Whats the name of the dance Ginger rogers and fred astaire used to dance??
tap dance Tap flourished in the U.S. from 1900 to 1955, when it was the main performance dance of Vaudeville and Broadway. Vaudeville was the inexpensive entertainment before television, and it employed droves of skilled tap dancers. Many famous bands included tap dances as part of their show. For a while, every large city in the U.S. had amateur street tap performers. At the time, tap dance was also called jazz dance, because jazz was the music with which tap dancers performed. Tap dance class at Iowa State University, 1942.During the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, the best tap dancers moved from Vaudeville to cinema and television. Steve Condos, with his innovative style of percussion tap, created a whole new tap style that he introduced to audiences in Vaudeville, and later to the audiences of film and Broadway. Prominent tap dancers of this period included Fred Astaire, John W. Bubbles, Charles “Honi” Coles, Steve Condos, Vera-Ellen, Ruby Keeler, Gene Kelly, Jeni LeGon,[1] Ann Miller, Fa
