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During the mid -1800's many Irish immigration arrived in America, fleeing from starvation, bringing with them their own dance rhythms and steps. The next 60 years or so would see a fusion of cultures the development of blues and jazz music alongside percussive dance.
One of the earliest known "rhythm" dancers was WILLIAM HENRY LANE, also known as "JUBA".
By the 1840s his unique rhythmcal style of dance was hugely popular, and he was one of the very few black performers. His style of dance was an intricate fusion of African steps, jigs, shuffles and slides, finger snapping and clapping.

    WILLIAM HENRY LANE

In tap dance you have to put on tap shoes.
Tap shoes are important for tap dance,because without tap shoes we can`t do dance well. Tap shoes have a metal plate called taps (bowl) on the toes of the sole, and heel (heel) stomps the floor.
tap shoes

Tap dance have two basic step.One is Shuffle. To do this footwork, you have to hit the tip of your toe to front and rear.These two videos footwork are very easy and basic.

One more step call Flap.When you do this step, you have to kick and put,because Flap make two sounds.

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 My tap dance teacher`s name is Kaoru Tomita. She is the most famous tap dancer in the world. I really respect her. She has two studios.One is in Takadanobaba, in Tokyo. One more is Tokorozawa, in Saitama.
She also appeared in commercials on TV, such as for Itouen and Suntory.

I learned to tap dance at the Tokorozawa studio. I am very happy because a famous tap dancer taught me to tap dance.

famous tap dancer

1. SABUROU NAKAGAWA　（中川　三郎）         1916~2003

He is called the `father of ball room dancing`.
He is founder of JAPAN TAP WORLD.
He went to NWE YORK city university at he was 17.
Then he learn tap dance at there, and appeared in BROADWAY musical theater for the first time in JAPANESE, and pursus the success.




2.ELEANOR TORREY POWELL              1912~1982

She called the `Queen of taps`.
She has already appeared on numerous reviews and musicals on BROADWAY taking advantage, and completed an athletic dance style at 17 years old.
In 1935 she move a base to HALLYWOOD.



3.SAMMY DAVIS JR                      1925~1990

He taked the first stage at 3 years old.
He release his first record in 1954, and get a lot of highly regarded in America.
He can do tap dance too, and came to Japan announce his tap dance many time.
Also he appear many CM at TV in the JAPAN.


































My teacher TOMITA KAORU has a concert in TOUKYOU RIZUMU GEKIJYOU at NOVEMBER 2th and 3th. I never see that but I want to see in the near future.

famous tap dancer

I tell you about famous tap dancer from now.

1. SABUROU NAKAGAWA　（中川　三郎）


He is called the `father of ball room dancing`.
He is founder of JAPAN TAP WORLD.
He went to NWE YORK city university at he was 17.
Then he learn tap dance at there, and appeared in BROADWAY musical theater for the first time in JAPANESE, and pursus the success.


2.ELEANOR TORREY POWELL

3.SAMMY DAVIS JR

about the novel ONYX DRAGON

Hi, everyone! I read a novel ONYX DRAGON.

So, I explain about this story from now.

MAIN CHARACTERS

1.   You…You are university students.

2.   HANNAH (Your sister)

3.   LYDIA (Your aunt)

4.   ALEXANDER MACGREGOR (Your great-great-uncle)

5.   Treasure hunters

This story have many end. I read HANNAH and you adventure with treasure hunter.

You are university student and take your young sister go to aunt LYDIA house in SAN JUAN. You and HANNAH go to aunt LIDYA’s house and enjoy with her every summer, but this summer, you and HANNAH have a different reason to go to aunt LYDIA’s house. You found your father’s old journal. In it, he wrote about his search for the ONYX DRAGON. ONYX DRAGON is your old-old-uncle’s ship. But one day it sank in a storm near SAN JUAN in 1852, and was never found. You and HANNAH want to search family mystery, so you go aunt LYDIA’s house. But aunt LYDIA say it’s a waste time.

But you want to search mystery. So, next day you and HANNAH go to sea, and find a gold coin!!!

Than, they think what is it, and look around. The ONYX DRAGON is near gold coin’s box!!

You and HANNAH is very happy………,but………the other treasure hunters are in there.

They want gold coin box too. You and HANNAH stealthily bring gold coin box. But treasure hunter find it, so they run after you and HANNAH. They catch up, you and HANNAH, but HANNAH, push he to sea. But he dosen’t give up.

In the end, you and HANNAH be caught by treasure hunter, and kill by treasure hunter. They make a new family mystery!!!!!

Aunt LYDIA say to HANNAH and you stop search it, but you say “I’m going to search”. I don’t know why HANNAH and you are want to solve mystery until the risk to there.

I like this story, because I like adventure story.

This story was a story to be very mind-bending.

My tap dance teacher





I'd like to tell you about my tap dance teacher now. My tap dance teacher`s name is Kaoru Tomita. She is the most famous tap dancer in the world. I really respect her. She has two studios.

One is in Takadanobaba, in Tokyo. One more is Tokorozawa, in Saitama.
She also appeared in commercials on TV, such as for Itouen and Suntory.

I learned to tap dance at the Tokorozawa studio. I am very happy because a famous tap dancer taught me to tap dance.


step of t ap dance

I tell you about one more step.
This step call FLAP STEP. This step is basic too.
When you do this step, you have to kick and put,
because FLAP STEP make two sounds.

step of tap dance

Let me tell you about footwork of tap dance.
One is the Shuffle Step. This footwork is a basic in tap dance. To do this footwork, you have to hit the tip of your toe to front and rear.

These two videos footwork are very hard ones, but both videos steps always use the Shuffle Step.

Can you find Shuffle Step?

  

tap shoes

 

I`ll tell you about tap shoes now.

Tap shoes are important for tap dance,

because without tap shoes we can`t do

dance well. Tap shoes have a metal plate

called taps (bowl) on the toes of the sole,

and heel (heel) stomps the floor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

tap dance history

I tell you about history of the tap dance this time.

During the mid -1800's many Irish immigration arrived in America, fleeing from starvation, bringing with them their own dance rhythms and steps. The next 60 years or so would see a fusion of cultures the development of blues and jazz music alongside percussive dance.
One of the earliest known "rhythm" dancers was WILLIAM HENRY LANE, also known as "JUBA".

By the 1840s his unique rhythmcal style of dance was hugely popular, and he was one of the very few black performers. His style of dance was an intricate fusion of African steps, jigs, shuffles and slides, finger snapping and clapping.








                                      
                                     

self-introduction

Hallo, everyone! My name is ZHUOYI ZHOU. My JAPANESE name is TAKAYOSHI SHU.I was born in CHINA, and I grew up in JAPAN. But I can't speak CHINESE well, I can speak JAPANESE and ENGLISH. I like to play tap dance and ski. So I tell you about tap dance from now.