Flash dance

Flash dancing was a form of tap dance (tap was also called jazz dance at the time) evolved in 1920s-1930s which combined dance with acrobatics. ["Steppin' on the Blues: The Visible Rhythms of African American Dance", [http://books.google.com/books?id=yWJXUnPDFk0C&pg=PA94&dq=%22flash+dancing%22&sig=ACfU3U3o4FMI0s6eU16xCx_1cG-VOFTQvg p. 94] ] ["Jazz Dance: The Story of American Vernacular Dance",by Marshall Winslow Stearns, Jean Stearns, 1994, ISBN:0306805537 ] Prominens flash dance crews of the time include the Nicholas Brothers, The Four Step Brothers and the Berry Brothers.

During 1920s-1930s many films and TV shows were released featuring the style. "That's the Joint!: The Hip-hop Studies Reader", by Murray Forman, Mark Anthony Neal, 2004, ISBN 0415969190, [http://books.google.com/books?id=K4yDAOL07ugC&pg=PA35&dq=%22flash+dancing%22&lr=&sig=ACfU3U3IYyvyHryM3eHN-v18gqcm49EdiA#PPA34,M1 pp. 34, 35] ]

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