Growing with Music - Early Music Education and Development

Junior Grooves Jazz Tap

Ages: 7-12

Pre-requisites: None

Dress Code: None, but students must have a pair of tap shoes

Session: 8 weeks, 45 minute sessions

This is an excellent introduction to the art of tap dance for the energetic young dancer.
In this beginning level class, students are encouraged to foster a very supportive class
environment. Dancers learn the basics of tap technique while being challenged to find
an understanding of rhythm in their everyday environment and draw upon it to create
their own rhythmic creations.

Students will learn:

• Basic stationary tap technique
• Traveling tap steps
• How to transfer weight properly
• Tap language and terminology
• Counting for tap
• Beginning Tap Combinations
• Listening and following skills
• How to find rhythm in everyday life
• How to create our own rhythms from our imaginations