踢踏是现代舞蹈风格的一种，形式比较开放自由，没有很多的形式化限制。舞者不注重身体的舞姿，而是着重趾尖与脚跟的打击节奏的复杂技巧。
表演者穿着特别的踢踏舞鞋，用脚的各个部位，在地板上摩擦拍击，发出各种踢踏声，加上舞者的各种优美舞姿，形成踢踏舞特有的幽默、诙谐和表现力非常丰富的一种魅力。踢踏舞的英文名称是“TAP DANCE”，TAP是拍打扣击的意思，它的正式形成是在20年代的美国。在这之前，爱尔兰移民和非洲奴隶把各自的民间舞蹈带到了这块 移民大陆上，这些民间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.