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 ...

Emmy nominee Dulé Hill, most recently on Broadway in After Midnight, performs “Fabulous Feet” from the 1983 Tony-nominated musical The Tap Dance Kid in the second installment of the Encores! Inside ...

"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 group of North Texas women has been working hard to preserve a style of dancing that had its heyday in the early part of ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The challenge of casting the Encores! revival of “The Tap Dance Kid” exposes some of the complications of tap, show business and Black history. By ...

It's a little tap dancing, a little jazz dancing and a whole lot of technical skill. While “White Christmas,” which debuted in November at the Fulton Theatre, is best known for its over-the-top tap ...

NEW YORK - Tap Dance is an essential American Art form, but its artistry has been weighed down by the history of racism in United States. In an era of racial justice, one New York City dancer sees the ...

Diane Davisson knew she had to tap more than her feet to preserve the legacy of tap dancing. The producer, choreographer and dancer tapped into the movement’s history, as well as on the shoulders of ...