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2) Tap dancing
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Simple text and photographs present tap dancing, including simple steps.
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This program traces the history of tap dancing, featuring a demonstration of various tap dance styles by two masters of the art, Ralph Brown and Chuck Green. Routines include single and double time steps, the cramp roll, the buck and wing, over-the-top and through-the-trenches. The program also examines the origin and development of tap dance in film clips from a 1897 Edison production and other turn of the century film records, and an excerpt from...
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In this program, master tap dancers Honi Coles and Cholly Atkins demonstrate favorite tap steps and routines from the time of World War One Over the Top and Through the Trenches to the mid-sixties Bebop. The program presents incisive perspectives on tap as the dancers talk with dance authority Marshall Stearns (author of Jazz Dance.)
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Emma is taking tap dance lessons and she wants to learn the routine perfectly, but it is not easy because the tapping of the dancers makes it difficult for her cochlear implant to pick up the final notes of the music and so her timing is off--but with a little help from her teacher and her best friend Izzie, Emma will make it work. Includes an ASL fingerspelling chart, glossary, and content-related questions.
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Tallulah loves the grace and elegance of ballet and can pirouette perfectly, but at dance camp she struggles to learn tap. Even worse, she can't seem to get along with another girl who loves tap and doesn't like ballet. Can the two find a way to help each other?
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This DVD is a fun-filled introduction to the world of dance for kids! It combines three separate beginner dance classes designed for ages four through six. Children will learn the basics of ballet, tap, and jazz. The dances are demonstrated step-by-step and provides music to help children remember and execute the dances.
11) Stanley's secret
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Stanley is a shy boy with a secret: he loves to tap dance, but only for his pet mice--so when the principal insists that he try out for the talent show, Stanley has to overcome his shyness and summon the confidence to perform for the school.
13) Tap dancing
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Tina, a young gir, tells about her experiences learning to tap dance. Includes a word list and photographs.
16) Tap dancing
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Provides an introduction to tap dancing, explaining what it is and why people study it, and describes and illustrates the basic tap steps.
20) Happy feet
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Emperor Penguins from Antarctica each express their true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very being. However, the misfit Mumble cannot sing. Instead he has an extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy and expression. Nevertheless, the leadership of the colony fearfully blames the young penguin's unorthodox ways for the lean fishing that threatens them all. Defiant in the face of unjust rejection,...