Tap History midterm

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Club in NY city where tap dancers would get together

Hoofer’s club

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Different cultures that influenced the creation of tap dance

Spanish (flamenco), African (dancing), English (Lancashire clog dancing), German (schuchplattler)

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3

Master Juba’s real name

William Henry Lane

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Bo Jangles and who danced as a duo in many 1930s films?

Shirley Temple

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5

When was the minstrel era?

Mid-1800s

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What was the minstrel era characterized by?

Comedic acts, music/dance numbers in “blackface”

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Who was a major performer in the minstrel era?

Master Juba

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When was the Vaudeville era?

1800s-1920s

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What was the Vaudeville era characterized by?

Unrelated entertainment acts that performed together in a traveling show

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Who was a major character in the Vaudeville era?

Bojangles

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11

How is tap dance like jazz music?

Syncopation, similar rhythms, lots of swinging, same cultural rhythms

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12

When was the tap renaissance?

1970s and 80s

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Who helped bring the tap renaissance?

Gregory Hines, Savion Glover, Brenda Buffilino

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14

Female tap dancers

Eleanor Powell, Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple, Vera-Ellen

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Musicals that contain tap dance

Newsies, Singing in the Rain, Crazy For You, Mary Poppins

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Who choreographed the Shim Sham?

Leonard Reed

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4 parts of the Shim Sham in order

Shim sham, crossover, Tack Annie, Half break

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