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  2. Brenda Bufalino - Wikipedia

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    Brenda Bufalino after a performance with The Jefferson Dancers. Brenda Bufalino (born September 7, 1937) is an American tap dancer and writer. She co-founded, choreographed and directed the American Tap Dance Foundation, known at the time as the American Tap Dance Orchestra. [1]

  3. Texas Tommy (dance) - Wikipedia

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    Working from an old film of the dance, she also described it as having a basic pattern of "a loose step, hop-kick, step, hop-kick, run, run, run, run" and identified a "useful variation" of four step-kicks that "agrees with the open and improvisational manner that the Texas Tommy was described to have in many of the written references."

  4. Michelle Dorrance - Wikipedia

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    Many of Dorrance's first professional performances occurred when she was a teenager, with the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble at major international tap dance festivals. She also performed as a soloist with swing-revival icons, the Squirrel Nut Zippers when she was 16, [ 7 ] and in 1997 was the youngest cultural ambassador to Russia from ...

  5. Tap dance - Wikipedia

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    Tap dancing class at Iowa State College, 1942. Tap dance (or tap) is a form of dance that uses the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion; it is often accompanied by music. [1] Tap dancing can also be a cappella, with no musical accompaniment; the sound of the taps is its own music.

  6. Off the Grid: Sally breaks down USA TODAY's daily crossword ...

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    Crossword Puzzle Theme Synopsis. LET'S DANCE! (Freestyle): There's no theme today, because this is a freestyle, or themeless puzzle. ... Somehow that clue just clicked for me and I was able to ...

  7. Charles Coles - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] Coles was also a tap-dancing companion of tap dancer Brenda Bufalino, the founder and director of the American Tap Dance Foundation. During his career, Coles was awarded the Dance Magazine Award in 1985, the Capezio Award for lifetime achievement in dance in 1988, and the National Medal of the Arts by President George H. W. Bush in 1991 ...

  8. Gene Kelly - Wikipedia

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    Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style and sought to create a new form of American dance accessible to the general public, which he called "dance for the common man".

  9. Buster Brown (tap dancer) - Wikipedia

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    James "Buster" Brown (1913-2002) was an American tap dancer active from the 1930's to 2000. Brown started his career in African-American dance circuits while still in high school and went on to perform internationally, accompanying acts like Duke Ellington and dancing with Savion Glover.