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Unlock your tap dance joy through inspiring tutorials, structured teacher training, and a community that feels like tap family.

Welcome To The Lost In The Shuffle Tap Dance Podcast!

Whether you’re a tap teacher looking for fresh ideas or a tap dancer working on your technique, enjoy over 100 episodes designed to help you learn, grow, and have more fun in tap dance!

Improve Your Improv Workshop (excerpt)

Enjoy this FREE 30 minute excerpt from Hillary-Marie's Improve Your Improv Workshop (August 2021). ...more

Lost in the Shuffle Tap Dance Podcast

April 25, 20221 min read

All Your Tap Improv Questions Answered

Join Hillary-Marie as she answers all of your tap dance improv questions (literally). After receiving over 300 questions from tap dancers and tap teachers all around the world, Hillary-Marie shares wi... ...more

Lost in the Shuffle Tap Dance Podcast

April 18, 20222 min read

Teaching Adults vs. Teaching Kids

There is a HUGE difference between teaching kids and teaching adults. Join Hillary-Marie as she breaks down many of these key differences for you so that you can cater your classes to the needs of you... ...more

Lost in the Shuffle Tap Dance Podcast

April 11, 20221 min read

The Time I Met Oprah

Hillary-Marie shares a crazy story about the time that she met Oprah with her mentor, Harold Cromer. ...more

Lost in the Shuffle Tap Dance Podcast

April 04, 20221 min read

How long should a tap class be?

This question comes up all the time during iTap Chats. How long should a tap class be? In this episode, Hillary-Marie dives deep into the structure of her program at Grooves Unlimited and iTapOnline, ... ...more

Lost in the Shuffle Tap Dance Podcast

April 04, 20222 min read

Are you ready to start teaching?

How do you know you're ready to start teaching? How do you know you're ready to start learning how to teach? How do you know you’ve had enough training to start teaching? How do you know your students... ...more

Lost in the Shuffle Tap Dance Podcast

March 28, 20221 min read

What age should you start teaching Music Theory in Tap Class?

Not sure when or how to introduce music theory into your tap classes? No worries! In this episode, Hillary-Marie gives you her top tips and tricks on incorporating music theory as a regular part of yo... ...more

Lost in the Shuffle Tap Dance Podcast

March 28, 20224 min read

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