Kick off your summer with a series of enriching educational experiences designed for dance teachers! Join us for an incredible lineup of classes that will elevate your teaching skills and inspire your students! Don’t miss this opportunity to grow and connect! Let’s empower each other and bring new ideas into our classrooms.
*Don’t forget! Teachers who bring 5 or more students receive a Teacher Pass for FREE! Contact us to reserve.
FROM THE
GROUND UP
REFRAMING TAP
PEDAGOGY
CURRICULUM
BUILDING
TEACHER
FORUM
Learn how to get your students excited to enter the classroom, understand rhythm, build confidence, and stay engaged week after week. This roadmap lays it all out for you, from first sounds and basic tap skills to fun classroom strategies, progressions, and retention tools that keep dancers loving tap all season long.
JULIE KAY STALLCUP
TUESDAY, JUNE 2ND
10 - 11:30AM
This class explores a fresh, dynamic approach to tap pedagogy by rethinking how we build both skill and artistry in our students.
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Using displacement as a teaching tool
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Exercises for teaching improvisation
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How to integrate history into our pedagogy
JEREMY ARNOLD
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3RD
10 - 11:30AM
This class focuses on designing a tap curriculum that supports both efficiency and curiosity in today’s dancers.
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Explore Body mechanics and supportive exercises
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Cultivate a curriculum that creates structure and versatility for your program
EMILY SHOEMAKER
THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH
10 - 11:30AM
Engage in an open dialogue with the LRTF Faculty
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Explore new ideas for building your program & broadening your dancers' training
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Open Q&A
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Collaborate with one another & share your own ideas and experience
LED BY THE LRTF FACULTY
FRIDAY, JUNE 5TH
10 - 11:30AM
TEACHER PASSES INCLUDE ACCESS TO EACH CLASS LISTED ABOVE, AS WELL AS ACCESS TO OBSERVE OR TAKE ALL OTHER LITTLE ROCK TAP FESTIVAL CLASSES. REGISTER HERE.
VIRTUAL TEACHER CLASSES
We are excited to offer our Teacher Track virtually for those unable to attend the festival in person! Each teacher class offered at the festival will be available via video recording following the event, available for viewing at your convenience.
PRICING
Each Single Class: $35
4-Class Package: $125
Purchasers will be emailed a link to video recordings following the conclusion of the festival.