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Tap dancing is a type of dance
where dance steps are tapped out audibly with the feet. Tap dance was born in the United States during the 19th century, and
today is popular all around the world. The name comes from tapping sound made when the small metal
plates on the dancer's shoes touch the hard floor. This lively, rhythmic tapping makes the performer not just a dancer, but
a percussive musician.
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Tap is a unique self-expression that allows
you to make music with your feet, telling a story and making viewers feel what they are feeling using nothing more than a
parir of shoes with metal pieces on the bottom. Tap dancing became well well-known in musicals where it was often performed
as a 'ballroom' dance style. Today there is greater variety amoung professional tap styles with rhythm tap, Broadway tap,
jazz tap, funk tap, and funk rhythm tap.
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