Afro-Caribbean rhythms
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History of Tap Dance
To learn even more, you can now sign up as a member and get special videos, information and invitations to special events. Tap dance is an indigenous American dance genre that evolved over a period of some three hundred years. Initially a fusion of British and West African musical and step-dance traditions in America, tap…
Ada Overton Walker, Afro-Caribbean rhythms, American tap dance, cakewalk, clogs, Gregory Hines, hard-soled shoes, Honi Coles, indigenous American dance, Irish jigging, jazz music, Jeni LeGon, Jimmy Slyde, Latin American rhythm, Lotta (Mignon) Crabtree, Master Juba, metal plates, minstrel show, percussive dance, percussive footwork, Sammy Davis Jr., Sandman Simms, Savion Glover, step dancing, tap dance, taps, West African dance, West African gioube
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