Chloé said often, tap dance is associated with men such as Gregory Hines, Fred Astaire, the Nicholas Brothers and Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. She hopes to showcase how women have shaped and ...

HEY. TELLING STORIES ABOUT BLACK HISTORY THROUGH MUSIC AND TAP DANCE. BREANA ALI HAS BEEN TAP DANCING SINCE SHE WAS THREE YEARS OLD. I COME FROM A FAMILY OF TAP DANCERS. MY FATHER IS A TAP DANCER ...

Get a ticket, if you still can, to her illuminating and immensely entertaining new play “Diary of a Tap Dancer” – being given its world premiere production by the American Repertory Theater ...

CAMBRIDGE - Writer, dancer, choreographer and actor Ayodele Casel is telling her own story in a world premiere piece at American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Diary of a Tap ...

Thankfully, Cambridge residents and visitors can watch Ayodele Casel in “Diary of a Tap Dancer” at the American Repertory Theater through Jan. 4. Written and choreographed by Casel ...

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 ...

(Courtesy Nile Scott Studios and Maggie Hall) Onstage, she interweaves her journey with the history of tap and immerses audiences deep into her life. Dancers Naomi Funaki, Afra Hines, Quynn L.

while celebrating the extraordinary and often-overlooked women tap dancers who paved the way. The cast includes Ayodele Casel, Naomi Funaki, Afra Hines, Quynn L. Johnson, Funmi Sofola ...

IT’S CALLED DIARY OF A TAP DANCER, AND IT’S PREMIERING ON STAGE ... THESE WOMEN TOURED THE COUNTRY WITH, WITH EARL HINES FOR LIKE TEN, YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS. AND THESE WERE NAMES THAT WERE ...

A lauded dance educator, choreographer, and performer— tap legend Gregory Hines once called her “one of the top young tap dancers in the world” — Casel has devoted her career to creating ...

Don’t be surprised when a tap dancer from Chicago Tap Theatre busts ... “We were like I’ll trade you my footage of Gregory Hines for your footage of Baby Laurence,” he said.

Earl Kenneth Hines, also known as Earl "Fatha" Hines (December 28, 1903 – April 22, 1983), was an American jazz pianist and bandleader. He was one of the most influential figures in the ...