A dance can tell a pretty good story.
That’s the beauty of it.
Sure, it’s nice to bust some moves now and then for fun.
But nothing stops you from using it to tell a story when you’re passionate enough about it.
The story of this performance concerns the Irish step dance and the tap dancing we all know.
Some of you might not know that those are two different dance styles, but they are.
That’s a huge point that the play is making.
When two things are so similar, people can’t help but compare them.
Sometimes, that means a bit of a disagreement on which one is better.
These performers have some animosity in their eye contact and body language, but it’s all for show.
So how does it start? With a pair of dancers doing the classic tap dancing we’re familiar with.
They tap, tap, tap away on the stage with the precision you only get from countless hours of practice.
Accompanying their dance is a smooth saxophone beat provided by a musician on stage.
That sax and that dancing go together like pancakes and butter.
I can tell this show was worth every penny that the admission charged!
This show isn’t just going to be these two dancing to the saxophone for several minutes.
As great as talent and skill are, they’re nothing without some variety in the eyes of an audience.
Well, that variety is coming right up.
This is a story they’re telling, remember?
Panning the camera to the left of the stage, three new dancers are joining the stage.
Except, they look quite different.
They’re dressed in white, and something about their dance style is familiar but not the same.
There’s still the tapping and the precise foot movements, but those upper bodies stay straighter.
These dancers aren’t doing America’s standard tap dance.
This is a good old Irish Jig, and they plan to start a dance-off with it.
You can differentiate the Irish jig from tap dancing by observing the upper body of the dancer.
It stays stiff and straight- even more so than with the tap dance.
At least in tap dancing, you could pivot and bend at the hip slightly.
Not in the Irish jig, and that little difference lends itself well to the little confrontation here.
The audience can see the difference between the two styles, even if they’re not experts on the history of dance.
So they take turns trying to one-up each other with some air of tension around them.
That tension dissipated quickly when the good spirits of dance filled the air.
Two styles of tapping going at it for the whole audience to enjoy, and the show is remarkable.
When the short-lived rivalry is over, the dancers join and dance together like friends.
That’s what we want to see!
Watch the toe-tapping trade-off take place down below!
Please SHARE this with your friends and family.
