Tap Steps
A step having two sounds: a brush and a spank (brush backwards).
What is a shuffle?
What show couples celebrities with professional dancers?
What is: Dancing With the Stars
The speed of a piece of music.
What is tempo?
How many teachers do we have for the 2019/2020 season?
9
A 1952 film starring Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor.
What is Singin' in the Rain?
A step having four sounds: heel dig, spank, ball, heel.
What is a paradiddle?
What dance show started in 2005 and remained the most watched dance show for close to ten years?
What is: So You Think You Can Dance
A rhythm playing three notes in the space of two.
What is a triplet?
What SOT choreographer has SOT tattooed on their arm?
Kyle Nicholson
A movie and musical in which Peggy Sawyer, a small-town girl, dreams of tapping her way to Broadway stardom.
What is 42nd Street?
A step that can be done in place or turning, made up of the movements: step, shuffle, leap, toe.
What is a Maxi (Maxie) Ford?
What show has a enemy dance team called the Candy Apples?
What is: Dance Moms
The pattern or arrangement of musical beats and silence.
What is rhythm?
How many locations has SOT been in?
Three (10 bonus points for Four - we danced out of the Lake Echo Rec Centre for 2 tears)
A Cole Porter movie and musical that is a retelling of Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew. The movie starred Ann Miller.
What is Kiss Me, Kate?
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?
What show features dance as well as other talents?
What is: Americas Got Talent
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?
How big is the SOT building in square feet (within 500 square feet)?
4,000
A 1921 musical that was adapted and re-staged in 2016 with choreography by Savion Glover.
What is Shuffle Along?
A step having six sounds: step, spank, heel drop, shuffle, heel drop.
What is a Cincinnati?
What show has had a dancer who has scored perfect scores at dance competitions in the United States (she did not get a perfect score on this show)?
What is: World of Dance (Eva Igo)
Accenting a note or notes that wouldn't normally be accented; rhythmic stresses or accents on the "off beat."
What is syncopation?
How many followers does SOT have on Instagram (within 50)?
1,398 (if you got this within 5, you can skip the next conditioning step)
A 1943 film that featured many famous tappers, most notably the Nicholas Brothers, performing what many consider the greatest musical dance number ever filmed.
What is Stormy Weather?