The Copasetics
The Copasetics was organized to dedicate and preserve the memory of which tap dancer?
Bill Bojangles Robinson
Who is the Director of the Youth Program at ATDF?
Susan Hebach
In standard, 4/4 time, how many beats are in a bar?
4
Michelle Dorrance’s tap dance Company is called what?
Dorrance Dance
National Tap Dance Day is on May, 25th… the birthday of which famous tap dancer?
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson
Name a tap dancer who was part of The Copasetics...
Charles “Cholly” Atkins, Clayton “Peg Leg” Bates, Ernest “Brownie” Brown, Charles “Honi” Coles, Charles “Cookie” Cook
Who founded the American Tap Dance Foundation?
Tony Waag
How many bars are in a chorus?
32 (12 for blues)
What is the all female tap dance company that is founded by Chloe and Maud Arnold?
Syncopated Ladies
Gregory Hines was born on which major holiday?
Valentine’s Day
Name 3 dances that are part of the Copasetics repertory....
Chair Dance, Walk around (Coles Stroll), BS Chorus, Copasetic Soft shoe
How old was Yoko Kono when she joined the Tap City Youth Ensemble?
16 years old
Name two standard jazz tunes.
(Examples): ‘A’ Train, Cute, Bemsha Swing, Song for my Father, It Don’t Mean a Thing (if it ain’t got that swing), Billie’s Bounce, Chameleon, etc.
Which tap dancer was the first tap dancer to make the top 20 dancers in the tv show So You Think You Can Dance?
Melinda Sullivan
This pair performed a famous “flash” routine in the movie Stormy Weather?
The Nicholas Brothers
The Copasetics Motto is?
"Everything is Copasetic"
Name a faculty member who is originally from Michigan?
Megan Bartula; Craig Fuchs
What subtype of jazz standards features a 12-bar chorus?
Blues
This tap dancer designed his own line of Bloch shoes in partnership with that company.
Jason Samuels Smith
Which tap dancer starred in the following Hollywood movie musicals: Swing Time, Royal Wedding, Easter Parade, and Broadway Melody of 1940?
Fred Astaire
Charles 'Honi' Coles mentored which tap dancer that is currently ATDF’s Artistic Mentor?
Brenda Bufalino
How long has Megan been a faculty member for the American Tap Dance Foundation?
9 Years
What musical term is described as “a disturbance or interruption of the regular flow of rhythm"; or "placement of rhythmic stresses or accents where they wouldn't normally occur”?
Syncopation
What off-broadway show in the 1990s was choreographed by Savion Glover?
Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk
Which dancer began his career at age 12 as a singer, before being inspired by tap dance at The Hoofer’s Club?
Baby Laurence