踢踏是現(xiàn)代舞蹈風(fēng)格的一種，形式比較開(kāi)放自由，沒(méi)有很多的形式化限制。舞者不注重身體的舞姿，而是著重趾尖與腳跟的打擊節(jié)奏的復(fù)雜技巧。
表演者穿著特別的踢踏舞鞋，用腳的各個(gè)部位，在地板上摩擦拍擊，發(fā)出各種踢踏聲，加上舞者的各種優(yōu)美舞姿，形成踢踏舞特有的幽默、詼諧和表現(xiàn)力非常豐富的一種魅力。踢踏舞的英文名稱是“TAP DANCE”，TAP是拍打扣擊的意思，它的正式形成是在20年代的美國(guó)。在這之前，愛(ài)爾蘭移民和非洲奴隸把各自的民間舞蹈帶到了這塊 移民大陸上，這些民間舞蹈逐步融合形成了新的舞蹈形式——踢踏舞。
Tap is a modern dance style, the form is relatively open and free, there are not many formal restrictions. Instead of focusing on body movements, dancers focus on the complex technique of striking the rhythm of the toes and heels.
The performers wear special tap dancing shoes, and use various parts of their feet to rub and clap on the floor to make a variety of tapping sounds. Together with the dancers various beautiful dancing positions, the unique humor, humor and rich expressive force of tap dance is a kind of charm. The English name of TAP DANCE is "TAP DANCE". Tap means to TAP and TAP. It was officially formed in the 1920s in the United States. Before that, Irish immigrants and African slaves brought their own folk dances to the immigrant land, and these folk dances gradually merged into a new form, the tap dance.