Bill Robinson
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Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, was an American tap dancer, actor, and singer, the best known and the most highly paid black entertainer in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. His
Robinson in 1937
Robinson in 1942
Robinson in The Hot Mikado
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson and Adelaide Hall in the musical comedy Brown Buddies on Broadway in 1930
Tap dance
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Tap dance is a form of dance in which the dancers use sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion; it is often accompanied by music. Tap dancing can also be performed with no musica
Bill Robinson
…Broadway theatre, the recording industry, Hollywood films, radio, and television. According to dance critic Marshall Stearns, "Robinson's contribution to tap dance is exact and specific. He brought it on its toes, dancing upright and swinging," adding a "hitherto-unknown lightness and presence." His signature…
Tap dancing class at Iowa State College, 1942
Jimmy Slyde tap dancing
Students performing a tap dance in Mexico City
A teen tap dancer is performing a tap step known as a "toe stand" onstage.