Warm-up Routine for Tap Dancing

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Learn tips on a warm up routine for tap dancing in this free instructional dance video.

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Warm-up Routine for Tap Dancing
Hi! My name is Connie Hale. Thanks for joining me here expertvillage.com. Today, we’re going to start off with a few basic stretches before you begin tap dancing, to make sure your leg and your feet and muscle legs are warm. You can start with a simple lunge. Leaning your foot back and stretching it down, making sure that your heel is staying on the ground, slowly slide it back to stretch the calf muscle. Again, do the same thing on the other side. Slowly slide it back so that the calf is stretching. Bring it to the front, flexing your foot, bending on to your left knee, hands resting on that knee, stretching the heel up, flexing the foot, again stretching the calf. Switch feet. Again, you’re leaning on the bent knee, stretching the foot back to stretch your calf. You also want to work on your ankles. We’re going to just a simple circle, circling the foot around. Just pretend that you’re drawing a circle on the wall. Same thing with the other foot, circle around. Very good. We’re also going to work on the arch of the foot. We’re going to start with a toe drop. Just put your toe down with the heel and press the heel to the floor. Toe, drop. This is just going to stretch out the foot and get it ready to work all the fine muscles. Toe, drop, toe, drop. Also, you can up on your toes flex. Anything you’d like to do to get your feet nice and loose is good. Heel and up on your toe, heel, stretching it out, and just give it a good shake. Nice, and loosen your legs, and you’re ready to go.

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Expert: Connie Hale is the Studio manager and dance instructor at Cynergy Dance Studios in San Antonio, TX. Connie is a national Dance judge. Read More