The Melbourne Tap Studio

The Melbourne Tap Studio Tap dance classes for Adults. Where the dancer is the music. Absolute beginners through to advanced. Fitness for your body and your brain. Come join our tribe!

A Melbourne based tap dance school specialising in teaching adults a spectrum of tap styles from traditional, jazz, musical theatre, pop, funk and street. This diverse repertoire of styles pays tribute to the rich heritage of tap dance and its talented exponents who have breathed life into this art form since it blossomed in America in the early twentieth century. Isabelle Ryan, the Principal of I

sabelle’s Academy of Tap, along with her associate Megan Ellis, teaches adults from absolute beginners to professional dancers.

31/08/2026

After the steps, there’s this.
Every single week.

Just started learning? Been dancing for years? Or somewhere in between? There’s a class for everyone.Not sure which one’...
30/08/2026

Just started learning? Been dancing for years? Or somewhere in between?
There’s a class for everyone.
Not sure which one’s for you? Jump into my DM’s and I’ll point you in the right direction.

27/08/2026

Watch what happens when we switch sides in this technique combo. Same steps, same counts. Suddenly it’s harder.

Does anyone else relate?

Progress in tap dance isn’t about talent. It’s about showing up, week after week, and letting the steps build on each ot...
25/08/2026

Progress in tap dance isn’t about talent. It’s about showing up, week after week, and letting the steps build on each other.

There’s no shortcut. It just takes consistency.

What keeps you consistent?

21/08/2026

Learning something for the first time, no one nails it to start with.
You break it down, repeat it, repeat it again, and again, and it starts to land.
This is the part people don’t usually see, the actual learning, not the finished sequence.

Every reason on your list for not returning to dance is one I’ve heard before. And none of them hold up once you’re back...
19/08/2026

Every reason on your list for not returning to dance is one I’ve heard before. And none of them hold up once you’re back in the studio.
Save this for the moment you need it. Or share with someone who’s been talking about coming back.

17/08/2026

This is what progress looks like. A year of turning up. Week after week. Class after class.

🎶🎶 The Jam, Original Cast Jelly’s Last Jam.

16/08/2026

The next Six Week Intro to Tap course for Absolute Beginners starts 15 October, 7.30pm. 225 Swan St, Richmond.
The last one running this year.
If you’ve been meaning to start, hit the link in bio to grab your spot.

🎶 Still Don’t Care, Meghan Trainor

Someone asked me that on Thursday night, as class finished.For a full hour they hadn’t thought about work, their to-do l...
14/08/2026

Someone asked me that on Thursday night, as class finished.

For a full hour they hadn’t thought about work, their to-do list, or anything else going on in their life. Just the steps, the rhythm, the movement.
That’s not a coincidence.
Tap dance for adults takes so much concentration that there isn’t room left over for anything else.
For a whole hour, your brain gets a genuine break, not from doing nothing but from doing one thing completely.

Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson led many of his steps starting on the left. Most tap dancers start on the right. In a traditio...
13/08/2026

Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson led many of his steps starting on the left. Most tap dancers start on the right. In a tradition mostly built around right-footers, that made him unusual, and it’s part of what gave him his distinctive edge.

It’s International Left Handers Day, and yes, those are my feet.
Any other ‘lefties’ in the room?

Address

225 Swan Street
Richmond, VIC
3121

Opening Hours

Monday 6pm - 8:30pm
Tuesday 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Wednesday 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Thursday 6:30pm - 7:30pm
Saturday 9:30am - 3pm

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