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Analyse how tap dancing has been influenced by Fred Astaire as a performer
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Analyse how tap dancing has been influenced by Fred Astaire as a performer Fred Astaire's style and technique have undoubtedly influenced the evolution of tap dancing and from a dancer's point of view studying tap, Fred Astaire has played a key part in establishing tap dancing as we know it today. Due to this fact, this essay will explore this by looking at musical films made from 1930 onwards and how and why Astaire has made such an impact on the tap genre. In order to appreciate how Fred Astaire developed the tap genre, it is important to understand how tap dancing was performed around the time Astaire began his on-screen career in the 1930s and how Astaire helped to progress and evolve the art form. Tap originated through the amalgamation of dance forms such as Scottish, Irish and English clog dancing and African tribal dances. Developing in the jazz age, tap...
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