Just took my first tap class in more than six years (broke my ankle, then … well, it was a changing kaleidoscope of reasons, mixing logistics and finance).
I am grinning from ear to ear – my feet still remember how to do just a crazy amount of stuff. I’m rusty as hell, of course, but I am not starting from scratch again. Guess the 10 or 15 years of lessons I had prior to that had not totally dissolved.
So much fun! I’m so glad to be starting up with it again! It was so great to see my teacher, who’s a total sweetheart!
Tap is alive and well, though far from mainstream. Big cities will have live performances available from time to time – even small towns will be teaching it in the dance schools, though.
As a fellow musicals lover, I finally decided as an adult I wanted to learn, and took lessons for (as I said in the OP) 10 or 15 years before I broke my ankle and then got sidetracked by other elements in my life. It is incredibly fun to do, and I’m so glad I decided to get back to it.
Some places have adults-only beginning classes; call around and see what’s available. My very first class was at a community arts center and there was me, another adult, and a couple of kids around 8 or so. I switched to the dance school I still attend a year later, where, in 15 years of lessons, I don’t think I’ve ever been in an all-adult class. I’ve mostly been in the advanced class, though, so the “kids” are generally teens. Doesn’t bother me.
