How Do You Do A Double Grace-Tap Time Step In Tap Dancing?
The Double Grace-Tap Time Step in tap dancing is rife with pullback changes, which are a bit tricky to execute. When a dancer does a pullback, she must brush back on the foot that is bearing her weight. To execute the back brush, she must bend the knee of the leg she’s standing on and spring backward while simultaneously brushing the ball of her foot against the floor. She lands on her other foot. (A single pullback would begin and end on the same foot.) Shuffle on your right foot on the count of “8 and,” followed by a hop on your left on the count of “1.” Shuffle on your right foot (“e and”). Do a back brush (“a”) on your left foot and leap onto your right foot on the count of “2.” This is a pullback change. You have shuffled on your right foot; that foot is still in the air and your weight is on your left foot. You must bend your left knee, spring back and execute a back brush on your left foot, landing on (leaping onto) your right. Shuffle on your left foot (“e and”). Brush back on
