Once a young girl asked me how do you come up with a tap dance, and I said I didn't know, but later it came to me that what she was missing was that tap dance is not just movement, it is also a music performance. You listen, and make sounds to the beat. Tap dance is part of the music.
Here is an illustration. Tap Dancer and Jazz combo do Take 5.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLQoKlG5B-0