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Club in NY city where tap dancers would get together
Hoofer’s club
Different cultures that influenced the creation of tap dance
Spanish (flamenco), African (dancing), English (Lancashire clog dancing), German (schuchplattler)
Master Juba’s real name
William Henry Lane
Bo Jangles and who danced as a duo in many 1930s films?
Shirley Temple
When was the minstrel era?
Mid-1800s
What was the minstrel era characterized by?
Comedic acts, music/dance numbers in “blackface”
Who was a major performer in the minstrel era?
Master Juba
When was the Vaudeville era?
1800s-1920s
What was the Vaudeville era characterized by?
Unrelated entertainment acts that performed together in a traveling show
Who was a major character in the Vaudeville era?
Bojangles
How is tap dance like jazz music?
Syncopation, similar rhythms, lots of swinging, same cultural rhythms
When was the tap renaissance?
1970s and 80s
Who helped bring the tap renaissance?
Gregory Hines, Savion Glover, Brenda Buffilino
Female tap dancers
Eleanor Powell, Ginger Rogers, Shirley Temple, Vera-Ellen
Musicals that contain tap dance
Newsies, Singing in the Rain, Crazy For You, Mary Poppins
Who choreographed the Shim Sham?
Leonard Reed
4 parts of the Shim Sham in order
Shim sham, crossover, Tack Annie, Half break
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