Tap, zoo li jazz, yog ib lub koom haum Asmeskas tshwj xeeb rau kev ua yeeb yam. Nws cov hauv paus hniav yog faus nyob rau hauv ancient sij hawm ntawm tropical thiab temperate pab pawg neeg thaj av. Txawm li cas los xij, nws staccato thiab style yog homegrown. Los ntawm sab hnub poob ntawm Ireland mus rau sab hnub poob Indies mus rau lub tsev seev cev ntawm qub New York, lub nruas ntawm lub suab nrov taw tau tawm ib zaj dab neeg Asmeskas uas tseem tab tom nthuav tawm.
Lub Sijhawm Tapping
Qhov kev tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm cov neeg European thiab African ko taw echoes los ntawm kev ua phem nyob rau hauv lub tebchaws Amelikas, hla kev tsov rog uas tau tsim thiab yuav luag rhuav tshem ib lub tebchaws, hla txoj kev hauv lub tebchaws av thiab cov caws pliav ntawm theem, hauv cov duab fading ntawm laus celluloid, thiab nyob rau hauv lub pounding atherosclerosis ntawm ib tug niaj hnub flashmob, hammering tawm ib pawg neeg-pleasing, syncopated yeej. Kais yog ib daim ntawv ua las voos tshiab nrog cov pov thawj qub. Nws yog ib qho khoom pov thawj ntawm keeb kwm nrog nws tus kheej keeb kwm ntawm fusion thiab nto moo tappers.
1600s
Nyob rau xyoo 1600, cov neeg Irish cov tub qhe raug xa mus rau cov neeg nyob hauv tebchaws Askiv, thiab cov neeg African tau ua qhev mus ua haujlwm hauv Caribbean thiab thaj av loj. Lawv lub neej feem ntau tsis hais lus, tab sis lawv cov ntsuj plig tsis muaj zog, thiab seev cev - tapping, stomping, stylized seev cev - yog khoom plig ntawm lawv cov cuab yeej cuab tam uas muaj sia nyob. Lub choreography ntawm cov neeg pluag cov seev cev tsis xav tau suab paj nruag; lawv tsis tshua muaj cov cuab yeej, txawm li cas los xij. Kev seev cev yog suab paj nruag, nws lub suab tseem ceeb npaum li kev txav mus los hauv kev qhia lub siab thiab qhia zaj dab neeg.
1800s
Lub sijhawm dhau mus, ob lub suab seev cev tau qiv los ntawm ib leeg. Los ntawm nruab nrab-1800s, fusion txav mus rau hauv chav seev cev. Ntoo khau (los yog ntoo soles) tso cai rau cov neeg siv los hloov cov neeg tuaj saib nrog lub suab, nrog rau kev ua haujlwm. Ib tug dub tapper hu ua William Henry Lane, renamed Major Juba, tsoo cov xim barrier nyob rau hauv lig 1800s kom tshwm sim nrog dawb ua nyob rau hauv ib tug cais kev lom zem kev lag luam. (Juba, lub peev ntawm lub koom pheej ntawm South Sudan, kuj yog ib lo lus rau qhev seev cev siv los sib txuas lus zoo li pab pawg neeg drumming, tsuas yog nrog ko taw, tsis nruas. dominated minstrel qhia.)
1900s
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Coj mus rhaub tus seev cev nrog lub kaus mom saum toj kawg nkaus Los ntawm 1902, ib qho yeeb yam hu ua Ned Wayburn's Minstrel Misses tau siv cov qauv ntawm kev sib xyaw ua ke hu ua "Tap and Step dance," ua rau cov khau khiab nrog cov ntoo sib cais. Qhov ntawd yog thawj qhov hais txog "kais" thiab tus thawj coj los faib cov khau khau nrog txhuas pob taws thiab ntiv taw kais.
- "Buck and Wing" seev cev tau tawm ntawm lub xyoo pua 19th vaudeville, thiab minstrel qhia thiab muab cov seev cev ua las voos rau lub sijhawm-kauj ruam, lub suab sib dhos ua ke uas cim tempo. Lub shim-sham los ntawm tib lub sij hawm yog lub sij hawm-kauj ruam nrog ib tug shuffle - ntau vaudeville kauj ruam ntawm lub Savoy ballroom uas koj tseem yuav pom nyob rau hauv kais chav kawm.
- 1907 thiab kais tawg mus rau hauv kev lom zem tseem ceeb thaum Flo Ziegfeld muab 50 tus kais seev cev hauv nws thawj Ziegfeld Follies. Cov Follies thaum kawg tau nthuav tawm cov neeg ua yeeb yam zoo li Fred Astaire thiab siv cov kws ua yeeb yam los txhawb kev kos duab ntawm kais thiab tsim kom muaj kev txaus siab rau cov neeg tuaj saib.
- Nws ua haujlwm. Txij xyoo 1920 mus txog rau xyoo 1930, koj mus tsis tau mus ua yeeb yaj kiab, lub club, Broadway suab paj nruag lossis vaudeville ua yam tsis muaj kev cuam tshuam txog kev coj ua.
- Bill "Bojangles" Robinson tau ntes pej xeem kev xav thaum lub caij ntuj sov ntawm kais mus txog rau ib nrab xyoo pua. Nws 1918 "Stair Dance" yog ib qho kev ncig xyuas lub zog ntawm lub teeb, zoo nkauj, zoo nkauj kais, thiab nws txoj hauj lwm suav nrog Broadway thiab Hollywood koob meej. Robinson tau xa qee qhov kev ua yeeb yaj kiab tsis txawj tuag nrog lub Tuam Tsev Shirley me me hauv xyoo 1930. Nws yog ib tug pej thuam uas muaj hwj chim loj tshaj lwm tiam neeg ntawm kais seev cev.
- Fred Astaire, Donald O'Connor, Ginger Rogers, Eleanor Powell, Ann Miller, Gene Kelly, Sammy Davis Jr., thiab lwm yam kev hem thawj ob thiab peb zaug (cov neeg ua yeeb yam uas zoo heev ntawm kev hu nkauj, seev cev thiab ua yeeb yam) sway hla lub ntiaj teb ntawm kais los ntawm 1930s txog 1950s thiab dhau mus. Lawv yog cov neeg ua yeeb yam, suav nrog jazz, ballet thiab ballroom txav rau cheb thiab seev cev zoo nkauj uas ua rau cov neeg nyiam ua yeeb yam thiab cov yeeb yaj kiab.
- 1950s Pob Zeb 'N' Yob edged coj mus rhaub ib sab li lub viav vias tig mus rau hauv Twist thiab gyrating hloov syncopation. Niaj hnub nimno muaj nws passionate devotees; ballet twinkled thiab sparkled nyob rau hauv lub concert halls thiab opera tsev; Broadway muaj kev hlub nrog jazz; thiab kais languished - tus me nyuam kauj ruam tseeb hauv lub ntiaj teb ua las voos.
- 1978 - Gregory Hines, tus kws qhia ua las voos uas tau cob qhia ntawm txoj kev los ntawm cov neeg nyiam ua yeeb yam thoob plaws hauv nws thaum yau, tau txais kev xaiv tsa Tony rau Broadway qhia Eubie thiab cov kais dej tshwm sim dhau ntawm Asmeskas dua. Hines muaj ib txoj hauj lwm txawv ntawm Broadway thiab hauv zaj duab xis (nws zaj yeeb yaj kiab 1985 White Nights, nrog Mikhail Baryshnikov, yog qhov tsis nco qab) thiab qhia tus tub tom ntej phenom Savion Glover.
Savion Glover yog ib qho zoo tshaj plaws ntawm tapper - nws cov ntse, pounding txheej txheem hu ua "sib ntaus," thiab nws yog ib tug me nyuam prodigy uas kawm nrog Gregory Hines thiab Sammy Davis Jr., starred nyob rau hauv Jelly's Last Jam, choreographed thiab starred nyob rau hauv 'Da Noise, Nqa nyob rau hauv 'Da Funk (4 Tony khoom plig), thiab nrhiav tau lub sij hawm mus choreograph Mumble, lub CGI penguin nyob rau hauv Zoo Siab Feet
Hnub no tus kais - Ob hom
Glover yog lub suab sib dhos. Nws ua suab paj nruag nrog nws txhais taw. Theatrical tappers yog "tag nrho lub cev" tappers, thiab koj yuav pom lawv seev cev raws li cov cim hauv Broadway qhia lossis hauv cov yeeb yaj kiab vintage koj binge rau qhov twg Gene Kelly zoo siab rau hauv nws lub pas dej da dej thiab Ginger Rogers ua raws li txhua qhov kev txav ntawm Fred Astaire, hauv pob taws thiab rov qab. Ob qhov kev sib dhos thiab kev ua yeeb yam kais yog cov tseem ceeb ntawm kev seev cev tam sim no. Cov neeg Irish steppers thiab African stompers tau sib koom ua ke lawv txoj kev nrawm nrawm nrawm thiab lawv cov txuj ci tseem ceeb los pab txhawb kev seev cev tshiab rau lub Ntiaj Teb Tshiab chaotic.
