Tap Steps
A step having two sounds: a brush and a spank.
What is a shuffle?
A tap and ballroom dancer known for his elegant style; he appeared in many films with his partner, Ginger Rogers.
Who is Fred Astaire?
The speed of a piece of music.
What is tempo?
Shooting Stars June Recitals
What is 18.
Kick Your Knees up, Step in Time
What is Mary Poppins?
A step having four sounds: dig, spank, toe (or ball), heel.
What is a paradiddle (or paddle)?
An African-American tap dancer who brought tap more on its toes; he often danced with Shirley Temple.
Who is Bill "Bojangles" Robinson?
A rhythm playing three notes in the space of two.
What is a triplet?
Tap levels at Shooting Stars
What is 5.
Based on the real-life Newsboy Strike of 1899.
What is Newsies?
A step that can be done in place or turning, made up of the movements: step, shuffle, leap, toe-tip.
What is a Maxi (Maxie) Ford?
A team of tap-dancing brothers who performed a highly acrobatic technique known as "flash dancing."
Who are the Nicholas Brothers (Fayard and Harold Nicholas)?
The pattern or arrangement of musical beats and silence.
What is rhythm?
Tap screws in a room full of 30 tap dancers?
(block spilt sole tap shoes)
What is 180.
A movie and musical in which Peggy Sawyer, a small-town girl, dreams of tapping her way to Broadway stardom.
(hint: we learned a combo during musical theatre week)
What is 42nd Street?
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 timestep?
The founder of Syncopated Ladies, a female tap dance band.
Who is Chloe Arnold?
When a dancer or group of dancers perform with no music.
What is acapella?
Years Ms. Nicole has been at Shooting Stars?
What is 12?
Mumble is the worst singer in the world, but he can tap dance brilliantly.
What is Happy Feet?
Movement combining a brush and a scuff on the same foot.
What is a Riff?
A child who began her film career at the age of three in 1931?
Who is Shirley Temple?
The word to describe an unaccented beat
What is off beat?
Sounds in a Maxi-Ford Pull Back on the right and left?
What is 12?
A 1952 film starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor.
What is Singin' in the Rain?