tap dancers
Metal-soled performers
Tap dancers are performers who dance in shoes fitted with metal plates that strike the floor to create rhythmic sounds.
The feet become percussion instruments, producing intricate patterns of clicks and beats.
Tap dancing emerged from African American and Irish dance traditions and remains a staple of musical theater and jazz performance.
- buck-and-wingVigorous solo tap
- shoesProtective foot coverings
- hoofersDancers, informally
- footworkSkilled lower-limb movement
- ball changeQuick two-step foot movement
shuffle step · paradiddle · shuffle · steps · syncopation · swing music · metal plates · soft-shoe · pullback · riff · rhythm · improvisations · choreographies · jazz hands · chorus line · Gregory Hines · flap · African American heritage
- vaudevillevaudeville, variety show, variety act, music hall, headliner
- dance groupsballet company, corps de ballet, ballet corps, jazz ensemble, hip hop crew