Ebony Cross was only a third-grader when she made her two best friends take tap-dancing lessons with her. Now, at 17, Cross drags them to tap lessons half an hour early and does impromptu practice ...

You won't believe this performance! Tap is a beautiful style of dance that takes major skill to master. But when it's done right, it's something you could watch for hours on end. All the clicks and ...

submissions are now open for artists to participate in the sixth annual Ladies in the Shoe: Tap Dance Celebration, a live tap dance performance at 92NY's Buttenwieser Hall at the Arnhold Center ...

AS SOON AS I heard the sharp clicketyclack of my teacher’s tap shoes on the floor, I was smitten. People look joyful when tap dancing for a reason. Dancing boosts energy. Add in the satisfying, ...

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 ...

Seattle’s Jessie Sawyers calls herself a visual musician. Her instruments are her tap shoes. “Tap can play that role as the percussion element. I have done a couple of gigs around town where literally ...

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.

Tap dancer Melinda Sullivan and jazz pianist Larry Goldings practice their musical performance together at Goldings' home studio. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) In a quiet backyard nestled ...

Students at Sunnyslope School in Phoenix cheered Monday when teacher Lekeisha Weimerskirch pulled open the tall cabinet. It was full of tap shoes. “I got tap shoes!” 10-year-old Samuel Mireles said, ...

The rattle of tap shoes fills the small black box theatre, as dancers step along to the swing jazz accompaniment. The tempo for this song, played by a pianist and a drummer hitting a high hat, is fast ...

The 92nd Street Y, New York's 2024/25 Harkness Dance Center season will continue with the return of Ladies in the Shoe; Tap Dance Celebration. In honor of Women's History Month, Dormeshia brings two ...