We all marvel at the skill of great athletes and musicians. Most are born with above-average ability, but no matter how blessed they are with talent, they most likely had to practice, practice and ...

The sound of tap shoes on Shore Cultural Centre’s hard wooden floors became highly apparent upon walking through the doors of The Cleveland Tap Dance Conservatory. The new dance group, started by ...

EXPLORES IDENTITY AND LEGACY IN AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL PLAY. IT’S CALLED DIARY OF A TAP DANCER, AND IT’S PREMIERING ON STAGE THIS MONTH AT THE AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER IN CAMBRIDGE. JOINING US NOW IS ...

Seated well back from a stage, the illusion of effortless grace makes a dancer appear to defy gravity. Only closer does one glimpse the exertion, the discipline, the practiced athleticism that brings ...

Before my mom had kids, she’d already decided that her children were gonna be going to dance school. A six-year-old hearing “tap dancing,” what is tap dancing? I had no knowledge of what that is.

Don’t be surprised when a tap dancer from Chicago Tap Theatre busts out a handpan drum solo or an a cappella song midshow. Many great tap dancers are also great musicians, which makes sense, as ...

Move over, Fred Astaire. There's a new group of tap dancers in town. But they might not look as you expect. The sound of synchronized rhythms flow up the stairs from the lower floor of the Lincoln ...

Getting the opportunity to watch a true virtuosic talent is rare. Thankfully, Cambridge residents and visitors can watch Ayodele Casel in “Diary of a Tap Dancer” at the American Repertory Theater ...

Alde Lewis and Zamira Williams hit the boards in The Tap Dance Kid. Credit: Photo by Carlos Figueroa @JPEGSbyCarlos Alde Lewis recalls dancing on Broadway with Tommy Tune as his director and ...

Maurice Hines Jr., who hit the L.A. area when he was 70 for a Beverly Hills run of his show "Tappin' Through Life," has died at age 80. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) The scene from the movie ...

Dance is a family affair for Starinah “Star” Dixon. Her mother, two brothers, and multiple cousins are all practitioners. How’d that happen? “My grandma put my brothers and all my older cousins in ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Channing Tatum‘s tap dance scene in Hail Caesar! is one of my favorite movie theater memories of all time. It’s right up there with Lil Rel Howery showing up to save the ...