TY - BOOK AU - Feldman,Anita TI - Inside tap: technique and improvisation for today's tap dancer SN - 0871271990 (alk. paper) AV - GV1794 .F39 1995 U1 - 792.7 20 PY - 1996/// CY - Heightstown, N.J. PB - Princeton Book Co. KW - Tap dancing KW - Improvisation in dance N1 - "A Dance Horizons book"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-212) and index; Preface --; Acknowledgements --; Introduction: How to use this book --; 1. Choosing the Best Instruments --; 2. Improvisation and Choreography --; 3. Rhythm: The Heartbeat of Tap Dance --; 4. Dynamics --; 5. Syncopation --; 6. Fastest Feet --; 7. Traditional Tap: The Shim Sham Shimmy and Time Steps --; 8. Traditional Tap: Flash --; 9. New Tap: Orchestrated Tap --; 10. New Tap: Polyrhythms --; 11. New Tap: Unusual and Changing Time Signatures --; 12. Tap Futures --; Appendix I; Feldman's Favorites: Music Selection with Notes --; Appendix II; Product Suggestions --; Notes --; Index ER -