Tag: tapping

Generation Tap rising stars

Generation Tap: Meet 9 Rising Tap-Dance Stars

On stages and screens both big and small, it’s been impossible not to see—and hear—tap dancing thriving and finding new audiences lately, even during the pandemic. Broadway’s forthcoming Funny Girl revival will see choreography from Ayodele Casel. The recently departed Flying Over Sunset featured the work of Michelle Dorrance. Dancer Caleb Teicher captivated audiences alongside […]

Chloe & Maud Arnold Made an Amazing Tap Tribute to #MarchForOurLives

What do you do when the DC Tap Festival coincides with a history-making protest? You dance about it. That’s exactly what Chloe and Maud Arnold made happen during the tenth annual DC Tap Fest, which saw students from 30 states and 20 countries converge on Washington, DC from March 19 to March 25, 2018 to […]

This New Nick Young Tap Video Has Us Packing Our Bags for L.A.

Is it too much to say that this is tap as you’ve never seen it before? Too late, I already said it! Tap dancers in the know always pay attention when Nick Young comes out with something new, and it’s so not hard to see why. He’s an incredibly versatile dancer (he casually made it […]

Troubleshooting Tap Turns: Tips for Pirouettes in Tap Shoes

You know that pirouette dream, when your placement is so perfect you can keep turning forever? That dream is the reality for highly technical tappers, who benefit from the decreased friction of their shoes. Get the placement right and, with a strong spot, they can pirouette for days. But turning in tap shoes isn’t all […]

Acing A Capella

Chloé Arnold (by Matthew Murphy) You walk onstage for your tap routine—click, click, click—and take your opening position for a performance a capella (without music). You begin to dance, each tap breaking the silence in the theater all over again. Clickety-clack, ka-lack click, a-kik-kik-kik-kik clap… Tapping a capella can be exhilarating, but with no beats […]