TDC 21b Victor's Personal Bob Audy Tap Dance Book

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   Bob’s favorite set techniques p. 11

Bob’s favorite Paul Draper Standards p. 13

Part 1 > Exercises & Training-Steps

1 / Softshoe Flaps > Warm-Up slow tempo p. 16

a / forward in swing + back in triplets 

b / forward in swing + back in triplets

c / forward & back in triplets

2 / Flaps + Side-Essence p. 16

a / exercise: 8 - 4 - 2 counts

b / Side-Essence rhythm-exercise

c / exercise: syncopated flaps + Side-Essence - medium swing

3 / Syncopated Fake-Wings p. 19

a / 8 bars

b / 8 bars

4 / Flaps & Syncopated Flaps p. 21

a / Flaps

1 & 2 / training > 3-count flaps bright tempo

3 / training combination medium tempo

b / Syncopated Flaps

1 & 2 / training bright tempo 

3 / training combination medium tempo

5 / Flap Combinations p. 24

a / Flaps & Shuffle-Steps

b / Flaps & Syncopated Grapevine

c & d / Flaps & Side-Essence

6 / Flap-Heel p. 28

Broken-Rhythm & Offbeat

7 / flap-heel-dig-pick-heel > Toe-And-Heel Basic < p. 29

a & b / Up-tempo

c / Toe-And-Heel Basic & Cramproll

7a / training combinations with riffle p. 30

1 / 8 bars

2 / 32 bars

3 / a training combination with riffle

a / basic

b / combination

8 / Shuffles

exercise: in triplets slow tempo / triplets p. 31

9 / Shuffle-Steps p. 33

a /  training: 2 + 2 + 4 bars bright tempo / offbeat-rhythm

b /  training: 8 bars bright tempo / offbeat-rhythm

10 / Shuffle-Step p. 35

a / shuffle-step / shuffle-hop

1 / offbeat with 6-count Pattern

2 / offbeat with 6 & 4-count Pattern

b / Slow-Tempo Combinations with Double-Time

1 / Shuffle-Step + Train-Step

2 / Shuffle-Step + Waltzclog-Jeté

11 / Paul Draper Crossover p. 39

a / 8 bars

b / 16 bars > variation

c & d / 4 bars > variation

e / 16-bar combination

12 / Waltzclog Time-Step in 4/4-time p. 42

A / Fast Tempo

1a / Basic + Cross-Phrasing

1b / 3 against 4 > Cross-Phrasing

2 / Waltzclog + flap-heel-dig-pick-heel

B / Medium Tempo

1 / Waltzclog + Side-Essence

a / Basic

b & c / Waltzclog + Side-Essence > Combination

C / Slow Tempo

1 / shuffle-steps + Waltzclog-Break

2 & 3 / Jazz-Combination

13 / Toe-And-Heel Waltzclog p. 48

a / Training Combinations

1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5

b / Combinations

1 / 16 bars

2 / 8 bars

a / show-tempo combination

b / slow waltz

c / Toe-And-Heel Waltzclog & Maxieford

14 / Toe-And-Heel Waltz-Pullback p. 53

a / 16 bars > basic-combination

b / 32 bars > Waltzclog Mix

c / Combination > 16 bars

15 / Waltz-Pullback p. 56

A / Waltz-Pull Combinations in Waltz-Time

1 / Waltz-Pullback with Extension

2 / basic-combination

3 & 4 / Combination with Syncopated Jeté  

B / Waltz-Pullback in 4/4-time

1 / 3-3-2 Break & Cross-Phrasing

16 / Shuffle-Pull-Change p. 59

a / Basic > 8 & 4 counts

b, c, d, e / 16 bars

f / shuffle-pullback-change + heel

17 / Shuffle-Pull-Hop p. 64

a / 16 bars

18 / Maxieford with pull-change & heel > Alternating p. 65

A / Up-Tempo

1 / 3-count Cross-Phrasing (8 bars)

2 / 4-bar Combination with 3-count Cross-Phrasing

3 / Combination with pull-change & heels

B / Slow-Tempo

> Maxieford with pull-change in triplets «Softshoe-Pullback»

1 & 2 / 4 bars

C / ... with additional taps: sixteenth-notes & sixteenth-notes triplets

1 / 4-count Pattern

2 / 3-count Cross-Phrasing

3 / 4-bar Combination

19 / Double-Pullback p. 69

A / basics

1 / pullback - pullfront

2 / with heels

B / basic combinations

1 / touch+ + double-pullback

a / 4 bars

b / 8 bars

c / waltz-time

2 / 5/4-time

3 / waltzclog + double-pullback

C / Combinations

1 / military

2 / military > double-pullback with heels

3 / waltzclog + double-pullback 

4 / jazz  > slow tempo

5 / up-tempo

20 / Wing Basics p. 74

A / exercise for wing technique

B / Basic Single Wings

1 / wing

2 / wing + wing-and-hop

3 / wing-change + wing-and-hop

21 / Wing Combinations p. 75

A / wings in 8th-notes > broken-rhythm

1 / Bright tempo

a / 4-4 / 3-3-2 + cross-phrasing

b / 3-3-2 combination + cross-phrasing

c / 2-3-3 + 3-3-2 combination

2 / step & wing / hop & wing

B / Softshoe-Wings

1 / Brush-Wing-And-A-Step

a / 4-count Basic

b / 5/4-time

2 / Brush-Wing-And-A-Heel

a / > 4-count Basic

b / > 4-count Basic & Break

C / wings in triplets

1 / wing & step

a / > 4-count basic

b / > cross-phrasing

c / waltz-time

d / jazz-wings

D / special wings

1 / wing with shuffle > Paul Draper

2 / wing-change with shuffle + heel

22 / Turns p. 81

a / Maxieford-Turns

b / turns on large CWC - manège

1 / 4 bars & REPEAT

2 / 4 bars & REVERSE

23 / Riffs p. 82

a / Riff-Walk-5

b / Riff-Walk-12

c / Riff-walk-combination

24 / Riffles & Irish Time-Step with Riffles > medium bright tempo p. 84

a / exercise > 8 counts

b / exercise > 4 counts

b2 / exercise - adding a heel

c / Basic 4-count Irish

d / basic 2

e / riffle + heel-step syncopation

6 / Combinations with Riffles + flap-heel-dig-pick-heel

1 / 2 bars

2 / 8 bars

3 / 24 bars

4 / 8 bars > 3-count cross-phrasing

25 / Paddle Combination p. 89

26 / Time-Step                p. 90

a / Fake-Wing Time-Step

b / Combination with Riffle Time-Step

c / Military Time-Step

1 / with Double-Time Break

2 / Military Time-Step Combination

27 / Bill Robinson style       p. 93

a & b / 8 bars

28 / Combinations              p. 95

A / bright tempo > Toe-And-Heel Style

1 / bright tempo > 16 bars

2 / bright tempo > 32 bars

B / Brush-Jeté Combination

C / Waltzclog & Brush-Jeté Combinations

1 & 2 / bright tempo > 8 bars

3 & 4 / bright tempo > 16-bars

5 / bright tempo > 24 bars

D / Combination > 16 bars

E / Draper’s Waltzclog into Buck-And-Wing Combination

F / Irish + Toe-And-Heel Basic

29 / Jazz Combinations p. 107

A / medium tempo

1 & 2 / 16 bars

B / slow tempo > swing

1 & 2  / 8 bars

3 / 16 bars

part 2 > Concert Style

> barre au milieu <

1 / taps p. 112

A / slow tempo

1 & 2 / all triplets

B / bright tempo

1 / 3-3-2 & cross phrasing 

2 /  afterbeat + 3-3-2

2 / brushJETE > petit jeté p. 116

a / exercice - waltz (16 bars)

b / exercise - 4/4-time > 16 bars

> center exercises <

1 / dégagé p. 118

a / exercise - slow tempo

b / training combination - slow tempo

c / alternative set-up

d / waltz - exercise

2 / Ballet Technique p. 120

a / brisé - slow waltz

b / air-turn

3 / Pas de Bourrée         p. 121

A / Pas-de-Bourrée technique

1 / with brush-3

2 / with brush-4

B / combinations - slow tempo

1 / standard with brush-3 and heel

2 / variation with brush-4

3 / slow tempo

4 & 5 / medium-tempo

4 / Maxieford       p. 126

a / exercise - slow tempo

b / turn with chassé  - slow tempo

5 / Waltz-Pull-turn       p. 126

6 / Jazz-Waltz Combinations       p. 127

a1 / combination - medium tempo

a2 / variation

b / 8 bars

c / pirouette combination

d / Waltzpull & variations

7 / 4/4-time Combinations p. 131

a / Sissonne & Turn

b / Attitude

c / Softshoe

part 3 > Choreographies

«Intro-Step» A CAPPELLA          p. 133

«Black And Blue» p. 135

Softshoe tempo

«Deed I Do» p. 137

Music & Lyrics : Fred Rose & Walter Hirsch (1926)

Tempo:  160-180

«From This Moment On» p. 139

music & lyrics: Cole Porter

bright tempo

«Funny Face» p. 143

music: George Gershwin

tempo: 126-132

«Give My Regards To Broadway» p. 147

music: George M. Cohan

«Just One Of Those Things» p. 149

Music & Lyrics: Cole Porter

Tempo:  240

«Love Is A Simple Thing» p. 152

music & lyrics: Arthur Siegel & June Carroll

«Mame» (1) p. 155

music & lyrics: Jerry Herman

«Mame» (2) p. 158

music & lyrics: Jerry Herman

«You Do Something To Me» p. 162

music: Cole Porter

(private, July 1978)