step show
step show noun: a performance or competition of the African-American choreographed dance form derived from tap dancing.
Noun
step show (plural step shows)
- A performance or competition of the African-American choreographed dance form derived from tap dancing.
- Howard University hosted the first national championship step show during homecoming in 1994.2003, Elizabeth Calvert Fine, Soulstepping: African American Step Shows, page 43
- We used some moves from the Q-dog step show and hooked up a slammin' routine for my audition.2012, Nikki Carter, Step To This: A So For Real Novel
Examples of step show in a sentence
- Even though the gumboot dance is from a culture that is far away from the United States, it shares a vast number of similarities to some step show dances.2016, David Akombo, The Unity of Music and Dance in World Cultures, page 26:
- The two of them dancing together was like a step show.2018, Toni Watkins, Step To This, page 139:
Forms of step show
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Questions about step show
- What does step show mean?
- Step show means a performance or competition of the African-American choreographed dance form derived from tap dancing.
- How do you use step show in a sentence?
- Even though the gumboot dance is from a culture that is far away from the United States, it shares a vast number of similarities to some step show dances.
- What part of speech is step show?
- Step show is a noun.
- What is the plural of step show?
- The plural of step show is step shows.
Words near step show in the dictionary
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