Complete Tap Dancing for Beginners

Want to be the next Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, or Gene Kelly? Learn how to tap dance, starting with these basic steps! Practice, then set your moves to music.

Time to get tapping! This lesson teaches you a combination using all the basic tap steps you learned in the previous lesson, and then puts it to music.

Ready to learn some more basic tap steps? Warm up with a quick review of toe, heel, step, and touch. Then add a stamp, a stomp, a toe (tip) and a dig.

Now you're ready to combine tap steps into a nearly four minute extended tap combo. Practice and gain confidence as you go - grab your shoes and get steppin'!

If you thought you were moving after Unit 202, now you're really dancing. Add two more basic step combos to your dance, then take the whole dance from the top!

Master some new tap moves by learning how to hop, leap, jump, and chug. Experiment with different combinations to achieve a variety of sounds.

Ready, set, tap! Learn a combination incorporating the toe hop step, jump, and chug. Learn the answer to that important tap question: "How do I get faster?"

Practice your tap moves and you'll have a routine ready for National Tap Dance Day! Build out your tap combo with some step heels, dig toes, stamps, and steps.

Put all your moves together for the grand finale! Practice and run through all of the combos from previous lessons - and you'll soon be dancing with the stars.

Ready to learn some new tap dance steps? This lesson covers the clunk, two variations of the brush, the brush step, and the dig toe step heel.

Learn some core tap dancing maneuvers today! This lesson demonstrates two flap technique and the flap heel; it also includes a review with music.

Time to put it all together in one big tap dance routine! Perform a five-part routine using the steps you’ve learned in the previous two lessons.

Keep stepping! In this lesson by United Taps, you’ll add three important tap dance steps to your repertoire: flap ball change, spank, and spank step.

Let’s try out those new tap dance steps! This lesson breaks down the first four combos of a routine using the steps you’ve learned from the previous lesson.

This lesson shows you how to do the second half of the tap dance routine started in Part A, based on steps you’ve learned from previous lessons.

Get your feet moving! In this lesson on tap dancing, you’ll learn: spank step heel, spank step ball change, two shuffle techniques, and the shuffle step.

You’re getting good at this! Moving on, this lesson by United Taps covers the shuffle ball change, the buffalo (of Looney Tunes fame), and the cramp roll.

Ready to incorporate the new steps you’ve learned? Learn the first part of this routine, which incorporates the shuffle ball change and the buffalo.

Build on your Level 7 tap dance routine! In this lesson, you’ll learn the second part, which incorporates the spank step, shuffle ball change, and cramp roll.

It’s time for the grand finale! In this lesson, add two more sections to your tap dance routine and practice everything from the top with music.

Time to start learning some new tap dance steps again! In this lesson, you’ll learn three new steps: the Irish, the Maxie Ford, and the waltz clog.

You know the drill! In this lesson, add the steps you’ve learned — the Irish, the Maxie Ford, and the waltz clog — to a fun tap dance routine.

Get ready to add five more sections in the second part of this tap dance routine. Again, you’ll be utilizing the Irish, the Maxie Ford, and the waltz clog.

Ready for the grand finale? In this lesson, learn the final part of the Level 8 tap dance routine and perform it all from the top with music.