Music Theory
The speed of a piece of music.
Tempo
The movie about a penguin who just wanted to dance!
Happy Feet
Dancer 1
Shirley Temple
Good job!
What is the name of the National Anthem of Tap Dancers.
The Shim-Sham!
The pattern, or arrangement, of musical beats and silences.
Rhythm
The 1952 film starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds and Donald O'Connor.
Singin' In The Rain
Fred Astaire
Show me: a double wing
Well done!
True or False: Tap dancing is a blend of multiple types of dance from different cultures, with African and Irish roots.
True!
1 & a 2 & a 3 & a 4 & a
Twelfth Notes
A show-stopping number in this musical, based on a popular animated movie, features an ensemble of tap dancing rats as back-up dancers to a quirky princess.
Shrek The Musical
Dancer 3
Gene Kelly
Show me: a triple pick-up time step
You got it!
Which move is NOT a tap step?
1. Cincinnati 2. Hop and Bop
3. Rhythm Time Step
4. Irish
The Hop & Bop
Accenting a note - or notes - not normally accented; a rhythmic stress on the "off beat".
Syncopation
This Cole Porter musical takes place on a boat and features characters Reno Sweeney, Public Enemy No. 13 and Billy Crocker.
Anything Goes
Dancer 4
Mr. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
Show me: a 7 beat riff.
Fantastic!
In the United States, this term refers to a light entertainment popular from the mid-1890s until the early 1930s that consisted of unrelated acts featuring many tap dancers, comedians, singers, magicians, etc. A farce with music.
Vaudeville
A "rest" for the instrument, or in this case, the dancer. No sound is made, it is silent.
Tacet
A musical (and movie) in which Peggy Sawyer, a small-town American girl, dreams of tap dancing her way to Broadway stardom.
42nd Street
Dancer 5
Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates
Show me: a waltz step - any variation.
Awesome!
In the film Anchors Aweigh, Gene Kelly famously performs a tap dance number with which cartoon character?
a) Mickey Mouse
b) Jerry Mouse
c) Bambi
d) Jessica Rabbit
B) Jerry Mouse - as in Tom & Jerry!