"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 ...
No doubt about it, the beginning of the class was cacophonous. Nobody sneaks around in tap shoes.
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 ...
Dancers from Detroit, Chicago and Philadelphia demonstrate the fundamentals of their styles, revealing deep historical roots.
North Texas has become a training hub for tap dancers, thanks in part to RIFF Dallas, an annual gathering now in its 12th year. Short for Rhythm in Fusion Festival, it attracts a couple of hundred ...