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Tap Dance School and company since 2017
Tap Dance classes - Masterclasses - Shows
Tap Dance
Paris
Tap dance classes for all levels, international workshops with the world's leading tap dancers, live shows and bespoke events. Since 2017, Tap Dance Paris has brought together enthusiasts and professionals around an art that is both demanding and joyful.
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Tap Dance Paris champions the excellence of tap — an African-American art form rooted in swing jazz, now performed to every genre, from Latin and pop to classical.
AGENDA
Upcoming event
4-5 Juillet 2026
STAGE - TOUS NIVEAUX
Paris Tap Days - Jazz Session
Deux jours dédiés aux claquettes américaines : quatre cours autour du jazz (Duke Ellington, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Michel Petrucciani) et une initiation pour les nouveaux venus. Kajyn Paris, 13 rue Faidherbe (11e).
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Trial class for €15, deductible from your registration. Tap shoes available on loan.
Our activities
Season 2026 - 2027
Productions
Our productions Tap Virtuoso and Rhythm on Fire touring across France and internationally. American tap dance at the peak of its art.
Weekly classes for all levels — from complete beginner to advanced — held in professional dance studios in central Paris (10th & 11th arrondissements).
Bespoke tap dance shows for your parties, galas, product launches, trade shows and weddings. Retro or contemporary themes.
Events
Agenda
All upcoming events: workshops with world-class stars, shows, introductory sessions and jam sessions.
Classes
Tap Dance "Haute couture"
Tap Dance Paris creates bespoke tap dance shows with world-class dancers for private parties, festivals, corporate events, gala evenings, weddings and more (Awards For Excellence, Fashion Week, luxury hotels).
Founded in 2017 by Aurélien Lehmann — international tap dancer and choreographer (Tap Virtuoso, La Cage aux Folles at the Théâtre du Châtelet) — Tap Dance Paris offers weekly classes for all levels and international workshops with the world's leading tap dancers (Broadway, Los Angeles, Tokyo, Sydney…).
Our association brings together enthusiasts and professionals through shows, concerts, jam sessions and lectures, and also offers introductory sessions, private lessons, corporate team-building events and bachelorette parties.
Tap Dance Paris champions the excellence of tap — an African-American art form rooted in swing jazz, now danced to every musical genre.
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A brief history of tap
An African-American dance born from the fusion of African dances and Irish jigs and reels, tap dance emerged in the mid-19th century in the United States. Its origins trace back to New Orleans, where enslaved Africans replaced the drums they were forbidden with the rhythm of their feet, keeping alive the traditions they had carried from Africa.
The first great icon in tap dance history is Master Juba, a formerly enslaved man who became a leading attraction of the Minstrel Shows. From the 1920s, tap appeared in the "Black revues" (such as the Broadway musical Shuffle Along) but remained confined to a small circle of insiders — most famously the Hoofers Club in Harlem.
In the 1930s, Bill Robinson, an African-American dancer from Harlem, caused a sensation with his sophisticated rhythms (danced up on the toes) and his spectacular technique. He quickly became a Hollywood star and carried an entire generation of tap dancers in his wake. From the 1940s onwards, tap dance took off and became essential to Hollywood's great musicals — the golden age of tap (Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Rita Hayworth…).
In the 1960s and 70s, the Hoofers — improvising tap dancers rooted in the jazz tradition — deepened the technique of the instrument and rivaled the greatest jazz drummers in musicality (Buster Brown, Baby Laurence, Chuck Green, Jimmy Slyde). They gave tap dance its full recognition as an art form, turning improvisation into a true instrumental language.
From the 1990s, tap dance returned to center stage, adapting to pop and urban rhythms (Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk on Broadway). This era of renewal was embodied by two legendary dancers: Gregory Hines and Savion Glover. Today, tap is danced to every style of music.
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Classes and shows - since 2017
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