Shuffle, ball, change. Aaaaaand, dig! Those are the only tap dance words that stuck with me from the beginner adult class I took last fall. Turns out, you need rhythm to tap, and I’ve got zero. But it ...
The guy that wrote that “Tap Your Troubles Away” song was on to something. Despite the racket that it conjures up, it’s the very definition of “joyful noise”—a spirited rat-a-tat that elicits a smile ...
At Savion Glover's Hooferzclub School for tap dancing, students are warned that they won't be taught "the fancy steps." In fact, the website for the Newark, N.J.-based school instructs students to ...
The iconic and Hall of Fame tap dancer Bunny Briggs once said: “Tap dancing was never lost, people just lost tapping.” For the past 25 years at the Tapology Festival in Flint, tap hasn’t been lost. It ...
Ralph Macchio can do more with his feet than just crane kick. The Karate Kid: Legends star sat down with Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos on Friday’s Live with Kelly and Mark, where he shared that he ...
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 ...
Michelle Dorrance is a MacArthur Genius Grant winning dancer hailing from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Born to a professional dancer and a professional soccer coach, Dorrance was formally trained as a ...