Chicago has long been a breeding ground for tap dance, and the city’s flagship summer festival, Rhythm World, is back. Now in his second year on the job, director Jumaane Taylor looks to put his ...

“I do think it’s tap’s time, no pun intended,” said Heidi Malnar, artistic director of the Gulf Coast Theatre on Tap. Last year, Malnar founded a new dance company in the birthplace of jazz to revive ...

The Marshall L. Davis, Sr. African Heritage Cultural Arts Center’s (AHCAC) Winds of Heritage Dance Company “Revelations in Rhythm,” a live performance celebrating African rhythms and American tap ...

Rhythm tap dance masters Michelle Dorrance and Nicholas Van Young love the traditional toe and heel and a good piece of wood under their feet, but they also feel the urgent tug of the future. Their ...

The Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP) has announced its upcoming 2024-25 season, a dramatic exploration of tap and percussive dance through an blistering array of events and initiatives including ...

“Just like Silicon Valley is a hotbed for technological innovation, there are certain pockets on the planet that are hotbeds — that are nurseries — for rhythm, for tap dance: New York, Tokyo, Chicago.

Tap dance is as much a part of Americana as blue jeans, barbecue or the Statue of Liberty. While not as popular today as it was during its “Golden Age” from 1920 to 1940, the American art form has ...

BAY RIDGE — A beloved dance teacher was honored at the Fort Hamilton Senior Recreation Center, 9941 Fort Hamilton Pkwy., on Nov. 19. Betty Markowitz, 96, was recognized by elected officials, NYC Parks ...