If you’ve never tap danced and want to learn, or if it has been a while since you’ve had your shoes on, this is the class for you. After starting from the very basics, you’ll be dancing two routines by the end of the eight-week course.

Tap is great for timing, co-ordination and fitness. Grab your shoes, join in and make some noise!

If you want to learn tap dance in Sydney, then this course is for you.

Agenda

During this course the intention is that the following topics will be covered, but not necessarily in the order given. Due to the variable nature of Adult Education classes, parts of the curriculum may be adapted to suit the needs of the class.

• Each lesson begins with a warm-up, flexing the muscles, limbering ankle and knee joints and stimulating breathing, and ends with a cool-down.
• Basic tap steps are taught and revised at the start of each lesson.
• A tap routine is taught and practised, with steps added each week until the routine is completed.
• The routine is practised each lesson and perfected before a new routine is commenced. The aim is to complete two routines during the eight week course.

Objectives

The intended Learning Outcomes for this course are as follows.

By the end of the course the student will have:

• Developed a sense of rhythm
• Learned basic tap steps
• Integrated steps and movement into a routine
• Performed the routine

Other Information

Please wear loose, comfortable clothing. Tap shoes are required. These may be purchased at Bloch, 117 York Street, Sydney or you can discuss with the teacher at the first lesson. If you do not have tap shoes, please wear leather soled shoes to the first lesson.

All dance classes are active and therefore you must bring to the attention of the tutor any physical or health-related impairment that may affect your safety.

College Office is located on the cnr Balmain Road and Perry Street, Lilyfield. (Within the grounds of the Orange Grove Public School.) Parking available. Enter on Perry Street. The school hall is in the large brown brick building in the centre of the playground. It has a mural on the sie and the entry faces away from the carpark (click on “College Office” above for directions).

Please note: It is the mission of Sydney Community College to provide quality, accessible education and training. Our commitment to improve the quality of all courses we offer is on going. This extends to ensuring the safety of all our students and we therefore require you to complete the following Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q). If you enrol by phone a PAR-Q will be sent with your enrolment confirmation. If you enrol on-line please download a PAR-Q form from the ‘more’ section (under forms) on the home page or see the attachment below.

For all courses involving physical activity you must arrive by the published course commencement time or the tutor may refuse to admit you into the session. The agenda for many courses involving physical activity starts with an OH&S briefing and/or a warm up and to miss either may create a hazard to you, which might exclude you from participation for the session.

PLS NOTE: All classes need a minimum number of students to go ahead. If your course does not have enough students it will be cancelled and you will be informed. Courses are usually cancelled, when necessary, 2 working days prior to the scheduled start date.***Please be aware that you may be informed of a cancellation &/or change via SMS or E-mail.