Tap dancing is a fascinating rhythmic form of dance. Dancers use their shoes (which have metal plates on the front of the foot and the heel) to rhythmically hit the floor and produce the well-known tap sound. It is a theatrical art form that often appears on screen and on stage in musicals.
Tap dancing made history in Hollywood, particularly in the 30s and 40s when it appeared in Hollywood film musicals such as Dixiana (1930), starring Bill Robinson, Forty-Second Street (1933), starring Ruby Keeler, the Little Colonel (1935), starring Robinson and Shirley Temple, Swing Time (1936), starring Fred Astaire. Atlantic City (1944), with Buck and Bubbles, Lady be Good, with Berry Brothers, Stormy Weather (1943), with Bill Robinson and Nicholas Brothers and the Time, the Place and the Girl (1946), with the Condos brothers.
Famous dancers:
- Bill Robinson
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Savion Glover
- Eleanor Powell
- Fred Astaire
- Gregory Hines
- Ginger Rogers
- Ann Miller
- Gene Kelly
- Donald O’Connor
- The Nicholas Brothers
Uniform for boys and girls:
* Black or dark blue bodysuit
* Black shorts or black jazz pants
* Tap shoes (you can order them from our front desk)
