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 ...

The suite is set to a sublime collection of jazz mash-ups ... onstage affirmed that to see a solid performance of contemporary black dance last weekend, all you needed was $25 and a trip to ...

Some were pretty explicit that what set them off about the tap-dance troupe was that it has — gasp! — Black people in ... paths with Irish Americans. Contemporary tap draws from the traditions ...

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 ...

Started by Ann Williams more than 30 years ago, Dallas Black Dance Theatre is now known as one of the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts' "glittering jewels," performing a mix of modern ...

I feel connected to, to tap dance because I am deeply connected to, Samba de sapateado, which is a form of percusive dance in Brazil. It really relates to me, but that specifically type of music ...

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 ...

For generations, thousands of Spokane-area children and young adults have made their first plie and taken their fist wobbly steps in tap shoes at Bleker School of Dance, which holds its 60th ...