it’s loud and it’s exciting hi I’m
Rebecca Braden and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re its Studio
biz with Justin Jackson to learn more
about tap dancing so introduce yourself
to us my name is Justin Jackson I am 21
years old and I am the nine-time
Canadian tap dancing champion of Canada
and Quebec tell us how you first got
into tap dancing I used to go to Western
Park Elementary School and they had to
arts either singing or dancing and
somehow I was always stuck into the
dancing it seems like it was by accident
or if it was the paper that was sent
home and my mom would choose for me and
this lady Heather Paine saw that I was
so into it my first time dancing ever
and I was so into it she recommended me
to this legging in fo Bruno who was a
tap dancing legend who is a tap dancing
legend and from from then on I started
to go through her classes and I started
to take that tap dancing classes and
look at me now I’m really into it and
it’s taking me places it feels good to
to continue to promote tap dancing
and tell us about the style of dance
that you do the style of dance that I do
is rhythm tap there is Broadway tap
dancing under his rhythm tap also known
as hoping hoping is a style that allows
you to express yourself you can add your
own character you can add your own
emotions throughout whole thing and
rhythm tap Broadway tap is more of a
chorus line everyone within the group
has to look as one person so the facials
the visuals the arm movements are more
alike what are their styles just tap
pull from if you look at clogging if you
look at Irish dancing if you look at
flamenco yeah yeah flamenco look at
Irish you’ve looked at clogging it’s the
same intricate fast flamboyant footwork
so they all are brothers and sisters
what more can you tell us about the
history of tap dance I mean where it
started originally it is ironic that
such a joyous dance form can trace its
roots back to the music and repressed
movements of African slaves who had been
transported to America in the 17th and
18th century they were prohibited from
cultural and religious expression their
previously exuberant dance movements had
to be modified into low shuffles sweeps
and stomps drums were used amongst
African slaves but sooner than later got
tooken away from their masters because
they thought that they were sending
secret messages for distance so the
drums got replaced by foot tapping and
clapping in the mid eighteen hundreds
many Irish immigrants arrived in America
fleeing from starvation bringing their
own dance steps and begin their own
style for the next sixty years you would
see a fusion a fusion of called cultures
putting their own interpretation on tap
dancing thank you very much thank you
for having me stay tuned
Rebecca Braden and welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re its Studio
biz with Justin Jackson to learn more
about tap dancing so introduce yourself
to us my name is Justin Jackson I am 21
years old and I am the nine-time
Canadian tap dancing champion of Canada
and Quebec tell us how you first got
into tap dancing I used to go to Western
Park Elementary School and they had to
arts either singing or dancing and
somehow I was always stuck into the
dancing it seems like it was by accident
or if it was the paper that was sent
home and my mom would choose for me and
this lady Heather Paine saw that I was
so into it my first time dancing ever
and I was so into it she recommended me
to this legging in fo Bruno who was a
tap dancing legend who is a tap dancing
legend and from from then on I started
to go through her classes and I started
to take that tap dancing classes and
look at me now I’m really into it and
it’s taking me places it feels good to
to continue to promote tap dancing
and tell us about the style of dance
that you do the style of dance that I do
is rhythm tap there is Broadway tap
dancing under his rhythm tap also known
as hoping hoping is a style that allows
you to express yourself you can add your
own character you can add your own
emotions throughout whole thing and
rhythm tap Broadway tap is more of a
chorus line everyone within the group
has to look as one person so the facials
the visuals the arm movements are more
alike what are their styles just tap
pull from if you look at clogging if you
look at Irish dancing if you look at
flamenco yeah yeah flamenco look at
Irish you’ve looked at clogging it’s the
same intricate fast flamboyant footwork
so they all are brothers and sisters
what more can you tell us about the
history of tap dance I mean where it
started originally it is ironic that
such a joyous dance form can trace its
roots back to the music and repressed
movements of African slaves who had been
transported to America in the 17th and
18th century they were prohibited from
cultural and religious expression their
previously exuberant dance movements had
to be modified into low shuffles sweeps
and stomps drums were used amongst
African slaves but sooner than later got
tooken away from their masters because
they thought that they were sending
secret messages for distance so the
drums got replaced by foot tapping and
clapping in the mid eighteen hundreds
many Irish immigrants arrived in America
fleeing from starvation bringing their
own dance steps and begin their own
style for the next sixty years you would
see a fusion a fusion of called cultures
putting their own interpretation on tap
dancing thank you very much thank you
for having me stay tuned
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