Tap: On Tap | TAP DANCING HANDS DOWN(R)

Demo of Tap Dancing Hands Down®

There is a man in a wheelchair. He is wearing black gloves with taps sewn to them. He has his hands up with palms facing the camera so you can see the taps.

Avni Jahjaga wearing his

Tap Dancing Hands Down® gloves

Tap Dancing Hands Down® is a unique trademarked system of tap dancing with hands instead of feet, and it was created by Tap: On Tap’s founder, Mary Six Rupert. Taps are sewn to gloves, and dancers tap with their hands on wooden boards in their laps. This novel technique allows people of all types of mobility to be able to tap dance.

Mary Six originally created Tap Dancing Hands Down® for her mother, who, after many years of teaching dance, had a stroke and became a wheelchair user. Mary Six wanted to find a way for her mother to be able to use her knowledge of tap, so Tap Dancing Hands Down® was born. The two were able to tap together with their hands until Mary Six’s mother passed away a few years later.