Picture this: you're waiting in line at the grocery store, you're on the bus ride home, or you're sitting outside an office for a job interview. A song begins playing, either over the speakers or just ...
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 ...
"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 ...
Many people instinctively tap their feet when they're sitting. This automatic, often unconscious gesture sparks curiosity. Why do we do it? Let's find out. A reflex linked to the body and mind Tapping ...
In America, we’ve got a holiday for everyone and everything. And in case you didn’t know, May 25 is, by governmental decree, National Tap Dance Day. It has been so since a joint resolution was passed ...
No one involved in "Happy Feet" set out to make a blockbuster tribute to tap-dancing. But as it turned out, the movie about a hyper-rhythmic penguin who saves his flock with his dancing feet is the ...
A group of North Texas women has been working hard to preserve a style of dancing that had its heyday in the early part of the 20th century. The Class Act Tap Company will soon celebrate 40 years of ...