How To Do Timesteps

In this video, professional tap dancer Jess shows you how to perform timesteps. These rhythmic moves are sure to spice up your tap dancing technique! Enlarge

How To Do Timesteps

In this video, professional tap dancer Jess shows you how to perform timesteps. These rhythmic moves are sure to spice up your tap dancing technique!

I'm going to show you how to do a double timestep. Shuffle hop, tap spring, brush, and transfer your weight forwards and back. Shuffle hop, tap spring, brush, forwards and back.

Shuffle hop, tap spring, shuffle step, shuffle step, shuffle ball change. That is: shuffle hop tap spring, shuffle hop tap spring, shuffle hop tap spring. And that's a double timestep.

I'm now going to show you how to do a triple timestep. You do this by adding three extra beats: shuffle hop, shuffle spring, brush forwards, step forwards and back. Shuffle hop, shuffle spring, brush forwards, back.

So, shuffle hop shuffle spring, shuffle hop shuffle spring. And that is a triple timestep.