Tap On Tap

Welcome to Tap on Tap

Tap on Tap – we love tap dancing! Tap on Tap run monthly tap dance evenings, classes and workshops and perform at a variety of events in the South East of England.

Monthly Tap on Tap evenings

Tap dancing in the pub. Our monthly Tap on Tap evenings at Blackmarket VIP in Hastings are a community based adults tap dancing evening for dancers of all levels from complete beginners to advanced. Tap on Tap is born of a love of tap dancing. In line with tap’s historic roots Tap on Tap takes place in a bar rather than a dance studio and in jeans and t-shirts rather than in leotards and tights! It’s not about perfect dancers, costumes and slick routines. Come along and have fun with a supportive, welcoming and friendly bunch of people. We teach fun routines to great tunes.

Tap on Tap Performance

Our lead dancers welcome the opportunity to work with local musicians and singers, improvising to live music. Our Tap on Tap performance troupe bring style and energy to any event. We keep the history of tap dance alive by performing historic tap dances such as the Shim Sham, the BS Chorus, and the Coles Stroll alongside our original choreography. Members of our troupe have performed in cabaret at Wham Bam Thank You Ma’am and The Private Widdle Club, alongside many other local events. Get in touch to book Tap on Tap for your event. Tapontaphastings@gmail.com.

Classes, workshops and bespoke events

Our qualified tap dance teachers (DDI ISTD) continue to keep their ideas fresh by learning from the best – we have taken classes with the best tap dancers from around the world such as Michelle Dorrance, Roxanne Butterfly, Sam Weber, Sarah Petronio, Adele Joel, Ryan Campbelll-Birch, Thomas Waddleton, Katherine Kramer, Adam Garcia, Sharon Davis and Heather Cornell. We run regular classes in Hastings for tap dancers of all levels. We are also available to run bespoke workshops that we will develop with you to meet your specific needs. For example: Tap on Tap developed and delivered a complete beginners tap dance workshop for a Christmas Team Build event fora team of employees of a local authority; Working with a local disabled peoples organisation Tap on Tap developed and delivered an inclusive tap dance workshops for complete beginners with vision impairments. We offer private lessons and can also offer special workshops for hen and stag parties and wedding dances. Alongside our monthly tap evenings which are open to everyone, we support dance events in the local community. For example we supported the St Michael’s Hospice Danceathon in summer 2019 and we regularly volunteer for Dance Hastings who organise inclusive social dance classes and events in the community.Please get in touch to discuss your needs at Tapontaphastings@gmail.com

Classes / Workshops

Upcoming

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Recent

Tapping into 2023 06/01/2023

What
Class Where
YMCA, St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex

Happy tappy new year! Classes start again on Friday 6 January 2023 at the usual venue.
Tap on Tap – 18 May 2023 06/07/2022

What
Class Where
Blackbox, George Street, Hastings, East Sussex When
19:00 on 06/07/2022
Tap on Tap are so happy to be back at Blackbox in George Street, Hastings for May’s Tap on Tap monthly tap dance and social.

Amanda is teaching a beginners routine to Shoorah! Shoorah! by Betty Wright.

Helen is teaching a general level class to Try Matty’s by Aretha.

Everyone welcome.

Tickets £10 in advance, available now via Eventbrite.
Tap on Tap – 6 July 2023 01/07/2022

What
Class Where
Blackbox, George Street, Hastings, East Sussex When
19:00 on 01/07/2022

Tap on Tap July 2023 welcomes guest teacher Hamah Turner who will be teaching a swinging routine. Tickets available now via Eventbrite.

Hamah grew up in Hastings where she learned her love of dancing at The Wendy Cameron Academy, before moving to London and working as a performer both at home and abroad.

Credits include:

Dancer at Disneyland Resort Paris; Solverde Casinos, Portugal; Sands Casino, Macau; Mont Blanc ‘Tribute to Women’, Shanghai; Warner Holiday Resorts UK; Principal roles touring with Peaceful Lion Theatre Company and The Panto Company; Resident Singer/Dancer at the Brick Lane Music Hall, London.

Since moving back to Hastings in 2017, Hamah has completed her Diploma in Dance Education with the ISTD and now passes on her passion for her favourite genre, tap dancing, to students of all ages across Hastings, St Leonards and Bexhill.
Tap on Tap – 3 March 2022 03/02/2022

What
Class Where
Crown House, St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex When
19:00 on 03/02/2022
Join Amanda and the Tap on Tap team at Crown House, St Leonards-on-sea for a brand new routine to Something’s Got a Hold on Me by Etta James, plus the usual Tap on Tap favourites.

Tickets £10 in advance via Eventbrite. Limited numbers. See you there!
Tap on Tap Christmas Special – 5 December 2019 05/12/2019

What
Class Where
Blackmarket VIP, George Street, Hastings, East Sussex When
19:00-22:00 on 05/12/2019
Here’s a date for your diary – the fantastic Tap on Tap live music Christmas special is back!

With live music from the Rufus Stone Band, Christmas routines, call and response and improvisation this was a highlight of the Tap on Tap calendar last year. As well as our usual routines, the Tap on Tap dancers will be performing some of the numbers they have worked on during the year, and we are delighted to welcome back dancers from Dancemoves and Tap with Chloe LeFey who will also be performing. Tickets for this event are £7.

Be there, or be sad you weren’t.
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Tap on Tap – 7 November 2019 07/11/2019

What
Class Where
Blackmarket VIP, George Street, Hastings, East Sussex When
19:00-21:00 on 07/11/2019
We’re back for our monthly tap dancing night in the heart of Hastings Old Town, all levels welcome including complete beginners, £5 entrance. This month its Supremes A’Go Go! Helen and Amanda are teaming up to deliver a fabulous night of tap dancing fun with a very special soundtrack. We’ll be dancing along to the wonderful songs of The Supremes. So, get ready to turn up the happy. Even if it’s Bad Weather, come to Tap on Tap where it’s always Automatically Sunshine.
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Tap on Tap – 3 October 2019 03/10/2019

What
Class Where
Blackmarket VIP, George Street, Hastings, East Sussex When
19:00-21:00 on 03/10/2019
Its our fabulous monthly tap dance social at Blackmarket VIP in the heart of Hastings Old Town and Rumour Has It Rachel will be teaching a new routine to a track by everyone’s favourite sumptuous songstress, Adele. The Autumn evenings are drawing in so come and get warm with us. Grab your coat and your tap shoes and come on down. See you at 7pm.
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Tap on Tap – 5 September 2019 05/09/2019

What
Class Where
Blackmarket VIP, George Street, Hastings, East Sussex When
19:00-21:00 on 05/09/2019
After the heady excitement of performing at Hastings Pride, we’re back for our monthly tap social at Blackmarket VIP. Electro Swing is where its at this month and our Amanda will be teaching a cheeky routine to Caro Emerald’s That Man with something for all levels of tap dancer. We will have the usual call and response, Tap on Tap timesteps and some performances from our dancers. Come along, bring your friends. Miss it and miss out!
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Tap on Tap – 1 August 2019 01/08/2019

What
Class Where
Black Market VIP Venue When
19:00-21:00 on 01/08/2019
Come along to Tap on Tap’s monthly evening of tap dancing fun and frolics in Hastings Old Town. We’ll be teaching a swinging routine to Mac the Knife that you won’t want to miss. Join the fun from 7pm. £5 on the door.
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Tap on Tap – 4 July 2019 04/07/2019

What
Class Where
Black Market VIP Venue When
19:00-21:00 on 04/07/2019
We’re back for our monthly evening of tap dancing fun at Blackmarket VIP in Hastings. This month we are joined by some very special guests: – the cast of Stepping Out fresh from their hugely successful run at The Stables Theatre AND dancers from DanceMoves in Bexhill will be performing for us. All this, plus Helen will be teaching a new routine to The Clapping Song by Shirley Ellis which includes some choreography from the late great Stan Kahn. Come and join the fun at Tap on Tap this July.
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Performances

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Tap on Tap at Wham Bam, New Year’s Eve 2022 31/12/2022

What
Performance Where
Printworks, Hastings, East Sussex When
20:00 on 31/12/2022
Tap on Tap at Hastings Fat Tuesday Festival – February 2021 23/02/2020

What
Performance Where
The White Rock Theatre, after the Umbrella Parade When
12:00 on 23/02/2020

Tap on Tap performing at Preservation Sunday, Hastings Fat Tuesday festival in February 2020.
Wham Bam Thankyou Ma’am New Years Eve Extravaganza 31/12/2019

What
Performance Where
Blackmarket VIP, George Street, Hastings, East Sussex When
20:30 on 31/12/2019
Tap on Tap are excited to be performing at the Wham Bam Thankyou Ma’am New Year’s Eve Extravaganza at Blackmarket VIP. Put on your gladdest of rags and join us for the best night out in Hastings.

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Tap on Tap at the Fabulously Vintage Fair 21/09/2019

What
Performance Where
The Hub, Bodiam Quarry Farm, TN32 5RA Bodiam When
10:45 on 21/09/2019
Now in its seventh year, the Fabulously Vintage Fair returns for what promises to be a truly vintage day out for all the family on Saturday 21st September from 10am to 4pm. With a variety of retro stalls from the finest vintage traders spanning the 1920s – 1990s, including vintage clothing, home wares and kitchen memorabilia, vintage tea room, village fete games, food stalls, workshops and live acts. The Fabulously Vintage Fair will be taking place in the grounds of The Hub, Quarry Farm in Bodiam. This year is going to be even bigger and better so get the date in your diary and dig out your vintage glad rags. Tap on Tap will be performing at 1045, so why not come early and make a day of it?

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Tap on Tap at Hastings Pride 2019 25/08/2019

What
Performance Where
The Oval, Bohemia Road, Hastings When
1200 on 25/08/2019
Come and support Hastings Pride and the Tap on Tap dancers at the Oval on Sunday 25 August 2019 from 1100. Tap on Tap are performing two sets at 1pm and 3pm. It looks set to be a glorious day so why not bring your friends and a picnic and make a day of it?

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Tap on Tap at Hastings Beatles Day 20 – 7 April 2019 07/04/2019

What
Performance Where
White Rock Theatre, Hastings When
19:00 on 07/04/2019
Rachel and Helen from Tap on Tap will be performing with our friends from Cinque Ports Lindy Hop on the main stage at about 7pm. We are planning a largely improvised number to a jazz recording of Things We Said Today so anything could happen. Hastings Beatles day is in its 20th year and is a fantastic local event. Since Beatles Day started, way back in 2000, the event has raised over £275,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support. We know lots of you go every year but if its not yet in your diary, why not come down to the White Rock Theatre and make a day of it.