Tap Dance for All

Los Angeles based Victoria Moore is a master tap instructor, choreographer, dance competition judge, writer, and producer, with over 40 years of experience being a national expert in the field of tap dance. Her training and professional career are extensive; performing in the Broadway shows 42nd Street and Sugar Babies. She is co-owner of Triple Threat Dolls Productions, Inc., a production company focusing on developing and producing projects in a variety of theatrical formats. The late Joan Gerrard’s professional dance career spanned more than three decades as a performer, tap dance specialist, prolific choreographer, and one of tap dances greatest tap masters of all time. She was the tap director for dance studios and park districts throughout Chicago, and was founder and executive director of Dance-Plus Productions, Inc., a unique company that provided a staff of highly qualified instructors to teach a wide variety of performing and cultural arts programs.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments by Victoria Mooreviii

Preface

Introduction

 1. Tap: Exclusive to Inclusive

 2. Dance: Mind, Body, and Soul Benefits

 3. Diseases, Conditions, and Age Groups

 4. The Power of Music

 5. Tap Styles: Rhythmic vs. Broadway

 6. Choreography vs. Improvisation

 7. Beginning and Beginning II Levels

 8. Extra Combinations: (Beginning / Beginning II Levels)

 9. Beginning III / Intermediate / Advanced Levels

10. Extra Combinations: (Beginning III / Intermediate / deleteAdvanced Levels)

11. Intermediate / Advanced, Advanced Levels

12. Time Steps / Time Step Breaks: (Beginning III / deleteIntermediate / Advanced Levels)

13. Professional Physically Integrated Dancers Spotlight

14. The Evolution of Tap

Appendix: Tap Glove / Mitten and Tap Board Instructions

Glossary

Bibliography

Index