Tap This! is an incredible fourteen member dance group hailing from Lincoln, Nebraska.
They’re known for their clog dancing skills, strong stage presence, and impressive synchronicity.
The four-time national championship clogging team always wows the crowd with their creative mix of dance forms coupled with percussive footwork. They’ve performed in countless stages all over the country, unfailingly leaving their audience wanting more.
Fresh, fun, and boasting variety, Tap This! knows how to keep the spotlight on them with how they think outside of the box in terms of their dance performances.
A perfect example of how the extraordinary dance team delivers, here’s a mind-blowing performance set to Bruno Mars’ “Uptown Funk“.
Seems like Tap This! has quite the reputation too, judging by the way the crowd reacted the minute the fourteen-member strong team took their places on stage.
Shooting knowing smiles at each other, the dancers were definitely ready to bring it on.
The popular party track blared over the speakers, prompting the dance team to show off their fluid movements without missing a beat. As the song’s tempo increased, so did the intensity of their dance moves.
You could tell they filled the room with so much energy.
They were so dynamic on stage that they had the crowd screaming and cheering throughout the duration of the performance.
Tap This! definitely knows how to hype things up.
Incorporating their own unique style into the complicated footwork of the choreography, the dance gave the illusion of a motion picture set to fast forward.
The transition of steps included dancers facing each other, rotating, and falling into a cocoon-like formation.
They danced so well together that you’d think there was some kind of special effect creating a singular movement.
The bridge of the bass-heavy song was the dance team’s crew to stomp to the beat with more ferocity.
Lifting their right hands, they gestured towards the crowd as if to say, “This right here is the funk.”
The crowd roared in appreciation. Each change of steps and shift in formation elicited delighted cheers from the audience. The intensity of it all brought so much energy – the contagious type that turned the entire number into one big party.
Smoothly trading places and showing off clogging moves, Tap This! undoubtedly brought the house down with their incredible number.
While clog dancing’s history can be traced back to Wales and the north of England, surrounding regions were quick to pick up on the style and inject their own style and flair into it. It didn’t take long for it to become a well-known part of culture. It’s a type of dance that takes quite a lot to stomp, shuffle, and kick in rhythm.
Dance enthusiasts then and now could care less. Tiring as it was, clogging was the way to let loose, have fun, and exhibit one’s dancing skills.
Thanks to Tap This!, we can still witness how captivating clog dancing can be when done right. These masters of clogging sure showed the world what one can do with enough creativity, talent, and teamwork.
Watch their performance and prepare to be amazed!
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