Teach Yourself Tap Dancing

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Author: Derek Hartley

ISBN-10: 0071484647

ISBN-13: 9780071484640

Category: Tap Dancing

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Dance your way into a new hobbyDerek Hartley, a professional with 20 years of experienceperforming, teaching, and choreographing with his own company, teaches you the basics of rhythm and movement. With the help of a great practice soundtrack (on CD), he introduces you to all the basic steps and moves and then describes a number of fun routines to try. Teach Yourself Tap Dancing covers the basics of traditional "show" tap as well as the more contemporary "rhythm" tap.

Historical and social aspectsHow to teach oneselfAbout this styleWhat do I wear? Why should I do it? How fit should I be? Equipment: Shoes, Clothing Floor Music Chair Mirror. Mirror? Abbreviations and definitionsTempo, Melody, RhythmWarm Up 1; Warm Up; 2 Warm Up 3Steps one two three, easy as ABC. Sounds one two three.Rhythm explained. Counting explained.Building Blocks: Basic vocabulary: letters to words, words to sentences,sentencesBasic Rhythm Combinations, leading to Time Steps.The Shim Sham Shimmy!!Other Famous StepsAmalgamations One Two ThreeMake up your ownDerek Hartley