Tap Dancing

Tap Classes at Cavod

Tap dancing, one of the older forms of dance, involves making percussive sounds with the feet, often using metallic caps on the tap shoe of the tap dancer to accentuate the sharp clicks and clacks dancers use to stomp out a rhythm.

History of Tap Dancing

Tap allows students to understand musicality and rhythm. Students are taught to count music, keep rhythm, and improvise sounds. Quick footwork and minimal upper-body movement characterize hoofer tap, while Broadway tap is a more theatrical version of the genre.

Training at Cavod

Cavod offers tap classes emphasizing Broadway and hoofer-style tap. Classes consist of warm-up, center and traveling exercises, and learning choreographed combinations. Students are taught tap vocabulary, rhythm construction, and syncopation. We offer classes for ages 3 to adult for beginner, intermediate, and advanced skill levels.

Benefits of Tap Dancing

Tap dancing can be a demanding practice. Time steps, basic steps, and other tap dancing moves improves the students sense of balance, core strength, and agility.