From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! A three-day tap-dancing festival in Philadelphia commemorates the art form’s rich ...

The sound of tap shoes on Shore Cultural Centre’s hard wooden floors became highly apparent upon walking through the doors of The Cleveland Tap Dance Conservatory. The new dance group, started by ...

With the scuff and click of her tap shoes, one Franklin teenager is showing up to dance class with a lofty vision in mind: dancing with the best in the world. Laura Hendrickson will compete in the ...

A beloved character in the comedy musical Funny Girl is showing Dallas what tap dance is all about. Broadway Dallas is presenting Funny Girl through Aug. 18 at the Music Hall at Fair Park. Directed by ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Tap festivals have been pivotal in passing on tradition. But New York’s has been canceled and the institution that supports it faces an uncertain ...

Move over, Fred Astaire. There's a new group of tap dancers in town. But they might not look as you expect. The sound of synchronized rhythms flow up the stairs from the lower floor of the Lincoln ...

Arthur Duncan, who kept tap dancing visible and relevant across the country on television when most had relegated it to the past and who also broke ground as a Black entertainer, has died at 97.

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PLYMOUTH ‒ Ashton Nicinski is always on the go. The Pembroke High freshman, voted vice president of her class, is up for school at 5 a.m. and often doesn't go to bed until late at night to do homework ...

CONYNGHAM, Pa. — For a long time, many of these ladies thought their tap dancing days were over, and they'd only get to watch their children perform from the audience. But that is different here at ...

Maurice Hines, whose tap dancing prowess graced countless Broadway, TV and film productions as a dancer, choreographer and actor, died Friday, several of his longtime friends announced. Debbie Allen, ...

Maurice Hines Jr., who hit the L.A. area when he was 70 for a Beverly Hills run of his show "Tappin' Through Life," has died at age 80. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) The scene from the movie ...