Tap dancing is a kind of dance with the rhythm of feet, sometimes like a galloping horse, and sometimes like the sound of tap dancing like running water, which makes people enjoy the wonderful rhythm and strong expressive force. It has become a mass fitness method to exercise personal manners and improve physical fitness.

Tap dance is tap dance in English, and tap means tapping and slapping. The formal formation of tap dance was in the United States in the 1920s. Before this, Irish immigrants and African slaves brought their folk dances to this immigrant continent, and these folk dances gradually merged to form a new dance form-tap dance. When tap dance first appeared, there was a name called hoof, which also means tap dance. So the tap dancer at that time was also called hoofer. Interestingly, the word hoofer also has the meaning of black, which shows that tap dancers at that time were mostly black, and also shows the origin of tap dance and black dance.

Tap dancing is mainly wearing special shoes with iron palms and playing various rhythms on the wooden floor with flexible steps. Its form is eclectic and it is a very free dance form. Many dancers in history are constantly enriching the forms of tap dancing. There is a very vivid saying: tap dancing has no map, which means tap dancing has no restrictions like maps.

In addition, compared with some other dances that use feet to beat the rhythm, tap dance pays more attention to the complex skills and rhythm of footwork, which is more closely related to jazz. For example, in Spain's comprehensive performing arts, Flamengo has a dance with feet, but its rhythm is in harmony with Spanish folk guitar music, and its footsteps are also in harmony with the tall and vigorous dance of Spanish dance, which is powerful and concise. For example, there is a "tap dance" in China's Tibetan dance and boots, which is mainly based on stepping, and also combines folk music and Tibetan dance. Tap dancing, on the other hand, pays little attention to body dancing, such as Irish-style tap dancing, where the upper body remains motionless, while black tap dancing tends to shake the body at will. There are even many funny moves, such as an early dance step called WING, which absorbs the arm movements of Irish dance.

Tap dancing is closely related to jazz, which absorbs many "jazz-like" factors, such as syncopation and improvisation. Some tap dancers often perform with fat Waller. Of course, tap dancing also has some basic dance steps training, such as tiptoe, heel, flapping, brushing, shuffling, ball changing, CRAMPROLL and so on.

Willaim henley Lane was the first great rhythmic dancer. He added African steps to Irish jig dance, emphasizing rhythm and percussion over melody. Later, three masters laid the foundation of tap dancing: King Rastus Brown, bill robinson and John Paopao. Brown created a mature tap dance step, which is characterized by flat feet.

Then Robinson developed his own dance steps on this basis, highlighting the toe technique. He often goes to baseball games and chooses some people from the audience to play around the stadium with him. Only he carries his body on his back and runs on his toes. He often dances with the cute little movie star Deng Boer. BUBBLES created a dance step called CRAMPROLL, using toes and heels. ...

Tap dance has always been regarded as a stolen dance, a challenging dance, because it originated from the bottom of society, from farms and streets, and almost all blacks could dance in the early days. On farms and plantations, black slaves were forbidden to perform traditional religious ceremonies of dancing and drumming, so they clapped their hands and hit the floor with their feet instead of drumming in secret activities. In cities, blacks can't go to dance schools like whites, but often learn from each other, "steal" dance steps from each other and compete with each other. This form of "competing" with each other still exists in today's performance.

During the prohibition of alcohol in the United States at the beginning of this century, some illegal pubs not only provided alcohol, but also hired many black people to perform songs and dances, including tap dancing, to entertain white customers, such as the famous cotton club. 192 1 year, created Broadway performances such as singing and dancing, and further developed tap dancing. The development of tap dance has made a great leap in modern times. It is widely used in club entertainment, touring performances, Broadway songs and dances, Hollywood movies and other occasions, and has become a "traditional folk dance" representing the United States and a dance with world influence. But also influenced some primitive folk dances, such as Irish dance, which absorbed the technology and performance form of tap dance and formed a stage performance form with strong entertainment and the combination of tradition and modernity.

This type of tap dance performance highlights the development and packaging function of modern entertainment industry. It makes full use of stage lighting, scenery, music, overall planning and emotional agitation to form a more ornamental and entertaining performance. The more successful is the Australian tap dance company.

Tap dancing is closely related to music, and there is even a saying that great tap dancers are musicians. In general dance teaching, teachers mainly imitate movements and then combine music when demonstrating. In the teaching of tap dance, teachers often say: It looks and sounds like this, which means that we should not only watch, but also listen and feel the rhythm. It is not enough to learn dance without rhythm, and it is not necessary to imitate dance accurately if the rhythm is right.

In the early tap dance competition, the judges even sat under the wooden stage, not looking at the dancers at all, just listening to their rhythm priorities, and the most important thing is whether the rhythm is clear. A good tap dancer must be clear no matter how fast the rhythm is, how complicated the steps are and how light the voice is. Have good musical literacy, and can also perform with music completely impromptu. Another tap dancer, Baby Lawrence, can play 32 or more types of rhythms in the bar 16.

With the development of tap dancing, dancers can make more different sounds in various ways. The earliest dance shoes were the whole wooden sole and heel, which were later divided into two parts, and then the iron sole appeared. Some people also deliberately loosen the screw of the iron palm to make a louder sound. Now there are more ways, some jumping on the sand-covered ground ... some jumping on the electronic drum, pursuing more sound effects.

The Origin and Development of Tap Dance

After nearly a hundred years of development, tap dance has formed different styles, and the two main branches are Irish tap dance and American tap dance. The oldest tap dance originated in America and is called hoof dance. Hoof itself means tap dancing, so tap dancers at that time were also called hooves, and the word hooves also had the meaning of black people, which indicated that tap dancers at that time were mostly black people, and also explained the origin of tap dancing and black dance.

Tap dance originated from the lower class in the United States, mainly combining Irish folk dance and African black dance. The form of this genre is relatively open and free, without too many stylized restrictions. Dancers don't pay attention to body dancing, but show off the complex skills of rhythmic beating under their feet. They often gather in the street to compete with each other. Its overall dance style is relatively simple and loose. Later, in the long-term development, this school was constantly influenced by many factors. For example, the influence of cowboys in the western United States, such as the influence of traditional black drums, may be the most important influence of jazz. Tap dance absorbs elements such as jazz rhythm and improvisation, which is more entertaining, open and challenging. In this way, it gradually formed a very rich dance form and became a tap dance school with a strong "black flavor" representing the United States.

Tap dancing is a kind of listening dance style. There is even a saying that great tap dancers are musicians. In the early tap dance competition, the judges even sat under the wooden stage, not looking at the dancers at all, but listening to their priorities in tapping rhythm. For tap dancing, the most important thing is whether the rhythm is clear. A good tap dancer can make it clear no matter how fast the rhythm is, how complicated the steps are and how light the voice is. In the development of tap dancing, there are several key figures-willaim henley Ryan is a great rhythmic dancer. He added African steps to Irish jig dance, emphasizing rhythm and percussion over melody. Later, three tap dancers laid the foundation of tap dancing. They were King Rastus Brown, bill robinson and John Paopao. Brown started a mature tap dance step, and his dance step is characterized by flat feet. On this basis, Robinson developed his own dance steps and highlighted the toe technique. Bubbles, on the other hand, created a dance step called CRAMPROLL, which is characterized by using both toes and heels. Tap dance originated from Broadway in the United States, and it is a folk dance. The English name of TAP DANCE is "tap dance", which means tapping and slapping. It was formally formed in the United States in the 1920s. Before this, Irish immigrants and African slaves brought their folk dances to this immigrant continent, and these folk dances gradually merged to form a new dance form-tap dance. After years of development, tap dancing has absorbed elements such as jazz rhythm and improvisation. It is also a very interesting sport, more entertaining, more open and challenging, giving people the feeling of lightness, liveliness, freedom and rhythm.

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