In this revival, Black actor and tap dancer Izaiah Montaque Harris was cast to play Eddie Ryan, who has traditionally been a white man. Harris and tap choreographer Ayodele Casel talk about what ...

Arthur Duncan, who kept tap dancing visible ... not thrilled to have a Black person on the show,” which also toured around the country, said Ralna English, a dancer and longtime leading singer ...

“That’s something we have not done a whole lot of at Westcoast Black ... actors are experienced with tap, for the first time, Jacobs traveled to New York and held in-person auditions to find ...

For generations, women tap dancers — specifically Black women — were ignored and unjustly regarded as less talented than their male counterparts. Casel takes back their stories and her own ...

CAMBRIDGE - Writer, dancer, choreographer and actor Ayodele ... Diary of a Tap Dancer isn't only autobiographical, it highlights the often-overlooked Black female dancers of the past.

Get a ticket, if you still can, to her illuminating and immensely entertaining new play “Diary of a Tap Dancer” – being ... to the chitlin’ circuits of Black Vaudeville and beyond.

To celebrate National Tap Dance Day, which is Sunday, May 25, Dancing With the Stars pro-turned-judge Derek Hough made a ...

He also became the first Black ... and started tap dancing at the age of five. "I will always treasure our journey together," wrote the Emmy Award-winning actor, producer and dancer Debbie Allen ...

Febuary read aloud one of his favorite quotes from the late actor and dancer ... in the day when Black dancers weren’t allowed in white studios, they had to take their tap dancing, or their ...

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 ...

It's Friday. There are a lot of events to be excited about happening in Boston this weekend. On Radio Boston today, Candice Springer, assistant director of WBUR's CitySpace, speaks about The Front ...