Big productions require big talent. With Playhouse Square‘s announcement that Derek Deane’s “Strictly Gershwin” was going to be bringing the production to Cleveland, from Oct. 4-6, the need for ...

Tap festivals have been pivotal in passing on tradition. But New York’s has been canceled and the institution that supports it faces an uncertain future. By Brian Seibert Our dance critic on the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hoofer Jumaane Taylor’s masterwork “Supreme Love” is back for a two-show revival this week. Last performed in Chicago in 2016, “Supreme Love” was Taylor’s first major, full-length project. And it ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - For fitness outside the box-step of the gym, why not try hoofing it? Experts say whether you've got rhythm, or just crave it, an extended foray into the purely American art ...

CHINATOWN, Manhattan (WABC) -- A special dance class was held in Manhattan on Thursday, to help inspire budding performers. The 'Dance to Unite' workshop was held at PS 130 in Chinatown. It was hosted ...

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 ...

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 ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! A three-day tap-dancing festival in Philadelphia commemorates the art form’s rich ...