Placement for our tap classes for our younger dancers is based on age as well as maturity and skill level. If you are a new student, call the studio for assistance in choosing the appropriate level. If you are a returning student, refer to your class placements when selecting levels. To read about the history of tap and the styles we offer at the studio, click HERE.
Tap Kidz
Monday, 4:45pm - 5:30pm ● Ages 6-8yrs
Madison Atwood
Monthly Tuition: $58
In this exciting and upbeat class, your child will step into the world of tap dance, where music and movement come together to create rhythmic fun. Dancers learn fundamental tap steps and rhythms tailored to their age and skill level.
Junior Tap 1-2
Monday, 3:45pm - 4:45pm ● Ages 9-11yrs
Carissa Bellando
Monthly Tuition: $65
Junior Tap 1-2 is designed for young dancers to learn and develop the fundamentals of tap dance and the joy of creating rhythms through precise foot and ankle articulation. Dancers will begin with a center warm-up focused on building coordination, balance, and sound clarity. Class will include across-the-floor progressions to develop traveling steps and simple step combinations. Students will explore basic rhythms and patterns, gradually building the skills needed to connect movements into musical phrases. Combinations will bring all elements together and help dancers strengthen their performance skills.
Junior Tap 3-4
Monday, 4:45pm - 6pm ● Ages 11-13yrs
Carissa Bellando
Monthly Tuition: $72
Junior Tap 3-4 continues to build on foundational tap skills and deepens dancers' understanding of rhythm, sound, and musicality through more complex foot and ankle articulation. Dancers will expand their tap vocabulary while exploring a wider range of tempos and rhythms as their familiarity with the style grows. Class will begin with a center or across-the-floor warm-up, followed by progressions that focus on combining rhythms and steps with increased clarity and confidence. Traveling movements, including rotations and turns, will also be introduced to challenge spatial awareness and control. Combinations will bring all elements together, incorporating layered rhythms and varied tempos. Dancers will strengthen their performance skills as they prepare to learn choreography for the end-of-year performance.

CLASSES FOR TEENS & ADULTS

Tap 1
Monday, 7:30pm - 8:45pm 
​Carissa Bellando
Monthly Tuition: $72
Tap 1 is for teens and adults who have either never tapped before or are coming to back to tap after a long break and only a little bit of basic knowledge. It introduces to the fundamentals of tap dance, it's roots, and the joy of creating rhythms through precise foot and ankle articulation. Dancers will begin with a center or barre warm-up focused on building coordination, balance, and sound clarity. Class will include across-the-floor progressions to develop traveling steps and simple step combinations. Students will explore basic rhythms and patterns, gradually building the skills needed to connect movements into musical phrases. Combinations taught will bring all of these elements together. ​
Tap 2
Monday, 6pm - 7:30pm
​Carissa Bellando
Monthly Tuition: $80
Tap 2 is designed for teens and adults who already have a good basic knowledge of tap dance. Great for those adults who have tapped as kids or teens and want to get those feet moving again. The focus of this class is on developing rhythm and sound through ankle and foot articulation, progressing vocabulary knowledge, and gaining speed and clarity of movement through Broadway and Rhythm tap styles. Class begins with a warm-up in the center, followed by across-the-floor progressions that explore traveling steps, rhythmic combinations and the introduction of rotations. Fun and creative combinations will bring together all the elements of class, offering space to develop musicality, confidence, and performance skills.
Tap 3-4
Tuesday, 7:30pm - 9pm
​Carissa Bellando
Monthly Tuition: $80
Tap 3-4 is designed for teens and adults who have strong knowledge of tap dance. This class will explore both Broadway and Rhythm tap styles and will build on vocabulary, speed, and clarity of movement. Class begins with a center warm-up and rhythm exploration followed by progressions and combinations across the floor, challenging the dancer to combine vocabulary, traveling through space, rotations and complex rhythms. Combinations will be taught to bring together the movement and styles being presented in class and help the students continue to develop their musicality, confidence, and performance skills.