| | 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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