Arts Toolkit: Dance Handout

Tap Dance Discussion Questions

Funky Tap

Use this sheet to take notes as you watch the video.

1. What is tap dance?

    

    

2. How was tap formed?

    

    

3. Where was it eventually performed?

    

    

4. What happened to tap in the 1950s and ’60s?

    

    

5. How is tap dance performed today?

    

    

6. What are characteristics of the tap dance style?

    

    

7. How does tap both reflect and contribute to American society?

 

 

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