15 Reasons Why Your Kid Should Learn to Tap Dance

8. Tap dancing isn’t as ‘girly’ as jazz or ballet. Many young boys avoid dance class because it’s too ‘girly’. But, historically, tap has been a gender-neutral—or even rather macho—form of dance.

9. It’s got street cred—tap dancers were the original B-boys. Tap dance was born in the streets. Without tap we wouldn’t have hip-hop or breakdancing.