Wednesday, November 28, 2012

More tap drills

Clearly tap is my favorite to teach, just because I am so passionate about it and it is so rarely found in studios these days.

I started doing something with my pre-teen dance team the other day that seemed to really help them clean up and even out their sounds. In a circle, we did a basic call and response with something we have been workign on: paddle & rolls. With no music, I would do a paddle & roll combination then the girl to my left would repeat it back to me. Then I would do it again, and the next girl would do it, and so on around the circle. We did it twice with one combination, and then once again with a slight variation. Even by the end of the third time I saw improvement.

But the real treat came the next week. My girls came in saying they had been doing paddle & rolls everywhere, in the lunchroom, in their houses, driving their families crazy. I was so proud. Especially because last week even with our drill we had worked on tap the least amont of time we ever have.

Tickled pink is what I am. This is my new favorite exercise. It's fun, seems like a game, but also gets the girls to hear their sounds individually.

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