Flashes of footwork and a flurry of sound filled the Debbie Allen Dance Academy as tap dancers gathered for their weekly improvisational jam session. Dancing on and in between the beat, dancers spoke ...

"Tap dance is the dance of creating music," says Michelle Dorrance. The founder of Dorrance Dance has helped lead a renaissance in tap, gaining attention for her own exuberant, athletic style. Jeffrey ...

Join the joyous celebration of Mostly Holidays! Enjoy live tap dance, music, and vocals at Missouri Baptist University.

THINGS HE WANTED THE WORLD TO UNDERSTAND, THE GIFT AND THE VALUE OF BLACK BRILLIANCE. HEY. TELLING STORIES ABOUT BLACK HISTORY THROUGH MUSIC AND TAP DANCE. BREANA ALI HAS BEEN TAP DANCING SINCE SHE ...

"I'm a tap dancer," said Jason Samuels Smith. "Some people would say a hoofer. Some people would say foot percussionist. Some people would say organic mathematician!" There are a lot of ways to ...

A legend of tap dance for seven decades has died. Maurice Hines gained fame with his brother Gregory as the Hines Brothers, delighting audiences on stage, television, and film. Jeffrey Brown has our ...

Mike Doherty: Finding one’s own voice as a tap artist entails figuring out what, and who, have come before. Young dancers have much of the form’s history at their fingertips You can save this article ...

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In 1989, George H.W. Bush officially declared May 25 National Tap Dance Day. (This date was chosen because it was the birthday of famous tapper Bill “Bojangles” Robinson.) So, 25 years later, we’d ...

Audiences have seen the once-trivialized art of tap dancing reclaim its powerful African American identity, deepen its expressive potential and hone its speed and intricacy to unprecedented levels.

Now here's something we don't see and hear every day: nearly two dozen people tap dancing outside. On most Saturday mornings, their novel sounds and smiles fill Riverbend Park in Cambridge near ...

Schwab immediately suggested a tap dance for the big moment. Silverman was surprised — her dad had never tap danced a day in his life On April 5, the father-daughter duo took the wedding stage and ...