5. Course Fundamentals
Explore the difference between Rhythm Style tapping and Broadway Style tapping.
- Understanding soft shoe and how it relates to Broadway Style tapping today.
- Listening to and exploring different artists and styles of music and determining their roots and purpose.
- Understanding choreographed arm placements for Broadway Style movement.
- Find each individual dancers “natural arms” within Rhythm Tapping as well as noting where they are carrying their ‘tension’ or ‘contrenation.’
- Learning different choreographed combinations in both styles
Musicality and some Music Theory
- Understand the difference in a whole note, half note, quarter note, 8th note, and 16th note.
- Be able to identify the difference and use them in relationship to Tap Rhythms.
- Incorporate body percussion and how it keeps the rhythm of the movement
Body Awareness
- Working through the different parts of the shoe and which muscles to active to create different sounds.
- Be able to identify where the sound is coming physically on the shoe.
- How to move across the floor or in formation and stay within your personal space/spatial awareness.
Improvisation
- Be able to stay on the beat during Improvisational games.
- Use different movements and rhythms.
- Add in Body Percussion.
- Have fun!