Audition Required: Contact Natalie King for placement questions (natalie.king@gcsu.edu)
The class combines various jazz and tap techniques. In Jazz, students will learn styles, such as Broadway, Street, and Contemporary styles of jazz dance with tap progressions. Classes include stretch and strengthening exercises, floor work, and across the floor progressions in addition to a center floor combination. Rhythmic expression, turns, leaps, transition steps, and body line are focused on.
In Tap, Personal style and expression is explored during more complicated steps like triple cramp roll, irish pullback, double toe stand, toe stand turn, nerve taps, switching pullbacks, Maxie Ford pullback, and double Maxie Ford pullback. This class is for all incoming students ages 11 and up along with returning students placed in this level.
