Introduction to Tap

What a wonderful world it would be if everyone just walked around in their tap shoes and broke out into a tap dance at any random moment!  You know, like in the Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers movies?  That is my dream quite frankly, and while many of you may think I am completely nutty that just means you have never tap danced.  I love to see people who put on tap shoes for the first time.  It’s like they are shocked and amazed at the noise that comes out from their feet.  Tap is by far my most favorite style of dance, especially to teach.

For those who are looking into starting tap, or just plain interested in it, here is a list of some common tap steps and a description.  Basic steps in tapped are combined to form the “larger” steps that we typically see when watching a show or recital.  Some of the names here can be called other things also, but I just use what I have heard most.