tap dance performance
- noun
- /tæp dæns pərˈfɔːrməns/
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actuación de claqué
- Every year, the festival features a dazzling tap dance performance by local students.
Examples
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She prepared for months for her first tap dance performance on stage.
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The theater was filled with excitement during the tap dance performance.
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The tap dance performance was mesmerizing.
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Did you see the tap dance performance last night?
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Every year, the festival showcases a dazzling tap dance performance that captivates the audience.
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After months of practice, she finally delivered an outstanding tap dance performance at the theater.
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The crowd erupted in applause following the spectacular tap dance performance by the talented dancers.
Synonyms
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3.0
A dance where shoes with metal plates make a rhythm when the feet hit the floor
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3.0
A dance where the feet make tapping sounds using shoes with metal plates
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
tap + dance + performance
The meaning is directly compositional: 'tap' (producing rhythmic sounds with shoes) + 'dance' (rhythmic bodily movement) yields the dance type 'tap dance', and 'performance' (a staged presentation) yields 'tap dance performance'. This type 'dance + performance' structure is regular and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
The noun tap dance performance comes from the small metal taps on special shoes. When dancers hit the floor their feet make drum-like sounds, so a tap dance performance is a show where the feet make the 'music'.