Names of Tap Dancers
TV and Film
Broadway Shows
Tap History
Jazz Music
100
This tap dancer was known for their unique sound and style, as well as their “stair dance.”
Who is Bill “Bojangles” Robinson
100
Who hosted the 1989 PBS documentary “Tap Dance in America”?
Who is Gregory Hines?
100
What Broadway show has no music and no dialogue?Only rhythms made by stomping, using broomsticks, hitting garbage can lids and more.
What is STOMP?
100
True or False: Tap dance is a mix of African and Irish dancing.
Trick question. I would say no, but there is large debate in the tap community.
100
What is the most common time signature for jazz music?
What is 4/4?
200
Who is the tap dancer whose full name is James Titus Goldbolt?
Who is Jimmy Slyde?
200
What 1989 movie starred Gregory Hines, Sammy Davis Jr., Sandman Sims, and many other legendary tap dancers?
What is Tap?
200
Ayodele Casel choreographed this recent Broadway revival.
What is Funny Girl?
200
Name three styles of tap dance.
Flash act, Class act, Soft shoe, Broadway tap, Rhythm tap, Classical tap, Funk tap, Competition tap, etc.
200
Name three styles of jazz music.
Bebop, Ragtime, Dixieland, Bossa Nova, Soul jazz, Cool jazz, Swing, Jazz fusion, Hard-bop, etc.
300
Who is pictured below?
Who is Sammy Davis Jr.?
300
What is the name of the movie that features the Nichols Brother’s famous routine “Jumpin’ Jive”.
What is Stormy Weather?
300
This show, chorepgraphed by Savion Glover, celebrated the history of tap dance.
What is Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk?
300
True or False: Tap dancing developed and evolved more underground than it did on stage.
True!
300
In what decade did jazz’s popularity soar?
What is the 1920s?
400
Who is pictured below?
Who is Gene Kelly?
400
What movie/musical features the song “Good Morning”?
What is Singin’ in the Rain?
400
This show won a Tony in 1989 for Best Choreography.
What is Black and Blue? (Choreographed by Cholly Atkins, Henry LeTang, Frankie Manning, Fayard Nicholas)
400
What is the term for a variety act that often used blackface?
What is Vaudeville?
400
Name three jazz musicians
Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie, Herbie Hancock, Oscar Peterson, etc.
500
Who is pictured below?
Who is Derick Grant?
500
What movie featured the song “Too Darn Hot”?
What is Kiss Me Kate?
500
What was “the first show to make African-American dance an integral part of American musical theatre”?
What is Shuffle Along?
500
Name the tap dancer whose legs were insured by the film company RKO for $1,000,000.
Who is Ann Miller?
500
Name three jazz standards.
Fly Me to the Moon, Take the “A” Train, Watermelon Man, Summertime, Someday My Prince Will Come, Blue Bossa, Satin Doll, In a Sentimental Mood, The Girl From Ipanema, On Green Dolphin Street, How High the Moon, etc.