Our tap classes are focused on learning basic tap technique, vocabulary, and rhythm through music, games, and percussive instruments. This class explores Broadway styles of tap and musical theater.
Our tap classes are focused on learning basic tap technique, vocabulary, and rhythm through music, games, and percussive instruments. This class explores Broadway styles of tap and musical theater.
Deborah Mason is the founder and executive director of the Deborah Mason Performing Arts Center (DMPAC), formerly the Deborah Mason School of Dance (DMSD). A lifelong Cambridge, MA resident and community activist, Deborah founded DMSD in 1975.
Tap dance is characterized by using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor. The sound is made by shoes that have a metal “tap” on the heel and toe. There are several major variations on tap dance including: flamenco, rhythm (jazz) tap, classical tap, Broadway tap, and post-modern tap
Tap technique that develops a sense of rhythm and coordination through a variety of styles and music, including rhythm, Broadway, and contemporary.
A lively, fun dance making rhythm with your feet. Excellent for coordination and fun for all ages
In this class we will make music with our feet! Students will explore rhythm and syncopation through fun movement exercises, incorporating footwork, body percussion, and improvisation!
This is one of the most visceral and energetic dance forms around. It incorporates its moves with the sounds of the dancer’s tap shoes striking the dance floor. It often incorporates syncopation (unexpected or “off-beat” rhythms) and is thus closely related to Jazz dance.
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