Get a ticket, if you still can, to her illuminating and immensely entertaining new play “Diary of a Tap Dancer” – being given its world premiere production by the American Repertory Theater in ...
Opening act -- PART I: FIRST STEPS -- Stealing steps -- Original steps -- Imitation dance -- Dancing Juba for eels -- The American clog -- PART II: EVERYBODY'S DOING IT NOW -- Big time -- The ...
Tap dance is as much a part of Americana as blue jeans, barbecue or the Statue of Liberty. While not as popular today as it was during its “Golden Age” from 1920 to 1940, the American art form has ...
I’ve been a fan of tap dancing since I was a kid watching stars like Ruby Keeler, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Shirley Temple and James Cagney in old movies before I discovered the even greater thrill ...
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 ...
When he announced the last show of the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s 2024-25 season during a donor event a year ago, founder and Artistic Director Nate Jacobs didn’t let on that he didn’t really ...
THINGS HE WANTED THE WORLD TO UNDERSTAND, THE GIFT AND THE VALUE OF BLACK BRILLIANCE. HEY. TELLING STORIES ABOUT BLACK HISTORY THROUGH MUSIC AND TAP DANCE. BREANA ALI HAS BEEN TAP DANCING SINCE SHE ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick At the Joyce Theater, “American Street Dancer” offers a history lesson in the form of a family’s house party. By Brian Seibert American ...
Join ATDF for a special Awards Ceremony featuring surprise guests, film clips, and live performances honoring the recipients of the 2024 and 2025 Hoofer Awards, Tap Preservation Awards, and ...