Word: tapsichorean
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...Tapsichorean Art. The revival was partly spurred by the choreographing of tap routines in such on-and off-Broadway shows as George M and Dames at Sea and the featuring of tap dancers in TV commercials. But it was 60-year-old Ruby Keeler's artful tap dancing in No, No, Nanette (which opened on Broadway in January and is still playing to packed houses) that provided the real reveille for taps. Almost from the moment that Ruby clacked back into the limelight, percussive, slam-bang tap, which had languished for nearly 40 years, was popular again...
...dancing schools across the country, there was a sudden demand for lessons in the nearly lost tapsichorean art. Vogue jumped on the bandwagon last March by suggesting that "a few tap lessons might be just the thing to stir up lots of good feelings" and advising readers to call Dance Magazine for details. The response was overwhelming. Dance's Nancy Mason, who fielded the inquiries, says that for weeks "I was spending most of my day telling people where to go to learn to tap-dance...
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