#dance studios

I have a beef to pick with the state of tap dancing these days. Or at least tap dancing at all the studios in my area. There's like two dozen dance studios around our town, but NO ONE KNOWS HOW TO TEACH TAP. There's hardly any technique used. The routines are boring. They don't even wear heeled tap shoes anymore; just the flats. I was taught by both studios that i learned dance from that tap was full of intricate technique. You were making music with your feet, basically. The fastest routines I've ever performed were tap numbers (and I did it in heels!). It's sad to see that dance students aren't being taught how awesome tap can be. The teachers are more interested in teaching hip-hop or contemporary with tap seeming as just an afterthought.

there’s nothing like having to check people in for the recital of a studio you hate because you volunteer at the opera house they do their recital at. their dancing is not good