Improvers 1 Tap Dancing Class

Our Improvers 1 Tap Dancing Class directly follows on from our Beginners Tap Dancing Class. However, if you haven't tapped since childhood but can still remember your single shuffle time step this might be the class for you.

For current City Academy students, you will probably have mastered the basic steps by now and will be ready to put those steps together to make short routines and exercises.

The pace of this class will be faster than the beginners, but not too fast, we'll make sure there's enough time to master the combinations and build your tap dancing confidence.

Tap Dancing Skills Development

Our Improvers 1 Tap Dancing Class is designed to take your basic skills up to the next level, but it's still good fun, easy going and a good way to improve your overall fitness and wellbeing.

Exact content may differ depending on the students' needs and course duration, but topics generally covered include:

• Understand posture and awareness of your body in space

• Demonstrating how to isolate parts of the body to define a movement

• Perform a selection of short, simple choreographies

• Physical warm-up / cool-down

• Posture, co-ordination exercises, weight transference

• Basic footwork combinations

• Demonstrate basic co-ordination of arms / feet / head as dance-moves

• Learn short dances

• Practice short dances

• Informal Showcase for family and friends

• Friendly feedback throughout

Something to Think About

You'll need to dig those old tap shoes out from under the bed:

Footwear
Tap shoes are necessary for rhythm and sounds and overall feel and sound for tap dance. Hard bottomed shoes are acceptable for first few weeks, but tap shoes are recommended. (Specialised stockists such as Gamba Freed and Dancia which have outlets in and around London can provide appropriate footwear)

Clothing
Baggy clothes and tracksuits, tights and leotards or jazz pants are recommended. Work clothes, jeans and tight fitting clothes are not suitable.

Improvers 1 Tap Dancing Course Progression

City Academy recommends you to take this course twice with different teachers before progressing to the next level.

• Improvers 2 Tap (to be launched)

We offer a 10% discount if you book 2 or more different courses at the same time.