Tap Lesson 1
What was the subject of Lesson 1?
What is: Counting/ Rhythm
What was the subject of Unit 2?
What is: Trick Steps
What was the subject of lesson 3?
What is: Across the floor/ traveling
front and back as well as side to side
What was the subject of lesson 4?
What is: Tap Turns!
Name a famous Tap Dancer!
Savion Glover
Jason Samuel
Avi Miller & Ofer Ben
Fred Astaire
Gene Kelly
Nicholas Brothers
Gregory Hines
Steve Condos
Clap or tap a rhythm to:
1e+a 2+ 3+ 4+
1e+a (paradiddle) 2+(toe heel) 3+(toe heel) 4+ (tap walk)
Just one example there are SO MANY
Demonstrate a Broadway
flap heel heel spank heel toe heel
Demonstrate a step across the floor side-to-side
maxi ford turns
tap walks toe heels
flap
spank steps
Demonstrate a tap turn with a PARALLEL PREP
jazz pirouette
Name a style of Tap Dance
What is:
Hoofing (Rhythmic Tap) - this is what we do!
Broadway Tap
Buck & Wing
Funk Tap (Tap/ Hip Hop fusion)
Clap or tap a rhythm to:
1+2+3 1 2e+a 3
1+2+3 (toe heel toe heel step)
1 2e+a 3 (Stamp cramproll step)
Demonstrate a pull-back
can be:
single
double
2 sounds or 4 sounds
on one foot referred to as a pickup
Demonstrate an across the floor step moving forward and back
flap
spank step
toe heels
tap walks
spank hop toe hop step
Demonstrate a tap turn with a TURNED OUT PREP
coupe
tap turn
pencil turn
turned out turn in seconde
Where does tap dancing have influence from?
West African percussive dance
Irish Step Dance
Clogging
Name a song that uses a SWING beat
Fly me to the Moon- Frank Sinatra
Songs by big bad voodoo daddy
LOTS of jazz music
(any song you can count 1+a 2+a 3+a 4+a) etc.
Sitting in a chair
using the bar
just focusing on the SCRAPING motion of your ankles, brush in, step
doing it with your hands to understand how your ankles move
Demonstrate a turning step across the floor
cramp rolls
paddle turns
maxiford
buffalo
chaine
chaine with the spank
Demonstrate an AUTHENTIC Tap turn that makes sound
Toe tap turn
Toe drag turn
click chaine turn
Name a musical that features tap dancing
42nd Street
Singing in the Rain
Anything Goes
Mary Poppins
Newsies
What time signature is each this pattern?
1) 1+a 2+a 3+a
2) 1+2 3e+a 4e+a
3) 1 2 3 1 2 3
Remember we learned
4/4 (common time)
3/4 (waltz)
and swing tempos!
Demonstrate a shovel/ shuggie bop with or without the shuffle
use other leg in a scooping motion
base foot goes scuff dig, and the scooping leg steps behind you
Demonstrate one of the across the floor combos we did SPECIFICALLY IN CLASS
flap and spank rhythm
toe heel tap walk rhythm
turns across the floor
maxiford with and without the pickup
(Think front, back and side to side)
Demonstrate a tap turn that travels across the floor
step toe hop turns
maxi ford turns
cramproll turns
Name 3 different brands of tap shoes
Capezio
Bloch
Jason Samuels
Miller and Bens
K360s (capezio)
Character Heels (LaDucas)
So Danca Tap Shoes