr. Jimmy Slyde and Sammy Davis Jr.
Tap
This persons teachings aren't just elementary, they're rudimentary
Steve Condos
Shuffle Hop Step
Irish
Bill BoJangles Robinson's most famous performance wasn't performed on a stage but he moved up and down a...
Gregory Hines stars with Mikhail Baryshnikov with multiple scenes blending tap and ballet
White Nights
McArthur Genius Award winner that has been pushing tap into concert stages like the Joyce
Michelle Dorrance
This step communicated the tempo between the dancers and the musicians
Time Step
Plantations in the South banned these in 1740 to disconnect their enslaved people from what they thought was communication
Drums
Savion Glover brought this Broadway work to stages in 1996 and won Best Choreography telling the story of Black men
Bring in da Noise, Bring in da Funk
His birthday signifies the May 25th holiday, National Tap Dance Day
Bill "BoJangles" Robinson
The National Tap Dance Anthem
Shim Sham Shimmy
This dance originates from West Africa and is the root of what we call Tap dance today
The Djouba
This movie is known to have "one of the best dance scenes in history" and stars big names like Bill BoJangles Robinson, Katherine Dunham, and the Nicholas Brothers
Stormy Weather