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| Savion Glover |
Having roots in blues and Jazz music in the 20th century, tap dance is a dance form that is very unique in nature. Known as “America’s second favorite pastime” tap dance, additionally has roots back to slavery times. During this particular time, slaves were forbidden to use drums, therefore, the only way they were able to express themselves “musically” was through the use of their hands and feet. With this, the earliest forms of tap dance originated. Tap dance continued to evolve and develop, and in the 1930’s and 1940’s tap dance reached it’s peak. With the rhythm needed to perform tap, African-American’s were considered some of the best performers in the world. In fact, William Henry Lane, was one of the notable African-Americans that codified tap dance. His style of dance was an intricate fusion of African steps, jigs, shuffles and slides, finger snapping and clapping.
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| Fred Astaire |
In addition, the addition of jazz into the mixture
of tap is what made it such a distinct dance form. There are several variations
of jazz today, including the shuffle, the ball change, the brush, and the side
tap to name a few. Lastly, Savion Glover, is a notable African American that is
making tap dance more prevalent in this generation.
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