step show

noun

A performance or competition of the African-American choreographed dance form derived from tap dancing.

Meanings

nounstep show (plural step shows)

plural step shows

  1. A performance or competition of the African-American choreographed dance form derived from tap dancing.

    The two of them dancing together was like a step show.

    2018, Toni Watkins, Step To This, page 139
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    Howard University hosted the first national championship step show during homecoming in 1994.

    2003, Elizabeth Calvert Fine, Soulstepping: African American Step Shows, page 43

    We used some moves from the Q-dog step show and hooked up a slammin' routine for my audition.

    2012, Nikki Carter, Step To This: A So For Real Novel

    Even though the gumboot dance is from a culture that is far away from the United States, it shares a vast number of similarities to some step show dances.

    2016, David Akombo, The Unity of Music and Dance in World Cultures, page 26
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