step show

English

Noun

step show (plural step shows)

1. A performance or competition of the African-American choreographed dance form derived from tap dancing.
   • 2003, Elizabeth Calvert Fine, Soulstepping: African American Step Shows, page 43:

     Howard University hosted the first national championship step show during homecoming in 1994.

   • 2012, Nikki Carter, Step To This: A So For Real Novel:

     We used some moves from the Q-dog step show and hooked up a slammin' routine for my audition.

   • 2016, David Akombo, The Unity of Music and Dance in World Cultures, page 26:

     Even though the gumboot dance is from a culture that is far away from the United States, it shares a vast number of similarities to some step show dances.

   • 2018, Toni Watkins, Step To This, page 139:

     The two of them dancing together was like a step show.