Picture this: you're waiting in line at the grocery store, you're on the bus ride home, or you're sitting outside an office for a job interview. A song begins playing, either over the speakers or just ...

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 ...

The tap-tap-tapping heard Monday afternoons at Catalina Foothills High School isn't the typical construction sound people may be used to. Actually, the noise comes from Catalina Foothills Community ...

"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 ...

A group of North Texas women has been working hard to preserve a style of dancing that had its heyday in the early part of the 20th century. The Class Act Tap Company will soon celebrate 40 years of ...

A useful trick for someone who always feels a little out of place. By Eric Boodman When I was 17 or so, I worked evenings at a dentist’s office. At first, it carried the thrill of a secret world: The ...