Lexington Tap & Jazz Company

Offered just down the hall at Dancers’ Studio.

Classes emphasize the development and strengthening of basic tap technique, highlighting the importance of rhythm and sound. Tap focuses on rhythms and intricate footwork, creating a percussion instrument out of the dancer’s feet. Rhythm tap tends to be a heavier or harder-hitting form of tap than Broadway tap, and sounds are made not only with the bottom of the shoe, but also with its back, sides, and tip. Rhythm tap is a broad category that encompasses the hoofing styles of current stars such as Savion Glover and the late Gregory Hines and past masters such as Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and Jimmy Slyde.

This class will increase your flexibility and help keep your muscles pliable and healthy. The healthier and stronger your muscles, the better able they are to move and handle stress. Class includes standing stretches and balances, work on the ball, with bands, and at the barre. You will leave this class feeling stronger but more relaxed.

An exciting and ever evolving dance form full of rhythm, syncopation, passion and life. Steeped in the rhythm of jazz music, a true American art form, jazz dance brings energy and life to all those who dance it. Classes explore body isolations of the head, shoulders, ribcage, feet and arms and encourage individual expression and the development of personal style. Jazz can be powerful and percussive or expressive and lyrical. Always evolving, jazz dance is taught with contemporary music of today as well as with classical jazz of yesterday. Classes teach basic jazz dance technique, terminology and movement quality with an emphasis on proper execution of jazz isolations, rhythms and style.