Summary: Add turns to your three tap riff in tap dancing. Learn tap dancing steps like the three tap riff turn 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 we're now going to take a look at the three tap riff turn. So, what we're going to do starting center floor. We're going go, you're going to jump right, left, three tap riff. Five, six, seven, so we have right, left. You're going to do your three tap riff, brush, heel, heel. Again, right, left, one, two, three, right, left, one, two, three, right, left, one, two, three. So, as you can tell, it is kind of tricky because you have to make sure you stay off your heel in order to drop your heel on the three tap riff. So, we have a jump, jump. We've got jump, jump, that's when you get your full rotation. Get all the way around and do your three tap riff, one, two, three to the front. Again, six, seven, eight, jump, jump, one, two, three, jump, jump, one, two, three, jump, jump, one, two, three, jump, jump, one, two, three. And again, when I drop my heel that last time and the only time, when the left, you got to plie and sink into it. Otherwise you will lose your balance. So a couple of quick ones. Five, six, seven, eight. Good job. That was your three tap riff turn combination."