10 Reasons Why Tap Dancing is Your Life
1.Constantly going over choreography
You may have just learned a quick 32 count piece for a random tap class, but rest assured that routine is staying in your head for months.
2. Tapping your feet in quiet areas
It’s one thing to tap your pencil, but when you’re the only one doing shuffles and Shirley temples in a quiet area, you’re bound to receive some stares…or glares.
Yes. Pointe shoes aren’t the only ones that allow dancing on your toes. The only thing more freaky than jumping and landing on the toes of your tap shoes is the flexibility of your feet when it looks like your heels are about to hit your front taps.
4. Performing on floors that are obviously not meant for tap shoes
We’ve all been there. Your studio is asked to do a small community performance and what luck, the floor you’re tapping is concrete. RIP taps.
5. Slipping like the floor is made of soap
Unless it’s specifically made for tap shoes, you’re most likely going to slip and slide at least once
6. Going through the movement but not actually making the sounds in group dances
Of course I’m doing a wing even though I’m just jumping and flaying my legs out to the side. I’m at least creating THE ILLUSION of it.
7. Missing a sound
No matter how good you fake it, your dance teacher will know if you fake a movement or miss a sound. “It’s four sounds and I only heard three.” It’s pure numbers at this point.
8. Tapping with your hands
Sometimes tapping your feet isn’t possible. The next best thing is your hands. Plant them face down and what do you know! They’re kind of like your feet.
9. Making up choreography to pretty much any 20s inspired songs (Rat pack anyone?)
Uh oh, is that Frank Sinatra playing? Someone grab me my tap shoes.
10. Getting lowkey annoyed when people want to try on your tap shoes to just stomp around in them
I don’t want to be mean and say no, but- OH MY GOSH! Are you seriously trying to tap on tiles right now?
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