zyg. cache "Yes": frequent the cry during carry Tapa), also step (persistent. step dance from step "step" + "dance"; in English the term includes any dance with emphasis on footwork, and Stepan is used to click "knock; light-knock") - a kind of dance, a characteristic feature of which is the rhythmic drum footwork. As a rule, tap dancing is performed in special shoes, lined with metal plates; however, they-the conquest of modern times: the founders of the genre (bill Robinson[en], Sammy Davis Jr., Nicholas brothers, etc.).) did not use them, relying on the hard Shoe soles and oak floors.
History
Tap dancing comes from a mixture of different cultures, especially Irish dance and African American dance traditions. It became especially popular in the United States, where many cultural traditions merged, and at the turn of the XIX—XX centuries, a new dance appeared.
In the 1930s-1940s, step gained immense popularity, thanks to Hollywood music painting. Fred Astaire, Paul Draper, ray Bolger recorded elements of modern dance and movement from classical ballet, diversifying and enriching the aesthetics of dance. Naturally, the fashion for jazz popularized tap dancing, giving it a new image and a more complex rhythmic and melodic basis.
In the 1970s, interest in step was revived again, due to the fact that in the United States, old musicals were restored, dance schools began to open again. One of the most popular bands in the world, performing a variety of Irish steppes (Irish hard shoe), is the group "Riverdance".
In the late XX-early XXI century, the center of this dance again become the United States, where they work Gregory Hines, Savion Glover, Jason Samuels-Smith and others.Announced the step show "Tap Dogs", which tried to use the Step to convey the rhythm of the modern industrial city.
In the USSR, the dance did not enjoy official recognition, but tap dancing is present in the films: "carnival night", "winter evening in Gagra", "we are from jazz". Despite the lack of popularity of dance in the Soviet Union, famous Soviet tap dancers brothers Gusakova.
Step is actively developing in the post-Soviet space. The famous Moscow when Konstantin Nevretdinov (Stepan), Vladimir Kirsanov, Oleg Fedotkin, in Rostov-on-don, Russia. in Kiev-Vladimir Shpudeyko, Odessa Alexey Gilko, Sergey Ostapenko, Alexander Ostanin, Igor Belov.
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