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What (who) is tap dance - definition
TYPE OF DANCE INVOLVING PERCUSSIVE SHOES
Tap (dance); Tap dancing; Tap-dancing; Tap dancer; Tap-dance; Tapdancing; Tapdance; Tap Dancing; Soft shoe dance; Soft shoe; Softshoe; Heel clicking; Hoofer; Tap danced; Tap Dance; Tap dancers; Hoofers; Tap shoe; Soft-shoe; Tap Dancer; Tap class; History of tap dance
![Students performing a tap dance in [[Mexico City]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/04232012dae jpg semana de la cultura082.JPG?width=200 "Students performing a tap dance in [[Mexico City]]")
![[[Jimmy Slyde]] tap dancing](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jimmy Slyde.jpg?width=200 "[[Jimmy Slyde]] tap dancing")
tap dancing
also tap-dancing
Tap dancing is a style of dancing in which the dancers wear special shoes with pieces of metal on the heels and toes. The shoes make loud sharp sounds as the dancers move their feet.
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tap dancer
(tap dancers)
A tap dancer is a dancer who does tap dancing.
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see tap dancing
Wikipedia
Tap dance
Tap dance is a form of dance characterized by using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion. Two major variations on tap dance exist: rhythm (jazz) tap and Broadway tap. Broadway tap focuses on dance; it is widely performed in musical theater. Rhythm tap focuses on musicality, and practitioners consider themselves to be a part of the jazz tradition.
The sound is made by shoes that have a metal "tap" on the heel and toe. There are different brands of shoes which sometimes differ in the way they sound.
Examples of use of tap dance
1. "I‘m just going to tap–dance a little," the leader of the free world said.
2. She does an impromptu tap dance in her pink flop–flops.
3. Bolton did a "diplomatic tap dance" to stall, U.S. officials said.
4. In an eighties–themed version of the popular magazine show That‘s Rich, a clip showed Fern doing a tap dance in a revealing outfit.
5. "He did a little tap dance on it, completely destroying it," said Lama Chuck Stanford, of Kansas City‘s Rhime Buddhist Center.