TAP DANCE CLASSES

HISTORY OF TAP DANCE

During the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, the best tap dancers moved from Vaudeville to cinema and television. Prominent tap dancers of this period included Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Shirley Temple. In the 1950s tap dance declined, while rock and roll and pop music and the new jazz dance style emerged. Many believe that what is now called jazz dance evolved out of tap dance, so both styles of dance have many moves in common. But jazz dance evolved separately from tap dance to become a new form in its own right. No Maps in My Taps, the Emmy award winning PBS documentary of 1979, helped begin the recent revival of tap dance. National Tap Dance Day in the United States, now celebrated May 25, was signed into law by President George Bush on November 7, 1989. (May 25 was chosen because it is the birthday of famous tapper Bill "Bojangles" Robinson).

Learn fun tap dance routines from the best American tap dance faculty this summer at our summer dance training camps!

TAP DANCE AT ADTC OVERNIGHT CAMPS

The four core dance classes at our ULTIMATE Overnight Dance Camps are in hip hop, jazz dance, Broadway dance & contemporary or lyrical. Although tap dance is NOT offered as one of the four core classes each session-week at our ULTIMATE Overnight Dance Camps, tap dance is often offered as a dance elective during free time at these camps. So if you have tap dancing shoes, you should bring them! At ADTC ULTIMATE Overnight Camps, we always have excellent tap dancers on staff - sometimes even Radio City Rockettes! If tap dance is your think, you'll also want to show off your stuff during our "American Dance Idol" competition each week!. Click an ADTC ULTIMATE camp location below for more details!

ADTC TAP DANCE CHOREOGRAPHERS

Here are just some of our amazing Tap Dance Instructors (click picture to read bio):

TAP DANCE DAY CAMPS

We can bring our one-week (or two or more!) day camp program to your town! Day campers participate in four 1 hour dance classes each day. ADTC offers day dance camps throughout the US that are open to girls & boys of ALL ages, ability levels and disciplines - no prior dance experience is necessary to attend ADTC Dance Day Camps. Day camps can range from 16 dancers (minimum), to more than 200. In just five days, campers learn three or four different performance pieces.

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TAP DANCE BOOT CAMPS

ADTC "Dance Boot Camps" are one, two or three-day private dance workshops offered at your dance studio, YMCA, parks & rec facility or school. ADTC Dance Boot Camps are customized to your specifictions (including length of camp, levels, and dance styles) and can range from 16 dancers (absolute minimum), to more than 200 dancers. By bringing a customized dance camp directly to your private studio or location, you can eliminate costly travel expenses for students and parents.

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TAP DANCE CHOREOGRAPHY

We are proud to offer the #1 marketplace for crowdsourced dance  choreography & services. Complete our online form to launch your "choreography contest" where our Certified Professional Choreographers compete to create dance pieces you love, or your money back! We've got the largest choreographer community online, so it's important to create a contest that attracts the kinds of choreographers you want!

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TAP DANCE BIRTHDAY PARTIES

We send our certified dance instructors to your location with everything necessary to host an unforgettable dance party: great music, cool dance moves, funky & fun routines, performance props, and lots of interactive dance games to play. And we welcome your ideas! We strive to be as accommodating as possible and would love nothing more than to make your child's dance party dreams come true!

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