Jamie Bell keen to make tap-dancing movie after scrapped Fred Astaire project

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 ...
NPR

Tap dancing star and choreographer Maurice Hines dies at 80

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 ...
The Harvard Crimson

Artist Profile: Quynn Johnson Helps Bring Tap Dance Centerstage in ‘Diary Of A Tap Dancer’

For professional tap dancer and educator Quynn Johnson, tap dance is a never ending process. “There are levels of tap dance that for me still have yet to be unlocked, and there is a lot of work that I ...
Los Angeles Times

This L.A. jazz duo creates improvised magic with tap shoes and piano keys

In a quiet backyard nestled in the Sherman Oaks hills, seasoned jazz musician Larry Goldings begins to play the punchy opening notes to Van Halen’s “Jump” on his prized melodica. Standing beside him ...
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Evan Ruggiero, the one-legged tap dancer

Evan Ruggiero is a performer whose inspiring journey transformed personal tragedy into artistic strength and determination. Known as a one legged tap dancer, Evan began studying tap dance at the age ...
The Boston Globe

Dance and narrative combine in ‘Diary of a Tap Dancer’

Juanita Pitts. Jeni Le Gon. Cora LaRedd. Louise Madison. Marion Coles. Nearly every time she’s handed a microphone, tap dancer Ayodele Casel finds a way to invoke these names: the names of the women ...
WDRB

101-year-old returns to tap dancing after decades, fulfilling lifelong dream

CRESTWOOD, Ky. (WDRB) — You might not expect a tap dancer to be using a walker. But at 101, Sue Keller is doing the ...
WBUR

‘Diary of a Tap Dancer’ tells the stories of overlooked performers

Ayodele Casel (creator, choreographer, performer) in performance for A.R.T.'s world-premiere production of "Diary of a Tap Dancer." (Courtesy Nile Scott Studios and Maggie Hall) “It’s a man’s world, ...
The New York Times

American Tap Dance Foundation

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 ...
Houston Press

The Tap Dance Kid Arrives at Ensemble

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 ...
Jazz

Take Five with Tap Dancer Petra Haller

Petra Haller, based in London, UK, is a respected figure in the fields of tap dance and music. Honored as a Rising Jazz Artist by Jazzwise Magazine and mentioned as one of Reader's Digest's "10 Female ...