by Kat Echevarria Richter | Jun 4, 2020 | Teaching Tips
Like most educators, I have been teaching online since early March. My undergraduate Dance and Culture course was relatively easy to deliver remotely (as long as I could pre-record lectures while my son was taking a nap), but my tap classes? Not so much. This is...
by Rachel Caldwell | May 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
During tap dance’s waning popularity from the 1970s to the 1990s, Gregory Oliver Hines kept it alive with his show-stopping performances on Broadway, television and in film. A triple threat, Hines was best known for his sensational tap skills—namely his natural...
by Sponsored by Só Dança | Apr 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
Looking for your next audition shoe? Shot at and in collaboration with Broadway Dance Center, Só Dança has launched a new collection of shoes working with some pretty famous faces of the musical theater world! Offered in two different styles and either 2.5″ or...
by Rachel Caldwell | Jul 27, 2017 | News
Tomorrow night, L.A.’s fiercest lady hoofers are lighting up the stage at the Ford Amphitheater in Hollywood. Chloé’s Arnold’s Syncopated Ladies present Syncopated Ladies: Live Concert—a one-night-only tap-dance extravaganza.Want more Syncopated...
by Rachel Caldwell | Jul 13, 2017 | News
Tomorrow night at 7 pm, the American Tap Dance Foundation will host a special performance at Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Appel Room in honor of legendary jazz pianist and composer Duke Ellington. The program, aptly titled “Tap Ellington,” will feature...
by Rachel Caldwell | May 17, 2017 | News
This month, Steps on Broadway tap teacher Claudia Rahardjanoto teaches a crossover step—a traditional rhythm tap step first performed by the great Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. The step is usually done three times with a break at the end, and is a great way...
by Rachel Caldwell | May 15, 2017 | Uncategorized
Charles “Honi” Coles was an American rhythm tap dancer known for his speed and sophisticated style. He was a founding member of the Copasetics, as well as one half of the popular vaudeville duo “Coles & Atkins,” whose song-and-dance...
by Alyssa Marks | Aug 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
As soon as she hears a song, Chloé Arnold knows if she wants to tap to it. “I’m a very feeling person. I like to feel the rhythm in my soul and feel like I have no choice but to dance,” she says. “Tap is music, so it’s a dual experience...
by Alyssa Marks | Nov 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Your browser does not support the video tag. Katharine Pettit teaches tap at Peridance Capezio Center in New York City, where she focuses on fundamentals in all of her classes. In this video, she explains the weight shift necessary for a five-count...
by Alyssa Marks | Aug 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to Anthony LoCascio, our Editors’ Choice for the Dance Teacher Video of the Month! In this video, LoCascio and other professional hoofers (some are members of his company, Taplife) perform at The Big Apple Tap Festival in New York City. The group had...