Beginners Adult Tap Class.

Learn to tap dance, have fun and get fit at Dragon Hall! Thursdays from 6 to 7:00pm, £7.50 per class.

Classes start on Thursday January 14th, 2010. Come along and try it out.

No experience necessary, absolute beginners welcome. If you do not have tap shoes then a good pair of well soled shoes will get you started.

The class is taught by Andrew Miles – he started tap dancing at the age of 11. At 16 he attended college and completed a 3 year course in all aspects of dance and musical theatre. Andrew worked extensively as a professional dancer in shows and musicals all over the UK and abroad including a successful run in Tommy Steele’s production of ‘Some Like it Hot’ at the Prince Edward Theatre in the West End.

Andrew has retired from professional dancing and is now enjoying a successful career in a top London Hair Salon. After trying many different exercies classes but not really ‘feeling that buzz’ Andrew is launching his beginners adult tap class. Come along and try it out!

For more information email andrew.myles@02.co.uk

Dragon Hall Beginners Adult Tap
Glossary of Terms

Tap – a sharp single beat with the ball of the foot
Heel - a sharp single beat with the heel of the foot
Hop – from the ball of the foot, hop into the air and land on the same ball of the foot
Spring – jump lightly from the ball of the foot landing on the ball of the other foot
Toe tap – strike the toes of one foot to the floor
Step - transference of weight to the ball of the foot
Touch – place the ball of the foot on the floor without transferring weight
Step heel – step onto the ball of the foot then drop the heel down
Tap step – strike the ball of the foot on the floor followed by a step transferring weight
Flap – as the tap step, however, transfer the weight onto the whole of the foot making a louder 2nd beat
Tap spring – strike the ball of the foot on the floor and then leap onto it
Ball change – transference of weight on the balls of the feet any direction (two steps)
Stamp – transference of weight to the whole foot
Stomp – lift the heel and lower it while shunting forward on the ball of the foot, can be performed on one or both feet
Forward tap – strike the ball of the foot on the floor in a forward motion
Backward tap – strike the ball of the foot on the floor in a backward motion
Shuffle – forward tap followed by backward tap. Counted as “and 1” this can be performed forward, to the side and backwards
Pick up – raise the toe of the foot keeping the heel on the floor, strike the toe backwards while picking the foot up underneath or behind you
1 foot pick up – all on one foot, hop into the air, perform a backward tap and land on the ball of the same foot (2 sounds; pick up & land)
Pick up change – as the 1 foot pick up but landing on the ball of the other foot