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The sound quality is pretty good.

Fun to see this old clip!

Såg den live, grymt bra!

Jean Kelly was to musical movies as Tom Cruise is to action films today.

I love to watch tap dancing. I love jazz. I hate hip-hop and rap.

Rusty Frank giving her interview in a neck brace with a broken neck. Broke her neck while dancing. Wow!

For once and for all, tap-dancing did not come from Ireland or Scotland, black people are the ones who created all of these dances, tap-dancing, Lindy Hop, the Charleston, and the carry on, knock it off with the fuckery.

Thank God it's in English because I don't know Swedish! :-) (Although I do like Swedish music and my favorite singer is Anita Lindblom.)

FAR MORE SOPHISTICATED THAN BALLET?????? BAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHA!!!!! wtf r u saying old lady??? :P

One thing they did not mention and something so many forget is that it was not just general clog dancing but sean-nos dancing that was more likely the source! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean-n%C3%B3s_dance Here is a basic and simple expression from an old blind man in Ireland in 1929. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean-n%C3%B3s_dance

Thank you House of Hoofing! This video is major.

I hope that Eleanor Powell's included in this show!

@Sue M Says "The revisionist history is bad. The Irish for one brought clogging and a form of tap to the US."...etc I RESPOND: "What you say is true but limited. Tap dancing and most American cultural art forms are a result of our beautiful melting pot. Our country put Irish cloggers together with dancers and rhythms from Africa. Are you a white person who finds difficulty with multiculturism? Are you a FOX "news" Fan?

Very nice!

Tap is a mixture of cultures African, Irish, English, Scottish originated at 5 points in New York because it's a melting pot it's now known as China Town. Even gangs of New York gave tap a shout out.

Fascinating! Thanks for posting!

I always question documentaries which get the basics wrong. Fred and Ginger did 10 movies not 13. You only had to go on IMDB and count them. Makes me wonder what else might be wrong then

Great routines..

We now have "Syncopated Ladies" headed up by the lovely Chloe Arnold💯⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Loved this! Thank you! ♥️💫. Tap, Clogging, Riverdance...love it all!

ua-cam.com/video/WMD_f02gelM/v-deo.html this "Trading Taps" act from Riverdance make a great statement on what should be friendly argument.

I am surprised that there was no mention of Riverdance, the show that set the world on fire in the 1990s. It was the hottest thing in show business for years and brought Irish dancing to the attnetion of the world.

The young people dissing their elders who worked so hard are very disrespectful. They didn't walk a mile in their shoes, let alone their dancing shoes. The Nicholas Brothers were amazing! The young folks need to respect those who paved the way. Glad Gregory Hines understood and appreciated them.

15 :09. Gosh man,

Incredible

Beautifully done. I tip my many hats to you.

OMG. I LOVE THIS SOOOOO MUCH…… made me cry. (With happiness). WOW. So much I want to say about this… Ill me in touch…. AND. THANK YOU. for “ taking the time”. This really touched me. 👍😘❤️

I wanted to watch a documentary on tap dancing. Instead I got yet another ‘everyone is racist’ lecture. Typical BBC.

Love this !

The revisionist history is bad. The Irish for one brought clogging and a form of tap to the US.

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..and learn Swedish. Bargain!

This view into the roots of tap is all well and good, however it's interesting that they completely leave out the Andalusian & gypsie influences of Spain, who wore shoes to stamp out the sound & East Indian Kathak (of northern India which I have studied...different rythms, bare feet and bells complex rythms, + Barat Natyam (of southern India) who used bare feet & bells wrappped around the lower leg to create the sound. I understand they are talking about Tap dance as it is only in the past few centuries in the U.S. (where I'm from) in last 100 yrs. taps on shoes dancing, but there is far deeper research they could have done.

Made by the BBC in 2000. Fairly good summing up, esp. on the mixed roots of the modern style. But the predicted renascence founded on all-male stomping did not happen, because energy and stamina are not enough; you need the grace, refinement and tenderness women could bring to the party, and a transmission belt from Broadway to Hollywood which is broken. Citing Eleanor Powell mainly for being less sexy than Ann Miller is crass- particularly when Ann herself and two others in the program, Fayard Nicholas and Gregory Hines, acknowledged that Powell was the top of the tree. Bojangles and Fokine taught her as a kid, and she would synthesize ballet and tap like nobody before or since. The documentary's title and closing tune was George Gershwin and the Astaires performing 'Fascinating Rhythm'. That number, however, belongs to Eleanor Powell. Watch it on YT and you will see why Nicholas said 'She's better than everybody'.

This is great

Fantastic stuff. Can you heart This Comment. Also, i would love to be friends xP

When Gregory Hines went, "whoever started it... did a good job" love it

Great upload. Thank you! :-)

Oh, wow! Amazing!! Thank you for sharing!!!!!😃

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Appreciate this SO much. I was getting a little underwhelmed by the same number of uploaded tap dancing contents that I have seen on here. Don't remember if I remember seeing this one when I was younger, but it's certainly a refreshing, new upload. Will therr be any more tap dancing content soon?

Awesome! One of the absolutely finest moments during this great weekend! Great performance, and probably the best swing band in the world! When in doubt, TAP! :D

Loved it! Reggie

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Jag filmade nu :)

beautiful!

Omg his feet is on 🔥🔥🔥 ;)

Maaaaaaaaaaario!!!

Way to get it Jonas!