Katherine Dunham, a modern-dance legend who blazed trails ... "Before Katherine Dunham, the only kind of black dance was tap," Ailey said in a 1988 interview, describing a program devoted to ...

Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky said he and costume designer Amy Westcott wanted to use a contemporary fashion designer "to take it to a new level." "We wanted to reinvent the whole sense of ...

revival of “The Tap Dance Kid” exposes some of the complications of tap, show business and Black history ... they made the form contemporary and pushed it to new technical heights — and ...

I just want to dance,” Ayodele Casel ... And she is revered as one of the most respected contemporary tap dancers. But she had to fight for her place as a Black woman dancer, as did many who ...

It’s hot and sexy, funny and sophisticated, noisy and exuberant, with bright costumes and even brighter ... but the former African Tap and Modern Dance Champion for seven years proves she ...