# The toes, they continue to twinkle **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toes-they-continue-to-twinkle/553428 "2010-09-11T20:27:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2010, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toes-they-continue-to-twinkle/553428/1 "2010-09-11T20:27:36Z")
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! ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toes-they-continue-to-twinkle/553428/2 "2010-09-12T05:13:08Z")
I grew up loving Gene Kelly and having such a crush on Gregory Hines \<3 The closest I’ve seen to live tap as an adult, though, is Stomp \>.\< Is it an artform still alive and well? 'cause it can be really amazing. I am glad you have got back into it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toes-they-continue-to-twinkle/553428/3 "2010-09-12T08:02:56Z")
twickster’s twinkling toes touch tapdance table, turns twitterpated teens to tumble. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toes-they-continue-to-twinkle/553428/4 "2010-09-12T11:59:44Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > I grew up loving Gene Kelly and having such a crush on Gregory Hines \<3 The closest I’ve seen to live tap as an adult, though, is Stomp \>.\< > > Is it an artform still alive and well? 'cause it can be really amazing. I am glad you have got back into it 🙂 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. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2010, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toes-they-continue-to-twinkle/553428/5 "2010-09-12T22:54:44Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > before I broke my ankle Any trouble getting the jackboots on and off? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toes-they-continue-to-twinkle/553428/6 "2010-09-13T00:00:35Z")
Is it something an adult can go and learn, or are most of the classes for little kids? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toes-they-continue-to-twinkle/553428/7 "2010-09-13T00:26:27Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Is it something an adult can go and learn, or are most of the classes for little kids? 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. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toes-they-continue-to-twinkle/553428/8 "2010-09-13T15:00:43Z")
I’ve got to ask. Did you break your ankle _while_ tap dancing? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toes-they-continue-to-twinkle/553428/9 "2010-09-13T15:49:43Z")
Heh. Utterly unrelated – I broke my ankle walking down the street. (Well, walking down a steep sidewalk, when I hit a patch of ice – whoopsie!) ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/le_ministre_de_l_au-dela/32/12181_2.png) [@Le\_Ministre\_de\_l\_au-dela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Ministre_de_l_au-dela)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toes-they-continue-to-twinkle/553428/10 "2010-09-13T15:56:54Z")
About 1:30 in - [Twickster’s secret life as a dance instructor.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P4SdvtNKdU) ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toes-they-continue-to-twinkle/553428/11 "2010-09-13T16:25:48Z")
I thought eyes twinkle and toes curl? Hmmm, can’t find the update in the manual … ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toes-they-continue-to-twinkle/553428/12 "2010-09-14T04:52:53Z")
You’re just out of touch. Pretty gals have had [curly eyes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_Wolly_Doodle) since at least 1880.