The Rhythm of Tap
Tap dancing is a way of making music with your feet! It started about 300 years ago when people from different cultures blended their favorite dances together. Long ago, people even used rocks and sticks to help make the rhythms. Today, tap dancers wear special shoes with metal plates on the bottom that make a loud "click-clack" sound every time they hit the floor. Some famous dancers, like Dulé Hill, started learning how to tap when they were only 3 years old! Learn more!
Wee Ones
A tap dancer makes a rhythm with their feet: click, clack, click, clack. What comes next in the pattern?
Little Kids
A pair of tap shoes has 2 metal plates on each shoe (one on the toe and one on the heel). If you have 2 shoes, how many metal plates do you have in total?
Big Kids
Dulé Hill started tap dancing when he was 3 years old. If he is now 48 years old, for how many years has he been tap dancing?
The Sky's the Limit
Tap dancing has been evolving for about 300 years. If we are in the year 2026, in what year did tap dancing first start to grow into the dance we know today?