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VHS : Tap Dogs |
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780793970131
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 079397013X
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: December 02, 1997
Running Time: 73 minutes
Sales Rank: 11860
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1997
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Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The energy and the synchronicity of the Tap Dogs dancers is really quite amazing. A solo plaid-shirt and denim-clad dancer opens the show, giving a hint of what is to come, then loiters stage left as we meet the rest of the troupe feet first. Each dancer gets a chance to show off his individual talents on a raised stage that looks remarkably like a boxing ring. A few moments later, the ring's sides are lifted and the floor split, giving the dancers a whole new terrain to jump and tap through. After a high-energy beginning, the dancers bring it down with a back-and-forth duet set to mysterious music, which then segues into an evocative, blue-lit wooden square reminiscent of a late-night street corner.
One of the most fun sequences is when the six dancers create a musical rhythm while tapping on a synthesizer built in the floor. They dance effortlessly with grins on their faces while keeping the syncopation going strong. The music picks up here to more of a rock & roll free-for-all and the Tap Dogs let loose in a dance-brawl suggesting a 'who's the top tap dog' tension, relieved by small, humorous moments. Particularly amazing is the dancer suspended upside down and tapping on the ceiling--in perfect time, of course. Originated and choreographed by Dein Perry (Bootmen) and directed by Aubrey Powell, Tap Dogs impresses with its innovation (dancing on scaffolding as it's being built, for example, or on narrow stair steps) and the dancers with their fluidity, intensity, and strength. This tapping is not just dancing--it's an endurance sport. --Dana Van Nest
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Celebration
I have never seen such a phenomenal celebration in the arts of pure masculinity -- the humor, the vulgar, the crude, the disrespect, the bonding, the playful, the show-off, the rhythm.
Rating: - Dance your feet off!
This dvd offers an amazing example of a lot of energy and testosterone and wonderful choreography. If you are into dancing with energy and attitude, this dvd is for you. It is funny and imaginative and memorable. If you have a friend with a copy, sit down and review it with them. Then you may want a copy of your own to see and enjoy again and again.
Great dancing and great energy. Good buy!
Rating: - Holds its own on a par with The Full Monty, a guys film the girls will love too.
This is certainly the Australian answer to the UK's Full Monty. Its about tap, but don't think camp (though like Monty one of the dancers is openly gay) this film is about guys being guys. The tap here is the dance equivalent of Heavy Metal. It may be the only dance film that is a 'guys film' but women who loved Full Monty will obviously love it. Adam Garcia and Sam Worthington are incredible in this. Garcia is as incredibly uplifting as Worthington is endearing as a rather sociopathic dope ... Read More
Rating: - Dein Perry's 'Tap Dogs'; Good show, mates!
Winner of 11 International Awards including the Obie Award, "Tap Dogs" is like nothing you've ever seen. A must see for all tap dancers and anyone with an interest in tap dancing, this spectacular show successfully gives a look at new age tap dancing of the nineties.
"Tap Dogs" showcases the incredible dancing talents of six Australians who simple crackle with blue-collar energy. Led by Dein Perry, the creator of the show, the other five members are Ben Read, Nathan Sheens, Gerry Symonds, ... Read More
Rating: - These guys put Savion Glover to shame
My wife and I rented this video several years ago and, after watching it, went right out and bought it. There is no other show like it. It is innovative, entertaining, and just plain fun. I grow tired of all the hype over Savion Glover. He just seems to be tapping with no rhyme or reason. These guys have awesome rhythm and ability to work together. No, its not traditional tap, but it is totally fresh and new. These guys dont dance to the music thats playing, they complete the music with the sound ... Read More
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