FALL 2026
Find Your Rhythm with Confidence.
FALL 2026
Have You Always Wanted to Learn Tap?
Maybe you've admired the rhythm and footwork from a distance and wondered if it's too late to start. It isn't. The Dance Barre Southern Illinois's Beginning Tap Program is a 12-week course created exclusively for adults of all backgrounds and experience levels.
You'll build rhythm, coordination, and confidence in a welcoming, judgment-free environment. Our instructors specialize in helping adults succeed — meeting you where you are and guiding you every step of the way.
Program Details
Program Details
Who It's For
- Open to all adults — no dance experience required.
- Tap shoes are encouraged but not required to start.
Pricing
🎁 The moment you register, your unlimited class access starts
Use the weeks before Beginning Tap begins to explore other open classes, get comfortable in the studio, and meet your community early.
Already enrolling in another program this fall? Your second program is 15% off. Email southil@dancebarrebcs.com to have the discount applied.
What's Included
Beginning Tap is a standalone 12-week program built around a dedicated weekly class. Your registration also includes a FREE Premium Membership for the full session, giving you unlimited access to all open classes while you train.
Gifts with purchase: still being decided — will update once confirmed.
Meet Your Instructor
Payton Regan brings more than 17 years of dance experience across ballet, modern, jazz, contemporary, and musical theater, including tap, which she's been doing on and off since her very first class at age three. A History major and Mythology minor at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Payton serves as Secretary of the Southern Illinois Dance Company and performs with the Marching Salukis Color Guard. This summer, she's been back in adult tap classes herself, dusting off the cobwebs and rediscovering just how fun it is to find that rhythm again. Her teaching style is supportive, encouraging, and focused on progress over perfection, exactly the spirit of The Dance Barre.
THE JOURNEY
Find Your Rhythm, Discover the Joy of Tap
Tap dancing isn't just for kids, and it's never too late to start. Whether you've always dreamed of trying it or want to dust off skills from long ago, our program offers the perfect introduction in a welcoming, adult-only space.
Along the way, you'll discover the full-body benefits of dance while building real skill, week by week.
Foundations of rhythm
Learn key tap sounds and steps, like heel drops and scuffs, building rhythmic patterns with your feet.
Syncopation
Add flair and personality to your tapping, bringing energy and musicality into every movement.
Choreography
By the end of the program, perform a routine that shows off everything you've learned.
No previous dance experience required — just curiosity and a willingness to move.
FIND US
Class Location
Studio 84, LLC
1418 Walnut Street
Murphysboro, IL 62966
(979) 229-9553
southil@dancebarrebcs.com
Conveniently located for students from Murphysboro, Carbondale, Carterville, Marion, and the surrounding Southern Illinois area.
KEEP GOING
What Comes After Beginning Tap
There isn't a Tap 201 yet — but graduates are encouraged to continue through our Open Classes. If this program is a success, tap will join our regular weekly schedule.
Ready to Find Your Rhythm?
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