[DOC] [TLE] Bill Robinson - Wikipedia [PAR] Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (May 25, 1878  November 25, 1949) was an 
American tap dancer and actor, the best known ... He brought it up on its toes, 
dancing upright and swinging", giving tap a "hitherto-unknown lightness and 
presence. ..... Although Robinson's speed running backwards is undisputed, the 
circumstances... [DOC] [TLE] Tap Dance in America: A Short History / Constance Valis Hill [article ... [PAR] May 5, 2015 ... The camera zoomed in on the dazzling speed and precision of Dunn's ... It was 
around that time that jazz tap dance developed as a musical form ..... turned his 
cocky strut into a high-stepping cakewalk that he varied dozens of times. ... 
Musee, formerly known as Haverly's Musee as a "buck and wing dancer"... [DOC] [TLE] Brotherhood in Rhythm - The New York Times [PAR] The Jazz Tap Dancing of the Nicholas Brothers ... as soloist; Harlem's most 
beloved tap dancer, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, as drum major; ... With them he 
had created the fox-trot and many other popular dance steps that ... the double 
speed secondary pulse in ragtime explicit [by] putting a four-beat tap under a two-
beat rag. [DOC] [TLE] When Desoree Danced - ChickenBones [PAR] Jo Jones would run a long press roll beneath riding on a half-time beat, ending ... 
Bojangles asked that she stay for his closing act, being the headliner he had ... 
her thirty-two bars of Basie blues, Jo Jones smiling down from his high throne at 
.... called Bojangles (1878-1949), American tap dancer and entertainer, known 
for... [DOC] [TLE] Tap Origins - Revels-Bey Music [PAR] In 1900 the Floradora Sextet performed the first synchronized tap routine. ... 
Florenz Ziegfeld's variety shows, Ziegfeld Folliesbrought the revue to its high 
point in the ... Tap dancing's early history includes "challenges" and "stealing 
steps. ... influence on the first great rhythm dancer William Henry Lane, also 
known as "Juba. [DOC] [TLE] Bill Robinson - Topics [PAR] His signature routine was the stair dance, in which Robinson would tap up ... A 
popular figure in both the black and white entertainment worlds of his era, he is 
best known today for his dancing .... August 25, 1939, was named Bill Robinson 
Day at the fair. ..... Although Robinson's speed running backwards is undisputed, 
the... [DOC] [TLE] 1000+ images about My Fave Dancers Past n Present on Pinterest ... [PAR] See more about Gene Kelly, Donald O'connor and Tap Dance. ... Bill Bojangles 
Robinson and Shirley Temple (1938) tap dancing .... Ginger Rogers & Fred 
Astaire: She did everything he did, only backwards & in high heels! ... "I can run 
backward faster than most men can go forward" @Michael Dussert Dussert 
Dussert... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "Backwards Running" - Internet Archive [PAR] Athletes in these sports and several other sports who cannot run backwards .... 
on the tottering champion's jaw and he bewildered Dempsey with his speed and 
the ... the quadricep is called into action, such as when one must run uphill or 
sprint. ...... Robinson incorporated backwards dance steps into his tap-dance 
routines,... [DOC] [TLE] "Tippy" Rhodes - Faculty Virginia - University of Virginia [PAR] Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, moreover, shares a common heritage with ... Suddenly 
he stopped and began to tap dance; he danced for about ten ... taped interviews 
with Tippy and Mrs. Helen R. Davis, who has known Tippy for over thirty years. .... 
Tippy called any stance which made him appear to be falling over backwards... [DOC] [TLE] Dance Matters - Dance Magazine [PAR] Last year, artistic director Mikko Nissinen named Elo resident choreographer; he'
ll create a ... The City Ballet dancers are very different for me, he says. .... 
Another project of note is the Hawaiian Islands Tap Dance Festival, an 
occasional ..... In Beltro's latest work, H3, nine athletic dancers run backwards at

Question: Called "Bojangles", he was renowned for tap dancing on stairs & running backwards at high speed
Answer: (Bill) Robinson