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 ...

Leola Jordan Richardson, a tap dancer and singer who performed on stage and in radio shows, died on Sunday, June 23, 2024. She was 100. She was affectionately known as YoYo by family members and ...

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 ...

U.S. National Tap Dance Day is celebrated on May 25 to honor this type of dancing that is full of energy and happiness. Learn ...

The sound of tap shoes on Shore Cultural Centre’s hard wooden floors became highly apparent upon walking through the doors of The Cleveland Tap Dance Conservatory. The new dance group, started by ...

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 ...

For Maria Clara Laet, a Rio de Janeiro-born tap dancer and historian, the rhythmic landscape of the Americas is not a ...

Dulé Hill shares his motivation for mastering tap dance and carrying its legacy forward. Dulé Hill has been tap dancing since the age of three, and launched his career shortly after when he was cast ...

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 ...