Tap legends,Choreographers & companies
Tap Legends & Choreographers
The Nicholas Brothers
Tap-dancing duo whose suppleness, strength, and fearlessness made them one of the greatest tap dance acts of all time. Fayard Antonio Nicholas and his brother Harold Lloyd Nicholas they developed a type of dance that has been dubbed “classical tap,” combining jazz dance, ballet, and dazzling acrobatics with tap dancing,the Nicholas Brothers elevated tap dancing with their elegance and sensational presentation.
Fred Astaire
Tap-dancing duo whose suppleness, strength, and fearlessness made them one of the greatest tap dance acts of all time. Fayard Antonio Nicholas and his brother Harold Lloyd Nicholas they developed a type of dance that has been dubbed “classical tap,” combining jazz dance, ballet, and dazzling acrobatics with tap dancing,the Nicholas Brothers elevated tap dancing with their elegance and sensational presentation.
Fred Astaire
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Fred Astaire
American dancer of stage and motion pictures who is best known for a number of highly successful musicalcomedy films in which he starred with Ginger Rogers. He is regarded by many as the greatest popular-music dancer of all time, Fred Astaire’s dance style that made him popular was his “relaxed, light, effortless, and largely improvised
American dancer of stage and motion pictures who is best known for a number of highly successful musicalcomedy films in which he starred with Ginger Rogers. He is regarded by many as the greatest popular-music dancer of all time, Fred Astaire’s dance style that made him popular was his “relaxed, light, effortless, and largely improvised
Eleanor Powell
Eleanor Powell was born in 1912 in Springfield, Massachussetts, and got her professional start in Atlantic City clubs, from where she moved into in revue in New York at the Ritz Grill and Casino de Paris at the age of sixteen. She started her career on Broadway in 1929, where her machine-gun foot work gained her the title of world champion in tapping. In 1935 she came to Hollywood where she starred in the great MGM musicals in the late 1930s, establishing herself as a Queen of Ra-Ta-Taps. In spite of the fact that she was primarily a solo performer she also danced with Fred Astaire and George Murphy
Eleanor Powell was born in 1912 in Springfield, Massachussetts, and got her professional start in Atlantic City clubs, from where she moved into in revue in New York at the Ritz Grill and Casino de Paris at the age of sixteen. She started her career on Broadway in 1929, where her machine-gun foot work gained her the title of world champion in tapping. In 1935 she came to Hollywood where she starred in the great MGM musicals in the late 1930s, establishing herself as a Queen of Ra-Ta-Taps. In spite of the fact that she was primarily a solo performer she also danced with Fred Astaire and George Murphy
Tap Dancers of today
Savion Glover
He is an award-winning tap chorgeographer/dancer and choreographer known for works like Jelly's Last Jam and Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in ‘da Funk.Glover is currently interested in restoring African roots to tap. He wants to put tap back into the contemporary black context.Born on November 19, 1973, in Newark, New Jersey, Savion Glover is a virtuosic tap dancer He worked with director George Wolfe on Jelly's Last Jam and Bring in ‘da Noise/Bring in ‘da Funk, for which Glover won a choreography Tony. A teacher as well, he has made appearances in a variety of television and film projects. Tap Companies & Famous Tap Schools |
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