step show

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Noun

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step show (plural step shows)

  1. A performance or competition of the African-American choreographed dance form derived from tap dancing.
    • 2003, Elizabeth Calvert Fine, Soulstepping: African American Step Shows, page 43:
      Howard University hosted the first national championship step show during homecoming in 1994.
    • 2012, Nikki Carter, Step To This: A So For Real Novel:
      We used some moves from the Q-dog step show and hooked up a slammin' routine for my audition.
    • 2016, David Akombo, The Unity of Music and Dance in World Cultures, page 26:
      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.
    • 2018, Toni Watkins, Step To This, page 139:
      The two of them dancing together was like a step show.