Silicon Valley’s Tap Studio

Tap Dance – definition

(Noun) A dance performed wearing shoes fitted with metal taps, characterized by rhythmical tapping of the toes and heels.
(Verb) To perform a tap dance.

Studio 10 Dance is home to one of Silicon Valley’s longest-running Tap programs. Since opening in 1989 we’ve offered classes and opportunities in tap dance, and have had many guest artists masterclasses including, Sam Weber, Dianne Walker, Gracey Tune, Mark Mendonca, Sarah Reich, and Terry Brock, here in San Jose. Studio 10’s resident tap dance expert is Gayle Greenbrook. Gayle has studied with such great masters as, Gregory Hines, Savion Glover, Eddie Brown, and Fred Stickler, just to name a few. In 1997, she also founded ‘Tap Explosion’, the South Bay’s professional tap company, and Gayle runs Studio 10’s competitive Company 10 Tap Team. We’re proud to be the South Bay’s premier studio for Tap!

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What is Rhythm Tap?

A smooth yet intricate style of tap that begins with a graceful approach to the floor, then moves through the body to create a fluid elegance which ignites the spirit of the tap dancer. It develops a keen sense of bearing, coordination, and rhythm. Tap generates an understanding of time, and a keeping of time in all movements, so that even walking takes on another dimension. The musicality of the dancer is stressed. A tap dancer is a musician and must know how to communicate with other musicians. Whether the style is musical comedy or rhythm tap, the knowledge of musical phrasing and shading are imperative for the tap dancer of today.

About Gayle Greenbrook

Gayle Greenbrook had a successful career as a child actress and vocalist. She retired at eighteen and went in to competitive roller skating achieving national status. She hung up her skates and went back to her first love….dance, tap in particular. Gayle has been very fortunate in being able to study with such great masters as, Gregory Hines, Savion Glover, Sam Weber, Dianne Walker, Fred Strickler, Eddie Brown and Fayard Nicholas. Gayle has taught all over the Bay Area and has been with Studio 10 since 1989, now calling it her home base. A lot of her students have gone on to professional work, and you will find her name popping up in Playbill bios all over the country. She is the founder and artistic director of “Tap Explosion”, the South Bay’s only tap dance company, based out of Studio 10. Gayle and “Tap Explosion” have been successful for decades together. An accomplished vocalist, she also runs a highly sought after vocal training studio out of her home.