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 ...

Many musicals feature tap dance. Tap dance sometimes expresses emotions more eloquently than singing.Deep within its sound ...

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 ...

There’s something irresistible about tap dancing. The sound of feet striking the floor. The crackle of rhythm. The improbable ...

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 ...

When memorializing the passing of Maurice Hines, who died on Dec. 29, I commented that “he made music with his tap shoes.” Though often associated with jazz, modern tap is also linked to hip-hop and ...

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 ...