TAP
I'd rather be dancing!
Tap Dancing:
Dancers of all ages will find no better way to develop their sense of rhythm than performing simple tap dancing exercises, combinations and routines. Tap dance began in the United States and is now popular worldwide. The name comes from the tapping sound made by small metal plates, or taps, on the dancer's shoes. This lively, rhythmic tapping makes the performer not just a dancer, but also a musician. Stage directions, musicality and rhythm are seamlessly included in each lesson. Early dancers like Fred Astaire & Gene Kelly used a style of tap which led to what is today known as "broadway style." The best examples of this style are found in Broadway musicals such as 42nd Street. Savion Glover is the best-known living hoofer, who helped bring tap dance into mainstream media by choreographing and dancing for the major motion picture Happy Feet. National Tap Dance Day is celebrated every year on May 25. Join a class today. You'll love it!
Soul to Sole Tap Group
Looking for intermediate, adult tap dancers interested in having fun and staying fit. If you have had considerable tap experience or dance experience with some tap and want to join in on the fun, even if it's been a while, come check us out on Wednesdays from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. at A Dance Studio in Niceville. We know you're out there! Don't worry if you think you may be a little rusty. We can brush off the dust and get you going again.
Kay
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Kay Hébert
Kay started dancing at the early age of 3. As a child she performed in annual recitals as well as local television programs and civic and social events. In her teens she performed with the New Orleans Ballet Company and later with Ballet Etoile. In 1976 she joined the staff at The Dance Centre in Metairie, LA and continued until 1987. During this time she worked as the Studio Manager and was head of the Tap Department. She taught all ages and levels, specializing in a combination of her own tap technique as well as the graded syllabus of Al Gilbert of Hollywood, CA. She has had equal training in ballet, jazz and pointe, but tap is her true love. She was a member of Dance Educators of America and attended various workshops and competitions in New Orleans, Los Angeles, and New York both as a student and teacher. In 1984 Kay danced in a production at the Louisiana World’s Fair Expo in New Orleans. She also performed with a professional dance company, The Crescent City Movin’ Co., based out of the Dance Centre from 1982 – 1987. In 1985 she performed in Tulane University’s Summer Lyric Theatre production of West Side Story.
From 1987 to 1993 Kay lived in the Los Angeles area and taught at Dance Unlimited, Simi Valley, Ca, Al Gilbert’s studio, in Hollywood and also at Retter’s Academy in Agoura Hills, CA. After moving to Ft. Walton Beach, in 1994 she worked under the direction of Jan Savage as choreographer for The Wizard of Oz and Romeo and Juliet at Choctaw High School. Since moving to this area, she and her husband have had ballroom dance lessons at Fred Astaire and Kay continues to dance socially when the occasion arises.
Unwilling to retire, Kay returned to tap dancing and is now working with the group Soul to Sole at A Dance Studio in Niceville, FL. teaching adult tap to intermediate tappers.
