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The American Tap Dance Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose primary goal is the presentation and teaching of tap dance.Its original stated purpose was to provide an "international home for tap dance, perpetuate tap as a contemporary art form, preserve it through performance and an archival library, provide educational programming, and establish a formal school for tap dance."
Tap dancing class at Iowa State College, 1942. Tap dance (or tap) is a form of dance that uses the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion; it is often accompanied by music. [1] Tap dancing can also be performed with no musical accompaniment; the sound of the taps is its own music.
She received the Flo-Bert Award in 2008, awarded at National Tap Dance Day, for her lifetime achievement in tap dance as performer, teacher, and choreographer. [5] She is "a true tap artist" and "living heir to such teachers of hers," including hoofers "Baby" Laurence, Charles "Honi" Coles, Chuck Green, Cookie Cook, and Buster Brown. [6]
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The brothers were fascinated by the combination of tap dancing and acrobatics. Fayard often imitated their acrobatics and clowning for the kids in his neighborhood. [2] Neither Fayard nor Harold had any formal dance training. [3] Fayard taught himself how to dance, sing, and perform by watching and imitating the professional entertainers on stage.
Modern pole dancing originated in strip clubs in the 1950s but became more mainstream in the past few decades as gyms and boutique studios that taught the activity sprung up around the country.
This kind of tap dancing is also called "rhythm tap". Another aspect of tap dancing is improvisation. This can either be done with music and follow the beats provided or without musical accompaniment, otherwise known as a cappella dancing. Tap dancers often work with musicians to weave rhythm and musical composition, usually jazz music, to ...
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