Ryan Gosling’s jazz pianist in “La La Land” may be obsessed with bringing back beebop, but in real life the Oscar-nominated film has resurrected another arcane art form: tap dancing. “I’ve been ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by 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 ...

A beloved character in the comedy musical Funny Girl is showing Dallas what tap dance is all about. Broadway Dallas is presenting Funny Girl through Aug. 18 at the Music Hall at Fair Park. Directed by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arthur Duncan, who kept tap dancing visible and relevant across the country on television when most had relegated it to the past ...

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 ...

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 ...