My Tap Dance Page

My Tap Dance Page I am starting to notate various combinations, drills, and steps of interest that I teach in my classes. I hope these are informative and useful to others tappers out there in cyberland! I have reorganized this site by level. So if I teach a combination in my level B, it will be listed under the level B Curriculum, etc. As I add new things, I'll try to list it by date so you'll know if there's anything new.

The CURRICULUM for each of my tap levels is a work in progress, but check it out.

Tap Dance Curriculum

This is the layout for tap classes at the studio where I teach. I started working on listing the skills that should be mastered at each level so that each teacher will be teaching a comparible curriculum. I then combined this with some combinations that I had notated, so that there are a few combinations listed for the higher levels. This will not be a complete list (especially for the higher levels) since much of the work done there is on the infinite combinations possible using the listed tap "steps".

Combination Ballet/Tap for 5-6 year olds
Tap A - Ages 7-9 (Fixed this link 10/13/00)
Tap B - Ages 9-11 (some new stuff 10/6/00)
Tap C - Ages 11+ (work in progress)
Accelerated Class for Ages 7-11* (work in progress)
Accelerated Class for Ages 10-14* (work in progress)
Accelerated Class for Ages 12-18* (some new stuff 10/6/00)
*by audition only


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If you would like to contribute some of your combinations, copy them into an email and send them to me at elvrp@yahoo.com I'll give you credit and link your steps to my page.

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A few abbreviations:
HD=heel drop
SH=shuffle
BC=ball change
PL=pull or spank
CH=chug
TD=toe drop
PDRL=paddle & roll
stamp=with weight change
stomp=without weight change
P.S. If a count is underlined it means it gets accented.

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