How Do You Do A First Time Step In Tap Dancing?
A time step in tap dancing can be a buck (starts with a stomp) or a traditional version (starts with a shuffle). It can be a single, double or triple. The time step can travel or stay in place, involves an eight-measure movement and is generally found at the beginning of a tap routine. In the early days of tap dancing, the time step was used to set the tempo of the dance, and that’s how it got its name. Shuffle on your right foot on the count of “8 and” and then hop on your left foot on the count of “1.” When a dancer does a shuffle, she brushes the ball of her foot to the front and then she brushes the ball to the back. To execute the shuffle, lift your shuffling foot, bend your knee, raise your foot slightly to the back and then do the forward brush followed by the back brush. Jab your right toe to the back and behind the left foot on the count of “‘and.” Step down on your right foot on the count of “2” and then do a flap (brush step) on your left foot on the count of “a 3.” A flap c
