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Tools for Tap Improvisation: The Time Step
Join me in welcoming guest, and new TAPography columnist, Tristan Bruns! Tristan is a Chicago-based tap artist and instructor. You can learn more about him via his bio below but what you may not...
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Teacher’s Top Three: Improvisation and Composition Studies
As a dance educator and choreographer in New Mexico, Jenn Romano works with high school dance students and in two after school dance programs for at risk youth. She also choreographs for local musicals...
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In The Moment: Ten Improvisation Tips
If you’re a dancer new to improvisation (or need a refresher), here are some improvisation basics: Improvisation involves creating and executing movement spontaneously, without any premeditated...
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Tools For Tap Dance: Pocket Steps
Deep Pockets Ask tap dancer Jason Janas what he thinks about pocket steps and he will tell you, “The pocket always wins.” Pocket steps can be current and dazzling, or classic and nostalgic. The...
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Teaching Students to Use Breath to Enhance their Dancing
All dancers use breath. After all, breathing is a natural and necessary function that occurs whether we think about it or not. However, not all dancers understand how they can use their breath to...
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