AS SOON AS I heard the sharp clicketyclack of my teacher’s tap shoes on the floor, I was smitten. People look joyful when tap dancing for a reason. Dancing boosts energy. Add in the satisfying, ...

INDIANAPOLIS — For this week's Friday Fit Tip we went downtown to Dance Works Indy with Jalea Brooks to learn how to tap dance. Jalea said, "I used to put on my church shoes and just tap on the ...

Worried your lack of tap dancing skills is keeping you from living your best triple-threat life? Get back to the basics and tap your troubles away with DeWitt Fleming, Jr., who not only plays 'Lincoln ...

Learn how to make your own tap shoes and practice some basic tap steps. Follow along with Patrick from the New Victory Theater to learn how to make your own tap shoes and practice some basic tap steps ...

Danceworks On Tap (DOT) is a collective of dancers dedicated to sustaining tap dance as a recognized art form. Through education, performance and by making tap dance accessible to the community, DOT ...

Ebony Cross was only a third-grader when she made her two best friends take tap-dancing lessons with her. Now, at 17, Cross drags them to tap lessons half an hour early and does impromptu practice ...

Whether you're 5 or 55, dance is a fantastic form of fun exercise. Tap dance in particular combines great moves with great shoes! Even if you're just starting out, tap dance is easy to get the hang of ...

There's something about the rhythmic sound of tap shoes creating percussion as they collide with the floor that is appealing to all age levels. Whether you are a fan of Fred Astaire, Savion Glover or ...

Maurice Hines, dancer and choreographer — and evangelist for the art of tap dancing — died Friday at age 80. Hines and his brother, the famed Gregory Hines, helped keep tap in the public eye. Maurice ...

Now here's something we don't see and hear every day: nearly two dozen people tap dancing outside. On most Saturday mornings, their novel sounds and smiles fill Riverbend Park in Cambridge near ...