How Do You Do Heel And Toe Short Sidesteps In Tap Dancing?
Although all the steps are fairly basic, the heel and toe short sidesteps is a long combination. Shuffles, heel drops, leaps, flaps, flats and even a Back Irish (shuffle hop and step to the back) are featured in this dance step. Learn the first step and then the second step, memorize them, and then proceed to the third step and then the forth and so on until you’ve got the complete step memorized and mastered. Step on your left foot on the count of “1.” Shuffle on our right foot on the count of “and 2.” You have made two taps/sounds (shuf-fle) on one count, the second count. When a dancer shuffles, she brushes the ball of her foot to the front and then to the back. Execute a ball change. Step down on your right foot to the back for the “ball” and step down on your left foot in place for the “change.” The count is “and 3.” You have made two taps/sounds (two steps) on one count, count three. Drop your right heel on the count of “and.” When you stepped down and did the “ball” in the previ
