The Gilbert Tap Exam is a Canada-wide Program offered to licensed Canadian dance studios.

It’s an excellent stepping stone program with eleven grades that move students through fundamental tap skills that build an amazing foundation. These basic skills and fundamentals can be applied to many different tap styles. It gives students the building blocks to structure many creative works.

Al Gilbert – Known as the Pied Piper of Dance – a poet, performer, mentor, educator, and businessman, owned Stepping Tones Ltd., which produced more than 1,000 “graded” dances for teachers and students. His syllabus for tap and jazz made a major impact on the way these forms were taught internationally.