Athens State Graduates

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

TH 353 Tap Techniques

This class covers the basic steps of tap technique and how it applies to musical theatre. Students learn coordination, rhythmic variations, and performance skills through a series of tap combinations and exercises. Students will examine the relationship between music, rhythm, and syncopation; become knowledgeable of important tap dances and their influence on the art form; be able to apply and connect individual steps learned in class into a choreographed routine; strengthening weight changes and transitions; and improve ability to pick up choreography quickly as well as to dance as a unified tap ensemble.

Credits

3