Seattle’s Jessie Sawyers calls herself a visual musician. Her instruments are her tap shoes. “Tap can play that role as the percussion element. I have done a couple of gigs around town where literally ...

"I'm a tap dancer," said Jason Samuels Smith. "Some people would say a hoofer. Some people would say foot percussionist. Some people would say organic mathematician!" There are a lot of ways to ...

The rattle of tap shoes fills the small black box theatre, as dancers step along to the swing jazz accompaniment. The tempo for this song, played by a pianist and a drummer hitting a high hat, is fast ...

“Tap dancing, the roots that come from [Africa], is basically what we used to do. You would make rhythms with your feet,” said Achieng. “So when slavery happened and we got to the European side, ...

Tap NZ, New Zealand’s leading Tap Dance Company announces the Wellington Premiere of Tap Fusion on Friday 13th and Saturday ...