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    • ABOUT US
    • Contact
  • Classes & Registration
    • WINTER & SPRING SESSIONS 2025
    • Class Schedules by Type 24-25
    • Class Schedules by Age 24-25
    • Registration & Costs 24-25
    • Competition Program 2024-2025 >
      • 24-25 Competition Team Auditions
      • 24-25 Standard Competition
      • 24-25 Competition Plus
      • 24-25 Part-Time Competition
    • Dress Code: Shoes & Clothing
    • STUDIO CALENDAR 2024-2025
    • Master Classes
  • Recital 2025
    • Recital Packages
    • TICKET SALE INFORMATION 2025
    • DANCE PHOTOS 2025
    • Recital Costume & Hair Instructions
  • Current Students
    • Login & Info for Current Students
    • Building Map & Entrance Locations
    • Competition Student Information 2024-2025 >
      • BTS INFO 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
  • COMING UP!
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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.

2021-2022 Class Schedules Coming Soon!


What do you need for class?

Required Shoes & Dancewear Options
 BLDC shoes and clothing can now be ordered online and shipped to your home for no-contact shopping!
​Recommended Attire
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​​
If you need a shoe fitting, please click here to schedule a fitting appointment at the studio. ​​​​​​​​
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888 Chicago Drive
Jenison, MI 49428
(616) 667-2272
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