Jumpin’ Jive
The Nicholas Brothers & Cab Calloway
Flips, splits and rhythm tap at full speed, from Stormy Weather (1943).
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Great performances and short clips to remind you why you’re practicing. Every move here is built from the steps in the list.
Stair Dance
Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, 1932
Clean, light taps climbing a staircase. The sound is the whole show.
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Fred Astaire & Eleanor Powell
A tap duet in perfect unison from Broadway Melody of 1940.
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Gregory Hines, Sammy Davis Jr. & more, from Tap (1989)
Old-school hoofers trade steps and try to out-do each other.
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Jimmy Slyde
The master of the slide, gliding across the floor with relaxed swing.
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Sammy Davis Jr.
Showmanship and speed from one of the great all-round entertainers.
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Gregory Hines & Mikhail Baryshnikov
Tap meets ballet in a duet where both styles hold their own.
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Gene Kelly & Donald O’Connor, Singin’ in the Rain
Playful, tightly synced tap that turns a diction lesson into a dance.
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Singin’ in the Rain
A joyful three-person number that flows between steps, jumps and furniture.
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Savion Glover, The Greene Space
Watch him make up rhythms on the spot, with the floor as his instrument.
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Savion Glover in “Timeless”, 2000
The time step, the first routine most tappers learn, taken to a high level.
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Savion Glover at the Apollo
Tap and beatbox answer each other.
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Chloe Arnold’s Syncopated Ladies
Pop choreography turned into precise, powerful group tap.
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Michelle Dorrance, The Late Show
A tap dancer playing in a band: the floor becomes another musician.
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Christopher Rice & friends
A feel-good tap video to Pharrell’s “Happy”.
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Gregory Hines, Great Performances
A quick look at why Hines made tap cool again.
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Ann Miller
Blazing speed and sharp, clear sound from a classic Hollywood tapper.
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Revival Dance Project
A group tries wings in unison. A good goal for the upper levels.
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Nicole Billow, dot2tap
Fast, tidy footwork to a song that never stops moving.
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The Rockettes
Two kinds of percussive dance trading phrases.
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The Rockettes
A line of dancers hitting every sound together.
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