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The Shim Sham Routine FREE (EN)

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

Language EN Pages PDF 41 p.

Reference : SWT-TDC01a-SHIM-SHAM-FREE-PDF-EN

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About The Shim-Sham                p.4

Definition - Origins - History - Analysis

The Half-Break Routine - Dancing The Shim-Sham

The Shim-Sham-Shimmy - 1st Chorus. p.10

Dance Craze                                       p.14

FREEZE ! - 2nd Chorus               p.15

Shim-Sham Technique               p.20

Shim-Sham Break                               p.22

Fred Astaire                      p.25

Variations                                       p.28

Alternatives before the Break       p.31

Half-Break into Break      p.32

Leonard Reed - The New Shim-Sham.  p.33

Playin' Around - 3 Routines :

The Nicholas Brothers               p.36

Carnell Lyons p.51

Savion Glovers Shim-Sham               p.56

Documentation              p.59

 

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