Four weeks into a beginner tap dance class, Riordan has most of the students tapping and stomping, shuffling and kicking at the right times. Riordan, 62, recently opened a tap dance studio in Lemoyne.

“I’ve been teaching tap around the city for about three years, and the past few semesters I [had] maybe three people in a class,” says MacKenzie Cutcliffe, who teaches a beginners’ tap ...

Learning can be intimidating for a beginner, but it’s a fun way to work out, once you get the hang of it.

Charlee Zamudio-Fidler led more than a dozen seniors in an inaugural beginner tap dance class in Jackson Township.