1. Musical theater & tap
Vocabulary

2. Musical theater

3. Elements of musical theater
Singing
Dancing
acting

4. Box step
A movement where 4 steps form a square

5. grapevine
A series of steps that move sideways with a side, back, side, front pattern

6. lindy
A pattern of movement that connects a chassÉ with a ball change

7. charleston
A dance style popularized in the 1920’s. Today it is commonly used to describe a pattern of: touch front, step, touch back, step.

8. Chorus or ensemble
The group of people who provide the supporting roles in a musical production

9. company
The full cast of a musical production

10. principals
The lead actors in a musical production

11. Voice parts Soprano: the high female voices
Alto: the low female voices
Tenor: the high male voices
Bass: the low male voices

12. pitch
The highness or lowness of a note

13. Ballad & up tempo ballad Up tempo
A slow, usually more serious song or vocal selection
A faster song or vocal selection

14. sheet music & 16 bars 16 bars:
The desired length of a vocal audition. In most cases, this equals 8 counts of 8
Sheet music:
A handwritten or printed form of music notation that uses modern musical symbols

15. Production number
A song and dance number within a musical that includes most or all of the cast.

16. Cold readings: Reading aloud from a script or other text with little or no rehearsal, practice or study in advance
Script: the written text of a musical production
Score: the written music of a musical production
Slate: a short introduction given at the beginning of a vocal and/or acting audition

17. tap

18. Tap vocabulary Step: a walk on the ball of the foot
heel drop: lowering the heel with weight into the floor
Toe to the back: a tap of the very tip of the toe with no weight
Brush: a hit with the toe tap to the front
Brush back: a hit with the toe tap to the side
Shuffle: the combination of a brush with a back brush

19. Tap vocabulary (cont.)
Heel dig: digging the heel tap into the floor with no weight
Stomp: stepping with the full foot flat on the floor
Hop: jumping up on one foot and landing on the same foot (no weight transfer)
Leap, change or jump: jumping up on one foot and landing on the opposite foot (with weight transfer)
Flap: the combination of a brush with a step

20. Basic tap sounds video

21. Basic tap steps video