Question

The Nicholas Brothers incorporated leapfrogs into this dance style in the (20[1])final performance in the revue Stormy Weather. Savion Glover used this dance style for the choreography of the musical (20[1])Bring in ‘Da Noise, Bring in ‘Da Funk. Advanced moves in this dance style include the Maxi Ford. (20[3])The song “I’ll Be Hard (0[1])to (0[1])Handle” in the film Roberta uses this dance style performed by (*) Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. (10[3]0[2])The riff (0[1])walk and paradiddle (10[1]0[1])are steps in this style, (10[1]0[3])which was popularized by (10[1])Bill (0[1])“Bojangles” Robinson. With a black umbrella, Gene Kelly (10[1])performs a dance (10[2])in this (10[1])style while singing the title song (0[1])in the film Singin’ (0[1])in the Rain. (10[1])For 10 points, name this style of dance that utilizes shoes (10[1])with (10[1])metal (10[2])heels (10[4])and (10[2])toes (10[1])to make its namesake sound. (10[1])■END■ (10[7])

ANSWER: tap dancing [accept word forms like tapping; accept jazz tap or Broadway tap; prompt on jazz dance]
<Ethan Ashbrook, Fine Arts - Ballet/Dance&gt; ~26096~ &lt;Editor: Young Lee>
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