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It’s International Tap Dance Day! (gifts inside 🎁)
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Hi Reader, Bill here 👋 Today is International Tap Dance Day — a day to celebrate this wonderful, rhythm-filled art form that brings so many of us together. And to celebrate, I wanted to share a couple of free video classes with you 🎁 Gift #1 — A satisfying 20 minute tap class for all levels 👞My first gift is a short, bite-sized class where I share a simple (and super satisfying) exercise that only uses our fundamental tap steps. It's designed to help build rhythm, timing, coordination, and flow, and it’s achievable (and challenging) for practically any level of tap dancer. Too difficult? Slow it down. Too easy? Speed it up! ...AND, It can be learned and practiced practically anywhere! 👉🏻 Try the 20 minute class here! Gift #2 — Breakdown of the 'Shim Sham Shimmy' 👞Each year on International Tap Dance Day, I share a breakdown of the classic routine: The Shim Sham. If you’ve never learned it before, this is a great opportunity to jump in. And if you have learned it before… well, it’s always worth revisiting 🙂 The Shim Sham is one of the great shared traditions of tap dance — a routine danced all over the world, by dancers of all ages and levels. 👉🏻 Learn the 'Shim Sham' here! Remember, friends: Tap dance is for everyone. You don’t need to be perfect. You just need a willingness to make some noise and have a little fun. And let's be honest, we could probably all use a bit more of that right now. If you enjoy these classes and want to explore further, we’d love to welcome you into Taptopia — our online tap dance community and learning platform, filled with courses, classes, challenges, community calls, and good humans from all over the world 🌎 Happy International Tap Dance Day, friends. Wherever you are in the world today… I hope you get a chance for a tap dance! 👞 Big love. More soon, P.S. If you do have a tap dance today, know that you’re joining tap dancers all over the globe doing the very same thing. Pretty special, really 🥰 HOME OF THE 'JUST TAP' VIDEO COURSE SERIES. |
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