Tap Dancing: Rhythm in their feet

Heather Rees
A practical and accessible guide to tap dancing. Gives some insight into the history of tap and the influence of some of its great performers before going on to explore the principles of rhythm, timing and tempo of tap music, techniques, styles, and choreography. A vocabulary of steps introducing the language of tap is followed by clear instructions in traditional steps and time steps. There are suggestions for sequences and types of music, and many photographs provide a visual breakdown of the steps, enabling the reader to follow the movements precisely.