Who influenced tap dancing?

hey, got of these wikipedia don't deserve " best answer " answer in here...the influences of tap dancing may include:[1]

* england.
o lancashire clogging - percussive dancing shoes.
* irish
o irish freeform solo sean-nós dance
o irish competitive stepdance
o step dancing in general.
o stomp dancing, sound of other objects used enhance stomping sound of foot
o masters challenge each other best dancer , win students
* african

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o juba dance quick , competitive dance involving intricate foot work, hand clapping , patting bum
o there seems no historical evidence of percussive (heel toe) dance footwear in culture
predating tap.
* spanish flamenco

during 1930s, 1940s, , 1950s, best tap dancers moved vaudeville cinema , television. steve condos, innovative style of percussion tap, created whole new tap style introduced audiences in vaudeville, , later audiences of film , broadway. prominent tap dancers of period included fred astaire, ginger rogers, shirley temple, john w. bubbles, charles "honi" coles, vera-ellen, ruby keeler, gene kelly, ann miller, jeni legon,[2], fayard , harold nicholas of nicholas brothers, clark brothers, donald o'connor, eleanor powell, rita hayworth, betty grable, prince spencer,[3] bill "bojangles" robinson, , jimmy slyde.

during 1930s tap dance mixed lindy hop"flying swing outs" , "flying circles" lindy hop moves tap footwork. in 1950s, style of entertainment changed. jazz music , tap dance declined, while rock , roll , pop music , new jazz dance emerged. called jazz dance evolved out of tap dance, both dances have many moves in common. jazz evolved separately tap dance become new form in own right. well-known dancers during 1960s , 1970s included arthur duncan , tommy tune.

no maps on taps, emmy award winning pbs documentary of 1979, helped begin recent revival of tap dance. outstanding success of animated film, happy feet, has further reinforced popular appeal[4] national tap dance day in united states, celebrated may 25, signed law president george bush on november 7, 1989. (may 25 chosen because birthday of famous tapper bill "bojangles" robinson.) prominent modern tap dancers have included brenda bufalino, jay fagan,[5] savion glover, gregory , maurice hines of hines, hines, , dad, ayodele casel, lavaughn robinson, jason samuels smith, chloe arnold, jared grimes, joseph wiggan, sarah savelli, jason janas, acia gray, mark yonally, dianne "lady di" walker, martin "tre" dumas, dormeshia sumbry edwards, omar edwards, michelle dorrance, max pollak, derick grant, jumaane taylor, sam weber , grant swift[1].[6] indie-pop band tilly , wall features tap dancer, jamie pressnall, tapping percussion. orchestral-pop band born again floozies combines tap dance, hoofing, , stomp dance orchestral percussion , low brass rhythm section.

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