Tap
Tap is a fun, high energy style that introduces rhythm patterns for the feet including standard time steps, percussive styles and more complicated steps from the Tap Syllabus.
- Level 1- Ages 6+- Beginning
- Level 2– Must have completed Tap 1
- Level 3- Must have completed Tap 2
- Level 4- Placement Only- Must have completed Tap 3
- Level 5- Placement Only- Must have completed Tap 4
- Level 6- Placement Only-Most advanced level -Must have completed Tap 5
- Beginning Teen Tap– No prior experience- beginning level.
Dress Code
Solid colored leotard, black tights or tan tights, black shorts or jazz pants, black jazz tap shoes- with a solid shank, not split-sole or suede bottom. Students should wear their hair in a ponytail or bun.
We request dancers have the following tap shoes:
Dancers 5-10 years old (non Ensemble dancers) – https://www.discountdance.com/dancewear/style_S0301G.html?pid=3043&Shop=Style&&skey=Bloch+tap+shoes&search=true&SortOrder=R&SID=1578232783
Dancers 10+ years old and all Ensemble dancers – https://www.discountdance.com/dancewear/style_S0313L.html?pid=8514&Shop=Style&&skey=Bloch+tap+shoes&search=true&SortOrder=R&SID=1578232783
Tap shoes can be purchased online or at your local dancewear store. Toe the Line in Buffalo Grove is a great local dancewear store that also sells shoes!
Students not appropriately dressed will be asked to observe class. This includes missing shoes. This is for the safety of our students.
No jewelry in any class except for medical bracelets and small stud earrings.
Please have all hair accessories packed in your child’s dance bags or have their hair done before coming to class.