Tap Dance Movement Review

The full foot strikes the floor and accepts the weight.

• stamp

• stomp

• step

• flap

The toes and ball of the foot brush the floor and lift into the air.

• brush

• ball-change

• flap

• stomp

The full foot transfers weight completely from one foot to another.

• time step

• shuffle

• ball-change

• step

Precise, clean tap sounds made by taps on toes and heels striking the floor.

• rhythm tap

• tap dance

• brush

• 1.       time step

The toes and ball of the foot brush forward and back.

• shuffle

• brush

• flap

• time step

Movement of brushing the toes and ball of the foot, taking the weight.

• ball-change

• time step

• 1.       shuffle

• flap

The toes and ball of the back foot brush the floor before the front foot steps in place.

• ball-change

• brush

• shuffle

• flap

Stamp, hop, step, flap, step, step

• ball-change

• time step

• stamp

• step

A style of tap dance that uses heel taps and creates syncopated sounds.

• tap dance

• rhythm tap

• ball-change

• step

The full foot strikes the floor and quickly releases.

• step

• stomp

• stamp

• flap