Lecture 3 Notes

Dancing with the Toes
Tap Dance
Early Dancers

TAP DANCING

DANCING WITH THE TOES 
  Joyous 
  Noisy 
  Expressive 
  Rhythmic Action 
  Carefully ordered technique 

USE OF THE FEET 
  Hear rhythmic patterns 
  Audience focus - music produced by the feet 

TAP TECHNIQUE  
  Mastery of a particular movement sequence 
  Use of total body 
  Patterns of feet and legs 
  

TAP DANCE 

PURPOSE - to entertain 
  Audience appeal 1830 - 1990 

SHUFFLE, STAMPING, HEEL-TOE ACTIONS 
  Dance entertainer 
  Borrowed adapted 

466 AD - Ireland 
  1830 "Daddy Rice" - Thomas Dartmouth Rice 
  Traveling entertainer 

EVENING SHOW 
  Dancer 
  Play 
  Singing 
  Ensemble of characters 

EARLY DANCERS 
  John Diamond - jig 
  William Henry Lane - "Juba", 1848, "King of All Dances" 
  Dance material authentic 

MINSTREL SHOW 1845 - 1900 
3 Parts 
  Instrumental song, talk, speeches 
  Olio 
  Southern Plantation scenes - song and dance finale 

TAP DANCE EMERGES 
  Vaudeville 1900 - 1932