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    • ABOUT US
    • Contact
  • Classes & Registration
    • Competition Program 2025-2026 >
      • 25-26 Competition Team Auditions
      • 25-26 Standard Competition
      • 25-26 Competition Plus
      • 25-26 Part-Time Competition
    • Summer 2025
    • Class Schedules by Type 24-25
    • Class Schedules by Age 24-25
    • Registration & Costs 24-25
    • Dress Code: Shoes & Clothing
    • STUDIO CALENDAR 2024-2025
    • Master Classes
  • Recital 2025
    • RECITAL PROGRAMS 2025
    • DANCE PHOTOS 2025
  • Current Students
    • Login & Info for Current Students
    • Building Map & Entrance Locations
    • Competition Student Information 2024-2025 >
      • 24-25 COMPETITION TEAM NOTICES
      • 24-25 Competition Costume Checklist
      • 24-25 Standard Competition Student Information
      • 24-25 Competition Plus Student Information
      • 24-25 Part-time competition student information
      • 24-25 COMPETITION MUSIC
  • Recital Videos
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Tap is a unique and exciting style of dance characterized by using the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion. Tap has been featured on Vaudeville stages, in Broadway shows and in major motion pictures for many, many years. This dance form has a rich history with many well-loved notable figures. Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, the Nicholas Brothers, Sammy Davis Jr., Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire and Shirley Temple are just a few of the stars who made tap dance popular through their films and stage performances. Today, tap dance is widely enjoyed and studied by students all over the world.

The students enrolled in tap classes at BLDC study a graded tap syllabus as well as supplementary methods to emphasize proper technique, rhythm, timing, musicality and precise tap sounds.
1st-3rd Grade Tap/Jazz Combo
2024-2025 SCHEDULE TBA​
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3rd-6th Grade Tap
2024-2025 SCHEDULE TBA​

Adult Beginning Tap
2024-2025 SCHEDULE TBA​
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Adult Intermediate Tap
2024-2025 SCHEDULE TBA​
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What do you need for class?

Required Shoes & Dancewear Options
 BLDC shoes and clothing can now be ordered online here and shipped to your home for no-contact shopping! 
For shoe fittings, please attend an Open House or contact the studio to schedule a fitting.
Required Attire
Please use the dress code guidelines for the gender of which the student identifies, or fitted dance clothing that is similar to anything listed which feels in line with the student's identity. 
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Girls

A leotard with tights, a leotard with leggings or shorts, a dance top and shorts are all acceptable options. Dance clothing should be form-fitting and allow the instructor to see the students’ bodies clearly. No long, baggy t-shirts or pants.
Boys
Shorts or Pants, T-shirt or athletic style top. 

Shoe Requirements
​Girls

3rd-5th Grade Intermediate Tap: Dark Tan U-Shell Tap
Beginning Tap:  Dark Tan U-Shell Tap
Teen Intermediate & Advanced Tap: Black Jazz Tap
All Adult Tap Classes: Black Jazz Tap

Boys
All Tap Classes: Black Lace-up Tap Shoes​​
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888 Chicago Drive
Jenison, MI 49428
(616) 667-2272
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