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Tap Syllabus

 

Preschool Age

 

                 The preschool aged child is not as fully developed physically or mentally, in most individuals, as                  the  school aged child. Therefore, a greater degree of patience, tender loving care and gentle                  discipline is required of the instructor.

 

                 Parents are not permitted in the dance room. The teacher must immediately have a position of                  authority, difficult to develop with a parent at arms reach. The students then begin to take on the                  challenge of  learning independently.

 

                 Toilet training is a must.

                 Dress code must be enforced at all times.

                 Have fun with your students, and do not hesitate to bring yourself down to their level, while                  teaching acceptable manners. (i.e. placing educational materials on walls).

 

                Things preschool aged students should be learning in tap class:

 

                                 Rhythm exercises are key to helping the children feel the beat of the music. 

                                  Teach students that beat and rhythm are a fundamental to dance.

                                 Heel drops

                                 Toe drops

                                 Heel twists-feet together, heels moving right, then left.

                                 Toe twists-feet together, toes moving right, then left.

                                 Double knee bends

                                 Hop on the right, then left foot.

                                 Little jumps on two feet.

                                 Step and clap.

                                 Jump feet apart and then together.

                                 Hit the heel on the floor in the front- step together.

                                  Teach the difference between a hop, leap, and jump. (Hop means on one foot; Leap

                                  means from one foot to the other, leap from left to right and right to left; Jump

                                  means with two feet like a jump rope.

                                 Three step turn.

                                 Trenches

                                 Flap

                                 Ball change

                                 Shuffle

                                 Marching is very important!

Tap Syllabus  -  Beginning Level

 

                 Traditional tap dancers consider themselves “musicians”, creating complex sounds and

                 rhythms that express their moods, the music and them selves.

 

                  Things beginning level students should be learning in tap class:

                

 

                                 Rhythm exercises are key to helping the children feel the beat of the music.  Teach

                                  Students that beat and rhythm are a fundamental to dance.         

                                  Learning beat, tempo, on beat, off beat, and timing

                                 Phrasing

                                 Accent

                                 Flap

                                 Slap

                                 Heel Step

                                 Shuffle

                                 Flap ball change

                                 Stomp

                                 Melody

                                 Hop

                                 Brushes

                                 Spank

                                 Pickups

                                 4 and 5 count riffs

                

 

Tap Syllabus  -  Intermediate/Advanced Level

 

                 Traditional tap dancers consider themselves “musicians”, creating complex sounds and

                 rhythms that express their moods, the music and them selves

 

                Things intermediate/advanced level students should be learning in tap class:

 

                                 Rhythm exercises are key to helping the children feel the beat of the music.  Teach

                                  Students that beat and rhythm are a fundamental to dance.

                                 Learning beat, tempo, on beat, off beat, and timing

                                 Syncopations

                                 All riffs

                                 Pull backs

                                 Toe pops

                                  Double pickups

                                 Alternating Pickups

                                 Single leg pullbacks

                                 Walking riff

                                 Running flaps

                                 Wings

                                 Cramproll

                                 Paddle & Roll

                                 Maxie ford

                                 Waltz Clog

                                 Trenches

                                 Drawbacks

 

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Modern Syllabus 

 

Beginning Level

 

 

              Modern dance is a mode of dance born out of rebellion to express oneself in a way other than                  thru classical form. It is a way of expressing more realistic and humanistic emotions as opposed                  to the romantic idealism of classical ballet. There is no single specific technique in modern                  dance, but rather intellectual approaches to movement to create specific forms, and designs

                 to achieve specific ends.

 

 

                 Thing beginning level students should be learning in modern class:

 

                                  Jump

                                  Turn

                                  Dart

                                  Glide

                                  Stretch

                                  Bend

                                  Rise

                                  Gallop

                                  Qualities (swinging, sustained, percussive)

                                  Rhythm and Timing

                                  Tempo

                                  Syncopation

                                  Symmetry

                                  A-symmetry

                                  Transition

                                  Variety

                                  Repetition

                                  Floor Patterns

                                  Breath Control

                

 

 

Modern Syllabus 

 

Intermediate/Advanced Level

 

 

                Modern dance is a mode of dance born out of rebellion to express oneself in a way other than                  thru classical form. It is a way of expressing more realistic and humanistic emotions as opposed                  to the romantic idealism of classical ballet. There is no single specific technique in modern                  dance, but rather intellectual approaches to movement to create specific forms, and designs

                 to achieve specific ends.

 

                 Thing intermediate level students should be learning in modern class:

 

                                  Same as beginning level students, but increasing the difficulty level of   

                                  combinations.

                                  Time Signature (half-time, double-time)

                                  Collapse

                                  Vibratory Movements

                                  Suspended Movements

                                  Focus

                                  Dynamics

                                  Spacial Design

                                  Theme & Variations

                                  Flat Back

                                  Forced Arch

                                  Contraction

                                  Fall & Recovery

                                  Knee Slides

                                  Hinge

                                  Prances

                                  Placement

                                  Pitch

                                  Rebound & Release

                                  Swastika

                                  Triplet