Lecture 4
Notes
Review
Vaudeville
Vaudeville gives way
to...
Ballroom
Jazz
Tap
Tap - Vaudeville to
Present
REVIEW
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Ireland, Irish
Step Dancing
1830
Daddy Rice,
shuffle, glides, fast stomping
1845 - 1900
Minstrel
Shows
Juba - Black
Dance
Diamond -
folk
1900 -
1932
Fred Astaire
(1918-1987)
Mr. Bojangles
(1878-1949)
Irene and Vernon
Castle
Gene
Kelly
VAUDEVILLE
SOFT SHOE - Developed from
the essence
1858 - "The Essence of Old Virgnia"
Slow
Tempo
Old Fashioned
Black Dance style clog
FACTORS - Tap Dance in the
public eye
Vaudeville
Dance Masters of
the South
RHYTHMS
Ballroom
FT
4/4
Swing
4/4
Waltz
3/4
Tap -
Essence
Soft Shoe
4/4
Waltz Clog
3/4
Time Steps
4/4
1930's
Show changed, less
Vaudeville, more Broadway
Motion
Pictures
Television
Radio City Music
Hall
VAUDEVILLE - gives way to.....
Radio City Music
Hall
Broadway
1900 - 1935
Tap
Favored
Tap Peaks
1930's
1940's - 19
50's
Big bands and
early Rock
1960's -
1990's
BALLROOM
African & European
Roots
Reels,
Quadrilles
FT 4/4
Swing 4/4
Waltz 3/4
Solo Dancing -
Social
Latin Dances
Cha-Cha
Rhumba
Samba
JAZZ
African & European
Roots
Shuffle, Glide,
Hops
4/4 Rhythm and
Variations
Syncopated Rhythms,
Improvisation
Buck &
Wing
Cakewalk
Solo Dancing
African and Caribbean
Music
TAP
African & European
Roots
Quick footwork, Shuffle,
Glide, Hops
Syncopated Rhythms,
Improvisation
Buck &
Wing
Cakewalk
Rhythms - 3/4,
4/4
Solo Dancing
Feet as
Music
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