This focus on detailed foot movements improves coordination by training dancers to control their feet independently from their upper body. Practicing tap routines also improve balance and spatial ...

For as long as she can remember, Elizabeth Burke has dealt with foot pain — a hazard of her passion for tap dancing. “I have had broken toes, stress fractures, broken feet and ankles,” says ...

Have you ever wondered why a drumbeat makes your foot tap before you even realize it? It’s not magic or mystical prediction; ...

In the 1980s, this relationship between jazz music and tap dance began resurfacing in public ways across New York and Los Angeles. Films like “The Cotton Club” (1984) helped bring visibility ...

Susan Hebach, the director of Tap Dance Central, talks about how kids can put their best foot forward. WPIX New York City, NY. New studio serving NYC's tap dance community.

The piano itself is just about 5-foot tall and 5-foot wide, and Meahl and Hawkins tap dance while it spins. "The first time I got up there, I was like, oh, that would probably hurt pretty bad if I ...

HOT FOOT HONEYS "Lessons Learned" A Tap Concert LESSONS LEARNED is an exploration of the human experience through the universal language of dance.

Henry Byrd Learned to Tap Dance. Byrd is 6-foot-5 and 310 pounds, and though he was a star at tackle in college, he has moved to guard in the NFL.

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