Beginner Tap Dancing Steps

Where to find free, online videos teaching and demonstrating, beginner tap dancing steps.

Introductions to Basic Tap Dancing Steps

Basic Tap Dancing Steps
Includes videos teaching the toe tap, the heel drop, the brush, the step, the shuffle, the flap, the ball change, and the shuffle ball change.

Carol Zee's Strategies for Teaching Beginners

Mindy Millard Copeland "Basic Tap Steps" Demo
This video by Mindy Millard Copeland is not a step-by-step tutorial but instead it is a good overview of the steps you are likely to be taught in an absolute beginner or first year tap dancing class. Steps demonstrated in the video include the forward brush, backward brush, shuffle, ball change, flap, brush back, flap heel, brush back heel, ball change, shuffle ball change, flap ball change, shuffle hop step (aka Irish), scuffle, buffalo, heel dig, scuffle, paddle and roll, and maxie ford.

Mindy Millard Copeland "Basic Tap Sounds" Demo

Basic Elements of Tap Dancing
Justin Johnson demonstrates some of the most basic tap dancing steps. Includes toes, heels, toe taps, stomp, brush and drag, and a little routine demonstrating all of those steps.

Six Tap Steps for Absolute Beginners
Six Tap Dance steps for absolute Beginners" includes brush, ball change, heel drops, step heel, heel tap, and flap.

Four Fundamental Tap Steps for Beginners
Introduces the shuffle, the ball change, the step heel, and the single buffalo.

Beginner Tap Dance with Susie and Joe
Susie Ewing and Joe Giamalva! demonstrating beginner tap dancing step.
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Beginner Tap Dancing Combinations

Tap Dance Beginner Combination I

Tap Dance Beginner Combination II