Music for rhythm tap When Mike Minery’s students enter Wednesday tap class at For Dancers Only in Little Falls, New Jersey, they already know what technique drills are coming. “Soon after I first started teaching, I realized I was just coming up with combinations. I wasn’t really teaching technique,” says Minery. “Now I’ve made an […]
Michelle Dorrance reaches new heights as the first tapper to receive the Jacob’s Pillow Dance AwardFollowing her spectacular January performance at Dancespace Project, the unstoppable Michelle Dorrance was recognized in The New York Times as tap’s most promising choreographer. And the good news keeps coming: This summer, Dorrance will receive the annual Jacob’s Pillow Dance […]
For the reigning Miss New Hampshire, a 21-year-old tap dancer, competing for the Miss America title is nothing compared to her own battle with cancer. Megan Lyman was 12 when she was diagnosed with fibrosarcoma, a stage three tissue cancer. She had to stop dancing for two years while she underwent seven surgeries. She met […]