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 ...

"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 ...

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.

From left: Starina “Star” Dixon of M.A.D.D. Rhythms, and Sterling Harris and Mark Yonally, both of Chicago Tap Theatre Photograph: Kristie Kahns You know of Gene Kelly and Gregory Hines. Maybe Bill ...

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 ...

As one of the premier centers for dance in the United States, New York has numerous schools where tap lessons are available. Here are a few of the best-known tap locations for tap dancers of all ages ...

PUTNEY — Next Stage Arts will welcome acclaimed Boston-based tap dance ensemble Subject:Matter as Artists in Residence this ...

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 ...