As I travel around the place teaching workshops and choreography I often get asked about my choice in music. Questions like – where do you find such great music? Or – what do you think is appropriate for younger students? Or the inevitable frustration – “It is so hard to find music these days that [...]
Hello to everyone, I was recently chatting to a dance teacher about the fabulous skills that tap dancing teaches the younger tappers in any dance schools. She was really surprised at just how much her " Tiny Tots Tappers" had improved over the year and how much this had impacted upon their other genres further [...]
Hello everybody and welcome to 2017! So as you head into the new year of dance you may be thinking " just how can I get more students enrolling in tap classes?" Well there are few very simple answers to this question that I like to share with our Tapatak Oz clients and teachers, as [...]
Hello to everyone, Well this newsletter is simply to wish you all the most wonderful Xmas and New Year. It is simply hard to believe that the Festive Season is upon us once more. So without further ado and without taking up any more of your precious time, we wish you all a well earned [...]
Hello to everyone and welcome back, Today's newsletter is really short and sweet and just a quick comment on tap dance existing alongside classical ballet in your dance school. I have been asked many times, as I travel around the country whether or not children who pursue one genre can also pursue another and my [...]
Well a huge hello to everyone, Today I wanted to share with you all a wonderful moment I witnessed with one of our client's the other day. This was a client / teacher in the UK and she was sharing details of her concert with all the parents in her dance school via FaceBook [ [...]
By now I am sure you are all settled into your dance classes for the year so I thought we would talk about getting out there and discovering your own unique inner tapper! That creative voice that lives inside of you! Your own ideas, rhythms and concepts that are whizzing about in your head waiting [...]
As every tap dancer would know – tap shoes can be quite difficult to find, fit, maintain and wear in! And there are so many different types of tap shoes and taps available that deciding on a pair can be quite daunting. So let’s have a look at all these things. Firstly, if you are [...]
Heh Everyone, Welcome back to TAP CHAT! Where we chat about everything TAP! I thought you might like to see the routine that I did in class for The Australian Dance Festival in Sydney, Australia yesterday. We only had one brief hour to do a warm up and then piece this together - so everyone [...]
Okey dokey, So often times I hear teachers say that the students lose interest when asked to do things one at a time - especially with bigger classes. But as we all know – unless you see each step one at a time in a tap class, you run the risk of your students “ [...]
