Over the Top Academy of Dance uses the unique, percussive concentration of tap dancing to teach kids dedication and confidence, while giving them a diverse community to rely on. Owner Jennifer Smith ...
We can't move forward without recognizing where we came from and honoring those who paved the way before us. That is the running theme behind All Black and Excellent and Tap Week, presented by Over ...
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 ...
In 2005, Constance Valis Hill had a dream. In it, the late, great Gregory Hines was dancing, and Hill, ever the academic, was frantically trying to write down all his steps on paper. He urged her not ...
"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 ...
THINGS HE WANTED THE WORLD TO UNDERSTAND, THE GIFT AND THE VALUE OF BLACK BRILLIANCE. HEY. TELLING STORIES ABOUT BLACK HISTORY THROUGH MUSIC AND TAP DANCE. BREANA ALI HAS BEEN TAP DANCING SINCE SHE ...
Tap Dance History From Vaudeville to Film is a collection of rarely seen original film footage from Soundies and short films of the 1930s and 1940s Starring Will Mahoney Rubberneck Holmes Juanita ...
He works in mysterious ways.
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 ...
Between the COVID-19 pandemic and this summer’s social protest movement, 2020 has been challenging for the live performer. Michelle Dorrance is a world-renowned tap dancer who is using this time of ...
Between the COVID-19 pandemic and this summer’s social protest movement, 2020 has been challenging for the live performer. Michelle Dorrance is a world-renowned tap dancer who is using this time of ...
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