Tap 101 | Anatomy of a Tap Shoe

Studio Dansu's Teaching Artist Kaitlin Verchimak discusses the anatomy of a tap shoe. Like and Subscribe to keep up with the Studio Dansu content! Produced by Lightfoot Productions LLC Video Transcript: hi my name is kaitlin verchimak i'm a tap teaching artist here at the studio dansu and i'm here today to introduce the tap 101 series today and this episode we're going to be talking about the anatomy of a tap shoe first i have the patent leather mary jane shoe and this is the beginner shoe that you're going to start in the next shoe i have is the next level or the upper level and this is the oxford style shoe so it's a lace front so it keeps your foot really snug and tight in the shoe while you're tapping at the top we have the toe plate or you can call it the metal toe plate the bottom we have the heel plate or metal heel plate and then we have the middle of the shoe is the sole of the shoe and then if i flip the shoe over if i show you from the front you kind of see this metal lip on the toe plate is called the toe tip so you can be using toe plate toe tip heel plate and they all create different sounds those are two types of shoes i showed you today and that is the anatomy of a tap shoe