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, ...

To celebrate National Tap Dance Day, which is Sunday, May 25, Dancing With the Stars pro-turned-judge Derek Hough made a video of himself and an animated Donald O'Connor re-creating an iconic tap ...

Savion Glover has enamored audiences for over three decades now. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Glover who was born in Newark, NJ ...

Jamie Bell would love to make a "contemporary tap-dancing movie" after his planned Fred Astaire project fell through. In December 2020, it was announced that the Billy Elliot star would play the ...

Los Angeles Times staff writer Howard Blume returned to the stage last weekend. It wasn’t for another investigative reporting accolade, but rather for a tap dance show he choreographed and pieced ...

There is a chance you saw me tap-dancing, off-Broadway, in 1961, assuming you were in the audience when I and three classmates tap-tap-tapped our way across the stage of the P.S. 52 auditorium in ...

Her family posts videos on Instagram of the great-grandmother tap dancing, shimmying, doing the floss dance and otherwise enjoying herself at parties and family gatherings. She's a "true believer in ...

Maurice Hines, dancer and choreographer — and evangelist for the art of tap dancing — died Friday at age 80. Hines and his brother, the famed Gregory Hines, helped keep tap in the public eye. Maurice ...

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 ...

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 ...