Bill Robinson
According to one jazz dance source, Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson was the chief instigator for getting tap dance "up on its toes." Early forms of tap, including the familiar "buck and wing", contained a flat-footed style, while Robinson performed on the balls of his feet with a shuffle-tap style that allowed him more improvisation. It obviously got him noticed and it certainly made him a legend....
According to one jazz dance source, Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson was the chief instigator for getting tap dance "up on its toes." Early forms of tap, including the familiar "buck and wing", contained a flat-footed style, while Robinson performed on the balls of his feet with a shuffle-tap style that allowed him more improvisation. It obviously got him noticed and it certainly made him a legend....
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Stormy Weather
as Bill Williamson
Up the River
as Memphis Jones
Road Demon
as Zephyr
Just Around the Corner
as Samuel G. Henshaw
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Aloysius
One Mile from Heaven
as Officer Joe Dudley
The Littlest Rebel
as Uncle Billy
In Old Kentucky
as Greyboy
The Big Broadcast of 1936
as Specialty
The Little Colonel
as Walker
King for a Day
as Bill Green
Harlem Is Heaven
as Bill
Dixiana
as Specialty Dancer