Name: TED-ED】タップダンサーの技-アンドリュー・ネムル (【TED-Ed】A tap dancer's craft - Andrew Nemr)
Uploaded: 2021-01-14T04:50:46.000Z
Duration: 5 min 52 s
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one of America's major contributions to the world of percussive dance,

born out of the melding of African and European dance traditions.

There's so many variations within tap dance,

as many approaches as there have been tap dancers.

in the world of American popular entertainment.

to night clubs, musical theater, and movie musicals,

And your approach depends on when in the history's lineage

The landscape of American entertainment shifted in the 1950s and 60s.

rock and roll was becoming a popular music,

towards a format incorporating ballet with narrative

rather than the extension of variety shows

to the fringes of the entertainment world.

but it was outside of the popular discourse.

There were fewer and fewer places to dance

and very little need for new tap dancers,

so those who have been dancing in the 20s, 30s, and 40s,

really had no one to pass along the art form to.

In the 1970s, a multifaceted resurgence began.

Modern dancers became interested in the older tap dancers,

Grassroots-organized tap festivals began to spring up,

featuring the older tap dancers teaching the technique

Older dancers also came out of retirement to perform

with groups such as The Copasetics and The Original Hoofers, traveling the world.

Even Broadway regained interest in the form,

with Gregory Hines becoming a public figure

for tap dance on the stage and in feature films.

Since then, the resurgence has spawned a more popular interest,

with Savion Glover at the nexus of the crowd.

Considered the quintessential tap dancer,

Glover presents the form as a pure musician.

and thanks in a large part to the work of Savion Glover,

we've seen a rise in young people's interest in tap dance.

Today, as we begin to rediscover the craft,

and take examples of what tap dance was from past generations,

at the same time, discovering our own unique approaches.

and apply past examples within our own unique context -

two pieces of metal on a leather-soled shoe,