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 ...

Maurice Hines, dancer and choreographer — and evangelist for the art of tap dancing — died Friday at age 80. Hines and his brother, the famed Gregory Hines, helped keep tap in the public eye. Maurice ...

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 ...

Diane Davisson knew she had to tap more than her feet to preserve the legacy of tap dancing. The producer, choreographer and dancer tapped into the movement’s history, as well as on the shoulders of ...

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 ...

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 professional tap dancer and educator Quynn Johnson, tap dance is a never ending process. “There are levels of tap dance that for me still have yet to be unlocked, and there is a lot of work that I ...