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 ...

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.

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 ...

It was an appropriately dramatic beginning to Casel’s “Diary of a Tap Dancer,” a rich theatrical memoir told with heart and grounded in movement that honors and amplifies many of the Black ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson helped to break down barriers in Hollywood in the 1930's and 1940's Source - NPS Photo/Maggie L. Walker NHS Bill "Bojangles" Robinson helped to break down barriers in ...