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Friday, March 7, 2008 - 6:25pmSanction this postReply
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Great! But I have to disagree with the narrator's statement "you'll never see the likes of this again." People say the same thing about today's music, but every once in a while a songwriter writes something like this.

And I think inspiration for today's artists and entertainers is only going to be helped by such innovations as YouTube, by which everything old has become new once more.

(Edited by Rodney Rawlings on 3/07, 6:31pm)


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Friday, March 7, 2008 - 11:12pmSanction this postReply
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I agree that Powell and Astaire are graceful and elegant.  There are many styles.  As for what is "best" or "best ever" (quite a challenge), that is hard to decide without a standard.
Tap dancing as such may have began in the 1830s in the Five Points neighborhood of New York City as a fusion of Irish and African Shuffle. Perhaps the most influential of all was the Irish jig. Dancers from different immigrant groups would get together to compete and show off their best moves. According to theory, as the dances fused, a new American style of dancing emerged. Master Juba was a prominent dancer in this period. -- Wikipedia
Gene Kelly tap dancing on roller skates about the joys of social metaphysics
(French subtitles provided for Existentialists, apparently)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aus1PA5-SyI

James Cagney Yankee Doodle Dandy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDYRjuzE1vI

Cobu Fusion of TaikoDrumming and Tap
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHEJ0ODoJ8M

Gregory Hines, Sammy Davis Jr., & Co., from the movie Tap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjXl5tkmvIo

(Edited by Michael E. Marotta on 3/07, 11:13pm)


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