Top 10 Tap Dancers of All Time - YouTube
WEBJun 30, 2018 · My top 10 video on the greatest tap dancers of all time. WATCH the female dancers https://youtu.be/Brh4TWNKhwY Share my video on Facebook and Twitter with fr...
Tap dance | Origin, History, Styles, & Facts | Britannica
WEBTap dance, style of dance in which a dancer wearing shoes fitted with heel and toe taps sounds out audible beats by rhythmically striking the floor or any other hard surface. It originated in the United States through the fusion of several ethnic percussive dances.
The story of tap dance, step by step - YouTube
WEBMay 9, 2021 · Correspondent Faith Salie explores the history of tap dancing as an art form born of diverse dance traditions brought to America, which has recently experienced an encore of popularity...
Tap dance - Wikipedia
WEBTap dance is an indigenous American dance form with roots that go back 300 years to Irish and West African musical and step dance traditions, which themselves have medieval and ancient roots. During the 17th – 19th centuries, it was primarily developed from European step dance forms, such as jigs and clogs . [ 8 ]
Tap Dance in America: A Short History - Library of Congress
WEBTap dance is an indigenous American dance genre that evolved over a period of some three hundred years. Initially a fusion of British and West African musical and step-dance traditions in America, tap emerged in the southern United States in the 1700s.
“What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dancing” | The New Yorker
WEBNov 22, 2015 · Tap, which is the dance form of jazz music, has been around more or less since the late nineteenth century, but, unlike jazz, which has been the subject of many deep-browed books, it has a...
A brief history of tap dance (and why it’s still a great art form)
WEBNov 25, 2015 · Tap dance is the original street dance. In the 1930s, tap dancers would gather on city street corners to trade steps and challenge one another, in a precursor to the B-boy battles of later decades. Philadelphia had a particularly vibrant dance culture.
From Margins to Mainstream: A Brief Tap Dance History
WEBJun 21, 2019 · Tap dance originated in the United States in the early 19th century at the crossroads of African and Irish American dance forms. When slave owners took away traditional African percussion instruments, slaves turned to percussive dancing to express themselves and retain their cultural identities.
History of Tap Dancing - LoveToKnow
WEBIts roots are buried in the antiquity of tropical and temperate tribal lands. However, its staccato and style are homegrown. From the West of Ireland to the West Indies to the dance halls of old New York, the drumming of rhythmic feet tapped out an American story that is still unfolding.
From Master Juba to ‘Happy Feet’: A Brief History of Tap Dancing
WEBDec 31, 2012 · It was the first time “tap dancing” had been used in the profession. Tap dancing was a major feature of the vaudeville surge in the 1920s and played its way into Hollywood musicals. After World War II, choreographed routines became more prominent as opposed to solo shows.