who kept tap dancing visible and relevant across the country on television when most had relegated it to the past and who also broke ground as a Black entertainer, has died at 97. Duncan was best ...

In 1996, he won a Tony Award for best choreography in “Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk.” In 2000, CBS dubbed him “the man who saved tap dancing.” Over the span of his career ...

"The Baby Laurence Legacy Project: Tracing Steps" highlights famous tap dancer Laurence Donald Jackson, better known as "Baby ...

In 1954, a spirited tap dancer named Arthur Duncan appeared on several episodes of “The Betty White Show,” a daytime talk series hosted by the future Golden Girl. Duncan’s skilled footwork ...

Savion Glover, a 1996 Tony Award winner for Best Choreography for “Bring in ... faced when she entered the boys’ club that is tap dancing. Any door that Casel opts to knock on should ...

ALBANY-- Local dance doyenne Marge Tynan, an old-school hoofer who taught thousands of students the finer points of tap during four decades operating the Tynan Center for Dance, died Monday after ...

he and Gregory starred as tap-dancing brothers Clay and Sandman Williams. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. In 1986, he was nominated for best actor in a musical at the Tony ...

“And other tap dancers had to come through Philadelphia if they were going to make it somewhere, if they couldn’t get through Philadelphia they couldn’t get to New York, because most of the best tap ...

Ayodele Casel (creator, choreographer, performer) in performance for A.R.T.'s world-premiere production of "Diary of a Tap Dancer." (Courtesy Nile Scott Studios and Maggie Hall) “It’s a man ...