Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Contents. Tap dance. 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 a cappella, with no musical accompaniment; the sound of the taps is its own music. It is an African-American artform that evolved alongside the ...
Teachings and Projects. Rod has been a tap dance teacher and choreographer for 19+ years. [2] He has taught at numerous dance studios and conventions across the United States, and now teaches at three studios. [1][3] According to Rod Howell, he had a love/hate relationship with tap dancing as he was growing up. [1]
Steps with one sound. tap: tap the ball or pad of the foot against the floor, use your ankle not your whole leg. heel tap: strike the heel of the foot on the floor and release it immediately. step: place the ball of the foot on the floor with a change of weight. touch: place the ball of the foot on the floor without change of weight.
Nicholas Brothers. The Nicholas Brothers were an entertainment act composed of brothers, Fayard (1914–2006) and Harold (1921–2000), who excelled in a variety of dance techniques, primarily between the 1930s and 1950s. Best known for their unique interpretation of a highly acrobatic technique known as "flash dancing", they were also ...
The Joe Louis Shuffle Shim Sham, 1948, a tap-swing dance 32-bar chorus number that Leonard Reed performed with the World Heavyweight Boxing champ Joe Louis. The Shim Sham II, 1994, a 32-bar chorus dance based on the original Shim Sham. The Revenge of the Shim Sham, 2002, a 32-bar chorus dance, Leonard Reed’s final Shim Sham, which builds upon ...
Baldwin Hills, California, U.S. Occupation (s) Vaudeville performer and tap dancer. John William Sublett (February 19, 1902 – May 18, 1986), known by his stage name John W. Bubbles, was an American tap dancer, vaudevillian, movie actor, and television performer. He performed in the duo "Buck and Bubbles", who were the first black artists to ...
Reginald McLaughlin. Reggio "The Hoofer" McLaughlin, tap dancer, instructor and choreographer started his artistic career in the subways of Chicago, where he had developed his unique style of tap dance hoofing, characterized by raw form of African American Tap. The combination of African foot stomping, Irish step and his lengthy experience ...
Acrobatic Dance. Ballet. Ballroom Dance. Jazz Dance. Modern Dance. Tap Dance. Marjorie June Taylor (December 14, 1917 – May 16, 2004) was an American choreographer, best known as the founder of the June Taylor Dancers, who were featured on Jackie Gleason 's various television variety programs.