MCCCD Official Course Competencies:

DAN145  2007 Fall – 2010 Fall

Tap Dance II

1.

Demonstrate correct placement and alignment for tap dance at an advanced beginning level. (I, II)

2.

Perform basic tap dance skills in the center and across the floor at an advanced beginning level. (I, II, III)

3.

Demonstrate correct rhythmic clarity of steps at an advanced beginning level. (I, II, III, IV)

4.

Demonstrate correct sound clarity of steps at an advanced beginning level. (I, II, III, IV)

5.

Demonstrate proper foot and ankle articulation at an advanced beginning level (I, II, III, IV)

6.

Perform tap styles with clarity and correctness at an advanced beginning level. (II, III, IV)

7.

Relate historical development of tap dance to tap dance style at an advanced beginning level. (II)

8.

Critique the correctness in performance and style of self and others at an advanced beginning level. (IV)

MCCCD Official Course Outline:

DAN145  2007 Fall – 2010 Fall

Tap Dance II

I. Barre Work and Warm-up

A. Placement and alignment of body

B. Anatomy and Physiology of a proper warm-up

C. Basic stretching techniques

1. Various types of stretches

2. Theories of stretches

D. Specific skills, sounds, and rhythmic clarity used in warm-up

1. Toe taps and drops

2. Heel taps and drops

3. Paddles and Rolls

4. Crawls

5. Shuffles

II. Centerfloor

A. Skills learned during warm-up and Tap I for rhythmic and sound clarity

B. Time steps: standard: rhythmic and sound clarity (shuffle hop step flap step)

1. Single

2. Double

3. Triple

C. Time Steps: stomp-buck or rhythm (stomp hop step flap step)

1. Single

2. Double

3. Triple

D. Exploration of other time step variations (military, cramp roll, heel grind, traveling, etc.)

1. Single

2. Double

3. Triple

E. Swaps and Grab-offs: proper technique, rhythmic, and sound clarity

F. Trenches: rhythmic and sound clarity

G. Bombershays: rhythmic and sound clarity

H. Maxi Ford: rhythmic and sound clarity

I. Rhythm Turns: rhythmic and sound clarity

J. Drawbacks: rhythmic and sound clarity

K. Beginning Pull-backs: rhythmic and sound clarity

L. Rhythm Footwork: rhythmic and sound clarity

M. Historical study of tap dancers, their styles, and their impact on the development of tap dance as an art form

1. Henry William "Juba" Lane

2. Bill "Bojangles" Robinson

3. John Bubbles

4. Chuck Green

5. Leonard Reed

6. Honi Coles

7. Peg-Leg Bates

8. Sandman Sims

9. The Nicholas Brothers

10. The Slyde Brothers

11. Bunny Briggs

12. Gregory Hines

13. Savion Glover

14. Fred Astaire

15. Gene Kelly

16. Donald O'Connor

III. Across the Floor: Performed for Sound and Rhythmic Clarity

A. Running Flaps

B. Flap ball change

C. Irishes: Single and double

D. Buffaloes: Single and double

E. Turns

F. Combinations of all material

IV. Performance

A. Combination from all material learned in class

B. Critique for sound and rhythmic clarity