The 2024 Chicago Tap Summit welcomes participants from Chicago and around the world for three days of dance, discussion and classes celebrating the tap dance community with instructors Ian Berg, Nora ...
"One of our deep held beliefs is 'Respect the Dance!" And we embrace that in May with National Tap Dance Day as we join our friends at Chicago Tap Theatre to make sure this day is celebrated in the ...
Preserving and promoting the form of art known as tap dancing is the mission of Making a Difference Dancing Rhythms, an organization better known as M.A.D.D. Rhythms. “We pride ourselves on being an ...
The Marshall L. Davis, Sr. African Heritage Cultural Arts Center’s (AHCAC) Winds of Heritage Dance Company “Revelations in Rhythm,” a live performance celebrating African rhythms and American tap ...
Going back further, tap dancers can trace their cultural lineage to two rapidly growing demographics in 19th-century America — Irish immigrants and enslaved Africans. “Tap dancing, the roots that come ...
Come and meet those dancing feet… no, not the tapping toes of the classic musical 42nd Street, but a different street entirely in Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe’s world premiere tap dance revue ...
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 ...