1 or 2 Tap Sounds
Pull the toe tap in a backward motion off the floor
What is a spank?
Step back, spank opposite foot, drop heel of first foot
A sideways traveling pattern: leap, shuffle, leap
What is a Buffalo?
An animated movie that featured tap dancing penguins.
Who is known for partnering with Fred Astaire?
Ginger Rogers
Stepping on the floor with the whole foot down, taking weight.
What is a Stamp?
Brush, spank, step
What is a Shuffle Step?
Right leap, left shuffle, left leap, toe tip right
What is a Maxi Ford?
Which of the following steps is known as the "tap dancer's anthem"?
A. Time Steps
B. Buffalo
C. Ball change
D. Shim Sham Shimmy
What is Time Steps?
Back in 1942, she was most famous for her record breaking tap sounds of 598 taps per minute.
Who is Ann Miller?
A forward brush with the toe tap, followed by a backward brush with the toe tap.
What is a Shuffle?
It is performed by doing two steps (right then left or vice versa), followed by two heel drops (right then left or vice versa).
What is a Cramproll?
Pattern: shuffle, step, shuffle, step, shuffle, ball-change, shuffle, step
What is a Shim-Sham?
Tap dancers are these two things.
What is Dancers and Musicians
A contemporary tap dancer who has choreographed tap for Broadway musicals and movies.
Who is Savion Glover?
Step on the ball of one foot and then quickly step on the ball of the opposite foot.
What is a Ball Change?
1. leap to the right foot 2. brush the left toe tap forward 3. spank the left toe tap backward 4. leap to the left foot
What is a Buffalo?
What is “flap heel heel spank heel toe heel” called?
What is a Shirley Temple?
The speed of a piece of music.
What is Tempo?
A tap dancer who brought tap more on its toes; he often danced with Shirley Temple.
Who is Bill "Bojangles" Robinson?
Step on the ball of the foot and then drop the heel of that same foot.
What is a Toe Heel?
1. heel dig the right foot 2. spank the right foot 3. step on the right foot 4. drop the heel of the right foot
What is a Paradiddle?
What is a step shuffle ball change called?
What is a Single Waltz Clog?
The pattern or arrangement of musical beats and silence.
What is Rhythm
A team of tap-dancing brothers who performed a highly acrobatic technique.
Who are the Nicholas Brothers?