Sentence examples for knowledge of tap dance from inspiring English sources

Typically, Ashton drew on Holden's perception of the great music-hall artists who played travesty roles with understanding, not burlesque, and also upon his knowledge of tap dance (learned, together with music hall awareness, from an early teacher, the elegant song-and-dance man Victor Leopold, of the Bush Davies schools), to create the Widow's famous clog dance.

In the United States, English and Irish clog dancing influenced the development of tap dance.

Brian Seibert, the "World of Tap Dance" festival.

What's the status of tap dance today?

BRIAN SEIBERT Michelle Dorrance, 34 Tap dancer and choreographer The field of tap dance has seldom wanted for astonishing soloists.

Here Astaire is subverting racist caricature to celebrate the black tradition of tap dance.

I have done a lot of tap dance but I've had no formal dance training.

To be sure, this was thanks at least in part to the (mostly) women, mentioned above, who formed tap dance companies that would keep tap alive and to those who researched the history of tap dance.

There is a mere flickering of recognition of tap dance as an art form.

"If one does not acknowledge the theatrical heritage of tap dance something gets lost".

The dance falls somewhere between the riverdance, the C walk, and some type of tap dance.