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Summary: What is the Shirley Temple step in tap dancing? Learn tap dancing steps like the Shirley Temple in this free video lesson from a dance teacher.
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 this step is kind of known as the Shirley Temple. So, I'm going to turn around and have you learn it with me. We're going to start with our right foot and we're going to do a flap to the side. So, this step travels back and forth from side to side. It's really fun and once you get going at it, you're going to be standing wherever you are doing this step back and forth, okay. So, here we go, taking the right foot, we have flap and you're going to do a back front, so double heel; heel, heel. Now you're going to be on your right foot so you can use your left foot. Brush, heel, toe heel. Okay, so, let's do it again slow because I know it takes a little bit of time to get stuck in your brain. Right foot; six, seven and flap, heel, heel, brush, heel, toe, heel. One more time; five, six, seven to the right, flap, left, right, brush, heel, toe, heel. Right from here, you're ready to go on your left to reverse it. Flap, heel, heel, brush, heel, toe, heel. Flap, heel, heel, brush, heel, toe, heel. Flap, heel, heel, brush, heel, toe, heel. Flap, heel, heel. And that's what you're not going to not be able to stop doing after you learn this flap, heel, heel, brush, heel, toe, heel Shirley Temple move."