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 ...

On Friday, the La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest took an unusual turn with a program called “Synergy: Counterpoint II” that brought tap dancer Caleb Teicher on stage with pianist Conrad Tao, at ...

The Creative Alliance is celebrating Black History Month with a new show honoring the life and legacy of a legendary tap dancer in Baltimore. “The Baby Laurence Legacy Project: Tracing Steps” will hit ...

There’s a scene from the 2014 anime “Your Lie in April” that I’ve always found awfully trite: In it, violinists are competing onstage in succession, playing Beethoven’s “Kreutzer Sonata.” The scene ...

Indianapolis' historic Black theater is about to showcase a story inspired by the origins of American tap dance that's set in a Black-owned dance hall in 1863. The musical has enough talent behind it ...

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 ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - It’s a place where military veterans trade in their combat boots for saddlebacks and keep time not with a watch but with their movements. The rag-tag troupe meets weekly at the VA ...

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 ...

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Of Mice and Music: A Jazz Tap Nutcracker is performed to a jazzed-up version of the original Tchaikovsky score and beloved jazz classics. This delightfully entertaining musical score is played live ...