KnowraTap danceLinked fromLinked fromThe 11 pages that link to Tap dance, each with the reason it gives.All 11Broader topic 1Related 1Narrower topic 6Compared with 3BalletCompared with: Its audible footwork contrasts with ballet’s emphasis on controlled, often quiet movement.Fred AstaireNarrower topic: Astaire’s tap performances brought intricate rhythmic footwork to a mass film audience.Jazz danceCompared with: Both draw on African American traditions, but tap makes footwork itself a source of percussion.African-American danceBroader topic: African-American dancers helped develop tap’s distinctive rhythmic language and performance traditions.Bill RobinsonNarrower topic: Robinson’s career helped make tap a celebrated solo performance form.Nicholas BrothersNarrower topic: It supplied the percussive vocabulary at the center of their performances.Gower ChampionRelated: Tap rhythms and precision were central to the dance traditions Champion performed and staged.Savion GloverNarrower topic: Glover's choreography builds on tap's basic exchange between movement and percussion.Eleanor PowellNarrower topic: Powell’s defining art belongs to this broader tradition of rhythm made by movement.Gregory HinesNarrower topic: Hines brought its percussive movement into theater, films, and television.Ballet dancerCompared with: It centers sound-making footwork rather than ballet’s characteristic movement vocabulary.