Tap Dance Curriculum
Accelerated Class - Ages 8-11 - 2 hrs/week
Here's a simple one I use in warm-ups: (I use slap to refer to a flap without a weight change)
4 slaps on R (a1, a2, a3, a4)
4 slaps R w/HD on L (a5+, a6+, a7+, a8+)
4 slaps R w/dblHD-RL (a1e+, a2e+, a3e+, a4e+)
stomp pull HD ball HD, stomp pull HD ball HD stamp
R R L R R L L R L L R
5 + a 6 e + 7 e + a 8
(repeat entire drill, on the other side)
Crawl combination:
HD, ball, HD, TD, HD HD, ball, HD, TD, HD HD, ball, HD, TD, HD
L R R R R R L L L L L R R R R
A 1 + A 2 A 3 + A 4 A 5 + A 6
(crawl to R) (crawl to L) (crawl to R)
HD, dig, pull, step stomp
R L L L R
A 7 + A 8
HD, dig, pull, step, dig, pull, step, dig, pull, step, Stamp
L R R R L L L R R R L
A 1 + A 2 + A 3 + A 4
Stamp, Stamp, Click in air, Cramp Roll, Stamp
R L Both RLRL R
+ 5 6 e+a7 8
Triplet Combination:
(Riff=Ball R, Scuff R, Heel Drop L; BkRiff=Heel Dig R, Pull/Spank R, Heel Drop L)
BkRiff, Riff, BkRiff, Riff, BkRiff, Flap, HD, HD, Pull, HD, Flap, HD
RRL RRL RRL RRL RRL R L R L R L L
1+A 2+A 3+A 4+A 5+A 6+ A 7 + A 8+ A
repeat above section 2X
Stomp, Pull, Step, HD, HD, HD
R R R R L R
1 + A 2 + A
Repeat above section 2X-once left, once right
Stomp, Pull, HD, Stamp
L L R L
7 + A 8
Chug, Shuffle, Ch, Sh, Ch, Sh, Ch, Sh, Ch, DoubleShuffle, Ch DblSh, Ch
L R L R L R L R L R L R L
1 +a 2 +a 3 +a 4 +a 5 e+a6 + a7e+ 8
more to come!