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Learn to Tap Dance with Emily!
Level 1 Tap – Thursdays @ 6 pm
Already completed the Intro to Tap series? Remember the fundamentals and ready to dust off your tap shoes? Level 1 is for you! This slower-paced class focuses on strengthening basic technique, adding new steps to your repertoire, and developing speed, stability, and musicality.
Level 2 Tap – Thursdays @ 7:15 pm
Feeling comfortable with your tap dance foundation and ready for a little more? Level 2 is for you! This moderately-paced class focuses on building past the basics, increasing confidence with more intricate weight shifts, combining different steps, and strengthening musicality.
Level 3 Tap – Thursdays @ 8:30 pm
Feeling confident in your tap dance foundation and looking to speed things up? Level 3 is for you! This faster-paced class focuses on mastering intermediate level technique, complex combinations, and musical phrasing.
Meet Your Tap Dance Instructor: Emily Mikolitch
Our tap dancing classes are led by the incredibly talented Emily Mikolitch, a Dallas native and graduate of UCLA’s prestigious School of Theater, Film, and Television.
Emily brings a rare blend of professional performance experience and world-class training to every tap class. She has studied tap dance internationally, including at the renowned Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, one of the most respected dance institutions in the world.
Her performance career has taken her to iconic stages such as:
- Kennedy Center
- Public Theater
- Walt Disney World
- International productions in Dubai, UAE
A Tap Teacher with Global Experience
Emily began teaching at just 15 years old and has since shared her passion for tap across the globe. She has taught at:
- Rhythm in Fusion Festival (Dallas)
- Monday Night Tap Experience at Debbie Allen Dance Academy
- Cascadia Dance & Film Festival (Vancouver)
- Syncopated Ladies Bootcamp (Dubai)
- Dance Arts Academy (Los Angeles)
Her choreography has been commissioned nationwide, with work showcased across California, Texas, Florida, and beyond. Beyond dance, Emily also works in post-production for TV and film and recently directed a theater production at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival—bringing a creative, storytelling edge to every class she teaches.
What to Expect in Class
Our adult tap dancing classes are designed to be welcoming, structured, and fun:
- Warm-ups focused on rhythm and timing
- Step-by-step instruction for foundational and advanced techniques
- Combination work to build confidence and flow
- Supportive, no-pressure environment
Whether you’re exploring beginner tap dance classes or leveling up your skills, you’ll leave each session energized and inspired.
Who Are These Classes For?
- Absolute beginners (no experience required)
- Dancers returning after a break
- Performers looking to expand their skillset
- Anyone searching for a fun, musical workout
If you’ve been Googling tap classes for adults, tap dance lessons Los Angeles, or fun dance classes near me, you’ve found the right place.
Put Some Rhythm in Your Life!
Tap dancing is an exciting rhythmic solo dance form distinguished by percussive footwork, that marks out precise rhythmic patterns on the floor. Some descriptive step names are brush, flap, shuffle, ball change, and cramp roll. Tap dancing is a vigorous form of dance and many adults tap dance to keep fit. Tap dancing is a great way to gain balance, strength, agility, and musicality and is a unique dance in that the tapper is both a dancer and a percussive instrument playing along with the band.
No previous dance experience necessary.
We guarantee you will be tap dancing in no time at all!
A Brief History Of Tap Dancing
The sources of tap dancing include the Irish solo step dance, the English clog dance, and African dance movements. In the 1920s and 1930s, black dancers contributed to the development of new styles of tap dance, and black dance teams became popular for their acrobatic, often satirical acts.
Later tappers like Fred Astaire provided a more ballroom look to tap dancing, while Gene Kelly used his extensive ballet training to make tap dancing incorporate all the parts of the ballet. This style of tap led to what is today known as “Broadway-style,” which is more mainstream in American culture. It often involves high heeled tap shoes and show music, and is usually the type of tap first taught to beginners. The best examples of this style are found in Broadway musicals such as 42nd Street.
Learn From The Best Tap Dancing Teacher in Los Angeles
By Your Side Dance Studio provides you with the best Tap dancing teacher in a private setting so that you receive one-on-one personal Tap dance instruction custom-tailored to your particular needs. We also provide Tap dancing lessons as group classes.
Our Students Love Us!
LOVE this studio!!!! The instructors love to dance and are vested in your becoming a better dancer. No matter what your dance goals are, this is the place to go.
Dawn B.
By Your Side is the best dance studio. The teachers are fantastic dancers and excellent instructors. They strive for excellence, precision, and elegance, and do so with great encouragement and motivation. I always leave dance class feeling wonderful!
Silvia
We worked with Laura to choreograph our wedding dance. We started out with zero moves and no confidence but after four sessions we were tearing up the floor and having the time of our lives.
Zara A.
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