He delayed his second foot. It makes it look harder but it is so much easier. He basically cheated. Wings are hard, and if his wings weren't delayed his form would have been much better.
VOX... if you're reading these comments could you guys do something on the influence New Orleans has had on popular music.. considering We are the founding place of jazz.. (buddy bolden) Blues (all along the Mississippi delta) Rock and Roll (fats domino) , Elvis and the Beatles Also attest to this... Fats was also credited by Bob Marley as being the starting point for reggae music... New Orleans also being the permanent home of brass band (second line) music ... I think our major contribution often gets overlooked...
I was gonna watch a trending video of an old woman being exposed as a fake homeless woman but this seemed more interesting. Edit: holy crap it got deleted!
nicely done! I love pretty much when in dances, fusions start to take shape, in spite of the fight it entails. In the long run, very nice things emerge. It unites us. I consider, however important, as this micro-documentary did, to mention the origins of a dance style (people, locations, etc), so that dancers and/or listeners have a sort of higher-enjoyment. But also, to avoid historical falsification and 'cultural appropriation' (I have problems with this term, but it does a good service here).
More importantly, it drowned out the actual sounds of the tap dancing itself. They describe the tap dancers as musicians, yet obscured 'their' music with an intrusive soundtrack.
❤️ I still casually tap dance sometimes... literally a couple of days ago before I started actually working, I felt the need to bust a step which turned into a few steps lol
Its a shame vox never mentioned that Sean-nós has been practised before America was even a thing. It without a doubt was the biggest influence on Tap Dancing yet not even a mention.
Corn Kopp the banjo is directly from west africa,no collaborative effort there, just nigerian ingenuity google it! :) and tap dance as we know it today was a development of African slaves dancing out african rhythms with feet instead of drums. there is only 2 or 3 steps of Irish influence. but nonetheless it is a combination and FOR everyone
Corn Kopp the banjo is directly from west africa,no collaborative effort there, just nigerian ingenuity google it! :) and tap dance as we know it today was a development of African slaves dancing out african rhythms with feet instead of drums. there is only 2 or 3 steps of Irish influence. but nonetheless it is a combination and FOR everyone
It was a silly comment but i think what she was trying to say is one style is a lot more regimented while out side of studios people just do what looks good and feels good... style is more important than form, if that makes sense... but that's my 2 cents i'm sure someone who has lived in the studio world could answer better
Ahhhh.... Vox at its best. Neo-liberals or not, Vox makes me smile more often than cringe. Started in 5 Points? Awesome, Vox! 'The percussive dances that nurture tap came from African ceremonies, Irish jigging, and British clogging. [Then] Irish people worked side by side.' MORE, MORE, MORE!!!
You could just call it "How Tap Dancing Was Made". But there's always someone complaining in the comments when something's too "American Centric" so good choice.
That Brazilian chica around 4:00 though 😉 But seriously, I've always been enthralled by tap dancing since I was a kid. Thanks for reminding me that it's on my bucket list Vox!
Vox, you should also look into Street Tap as well, as that is a major sub-genre of tap that has returned to the original roots of tap being more about the sound and rhythm.
They say tap is about music then cover the tapping with music so we barely hear it- remove the audio layer so we aren't just seeing feet flying with no noise
It doesn't. For example, the cultural exchanges between Irish dancers and African dancers were happening in other places, like the Caribbean and the South. The rhythmic dance done in, say, Appalachia is not likely from NY but directly from Irish and African people who never even saw New York. But since a lot of media is produced in New York, a lot of history becomes NYcentric.
You jumped from the 1970s to 2017? Bring Da Noise Bring Da Funk won a Tony in-between those dates, in case accurate representation is something Vox wants to try out.
I love the way you direct and edit videos at vox, but this one was to me almost ununderstandable. Indeed, I think the music is way too loud and covers most of the voice
omegadan That episode of psych was a favor for the actor since he is a tap dancer. They even brought on Jason Samuels Smith (one of the best in the world). That was one of the few instances on TV where hoofing was shown in all its glory
this video would have been far more interesting if you had let the music of these musicians be front and center. Instead the editors chose to obscure the music created by the actual tap dancing by overlaying it with a soundtrack that drowned it out.
JSMN not blacks and whites as a whole, just irish. it was because at that time America was treating irish people almost as shitty as they were africans
Amazing that Vox didn't mention Rage Against the Machine and the hardcore era of punk in the protest music video, and it's almost as amazing that this video didn't mention Riverdance in a story about tap dancing. I still appreciate the videos, but I would appreciate a more through research and/or a better feel for what the audience might like to see on the part of the Vox editors.
DrOman5596 that's because riverdance is irish dance, not tap. they have a small portion where two black tap dancers hit, but that's the only thing relevant to tap
If you spend too much time on the internet you eventually come across a comment accusing Americans of having no culture, to which the inevitable response is McDonalds, Hollywood, Coca Cola... products, brands. Why do non-Americans have no clear picture of American culture, and why do Americans do such a bad job defending it?
watching a video about tapping but "NO" real feature of real nice tapping???? No examples longer than 5 sec snippets where you can appreciate this art??
Vox answers your questions you never knew about having them
So true.
When they're not shilling
Anton Gőlz I like how they touch topics that no one would ever care about, but afterward we want to care about it.
Like tap dancing😄
***** sorry, English is my 3rd language
MoonMC Videos, Exactly. Which is why I love them xD
You made me smile on a very sad day here in the UK. Thank you
That dude in the beginning was doing wings, man! Those are SO annoying to do, I can't do them and I've been trying for ages.
He was, but he had pretty bad form. Unless he was hinged over for stylistic effect, they looked pretty ugly
He delayed his second foot. It makes it look harder but it is so much easier. He basically cheated. Wings are hard, and if his wings weren't delayed his form would have been much better.
@@paigesmid9514 He was doing a 4 count wing. They're harder not easier
@Ryan Alexander Music in purely rhythm-focused tap dancing, the upper body doesn’t matter, only the sounds do
did they cut the description of other dance moves? this is the "shim sham" END OF STORY. anyway, cool video.
Lol, right? Even then, I didn't really get what the shim sham was
the animation was too choppy, I couldn't follow it either
Did they show it? They must've took it out... PUT IT BACK IN
Music is too loud in some sense
The tap music was never loud enough.
But when people were talking, the music covered the speech
*scenes*
VOX... if you're reading these comments could you guys do something on the influence New Orleans has had on popular music.. considering We are the founding place of jazz.. (buddy bolden) Blues (all along the Mississippi delta) Rock and Roll (fats domino) , Elvis and the Beatles Also attest to this... Fats was also credited by Bob Marley as being the starting point for reggae music... New Orleans also being the permanent home of brass band (second line) music ... I think our major contribution often gets overlooked...
Rich Harrow would love to watch that
Love a music related videos from Vox anyday. Especially, the breakdowns, explanations, origins, influences, etc. Do it, Vox
I would love to see that
Rich Harrow wow! You just saying this little piece even educated me! Vox NEEDS to do this!
I was gonna watch a trending video of an old woman being exposed as a fake homeless woman but this seemed more interesting.
Edit: holy crap it got deleted!
Dream Big I watched it. It wasn't really anything special
Dream Big *WAIT REALLY!?*
Tombee 123, Are you being sarcastic or is that a real "WAIT REALLY?" Cause if so then yes it was deleted. I wonder why though...
It says youtube removed it because it violated their policy on harassment and bullying
Kyle Tomlinson, Mm. Go figure. Well it's probably trending on Facebook or Instagram. It wasn't very interesting anyways.
And that's the beauty of it: A language everyone understands, and is brought to life anew
with every artist.
I wondered why It's fascinated me since I was a kid, took my first class at 35.. so excited I'm buying shoe's today
nicely done! I love pretty much when in dances, fusions start to take shape, in spite of the fight it entails. In the long run, very nice things emerge. It unites us. I consider, however important, as this micro-documentary did, to mention the origins of a dance style (people, locations, etc), so that dancers and/or listeners have a sort of higher-enjoyment. But also, to avoid historical falsification and 'cultural appropriation' (I have problems with this term, but it does a good service here).
I like vox production value
keep it up guys
DISCUSSING TAP AND NO GREGORY HINES, SAMMY DAVIS JR, OR SAVION GLOVER???
Jüdah Levi Montana
The lack of name dropping is almost criminal
And no Ray Bolger. He is the reason I am interested in tap dancing.
the music is too loud it makes it hard to listen
I agree. For some reason all the voices were really soft and low and the music was loud.
More importantly, it drowned out the actual sounds of the tap dancing itself. They describe the tap dancers as musicians, yet obscured 'their' music with an intrusive soundtrack.
Tap dancing is so hypnotic! Thanks for making this video :D
Drums were actually banned, wow. We still had our bodies and feet though didn’t we!
exactly 💯‼️
That’s why African American music/dancing is so different from Caribbean and S. American
This made me feel cool about being a jazz musician and a tap dancer
the "jig" referenced is actually sean-nós which is the traditional form of dance in Ireland.
Which they stole from African-Americans....
these are the videos I want from Vox
3:54 *E X T R A T H I C C*
Lost Potato *2thicc4me*
Lost Potato... Damn... You weren't joking... Nice
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As a Brazilian, I approve
Lost Potato SAMURAI JACK!!
You guys should do a piece on capoeira. It is another beautiful and creative form of dance.
❤️ I still casually tap dance sometimes... literally a couple of days ago before I started actually working, I felt the need to bust a step which turned into a few steps lol
Im so happy you differentiated between broadway and rhythm tap.
You guys forgot to duck the audio behind the music for a few scenes
Its a shame vox never mentioned that Sean-nós has been practised before America was even a thing. It without a doubt was the biggest influence on Tap Dancing yet not even a mention.
They loosely reference it a "irish jigging"
Bro I wish they mentioned Gregory Hines, Sammy Davis Jr, Gene Kelly, Sherlie temple, bill bojangles, and a lot lot more people
this and learning to play the piano are just some the things i want to learn.
tap dancing and banjos, American art at it's best.
Corn Kopp
D. Ray White. The most West-Virginian Mountain Dancer you'll ever see
Corn Kopp both from Africa.
both created out of a cultural mixture of immigrants living in america
Corn Kopp the banjo is directly from west africa,no collaborative effort there, just nigerian ingenuity google it! :)
and tap dance as we know it today was a development of African slaves dancing out african rhythms with feet instead of drums.
there is only 2 or 3 steps of Irish influence.
but nonetheless it is a combination and FOR everyone
Corn Kopp the banjo is directly from west africa,no collaborative effort there, just nigerian ingenuity google it! :)
and tap dance as we know it today was a development of African slaves dancing out african rhythms with feet instead of drums.
there is only 2 or 3 steps of Irish influence.
but nonetheless it is a combination and FOR everyone
"We don't count, we just do it rhythmically"
Is rhythm not periodic? Isn't that what counting is meant to assist?
It was a silly comment but i think what she was trying to say is one style is a lot more regimented while out side of studios people just do what looks good and feels good... style is more important than form, if that makes sense... but that's my 2 cents i'm sure someone who has lived in the studio world could answer better
VOX please make a video about what's happening in Philippines. And Venezuela. The world must know.
Cooool!!!!! Love this, keep it going!!!!
Ahhhh.... Vox at its best. Neo-liberals or not, Vox makes me smile more often than cringe. Started in 5 Points? Awesome, Vox! 'The percussive dances that nurture tap came from African ceremonies, Irish jigging, and British clogging. [Then] Irish people worked side by side.' MORE, MORE, MORE!!!
Good. That's what it was intended to do. Get your head out of kale and understand America's working class has had enough.
The New York Progressive Alliance
I'm not white.
Thank you for sharing something of substance. Keep the brilliance coming - we're all waiting for your next moment of brilliance online.
I love hearing about white and black people working together and dancing together.
You could just call it "How Tap Dancing Was Made". But there's always someone complaining in the comments when something's too "American Centric" so good choice.
They missed my favorite, Gregory Hines in Tap (1989), an amazing, digital audio enhanced performance. Copyright issues?
I wish this video was a little longer.
That Brazilian chica around 4:00 though 😉
But seriously, I've always been enthralled by tap dancing since I was a kid. Thanks for reminding me that it's on my bucket list Vox!
Vox, you should also look into Street Tap as well, as that is a major sub-genre of tap that has returned to the original roots of tap being more about the sound and rhythm.
GradyMitchell tap is tap, there is not "street tap" tap started in the streets, that's a redundant statement.
Proud tap dancer over here 💃
tap is awesome ! amazing and make ppl feel happy ~
4:35 and they’re also like,’Pick it up! Pick it up! Pick it up!’ After they knock your lunch onto the floor.
Well, this was a nice break from politics and all that crap.
"One of the first original Americal art forms"? I'm sorry, but I feel like we're forgetting that art existed even before Columbus...
The great Tap Dance! An American born art form just like Breaking! 👊🏻
I love tap dance please do more videos like this!!
Tap dance: no
Hot potato with the floor: yes
They say tap is about music then cover the tapping with music so we barely hear it- remove the audio layer so we aren't just seeing feet flying with no noise
"Say, now. That's a pretty good _sound_ you got out of them tappers."
"Yeah. Especially considering they were tap dancing with _moccasins_ on _dirt."_
Please do a video on competitive Ballroom dance!
if only i can double tap this video, to show my appreciation :D
THANK YOU
How are there no comments yet?
Yeah, tap dancing really is music.. that's why we chose to show next to no footage with sound open.
sometimes they remove the tap solos from musical soundtracks and I'm always so offended
"I said 'Step pause turn pause pivot step step,' not "Step pause turn pause pivot step pause!'.
OMG! @3:51 she's definitely channeling Sumthin from brazil
Would have been great to hear some tap at some point in the video. It all has music on top.
There's something off with the sound. Sometimes it is hard to understand what is being said because the music seems too loud.
Does a segment about tapping... cranks up background music and drowns out tappers... :/
Vox -
giving you the answers to questions you never knew existed
You guys should mix your audio better. A lot of your interviews are getting lost behind the music.
Interesting, but the music is mixed too loud, making it hard to hear the voices.
An interpolation of "Lost Ones" by Lauryn Hill at the end, don't think we don't know Vox!
I like your videos Vox, but I can barely hear the narrating because the music is so loud :/
Is it just me, or does New York starts everything?!!
It doesn't. For example, the cultural exchanges between Irish dancers and African dancers were happening in other places, like the Caribbean and the South. The rhythmic dance done in, say, Appalachia is not likely from NY but directly from Irish and African people who never even saw New York. But since a lot of media is produced in New York, a lot of history becomes NYcentric.
Dude the shim sham is my ish
For a video on tap dancing there's a surprising lack of tapping, we don't hear any of the tapping we see.
if you need an editor that has training in mixing audio levels properly, then I'm your man, because I'm in need of work!
Basically, tap dancing is an extention of Clogging.
Tap was around since the 1600's in the US.
You jumped from the 1970s to 2017? Bring Da Noise Bring Da Funk won a Tony in-between those dates, in case accurate representation is something Vox wants to try out.
You don't count, you just do it rhythmically
I love the way you direct and edit videos at vox, but this one was to me almost ununderstandable. Indeed, I think the music is way too loud and covers most of the voice
I never knew tap dancing had African roots too! I only thought it was European.
I think what holds tap dancing from most young people is the specialized footwear.
I wish you didn't play music over everyone tapping. You're saying this dance is so great lemme hear it!
This one seems half-baked.
the music is too loud and the narration isnt loud enough but good info-video
I'm curious to know how, if at all, tap dancing connects to bboying.
woulda been nice to hear more of the taps, but I'm sure that had to do w the music licensing 😕
Why use a background track for nearly the entire video? Let's hear the tap dancing!!!
It'd be great if the background music in this video was tap instead of this
a video about tap dancing yet you hear barely any actual tapping! why?
Is anyone a fan of Gus from Psych?
omegadan lol
omegadan
That episode of psych was a favor for the actor since he is a tap dancer. They even brought on Jason Samuels Smith (one of the best in the world). That was one of the few instances on TV where hoofing was shown in all its glory
Hahah yes was practically looking for this comment
Ahh yes tap dancing, one of the milestones of western civilizations.
This makes me miss my ten years of tap class... :/
this video would have been far more interesting if you had let the music of these musicians be front and center. Instead the editors chose to obscure the music created by the actual tap dancing by overlaying it with a soundtrack that drowned it out.
Where can I find out more about interactions between blacks and white immigrant groups in places like Five Points?
JSMN not blacks and whites as a whole, just irish. it was because at that time America was treating irish people almost as shitty as they were africans
I bet these people are really good at dance dance revolution.
It just occurred to me that people might not be familiar with tap dancing.
Amazing that Vox didn't mention Rage Against the Machine and the hardcore era of punk in the protest music video, and it's almost as amazing that this video didn't mention Riverdance in a story about tap dancing. I still appreciate the videos, but I would appreciate a more through research and/or a better feel for what the audience might like to see on the part of the Vox editors.
DrOman5596 that's because riverdance is irish dance, not tap. they have a small portion where two black tap dancers hit, but that's the only thing relevant to tap
Nah man musical theater tap all the way 😂👯♀️
If you spend too much time on the internet you eventually come across a comment accusing Americans of having no culture, to which the inevitable response is McDonalds, Hollywood, Coca Cola... products, brands. Why do non-Americans have no clear picture of American culture, and why do Americans do such a bad job defending it?
music's a bit loud, ay?
Whats the music in the very end of the video? Like last 5 seconds.Thanks
Five Points isn't just Chinatown, but otherwise solid video.
Wow !!! No mention of Gregory Hines or Savion Glover.
BUCK DANCING AND COMEDY IS 2 DIFFERENT THINGS DON'T GET IT TWISTED!!!
Make tap dancing great again
Tap dancing answers the question: how can you make noisy shoe tapping into an art form?
watching a video about tapping but "NO" real feature of real nice tapping???? No examples longer than 5 sec snippets where you can appreciate this art??
Too much music not enough sound of tapping. Was kind of frustrating
For some reason I always thought of tap dancing is originated from Ireland or something....oh well