TESTING LEVELS TAP 2009-2010

All students wishing to “challenge” to the next level must be able to complete the following (with correct technique and no demonstration) according to their level. All students at their level should know the vocabulary as well as complete ALL sounds!  Dancers must be able to do steps with proper technique as well as with proper ARMS and HAND placement!

         Beg. I:  Shuffles and Shuffle Hop step                       Beg. II:  Combinations of Beg 1 steps

                     Shuffle ball change & Flap Ball Change                        Basic/Single Military time step

                     Tap Lindy & heel toe shuffle BC                                    Flap BC shuffle hop step

                      Slaps & Flaps/flap heel                                                 Rolling shuffles/Flap heel heel    

                      Basic Military time step                                                 Maxi Ford (working on turn)

                                                                                                               Flap heel heel & cramp rolls

        Beg III: Combinations of Beg. 1 &2 steps                               2 flap BC- sh bc sh hop st          

                      Know difference of hop and leap                                lindy with a shuffle ball change

                      Flap heel heel spank heel toe heel                                 

                     Basic Waltz clog (st sh bc/st sh bc)

                     Double military time step

                      Flap heel heel toe heel heel chaine

                     Spank steps & Spank hop steps

                     Maxi Ford with turn     

                     Shuffle hop step into grapevine

                    Scuffles, drawbacks, rolling shuffles

       Int. I:   All of the above combinations                            Int. II:   syncopated drawback/cincinaties

                   Military time steps (basic single double triple)              basic and single time steps  

                   basic time steps                                                               sh hop and hop sh combos

                   Basic and single waltz clog                                             scuffle combinations with heel

                  Draw backs and Cincinaties                                            double waltz clog &side essence

                  Sh hop step front side and back                                     various riff walk combinations

                  Cramp rolls, riff walks, Pull backs                                   single pirouette/working double

                  Know difference of cramp roll and traveling CR              pull backs single and double

      Int. III:  Any and all of the above steps in various combinations.

                    Back essence

                   Maxi ford with pick ups

                   Working on shuffle pick-ups (must be able to do to move to ADV. 1 Tap)

                   Fl-hl-hl toe-hl hl chaine turns

                  Riff walk combinations

                 Basic Single and double time steps

                  Various Cramp Roll and turning combinations and leaps

                  Single and Double pirouettes

     Adv. I-II:  All of the above steps in various rhythms.

                      Maxi Ford Turn with stag attitude leap

                      Various combinations of Pick ups w/turns (with equal rhythms)

                      Various combinations of Pick ups including Toe Taps and cramp roll toe taps

                      Various combinations of Riff walks

                      Various chaine tap turns

                     Basic single double and triple time steps

                    Shuffle hop step with pickups

                     Any and all combinations of ANY tap step in ANY order with ARMS!