Summary: There are countless tap dance moves and combinations. Learn how to do a 'flap hop' tap dance move from our expert dancer in this free video clip on beginning tap dancing.
Emily Larew is a professional dancer and dance instructor. Her education includes studying at LA’s The Edge and Millennium dance studios. She has performed for various music awards,...read more
"Hi I'm Emily Larew, and we are continuing on with our beginning tap combination. We are now on counts one through four. So turning around we have our right foot is going to flap, hop, alright, and then we're going to do a left one. Our arms are going to come up one and two, okay. So six, seven, actually your feet are together, seven and eight. So we have a one and a two and, so on that hop I want you to pick up your back foot, flex it, and keep it bent. Yes, almost like a ninety degree angle. Seven and eight, so we have a one and two and you're going to put down your hands, you're going to run a three and four, as fast as you can. So you're going to run backwards, I want you to bend over, drop your head, a three and four, and jump up, surprise. Then you're ready to dance again, okay. So six, seven, eight, you have a one and two and three and four, good. Try it from the top, five, six, seven, and one, two, three, and seven and eight, a one and two and four, five, six, seven and eight. A one, two, three, four and five, six, seven and eight. One, two, three and four, five, six, seven and eight. One, two, three, four and five, six, seven and eight. One and two, three, four and five, six, seven and eight. And a one, two, a three and four, five six, seven, eight. A one, two, three and four, good. And that was the first four counts of your beginning tap combination towards the end."