Beginner Tap Dancing Steps : The Shirley Temple in Tap Dancing

What is the Shirley Temple step in tap dancing? Learn tap dancing steps like the Shirley Temple in this free video lesson from a dance teacher.

Expert: Emily Larew
Bio: Emily Larew is a professional dancer and dance instructor. Emily teaches at Vanderbilt University, Columbia State, and top studios in the Nashville area.
Filmmaker: Tim Brown

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[broadway2468]

but people call steps different names all over. so a broadway was to you is a shirley temple to me!

[twirlgrl]

This is called the broadway ....

a shirley temple is flap heel, flap heel, flap heel heel, spank heel toe heel.

As per the tap dance dictionary

[Dakotalover1115]

Uhh, this is called Manhatten...

[leslieschoolofdance]

Tap Dancing has so many steps that use different names but are the same sequence of steps... I was taught Hamiltons but have heard this also. :O)

[bailarinosp]

So incredible the lessons... I can practice a lot, cause I don't have time to my tap classes... :(

H.Passos- São Paulo/BR

[iare07]

It would be so much easier to have the heels the other way round, cos than you wouldn't have to shift your weight before the 'brush' backwards...

[aplum7868]

Thanks for the great tutorial!

[LadyJanePemberley]

Thank you for making learning this step so easy! ^_^

[huckleberryluvable]

I was taught that this is called a Manhattan, but a lot of tap steps have multiple names, so....

[cuttiedancer6674]

its not a brush its a spank

[ScoutPetersen]

That's A broadway..

[birdscoac]

This is called a weevil, a Manhattan, a Broadway, a Shirley Temple, and when I was taught they called it a lyndy... lol.. and I make sure my kids know that it is all of the above when I teach it so when they go to other artists they don't get their panties in a bunch. Works every time!