Arizona Broadway Theatre alumni from around the United States joined ABT's Associate Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer Kurtis Overby (that's 56 'Dancing Feet') for a virtual tap ...

Dance historian and Florida State University professor emerita Sally Sommer agrees: "If you wanna know about the history of America, maybe you should study the history of tap." ...

Tap requires a lot of balance, because you are rarely flat on your feet. One student told me she feels it mainly in her shins. We moved on to shuffles, brushing the balls of our feet forward and back.

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 ...

The night featured “The Center Will Not Hold,” co-directed by tapper Michelle Dorrance and b-girl Ephrat Asherie featuring ...

Even better, one hour of tap dancing is thought to burn around 250 calories. Many of the moves involve lifting arms above the shoulders which strengthens and tones the lower and upper arms.

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.

At 95 years old, Joy Saunders is an inspiration, teaching tap dancing weekly at the YMCA despite having a heart condition and two hip replacements. Starting tap at the tender age of eight ...