Tap History
Complete this quote by Honi Coles:
"If you can ________, you can tap dance!"
What is WALK?
A step having 2 sounds: Brush + Spank
What is a Shuffle?
What is the most common structure of time steps used in tap dance?
What is 3 and a break?
What notes are counted: 1 & 2 & 3 & 4?
What are Eighth notes?
A TYPE OF DANCE PERFORMED IN A SLOW 4/4 TIME AND ORIGINALLY DANCED WITHOUT TAPS ON THE SHOES.
What is the Soft Shoe?
On what day do we celebrate National Tap Dance Day?
What is May 25th?
A step having four sounds: dig, spank, toe (or ball), heel.
What is a Paddle & Roll?
To do a triple time step, you execute this step after the hop.
What is a shuffle step?
There are 8 of these is every 8 count.
What is a Quarter note?
Who claims to have created the Shim Sham?
Who is Leonard Reed?
A team of tap-dancing brothers who performed a highly acrobatic technique known as "flash dancing."
Who are the Nicholas Brothers?
(Fayard & Harold Nicholas)
A step that can be done in place or turning, made up of the movements: step, shuffle, leap, tip.
What is a Maxi Ford?
The pattern or arrangement of musical beats and silence.
What is Rhythm?
This is how you count sixteenth notes.
1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a
This is the common name of a traditional vaudeville dance routine from around the 1930's that was often performed by a chorus of dancers backing up a solo tap dancer.
What is the BS Chorus?
A tap dancer who revolutionized tap by playing with rhythms and offbeats; he is often called the "Father of Rhythm Tap."
Who is John Bubbles?
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?
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?
What note do these words represent: strawberry, raspberry, blueberry, pineapple?
What are Triplets.
The famous #53 tap dance is associated with what famous tap dancer?
Who is Leon Collins?
This man was known as one of the most celebrated tap dancers of all time. He starred in dance films "The Cotton Club," "Tap," and "White Nights."
Who is Gregory Hines?
A step having six sounds: step, spank, heel drop, shuffle, heel drop.
What is a Cincinnati?
Accenting a note or notes that wouldn't normally be accented; rhythmic stresses or accents on the "off beat."
What is Syncopation?
What notes (in the correct order) are used in this bar: 1 2 & A 3 E & A 4 &
QUARTER NOTE, TRIPLETS, SIXTEENTH NOTES, EIGHTH NOTES
WHAT COMMON RHYTHM FINISHES MANY PERFORMANCES, INCLUDING THE BS CHORUS & THE SHIM SHAM?
What is a Shave and a Haircut?