A beloved dance teacher was honored at the Fort Hamilton Senior Recreation Center, 9941 Fort Hamilton Pkwy., on Nov. 19.

As one of the premier centers for dance in the United States, New York has numerous schools where tap lessons are available. Here are a few of the best-known tap locations for tap dancers of all ages ...

Flashes of footwork and a flurry of sound filled the Debbie Allen Dance Academy as tap dancers gathered for their weekly improvisational jam session. Dancing on and in between the beat, dancers spoke ...

Dean Barlow has worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra and Marlene Dietrich to Paula Abdul and Seth MacFarlane. Tomorrow, he’ll celebrate National Tap Dance Day. Barlow says he began working ...

The sound of tap shoes on Shore Cultural Centre’s hard wooden floors became highly apparent upon walking through the doors of The Cleveland Tap Dance Conservatory. The new dance group, started by ...

"Tap dance is the dance of creating music," says Michelle Dorrance. The founder of Dorrance Dance has helped lead a renaissance in tap, gaining attention for her own exuberant, athletic style. Jeffrey ...

As adults, we often only get a chance to do our best John Travolta, Janet Jackson or Fred Astaire impressions at weddings and other special events. We think of “dance class” as the realm of leotards ...

In 1989, George H.W. Bush officially declared May 25 National Tap Dance Day. (This date was chosen because it was the birthday of famous tapper Bill “Bojangles” Robinson.) So, 25 years later, we’d ...

There are plenty of quotable moments in “Tap World,” an engaging new documentary. Dancers were invited to share their stories with the filmmakers, and not surprisingly the ones selected are uplifting ...

In 2005, Constance Valis Hill had a dream. In it, the late, great Gregory Hines was dancing, and Hill, ever the academic, was frantically trying to write down all his steps on paper. He urged her not ...