Video: Explanation of a "Paradittle" in Tap Dancing

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Learn about the paradittle in tap dancing in this free video lesson for beginning tap dance.

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fwinter Aug 02, 2008
Another name for this combination is "paddle & Roll"
fwinter Aug 02, 2008
Another name for this combination is "paddle & Roll"

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Another thing I wanted to mention is that tap dancing, as we seen today, most of the steps are very very basic. After learning these steps it is just a matter of putting them together into a combination. It's really not that hard. It's just a matter of having confidence, balance, self endurance and learning to do the steps. Get them from your head to your feet fast enough and have the confidence to execute them correctly. And hopefully fast. For example, there's something that we teach intermediate class called again I don't make this up, paradittle. I don't know who comes up with this but a paradittle looks like this. It's a combination of a dig, a spank, a step and a heel and going back and forth and look like this. (dancing) All it is is what we learned today we've learned dig, learned spanked, we learned step, we learned heel that's all it is. Speed it up that's what it looks like.

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Explanation of a "Paradittle" in Tap Dancing

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