Mixed Bag
Greek God of Music and Dance
Who is Apollo?
These chocolate treats were named after the sound the machine makes when depositing them
What is Hershey Kisses?
Tap Dancing Penguins star
(need movie and Star)
What is Happy Feet and Who is a Savion Glover?
True or False-- The tap dancers national anthem is known as the Shim Sham.
True Leonard Reed is accredited with developing it.
The speed of a piece of music
What is Tempo?
In what year did the idea to add metal taps to the bottom of leather shoes to make tap shoes happen?
1820, 1910, 1940, 1960
What is 1910? Before then, dancers would hammer pennies or nails into the soles of their shoes to make noise
On which continent are the most cocoa farms found?
What is Africia? 1.5-2million farms producing 2.15 million metric tons of cocoa beans. It takes 3-5 years for a tree to grow before producing cocoa beans.
The dance movie in which she carried a watermelon
What is Dirty Dancing?
The name for a tap dancer who dances very close to the floor, using mostly footwork and little upper body movement?
What is a hoofer?
A rhythm playing three notes in the space of two.
What is a triplet?
When is National Tap Day?
What is May 25? Signed into law in 1989 in the US.
the birthday of Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, the father of tap dancing.
This candy bar was named after a milkshake flavor containing chocolate, caramel and malted milk powder
What is Milky Way?
What movie earned Natalie Portman an Oscar for Best Actress?
What is Black Swan?
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 Time Step? Used to set tempo for the musicians
Name a Tap Dance Movie that hasn't been used in this game
Cotton Club (1984-Gregory Hines)
La La Land (2016)
Billy Elliot (2000),
Tap (1989-Gregory Hines),
Stormy Weather (1943-Nicholas Brothers),
Stepping Out (1991-Liza Minnelli & Gene Kelly)
In The Navy (1941-Steve Condos)
Anchors Aweigh (1945-Gene Kelly)
Back in 1942, she was most famous for her record breaking tap sounds of 598 taps per minute.
Who is Ann Miller?
Valentine treat that started out as medical lozenges.
What is Conversation Hearts?
Famous movie staring Shirley Temple and Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
What is Little Colonel? The stair tap dance
He taught tap in a way that a drummer would learn how to drum, focusing the core of his teaching on 16 "rudiments" or small phrases that you practice over and over and over and over again to increase your clarity and speed and to improve improv.
Who is Steve Condos?
Where did Tap dance originate?
Tap dance originated in the United States in the early 19th century When slave owners took away traditional African percussion instruments, slaves turned to percussive dancing to express themselves and retain their cultural identities.
A contemporary tap dancer who has choreographed tap for Broadway musicals and movies most notably, Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk.
Who is Savion Glover?
How St. Valentine died.
What is beheaded? He was executed on Feb 14 in Rome Italy in 269A.D. He was a Christian, and the Roman Emperor killed or jailed Christians in those days.
This 1952 movie is considered the apex of Hollywood musical theatre movies and its infamous tap dance scene
What is Singing in the Rain? Gene Kelly
Who is known for introducing a higher complexity of the improvisation of steps, sounds, rhythms to tap dance in the late 20th century.
Who is Gregory Hines?
In which tap movie did Mikhail Baryshnikov perform?
What is White Nights? 1985 with Gregory Hines