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 ...

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, ...

I was in the front row, center stage, in my purple-and-black tap shoes, hands on hips and smiling. All eyes were on us, my tap dance group, nine of us wearing the same glittery tank top and black ...

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 ...