#tap-dance

[quanbrinson]

“Tapping in my Converse” ft. ASHA

[fogfrog]

And then there was the clause about tap-dancing lessons for Seth MacFarlane in his deal to host the Academy Awards.

Jackoway Tyerman Wertheimer Austen Mandelbaum Morris & Klein, Variety: Dealmakers Impact Report 2012: Legal Eagles

[knucklesandknucklesandknuckles]

My favorite YouTube music group plus my most hyped movie of the year?  Count me in.

[grandoldmovies]

Broadway Baby Says Goodnight

Grand Old Movies is back, with a new post. We're taking a hard, cold look at Busby Berkeley's hardest, coldest, and greatest of his musical routines, "The Lullaby of Broadway," from Gold Diggers of 1935. It's a self-contained narrative about a party girl who lives for the Manhattan night life, highlighted by a demonic tap-dance routine that takes place in a Grand-Central-Station-sized nightclub. Nothing ever like it has been seen in movies before or since. Please click here to read our post. And bring along the martinis and tap shoes.

[the-hedgehog-whisperer]

Essential may be the wrong choice of words

My Auntie: Stop procrastinating and do some work !

Me: I would but it is essential that the dog learns how to tap-dance !

[amomentaninstant]

Quand le voisin du dessus a décidé que mon plafond serait sa piste de danse...

When the upstairs neighbour decided that my ceiling would be his dance floor...

[grandoldmovies]

ELEANOR POWELL: "TALLULAH"

One of the great unsung dance routines from the glory days of the MGM musical is Eleanor Powell dancing the "Tallulah" number from 1942's Ship Ahoy. Powell combines tap, ballet, acrobatics, even some trapeze, and an athletic sex appeal for a number that will make you feel like hauling the old carcass out of the recliner and taking a whirl or two yourself over the linoleum. Although dancing like a tempest, Powell finds the time to insert several charming moments into her dance---we particularly like the bit when she smilingly turns down an offer of an ice-cream soda from co-star Bert Lahr (such willpower!)---as well as finishing with a socko climax, involving master drummer Buddy Rich and several pairs of drumsticks. There may never be another tap dancer like Powell; her rhythmic control, of the flow of movement through instep, ankle, knee, and thigh (watch the moment when she taps out the rhythm using floor, table, and chair), is astonishing. Also on hand to join the fun are Red Skelton, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra, and a chorus of lovelies. The film is now out on a Warner Bros Archive DVD.