Classical Tap-Choreographies & Research-Books

Shim-Sham Shimmy the world's most famous tap-routine. A classical evergreen ! Booklet includes variations and historical research. 2 apropriate recordings on our STCD "Encore !": "Sweet Sue" (slow for training) and "C'est Magnifique" (normal tempo)

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Shim-Sham Shimmy for FREE! The world's most famous tap-routine. A classical evergreen!. Just register and get it ! Available as DOWNLOAD PDF 

Shim-Sham Shimmy the world's most famous tap-routine. A classical evergreen ! Booklet includes variations and historical research. 2 apropriate recordings on our STCD "Encore !": "Sweet Sue" (slow for training) and "C'est Magnifique" (normal tempo)

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The Shim-Sham Shimmy - a Victor Cuno Tap Dance Research Book. It's FREE! Many details about the many ways tap dancers worked with the four famous steps of this routine. Just register and get it ! Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

FREE! The traditional Buck-And-Wing tap-routine from the Afro-American tradition. The most appreciated after the Shim-Sham! Researched, presented and commented by Victor Cuno (27 p.). Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

Tap Dance Collection N°2b - a tap dance research book by Victor Cuno. The famous Afro-American routine was the foundation for black Buck-And-Wing dancing. All about this fabulous style in this large documentation. The techniques, Write-Ups of the B.S-Chorus, Historical documents, full Research doc. 1615 p.

Last update: November 26, 2024

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TDC N° 2c - Afro-American Rhythm-Tap. Eddie Brown's famous B.S.-Chorus for Rhythm Dancers and 2 additional famous routines: "Up-To-The-Front" (3 chorus-routine) and "Highland Fling" (fast 2 chorus-routine).

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Tap Dance Collection N°3a  THE TIME-STEP (Victor Cuno), 89 p. A complete presentation about the techniques and combinations of the famous Time-Step. Last update: June 9, 2025.

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Tap Dance Collection N°3  THE TIME-STEP BOOK (Victor Cuno), 1006 p. A complete presentation & research about the techniqes and combinations of the famous Time-Step. Last update: July 11, 2025.

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Tap Dance Collection N°4a  THE MAXIEFORD - Free! (Victor Cuno), 59p. (Victor Cuno), 505p. A complete research about the techniqes and combination of the famous Maxieford.

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Tap Dance Collection N°4  ALL THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT THE MAXIEFORD (Victor Cuno), 505p. A complete research about the techniqes and combination of the famous Maxieford.

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Moses and Fit as a Fiddle - Gene Kelly & Donald O'Connor - the famous routines from the film "Singing' In The Rain".

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TDC N°2 - the famous routines from the film "Singing' In The Rain". Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

TDC N°2 - the famous routines from the film "Singing' In The Rain". Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

TDC N° 2a - SINGIN' IN THE RAIN" - ALL OF IT! The complete tap edition:  all the routines of the famous film, analyzed Step by Step by Victor Cuno. Available as  DOWNLOAD PDF

The almost complete collection of Gene Kelly's Buck-And-Wing routines, analyzed, edited & commented by Victor Cuno (442 p.) Available as PDF DOWNLOAD

Bonnie Jean the Softhoe routine from the film "Brigadoon" (Gene Kelly) - 2 versions: Gene Kelly's original plus a stage adaptation  by Victor Cuno. Appropriate music "Plink a Plank" on our CD "Victor's Tap"

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Tap Dance Collection N° 5f - Gene Kelly & other dancers. They all used a very particular combination devised from the Softshoe-Break, displaying an unusual Back-Irish Pattern. Choreographic research booklet by Victor Cuno (58 pages). Last update: May 1, 2025. Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

A tap-research book about Gene Kelly's beloved vaudeville dancers and their ultra fast Buck-And-Wing style which made them famous.  History and routines, (also Danny Lipton, The Four Franks and the Chain-Gang tap-routine by Gene Kelly and the Holst Sisters. Research, analysis and comments by Victor Cuno (291 p., 2019). ENGLISH edition available as DOWNLOAD PDF

TDC N° 15 - all the tap dancing of Gene Kelly's 1st film - with Judy Garland, George Murphy and Ben Blue. Choreographical booklet (44 pages). Edited, commented and analyzed step by step by Victor Cuno. Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

Tap Dance Classics N°14 - their famous routines from the 1930s. Edited, commented and analyzed step by step by Victor Cuno (120 pages). Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

Tap Dance Classics N° 7b - their famous routine "Down Argentine Way" and their performances on TV and on stage. Edited, commented and analyzed step by step by Victor Cuno (528 pages). Last update: March 12, 2025. Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

Tap Dance Research N°8 - Bill Robinson and the Time-Step: the complete Buck-And-Wing Dances - a tap dance research book by Victor Cuno (651 p.) 1) The BOOK: all about Robinson and his Buck-Dance / presentation of his Combinations. 2) The DOC: the complete routines / Robinson’s style performed by others / The oral tradition. Last update May 15, 2025. Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

Tap Dance Collection N° 8e - A Hollywood Routine - 3 versions of the tap-routine originated by Bill Robinson & Jeni LeGon in 1935: the original / Buddy Ebsen & Judy Garland / Eleanor Powell & Gracie Allen.

Vernacular Tap - the routines with Shirley Temple, the Ensemble Routines. Historical research (103 p). Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

Tap Dance Collection N° 8b - BILL ROBINSON and the STAIR-DANCE: a complete documentation of all classic Stair-Dances available. A tap dance research book by Victor Cuno (451 p.) The routines of Bill Robinson and all his imitators. Last update May 15, 2025. Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

TDC N°4 - the famous "sitting" routine. Honi Coles & The Copasetics (original) + Chuck Green (after Bill Robinson, Buck-And-Wing-Style) + Condos Brothers 1937 chair-dance and many others! Researched, compiled & edited by Victor Cuno (132 pages). LAST UPDATE: NOV 4, 2014. Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

Chair-Dance the famous "sitting" routine in the well known Buck-And-Wing-Style (Bill Robinson). 3 versions: Honi Coles & The Copasetics (original) / Chuck Green / new stage version by Victor Cuno. Apropriate music "Doin The New Low Low Down" and "Saperlipopette" on our Tap-CD "Encore !"

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Tap Dance Classics N° 8b - Bill Robinson - his complete Softshoe Rhythm-Dances (71 pages). Researched, commented and analyzed step by step by Victor Cuno. Last update: March 8, 2020.

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TDC N° 1 - "Takin' A Chance On Love" the slowest Softshoe. The great classic routine in 2 versions. Presented, edited and commented by Victor Cuno. Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

3 routines from the repertory of the group headed by Honi Coles: the "Walk-Around", the "Old Softshoe" and "Doin’ The New Low Down" (Buck-And-Wing routine in the style of Bill Robinson). Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

The Copasetics Stage Routines - 2 routines from the repertory of the group headed by Honi Coles: the "Walk-Around" and "Doin’ The New Low Down" (Buck-And-Wing routine in the style of Bill Robinson)

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The Copasetics Stage Routines - 2 routines from the repertory of the group headed by Honi Coles: the "Walk-Around" and "Doin’ The New Low Down" (Buck-And-Wing routine in the style of Bill Robinson)

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Tap Dance Classics N° 10 - a great tap routine in the Paddle-And-Roll Style of the afro-american tradition. from level 5. Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

Tap Dance Collection N°11 - the King of Paddle-And-Roll  - his famous routines. Edited, commented and analyzed step by step by Victor Cuno (69 pages). Last update: September 26, 2025.

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Tap Dance Collection N° 12a - the light-footed and sophisticated Rhythm-Tap of the famous black dancer. His 4 routines set to this music (16 Steps for each routine), 103 p. Last update: September 11, 2025

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Tap Dance Classics N° 12b - A CAPPELLA TAP  2 Rhythm-Tap Choreographies of the famous Afro-American dancer Leon Collins: "Just Listen (53) and "Tapappella". A "must" for all lovers of tradtional black tap. 51 p. Last update: September 15, 2025

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Tap Dance Collection N° 13 - Style: Afro-American Rhythm-Tap. Three very elegant and swinging tap dances, written out in detail step by step (Victor Cuno). 44 p. Last update: September 12, 2025

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Tap Dance Collection N° 14 - the routines as taught par Carnell Lyons and learned by Victor Cuno in Berlin. Four routines in the Afro-American tradition. Write-up Step by Step, 69 p. Last update : Septembre 28,  2025

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Tap Dance Collection N° 15 - The Three Dukes, The Three Brown Jacks, The Three Business Men Of Rhythm. Flash-Chorus by Leslie "Bubba" Gaines, Flash-Step by Chuck Green. Style: afro-american rhythm-dance. Written out in detail step by step (Victor Cuno).

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Tap Dance Collection N° 16 - Five dancers lined up - the famous Precision-Tap routine from “Black And Tan Fantasy” in several versions. Extra material: routines from the Black Rhythm-Dance tradition. Analyze step by step, comments and biographies  by Victor Cuno, 113 p.

Last update: February 19, 2026

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Tap Dance Collection N° 17 - the routines et techniques of John Bubbles - The Father of Rhythm-Tap. Witness as what the legendary tap dancer Chuck Green, his protege, did with it. Analyzed in detail and commented by Victor Cuno, 292 pages.

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Tap Dance Collection N° 19 - career and Eccentric Buck-Dance routines by Afro-American dancer Charles 'Cookie Cook' with his partner Ernest 'Brownie' Brown and the Rhythm-Softshoe of Cookie Cook, notably his famous 'Breezing the Breeze'. Analyzed step-by-step by Victor Cuno, 114 p.

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TDC N° 20a - Begin The Beguine & Juke Box Dance - 2 absolutely great tapdance classics from the film "Broadway Melody of 1940". Analyzed Step by Step with an introduction by Victor Cuno. Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

Tap Dance Classics N° 6 - from the film "The Barkleys Of Broadway". The great classic tap routine analyzed & commented Step by Step by Victor Cuno. Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

Bouncin'The Blues the geat classic tap routine : Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers from the film "The Barkleys Of Broadway"

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Tap Dance Collection N° 21a - career, routines and tap techniques of Paul Draper. He was essential in introducing the Concert-Tap style - away from classic Show-Biz techniques and dancing often to classical music  Analyzed, documented and commented step-by-step by Victor Cuno, 187 p.

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Tap Dance Collection N° 21b - my personal experiences with famous New York tap teacher Bob Audy: exercises, combinations and routines. Bob Audy's repertory featured slow and jazzy, highly syncopated steps as well as Paul Draper's Concert Tap. Analyzed, documented and commented step-by-step by Victor Cuno, 165 p.

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TDR N° 1 - Eddie Rector & The Bambalina / Johnny Nit - 1920s first two black tap dance stars on Broadway. Pete Nugent's Bambalina-Routine & Brezin' The Breeze, Chuck Green on Jack Wiggins, Ralph Cooper's Military Man, 3 complete routines by Johnny Nit + full documentation. 305 pages / last update : August 12, 2020.

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Tap Dance Research N°3 - MGM: Softshoe of 1942. 2 versions of the softshoe-routine as danced by Eleanor Powell & Ray McDonald. Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

Tap Dance Research N° 9 - Tapdance-Routines from 1926 to 1935. Ruby Keeler's tap dancing, including 'I Want To Be Happy' from 'No, No, Nanette' (1972). Tap dancing at Warner's Busby Berekeley movies, including 'Lullaby of Broadway' from 'Golddiggers of 1935'. A tapdance research book by Victor Cuno (117 p.). Last update February 29, 2020.

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Tap Dance Research N°11 - a tapdance research book by Victor Cuno (632 p). Available as DOWNLOAD PDF

Tap Dance Collection N° 26 - Tap on Pointe: routines and biographies of this special tap dance technique Analyzed, documented and commented step-by-step by Victor Cuno, 117 p.

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The Bambalina (Eddie Rector) - researching a legend. Documentation and a Buck-And-Wing routine in the style of this famous black dancers of the 1920es.

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Chair-Dance the famous "sitting" routine in the well known Buck-And-Wing-Style (Bill Robinson). 3 versions: Honi Coles & The Copasetics (original) / Chuck Green / new stage version by Victor Cuno. Apropriate music "Doin The New Low Low Down" and "Saperlipopette" on our Tap-CD "Encore !"

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