How to Shuffle in Tap Dancing: Part 2

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Sarah McLellan in New York City here at June Parody's Dance Studio. On behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to teach you today some basic and beginning tap moves. Come on in! So now we are going to start our 2nd half of our step. You have learned how to do the hop shuffle, ball change, hop shuffle, ball change crossing. Now we are going to add what we call a break. So let's start. So we have done these hop shuffle, ball change, hop shuffle, ball change and this is your break. You are going to start with the hop shuffle, hop shuffle, step shuffle, step shuffle, ball change. So that is hop shuffle, ball change, hop shuffle, ball change, hop shuffle, step shuffle, step shuffle. So the break is you just finished your 2nd hop shuffle, ball change. Step shuffle, step shuffle, step shuffle and ball change. So let's try it all together. Then you want to make sure that you do it on your left leg. Hop shuffle, ball change, and hop shuffle, step shuffle, step shuffle, ball change. So when you are practicing this at home you want to make sure that you feel as confident on your left leg as you do on your right leg. So hop shuffle, ball change, hop shuffle, ball change, hop shuffle, step shuffle, step shuffle, ball change on your left leg and repeat the whole thing. "