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Hornpipe
The hornpipe is any of several dance forms played and danced in Britain and Ireland and elsewhere from the 16th century until the present day. The earliest references to hornpipes are from England with Hugh Aston's Hornepype of 1522 and others referring to Lancashire hornpipes in 1609 and 1613. -
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“Master Juba”
Master Juba, original name William Henry Lane, (born 1825?, Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.—died 1852, London, England), known as the “father of tap dance” and the first African Americanto get top billing over a white performer in a minstrel show. He invented new techniques of creating rhythm by combining elements of African American vernaculardance, Irish jigs, and clogging. -
Buck and Wing
The legendary dancer "Master Juba" did a Buck and Wing in the 1840's. It is said that the Buck and Wing 'routine' was first performed on the New York stage in 1880 by James McIntyre as well as inventing the 'Syncopated Buck and Wing.' king Rastus Brown is considered one of the best Buck and Wing dancers in history. -
Rhythm tap
William Henry Lane (1825 - 1852) was known as Master Juba and the "Juba dance," also known as "Pattin' Juba," was a mix of European Jig, Reel Steps, Clog and African Rhythms. It became popular around 1845. This was, some say, the creation of Tap in America as a theatrical art form and American Jazz dance. -
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Broadway tap peak
The primary showcase for tap of this era was the minstrel show, which was at its peak from approximately 1850 to 1870. During the following decades, styles of tap dancing evolved and merged. -
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Bill “Bojangles” Robinson
Bill Robinson, nicknamed Bojangles (born Luther Robinson; May 25, 1878 – November 25, 1949) was an American tap dancer, actor, and singer, the best known and the most highly paid African-American entertainer in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. -
dj’ing
The first person credited as being a DJ was Ray Newby from California, who in 1909 began playing records using a spark transmitter when he was still at college; “DJ” or “disk jockey” is a term used from the 1930s onwards. -
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Sandman Sims
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Black Bottom
The black bottom is a dance which became popular during 1920s amid the Jazz Age. It was danced solo or by couples. Originating among African Americans in the rural South, the black bottom eventually spread to mainstream American culture and became a national craze in the 1920s. -
Soft shoe
older than the clog dance), soft-shoe dancing (a relaxed, graceful dance done in soft-soled shoes and made popular in vaudeville), and buck-and-wing dancing (a fast and flashy dance usually done in wooden-soled shoes and combining Irish clogging styles, high kicks, and complex African rhythms and steps.. -
Shim-Sham Shimmy
The Leonard Reed Shim Shams: The original Shim Sham from 1927, a 32-bar chorus composed of four steps and a break The Freeze Chorus, circa 1930s, the original Shim Sham without the breaks The Joe Louis Shuffle Shim Sham, 1948, a tap-swing dance 32-bar chorus number that Leonard Reed performed with the World Heavyweight Boxing champ Joe Louis. -
“Buck and Bubbles” first live performance
"Buck and Bubbles" performed live in the first scheduled 'high definition' (240-line) television program on November 2, 1936, at Alexandra Palace, London, for the BBC, becoming the first black artists on television anywhere in the world. -
Nichols Brothers debut
The brothers made their Broadway debut in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 and also appeared in Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart 's musical Babes in Arms in 1937. They impressed their choreographer, George Balanchine, who invited them to appear in Babes in Arms. With Balanchine's training, they learned many new stunts. -
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Gregory Hines
Gregory Hines was born in New York City on February 14, 1946, to Alma Iola (Lawless) and Maurice Robert Hines, a dancer, musician, and actor, and grew up in the Sugar Hill neighborhood of Harlem. Hines began tap dancing when he was two years old, and began dancing semi-professionally at age five. -
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DJ KOOL HERC
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Graaitti
Graffiti started during the middle of 1960 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The first writers of graffiti are known to be COOL EARL and CORNBREAD -
Urban Dance
The Emergence of Urban Dance. An essential part behind the emergence of Hip-hop culture, urban dance arose in the late 60s and early 70s with the advent of funk and disco music. African American and Latino youths in the urban areas of Brooklyn, New York pioneered new styles of dance with breaking, popping, locking, and wacking. -
Breaking
Many elements of breaking can be seen in other antecedent cultures prior to the 1970s. B-boy pioneers Richard "Crazy Legs" Colon and Kenneth "Ken Swift" Gabbert, both of Rock Steady Crew, cite James Brown and Kung Fu films as influences. Many of the acrobatic moves, such as the flare, show clear connections to gymnastics. -
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Disco Music
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Waacking
The history of Whacking (Waacking) Whacking found its start in the 1970s gay clubs of Los Angeles where high-energy funk and disco music dominated the airwaves. It was in these clubs that poor Black, Latino, and Asian men found the freedom to express themselves through movement, despite the oppressive environments they faced in day-to-day life. -
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Savion Glover
Tap dancer, choreographer and actor Savion Glover was born on November 19, 1973 in Newark, New Jersey. Glover began taking in music classes at Newark Community School of the Arts at four years old. He soon progressed to advanced classes, becoming the youngest student in the school’s history to receive a full scholarship. -
House Dance
House Dance is a style of dance that originated in the late 70’s and early 80’s from underground clubs in Chicago and New York. The style was influenced by several types of movement, including Tap, African dance, Latin dance, and martial arts. House Dance is about freedom, improvisation, and feeling the music. -
House Music
House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 to 130 beats per minute. It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground club culture in the 1980s, as DJs from the subculture began altering disco songs to give them a more mechanical beat and deeper basslines. -
Vogue
Vogue, or voguing, is a highly stylized, modern house dance originating in the late 1980s that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene of the 1960s. -
Krump
Krumping was created by two dancers: Ceasare “Tight Eyez” Willis and Jo’Artis “Big Mijo” Ratti in South Central, Los Angeles, California during the early 2000s. Clowning is the less aggressive predecessor to krumping and was created in 1992 by Thomas “Tommy the Clown” Johnson in Compton, CA.