Tap Steps
A step having two sounds: a brush and a spank.
What is a shuffle?
A tap and ballroom dancer known for his elegant style; he appeared in many films with his partner, Ginger Rogers.
Who is Fred Astaire?
The speed of a piece of music.
What is tempo?
A step that can be done in place or turning, made up of the movements: step, shuffle, leap, toe-tip.
What is a Maxie Ford?
A 1952 film starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor.
What is Singin' in the Rain?
A step having four sounds: dig, spank, toe (or ball), heel.
What is a paradiddle (or paddle)?
An African-American tap dancer who brought tap more on its toes; he often danced with Shirley Temple.
Who is Bill "Bojangles" Robinson?
A rhythm playing three notes in the space of two.
What is a triplet?
This step consist of a shuffle, hop
What is an Irish?
A movie and musical in which Peggy Sawyer, a small-town girl, dreams of tapping her way to Broadway stardom.
What is 42nd Street?
This Step starts on 1 foot and ends on 1 foot
What is a Hop?
A performer who was in over 40 movies, including White Nights with Mikhail Baryshnikov.
Who is Gregory Hines?
The pattern or arrangement of musical beats and silence.
What is rhythm?
What is a Broadway?
A Cole Porter movie and musical that is a retelling of Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew. The movie starred Ann Miller.
What is Kiss Me, Kate?
A step historically used to set tempo that repeats for several measures; the basic step is a stomp, hop, step, flap, step.
What is a timestep?
A child prodigy who starred in The Tap Dance Kid on Broadway and won a Tony Award for Best Choreography for Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk.
Who is Savion Glover?
A rhythm that gives unequal weight to beats of the same value; "stressing the upbeat." Often thought of as more laid back.
What is swing rhythm?
This step is named after a city in New York?
What is a buffalo?
What famous tap dancer choreographed the movement for the movie Happy Feet?
Who is Savion Glover?
A step having 3 sounds: step, spank, heel drop.
What is a draw back?
A tapper known as the "Queen of Tap Dancing" on the silver screen; she starred in several movies during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Who is Eleanor Powell?
Accenting a note or notes that wouldn't normally be accented; rhythmic stresses or accents on the "off beat."
What is syncopation?
This step is from the South
What is a Charleston?
What is Phantom of the Opera?