Los Angeles Times

Syncopated Ladies dance their way into the boys club of tap

Flashes of footwork and a flurry of sound filled the Debbie Allen Dance Academy as tap dancers gathered for their weekly improvisational jam session. Dancing on and in between the beat, dancers spoke ...
The New York Times

Bursting Into Dance: Gentlemen, Assume the Superhero Stance!

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by “Spirited,” a revisionist “Christmas Carol,” leads with tap, thanks to the choreographer Chloé Arnold and her team, Ava Bernstine-Mitchell and Martha ...
The New York Times

Calling All Tap Dance Kids (It’s Not the Acting Kid or the Singing Kid)

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by The challenge of casting the Encores! revival of “The Tap Dance Kid” exposes some of the complications of tap, show business and Black history. By ...
WLRN

‘Revelations in Rhythm’ honors the African roots of the art of tap dance

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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The Bandra resident who went on to become a pioneering tap dancer and the ‘first lady of swing’

Performing in the tenth edition of Bombay’s Jazz Yatra in 1988 was like a homecoming for Sarah Petronio. It had been 25 years since she had left the city. During that time she had developed her own ...