B.S. Chorus 란?

동영상 대신 탭댄스 루틴 B.S. Chorus 와 그 시대배경을 설명한 글을 찾아 소개합니다   B.S. Chorus: A traditional vaudeville routine performed by a chorus which combined tap and non-tap and was generally used as a background for tap soloists. The dance earned its name from the relative simplicity of the steps, although naive chorines were told the letters B.S. stood for Boy Scout. Created for a very specific purpose -- to facilitate the use of local talent when vaudeville headliners wanted to add dancers to their acts -- the B.S. Chorus was learned by dancers all over the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. It was kept fairly simple so that chorines could at least fake it, even if they were not terribly accomplished as tap dancers. The dance was made up of the standard thirty-two bars and divided into four sections with eight bars apiece. These four sections generally consisted of: <OL> <LI>Eight bars of the Time-Step. <LI>Eight bars of the Crossover. <LI>Eight bars of the Buck and Wing. <LI>Four bars of Over the Top and four of Through the Trenches, and a finish. ..........................................................................................................................................</LI></OL> Back in the 1920s, when tap dancing had really come into its own, Vaudeville was a great place to work. Vaudeville was basically a variety show, and tap dancers were among its most popular acts. Tap dancers who performed in Vaudeville had a travelling life. They would get jobs (밷ookings? on a circuit of theatres -- The Orpheum Circuit, for example. This circuit had theaters all across America, and it could keep the dancer busy for a long time. The dancer would perform anywhere from 2-5 shows a day, and work in each theatre for a half week (known as a 밪plit Week? to a week. Now listen to this! Back in the 1920s, there were so many Vaudeville theaters in America, that a dancer could work for FIVE years without ever playing the same theater twice! Yes, it뭩 hard to image. It sure explains why dancers like Fred Astaire and Bill Robinson got so good -- they had a fantastic training ground from the time they were kids! In the years of Vaudeville, there was a common formula for constructing a tap dance, and it was called 뱓hree and a break.?Simply put, you would do one step, say a Time Step, three times and then a break. Then you would do another step three times and then your break, another step three times followed by your break, and then, at last, your big finish step. Ta da! Your routine was complete. (The Time Step was always your first step, because that would set the tempo for the local orchestra.)