Tap is said to be a truly American art form.  Origins of tap dance can be traced back to antebellum south when a group of African American slaves who adept at coping Irish  jigs, Virginia reels and Lancashire clogging, and made up their own dance mixed with some African style rhythms.  The shoes vary. The can have hard toes or soft toes. They can have many heights in heels. They always have a metal tap on the bottom of the toe and heel.  But now it’s making its way back into this world. After years tap died It is now making its way back into the world.

    Not a lot is known of the history of Salsa but a few things.  These are some of those few things known about its history.  Salsa is made up of a lot of Latin and afro-Caribbean dances.  Salsa is similar to mambo because they both have a pattern of six steps that are danced over eight counts of music.  It is also known that New York created the term salsa.

      If you listen to today’s Salsa music you can hear the base of son’.  You can also hear Cumbia, Guaracha, and you will also hear the Merengue built in the rhythm of different songs.  Salsa can very from one place to another.  In New York they added more instruments and in other parts of the world they have change a lot of other things too.