Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Parade Video
• VHS Release Date: June 22, 1995
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303320546
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #298,118 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

From the back cover

At any age, learning to tap dance is lots of fun and great exercise. But for children ages 6 and up, it is also a wonderful way to develop coordination and balance, rhythm, speed, and to develop or improve timing, strength and agility. Tap is the All-American form of musical theatre expression. In this video program, celebrity choreographer and children's dance specialist Christy Curtis, joined by a group of talented young dancers, covers the basic moves and techniques of tap dance: rhythm steps, flaps, shuffles and many other exciting moves.

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59 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent for beginners: children thru adult!, August 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Miss Christy's Dance Class: Tap [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This video is an excellent way to learn or review tap dancing.The instructor moves slowly and teaches the steps as well as the proper names of steps. She quickly has you speeding up. I'm 33 years old and have never taken a dance class before. This video was easy to follow and a lot of FUN! The only minus is that it is only about 30 minutes long (I wish it was longer)!

26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars More Exhibition Than instruction, September 9, 2002

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Happy Girl - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Miss Christy's Dance Class: Tap [VHS] (VHS Tape)

What is wrong with this video:

1)Miss Christy is in dire need of a hair band. She fiddles with her hair to DISTRACTION.
2) The video is annoying because it is not a mirror representation of the steps. Meaning... when she says start on the right foot she ALSO starts on the right foot. To the viewer it looks like the LEFT foot. When you are trying to follow along and make sure you have the changes right this little flaw becomes very obvious and impedes learning. You COULD start out on the left foot, but that goes against the real world.
3) The tape is too short and there is next to NO warm up.
4) The children in the video are either well beyond the tape's skills and seem to want to show off or they are tots that lack coordination. Nowhere in between. For adult, the way she talks can be grating and condescending. This is the least of the tapes problems and I mention it only in a passing way.

This is a waste of money.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exactly right for kids, February 8, 2003

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Crazed Cook (CA United States) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Miss Christy's Dance Class: Tap [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I have been buying videos to help teach kids to dance and this one is by far the best. Miss Christy demonstrates and explains each step clearly, and, as an added bonus, a small box often appears on the lower right showing a close-up of her feet. There are more than enough steps to keep children busy for months. The children in the video range from young and not very good, to older and polished. The child watching the video can feel that he or she fits right in. I like the demo at the end and particularly appreciate that is shows *boys* having fun dancing. The biggest drawback is that Miss Christy doesn't go to her left, our right, when she says to start on the right. Most teachers do. Finally, even though this video is for kids, a beginning adult could learn a lot from it (although an adult might feel that the video is too short). All together, I think it's well organized, very clear, and a great buy.