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	All About Tap Dance \| TheatreDance.com
		The tapping out of complex rhythmic passages was developed, and a subtle, intricate and vital physical code of expression was born.
		Tap dancing started with the Africans in early America who would beat out rhythms in their dances with brushing and shuffling movements of the feet.
		The Pedestal dancer would climb upon a marbled pedestal with a 24 inch base, and tap out a routine while posing as motionless as a statue.
	www.theatredance.com /tap (1713 words)

	Tap dance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Tap dance was born in the United States during the 19th century, and today is popular all around the world.
		Tap flourished in the U.S. from 1900 to 1955, when it was the main performance dance of Vaudeville and Broadway.
		Tap has been brought into the new millenium by the indie-pop band Tilly and the Wall who features a tap dancer, Jamie Williams taping out their only percussion part.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tap_dance (937 words)

	Fabulous Taps, the National Tap Ensemble's official Tap Dance Contests
		Tap dance is not a sport, but a CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC TRADITION that started as music played by African slaves in the Southern United States and evolved into a complex, sophisticated artistic medium that now stands at the crossroads of dance and music.
		Instead, they range from, at the very minimum, professional tap dance teachers who have been certified by the American Tap Dance Institute to professional artists who are at the very top of the field and are widely known for their accomplishments, such as members of the National Tap Ensemble cast or NTE guest artists.
		Because tap dance was born as a music tradition, the quality and the range of sounds produced by the tap dancer are extremely important.
	www.usatap.org /contest.htm (4392 words)

	Tap dance
		Tap was brought onto film but it was heavily choreographed and the technique of adding the taps after the dance was filmed removed the "what you see is what you hear" aspect.
		In the 1950's Tap lost is popularity, due to many reasons some of which were the changing style of music and the trend towards classical balletic dances in films.
		As the popularity increased in Tap, there was a call for in to be recognized and this was done by a vote of Congress in 1989, and National Tap Dance day May 25th was born.
	www.simplytaty.com /history/tapdance.htm (1030 words)

	Humm Page: Llama Sounds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Chimborazo and Tap Dancer are half brothers but they seem to hate each other.
		Chimborazo is keeping Tap Dancer in one corner of the field so I am feeding him there and supplying him with water.
		Tap Dancer is making a sound similar to an alarm call, but not as loud.
	www.mountlehmanllamas.com /moresounds.html (323 words)

	JUBA: Tap History
		A superb Irish jig and clog dancer, Lane created such rhythmically complex dances that he was declared the champion dancer of his time.
		Tap was most popular of all the stage dances from 1920 to 1935, at the peak of the Harlem Renaissance, fl Broadway, the nightclub and vaudeville.
		The best known tap dancer of that era was Bill ("Bojangles") Robinson, who performed on stage as well as on film.
	www.itvs.org /juba/tap.html (667 words)

	Jane Goldberg - Chicago Human Rhythm Project
		In 1972, the tap dancing of Astaire and Rogers infected her imagination, and as a result, she studied tap and began to write about it for Boston newspapers.
		She approached tap with a political sensibility and set off to revive interest in tap by seeking out the remaining elderly tap greats, apprenticing herself, interviewing them, and documenting their lives and work, now in The Changing Times Tap Archives and The Lincoln Center Library for Performing Arts.
		She researched tap's relationship to Indian Kathak on a Fulbright Scholarship twice where she also tapped on the streets of Kerala, and the halls of Bombay.
	www.chicagotap.org /summerfestival/artists/goldberg.htm (292 words)

	Tap Origins
		Except for the Indians' ritual dances, the first indigenous American art dance is tap dancing, whose roots lie in spirited Irish and English jigs and clog dances and in the rhythmic African improvisations that immigrants and free Africans combined spontaneously during the 1840s.
		The Time Step is a repetitive tap combination which was initially used as a means by which a tap dancer could communicate to his band, what type of tempo was required, as dancers all preferred different tempo's or music speeds according to their ability.
		Before the emergence of many of the main innovators, tap dancers used to begin all of there routines by beginning with a time step which was then followed by a routine or improvisation.
	www.revels-bey.com /tap.htm (2630 words)

	Classes and Workshops
		Tap dance is a complex, exciting and challenging art form.
		Tap developed from the blend of African polyrhythms and European step dancing, drawing from North American folk dance as well.
		Dorie has studied with many masters of tap at festivals and workshops around the country and performed her work in the Madison area.
	www.tapitnewworks.org /classes.html (524 words)

	Open Directory - Arts: Performing Arts: Dance: Tap (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		American Tap Dance Foundation (ADTF) - Formerly known as the American Tap Dance Orchestra, the ATDF is a non-profit dance company founded by Brenda Bufalino, Tony Waag, and the late Charles ‘Honi’ Coles.
		Recreational Tappers of Southwest Florida - Non-profit network of recreational tap dancers with a focus on the appreciation for and participation in the performance of live tap dancing.
		Roxane Butterfly and Djellabah Groove - Tap Dancer/poet Roxane Butterfly and her new show called "Djellabah Groove." The show is a combination of tap, visuals, spoken word and live music.
	dmoz.org /Arts/Performing_Arts/Dance/Tap (1858 words)

	Dancer History Archives by StreetSwing.com - Ann Miller - Main Page1
		After her parents marriage dissolved, her mother took her to Hollywood where she took Tap lessons and started her career as a Professional child Tap Dancer at age seven to help support her mother.
		Her inventive style of tap in the MGM musicals offered Miller frequent opportunities to strut her stuff in flashy, brilliantly choreographed dance routines.
		She is said to be the fastest female tap dancer with 500 taps a minute.
	www.streetswing.com /histmai2/d2amilr1.htm (204 words)

	The Tap Dancer's WebRing
		Performing in the style of the 40's and 50's, The St. Louis Strutters are a group of professional dancers whose fast tapping and high kicking are trademarks of their energetic performances.
		A tap dance troupe out of Austin TX, whose average age is 60+.
		Ballet, jazz, tap, modern, hip-hop, ethnic, swing, broadway, celtic, ballroom, etc....all styles, disciplines and types are welcome.
	e.webring.com /hub?ring=tapdance (615 words)

	Dance Spirit Magazine - You Say Pick Up, I Say Pull Back (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		This was exacerbated by the fact that few studied tap in studios or universities, learning instead by watching other dancers (usually in vaudeville shows) and stealing or adapting their moves.
		Max Ford was a popular dancer in the early 1900s, as minstrel shows began to die and vaudeville became prominent in American entertainment.
		One of the frustrations and freedoms of tap is the non-reliance on codified step names and the name discrepancies from one part of the country to another.
	www.dancespirit.com /backissues/feb01/ontap.shtml (746 words)

	Yoshinoya "Dancer" Tap Chip
		Yoshinoya is not really a dance shoe shop but at one time they did make tap shoes.
		My father, who was a comedian and included some tap in his routines, had Yoshinoya tap tips on his old shoes.
		I wonder if Tap-Wonderlland.com can make Katakana tap tips cool for a new generation of tap dancers around the world.
	www.tap-wonderland.com /twyoshinoya.htm (197 words)

	Tapaholics: An Addictive Rhythmic Experience
		was chosen as one of the first principle dancers of the New Jersey Tap Ensemble at the age of 14.
		Trisha is not only an accomplished performer and teacher of tap, she is currently a teacher at Washington Park Elementary School in New Jersey.
		She currently teaches advanced tap and tap team at a New Jersey dance studio.
	www.tapaholics.com /Bios.html (947 words)

	Chicago Human Rhythm Project
		A protégé of tap master Stan Kahn in San Francisco, Sam has studied in New York at the Juilliard School and has performed with the Joffrey II, the San Francisco Ballet, Sacramento Ballet, Berkeley City Ballet and Smuin Ballets/SF.
		He was a founding member and principal dancer with Anne Bena’s Peninsula Ballet Theatre and helped that company to attain prominence in the San Francisco Bay Area.
		Mr Weber is one of the few tap dancers in the world currently performing Morton Gould’s Tap Dance Concerto and was the first dancer to receive a “Bessie,” presented in recognition of outstanding creative achievement.
	www.chicagotap.com /summerfestival/artists/weber.htm (295 words)

	Organizational History
		Tap Dance Residency with Donna Peckett for United Neighborhood Centers of Madison.
		Tap Dance Residency with Donna Peckett in Minocqua, North Lakeland, Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin.
		Danielle Dresden, poet; Donna Peckett, tap dancer; Paul Hastil, pianist.
	www.tapitnewworks.org /history.html (6461 words)

	Steppin' Up, Intensive Personal Training Program for Tap Dancers
		He is also the Director of the American Tap Dance Institute's Teacher Training and Certification Program, the world's foremost training and certification program for professional tap dance teachers.
		Baker is one of the very few leading tap dance masters to truly be "the whole package." His level of expertise, knowledge of the field, and passion for his work are of the highest caliber (fortunately and refreshingly his ego is not.) His teaching style could be described as demanding, but relaxed and very caring.
		Baker can be a goldmine for semi-professional and professional tap dancers seeking to advance their career.
	www.usatap.org /su.htm (2527 words)

	Tradition In Tap, Inc.
		The advisory committee members of Tradition In Tap, Inc. believe that the next generation of tap dancers will be the ones to carry on the tradition and keep it alive.
		If you are interested in becoming a personal sponsor to a tap dancer in need, join our 'Sponsor A Tap Dancer' program and provide additional dancers with the tuition for a partial or full workshop in the Tradition In Tap Series.
		The best would be a sponsorship for the amount of a day of classes at the workshop or tuition for the entire workshop.
	www.traditionintap.org /SponsorADancer/index.html (240 words)

	The Connection.org : The Tap Dancer
		If you were to give the tap dancer Dianne Walker, a choice between a big stage, and a small jazz club, chances are she'd choose the club.
		She is known as "Lady Di" for her elegant style, and she's one of the few women celebrated in the world of tap, having performed with the likes of Gregory Hines, Sammy Davis Junior and Savion Glover.
		She tosses aside the movie musical versions of tap and old Broadway for something closer to the ground, something closer to "da noise and da funk." There is, says Walker, a straight line between tap and hip hop.
	www.theconnection.org /shows/2005/03/20050329_b_main.asp (248 words)

	TIM HICKEY
		Tim Hickey is the only tap dancer in the world to perform, "And David Danced" and "Praise God and Dance" annually in this very special concert written by Duke Ellington.
		Tim was the only dancer out of 22 from the West Coast.
		Tap dancer Tim Hickey, who earlier had paid tribute to the great Bunny Briggs on "David Danced Before the Lord," returned to the stage for a slick-steppin' slide across the hallelujah floor..."
	www.timtaps.com /timhickey.html (1083 words)

	Melanie Sistrunk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		His dance education is highlighted by his tenure as a charter member of the New Jersey Tap Ensemble, where Jason began his rhythm tap career under the direction of Ms.
		His interaction with other with tap dancers such as Mike Minery, Karen Calloway Williams, and Paris Mann of the NJTE, and with Ted Levy, influenced and ignited his career.
		Jason continues to teach and choreograph from coast-to-coast while he continues to grow as a rhythm tap dancer.
	www.tapestry.org /dancer-jason.html (174 words)

	Tap Dancer Bios: M-Z
		She is a featured dancer in the hip hop dance company Funk Attitude, performing in dance festivals throughout Europe (Festival of Urban Cultures of la Villette in Paris and Avignon).
		Jazz tap dancer Pamela Raff, choreographer, performer, educator and recording artist, known as an innovator and master technician, has danced throughout the USA and in Germany.
		Tony is producing the NYC Tap Festival (http://NYCTapFestival.com), and his new production company, Footage Production Inc. (http://FootageInc.com) was formed to establish a higher level of understanding and examination of tap dance as an art form by presenting and producing various concert, stage, and film productions throughout the year.
	www.tapdance.org /tap/people/tapbios2.htm (3650 words)

	Amazon.com: Tap: Video: Gregory Hines,Sammy Davis Jr.,Suzzanne Douglass,Savion Glover,Terrence E. McNally,Joe ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		With Tap, viewers are reminded of the late Gregory Hines' formidable skills not only as a dancer, but as a dramatic actor.
		If you love the tap dancing, love stories, and the past and present tap dancers this is the movie for you.
		Great tap dancers old and young join forces to bring to the screen a celluloid history lesson for those who care to be educated.
	www.amazon.com /Tap-Gregory-Hines/dp/6301379616 (2491 words)

	Suzanne Bouffard - Tap Dancer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		As a rhythm tap dancer, she has toured with Clara's Dream: A Jazz Nutcracker, with Brenda Bufalino, Josh Hilberman, and other acclaimed tap dancers.
		She has performed the choreography of Dean Diggins in the annual Boston-area Tapestry celebration, and has also appeared as a featured tap dancer in Tap and Tray at the BCCA, Rhythm Underfoot, in numerous festivals and benefit performances, and with the Wesleyan University Jazz Orchestra.
		Suzanne teaches and choreographs extensively in tap and lindy-hop/swing, and has taught at Emerson College and throughout the Boston area.
	tapboston.havetodance.com /suzanne_bouffard.html (192 words)

	Ben Tap Soul
		Ben Tap Soul was started in the spring of 2005 by Ben Nathan (lead vocalist and tap dancer) and Etan Efrati (drummer).
		Ben Nathan is a professional tap dancer having begun tapping at age 10 with the National Dance Institute (NDI).
		He further trained himself by watching video-taped performances of the tap dance masters and copying their moves.
	www.bentapsoul.com /bios.shtml (576 words)

	Playful Invention and Exploration - Tap Dancer
		Next, I made the "dancer" that the foot-pedal switch starts moving.
		I attached a long piece of tin foil to a dowel, trimmed the dowel, attached a piece of string to both ends of the dowel and...
		I altered it a little (I added a longer shaft), and it worked much better.
	www.pienetwork.org /a2z/t/tap_dancer (367 words)

	Tap - 2002 - James Buckhouse in Collaboration with Holly Brubach (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tap - 2002 - James Buckhouse in Collaboration with Holly Brubach
		Tap can also be seen and beamed to your palm through July 27, 2002, at five public locations in NYC.
		Special thanks to Falch.net for use of their DeveloperStudio for Palm OS, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Brooklyn Brewery, Stephanie Jun, Andrew Kossow, Greg Niemeyer, Merrill Falkenberg, and Ezekiel Sanborn-Deasis.
	www.diacenter.org /buckhouse (86 words)

	The Tap Dancer's WebRing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		You must be someone who is a Tap Dancer, Tap Dance Teacher or Dance School involved in teaching the art of Tap Dance.
		If you just mention that you love to Tap Dance, that's good enough for us.
		The precepts of good taste must be followed.
	www.planetshowbiz.com /nyemchek/tapdance.htm (469 words)

	Antique Toys And Dolls > Home > Antique toys > Tinplate mechanical ...
		Antique Toys And Dolls > Home > Antique toys > Tinplate mechanical figures > Black tap dancer.Penny toy,Germany.
		Home > Antique toys > Tinplate mechanical figures > Black tap dancer.Penny toy,Germany.
		Click on images to enlarge and on titles for further details.
	www.antique-toys.dk /defaultuk.asp?id=679 (392 words)

	American Tap Dance Foundation
		Welcome to our tap dance gift shop, where you can find a unique line of products specifically designed for the avid tap dancer including tap DVDs (performance and instructional), tap books, tap music, tap mats, t-shirts and other tap dance merchandise.
		Tap City features eight action packed days of programs and events where hundreds of tap dancers converge on the tap dance capital of the world to study, perform, teach, observe, share and dance!
		Choreography Residencies, and the annual Tap Teacher Seminar.
	www.atdf.org /shop/shop.html (121 words)

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