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Tap Dance History (beginning)

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Tap Dancing gets its routes from?

a)

Irish Step Dancing

b)

Traditional African Dancing

c)

1 and 2

d)

1 and 2 and Jig

2.

Tap Dance emerged in the...

a)

1600s

b)

1700s

c)

1800s

d)

1850s

3.

Where in the US did tap emerge?

a)

South

b)

North

c)

East

d)

West

4.

Tap dance developed from...

a)

A tap master traveling to teach people

b)

Trial and Error

c)

Listening and watching each other dance on the streets

d)

Observing sounds found in everyday life

5.

Early styles of tap used...

a)

clogs

b)

soft shoes

c)

hornailed boots

d)

crushed cans

6.

In the early 20th century tap appeared paired with...

a)

broadway

b)

no music

c)

jazz music

d)

instrumental music

7.

The absorption of what influences made tap rhythms more challenging?

a)

Eurpoean and Latin American

b)

Chinese and Africa

c)

Latin American and Afro-Carribean

d)

Afro-Carribean and European

8.

Ideas of tap began on a...

a)

cargo ship

b)

ship carrying slaves

c)

farm

d)

dock

9.

What African American dance was prohibited by Slave Laws (that had the greatest impact on tap)?

a)

Juba

b)

Odi

c)

Vosho

d)

Kwangwaru

10.

Metal taps were put on shoes in the... (approx)

a)

1910s

b)

1920s

c)

1930s

d)

1940s

11.

Tap dance was orginally done to what type of music?

a)

Soul

b)

Ragtime

c)

Jazz

d)

Blues

12.

To gain status tap dancers had to be successful in what (1900s)?

a)

both 2 and 3

b)

Cake Walk Contest

c)

Buck and Wing

d)

mimicry

13.

What terrible event plays a major role in tap history?

a)

Colonization

b)

Decolonization

c)

Slave Trade

d)

American Revolution

14.

_ was the first major tapper of the 1900s

a)

Harry Swinton

b)

Bill Robinson

c)

George White

d)

Eddie Fory Sr.

15.

Vaudeville is...

a)

mixture of specialty acts such as burlesque comedy and song and dance

b)

dance style

c)

circus show

16.

Buck Dancers Lament is

a)

improv

b)

paradiddles

c)

combo of paradiddles and improve

d)

time steps and a break

17.

First Female tap dancer?

a)

Lotta Crabtree

b)

Worrell Sisters

c)

Rita Hayworth

d)

Eleanor Powell

18.

Famous All African Musical (most relevant)...

a)

The Wiz

b)

Clorindy

c)

Dahomey

d)

Shuffle Along

19.

Bill Robinson brought what to tap?

a)

flat footed style

b)

complex melodies

c)

wings

d)

staying on your toes

20.

Everything's Copasetic means ___ and is coined by _____

a)

tip top by Jimmy Slide

b)

average by Bill Robinson

c)

tip top by Bill Robinson

d)

average by Jimmy Slide

21.

Bill Bojangles partner was

a)

Jimmy Slide

b)

George Cooper

c)

Maxwell P. Robinson

d)

George W. Cooper

22.

Famous dance by Bill Robinson

a)

Chair Dance

b)

Stair Dance

c)

Pear Dance

d)

BS Chorus

23.

Bill Bojangles became (1915)

a)

a swingster

b)

a solo act

c)

a partner in a duo

d)

dead

24.

John Bubble revolutionized

a)

5/4 time

b)

offbeat heal drops

c)

toe drop accents

d)

time steps

e)

patterns beyond 8 bars

25.

Father of Rhythm Tap

a)

John Bubbles

b)

Bill Robinson

c)

Jimmy Slyde

d)

Peg Leg Bates

26.

The duo Buck and Bubbles was comprised of

a)

John Bubbles and Buck

b)

Bubbles and Ford Washington

c)

John Bubbles and Ford Lee Washington

d)

John Bubble and George Washington

27.

Eleanor Powell is

a)

A Ballerina

b)

The Queen of Tap Dancing

c)

An Optimist

d)

An Circus Girl, and a Tap Dancer

28.

Danced with _____ in Broadway Melody

a)

A dog

b)

Bill Robinson

c)

Fred Astite

d)

Fred Astaire

29.

The Copasetics is

a)

a cult

b)

a frat

c)

a trio

d)

a sorotity

30.

Steve Condos was

a)

a speed demon

b)

a slow dancer

c)

a member of the copacetics

d)

a street dancer

31.

Did Steve Condos have a partner

a)

Yes

b)

No

32.

What types of performances did the Condos brothers perform at?

a)

Swings

b)

Big Easy's

c)

Vaudeville

d)

Speakeasy's

33.

What type of Performances did the Condos brothers give?

a)

Choreographer

b)

Improvisation

34.

Fred Astaire tapped with all of the following except

a)

Ginger Rogers

b)

Eleanor Powell

c)

Adele Austerlitz

d)

Ann Miller

e)

All are correct

35.

Fred Astaire danced accompanied by

a)

Props

b)

Women

c)

Women and Props

d)

I don't have a fourth option?

36.

What crew famously performed in Stormy Weather

a)

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

b)

The Nicholas Bros

c)

Fayard and Eleanor Powell

d)

Harold and Bill Robinson

37.

Jeni Legon is famous for

a)

the first female white tap soloist

b)

the first native american tap soloist

c)

the first asian tap soloist

d)

the first african american tap solosit

38.

Jeni LeGon trained with

a)

Jimmy Slyde

b)

George Balanchine

c)

Bill Robinson

39.

Clayton Bates is famous for

a)

dancing with one leg

b)

dancing with one eye

c)

dancing while deaf

d)

dancing while paralyzed

40.

Tap spread through American when

a)

the Ziegfield Follies was released

b)

when cutting was created

c)

it hit Broadway

41.

Bill Robinson danced with what pint sized princess

a)

Judy Garland

b)

Shirley Temple

c)

Marcia Mae Jones

d)

Shirly Templ

42.

Who all was a triple threat?

a)

Ginger Rogers

b)

Donald O'Connel

c)

Donald Duck

d)

Ann Miller

e)

Gene Autry

43.

When was tap introduced to the Radio City Rockettes

a)

1925

b)

1927

c)

1926

d)

1930

e)

1931

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