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The star debuted the Mike Flanagan-directed Stephen King adaptation in L.A. on Monday, after the film won big at TIFF last ...
As a tap dancer, actor, and choreographer, you've probably seen Gregory Hines in one of his many roles like in a music video, movie, on stage or tap dancing on Broadway. Hines was a major figure in ...
“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 ...
Weaving together her own life story as a tap dancer with the story of earlier female tap dancers of color is Ayodele Casel, an actor, tap dancer and choreographer ... Casel describes herself as both ...
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - 87-year-old Judy Kelley has been tap dancing for nearly her entire life, and she doesn’t plan to quit anytime soon. Kelley spends her time sharing her talent with others as a ...
The Syncopated Ladies have made their mark on tap dance by combining it with various genres, including hip-hop, funk, African and R&B music. Founded by Emmy-nominated tap dancer and choreographer ...
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 ...
From 1971 to 2006, “Soul Train” was the place to see some of the hottest Black ... dance on stage with Marvin Gaye during a 1984 appearance one of the highlights. You know Affion Crockett as ...
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.
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.
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'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 ...