Tap Vocabulary
Name & demonstrate 2 different types of crawls
condos crawls, clap in between, heel in between, toe in between, push crawls, single foot, etc.
In the early days of tap dance, what did dancers use as tap shoes (before the traditional tap shoe was invented)?
Shoes with wooden soles, often having coins attached to the heel and toe.
Count a bar of quarter notes, bar of eighth notes, & bar of sixteenth notes
1-2-3-4, 1-&-2-&-3-&-4, 1-e-&-uh-2-e-&-uh-3-e-&-uh-4
Name a tap dancer famously featured tap dancing in a film.
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Eleanor Powell, Gregory Hines, the Nicholas Brothers, etc.
Challenge #1
Challenge #1
Name & demonstrate three different types of pullbacks
pullback, in/out, crossing, single foot, switching, skipping, separated, etc.
What is the difference between broadway style tap and hoofer style tap?
Broadway: emphasizes performance & theatrics, story telling, big exaggerated movements, high-energy footwork, etc.
Hoofer: Flat-footed style, low to the ground, strong emphasis on improv, heightened sense of musicality, loose upper body, etc.
Demonstrate a step performed in a triplet rhythm,
1-&-uh, 2-&-uh, 3-&-uh, 4
Name 3 Broadway Musicals with tap dance.
42nd Street, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Singing In The Rain, Mary Poppins, Anything Goes, The Great Gatsby, Shuffle Along, A Chorus Line, Billy Elliot, Newsies, etc.
Challenge #2
Challenge #2
Name & demonstrate four different types of Paradiddles
paradiddle, double paradiddle, triple paradiddle, reverse paradiddle, 3 count, 5 count, cross paddle, etc.
When is National Tap Dance Day?
May 25th
What is a polyrhythm?
a rhythm which makes use of two or more different rhythms simultaneously.
National Tap Dance Day falls on which famous tap dancer's birthday?
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson
Challenge #3
Challenge #3
Demonstrate 4-8 count riffs
Demo
What is "soft-shoe dancing"?
Tap dancing with non-metal soled shoes. Soft-shoe performances often use sand to amplify the sound.
What is syncopation?
the practice of displacing the beats or accents in a rhythm so that strong beats become weak and vice versa.
Name two legendary female tap dancers.
Eleanor Powell, Ginger Rogers, Ann Miller, Michelle Dorrance, Dormeshia Edwards, Ayodele Casel, Lisa La Touche, Brenda Buffalino, Dianne Walker, Star Dixon, Sara Reich, etc.
Challenge #4
Challenge #4
Demonstrate your best tap "trick step" that will impress Ms. Kori
Demo.
Savion Glover, a prominent tap dancer, is credited with "reviving" the art form with his work in the animated film, "____ ____"
"Happy Feet"
Sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" crescendoing the intensity in the beginning of the song and then decrescendoing toward the end.
Increase then decrease volume.
Name a three tap educators that are currently touring in the tap dance circuit today.
Michelle Dorrance, Sara Reich, Chloe Arnold, Acia Gray, Ayodele Casel, Anthony Morigerato, Jay Fagan, Jeremy Arnold, Nicholas Van Young, Heather Cornell, Lisa La Touche, Karissa Royster, etc.
Challenge #5
Challenge #5