There are people who take tap class, do a tap dance. And then there are people who know the dance, who know why they take tap classes. Who know why they do 20 shuffles, or 50 shuffles, before they go on.
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I don't tap dance, and I don't think you can learn to tap dance in three weeks at my ripe old age.
I'm a tap dancer. Once you're a tap dancer, you're always a tap dancer. In 'After Midnight,' I get to dance, but I don't do a full tap number.
Just like a comedian has a certain joke or a jazz musician has a riff that they know will get the crowd, a tap dancer always has a step.
There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who only dance to their own rhythm, and those who don't dance at all.
There are many different styles of, and approaches to, tap. My own leans towards a more intellectual view: tap dancing not just for the sake of entertainment but to educate and spark emotion.
When people start dancing, they dance like they don't know they are doing it.
There's a whole new generation who know about tap dancing thanks to 'Happy Feet.'
I can tap dance a little bit.
I grew up in dance studios. I was forced to be in several numbers in recitals and dance competitions. I took one tap class - literally one class - and then I quit.
Tap dancing is all about the feet; you put your head down and don't really engage with anything but the rhythm in your head.