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Tap Final Exam (written portion)

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What is American tap dancing?
A form of dance in which the feet along with the instrument of shoe create rhythmic sounds
What is Tap to Prof. Thomas?
MATH
What two cultures merged to give Tap it's American roots
African American & Irish Immigrants
What tap routine is regarded as tap dance's national anthem?
Shim sham shimmy
What count does the Shim start on?
8
Buck & Wing, time steps
King Rastas Brown
Created the Shim Sham Shimmy
Leonard Reed, Willie Bryant
Traditional Tap Copasetics
Honi Coles, Sadman Simms
Ballet tap, concert tappers
Danny Daniels, Paul Draper
Movie choreographers
Busby Berkeley, Hermes Pan
Broadway tap dancers, choreographers
Savion Glover, Gregory Hines, & Susan Stroman
Balls of the feet, Shirley Temple's partner
Bill Robinson
42nd Street Tap dancer & Time Step name
Ruby Keeler
Influential performers 1800s
Juba, Daddy "Jim Crow"
Dancers, teachers, & choerographers
Louie DePron, Roland Dupree
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