VAIL, Colorado ” In high school, I was a closet thespian. If anyone asked me to list my afterschool activities, I would smoothly edit out my love of dancing around in tap shoes. Then I scored a role ...

After the pandemic forced my gym to permanently close, I bought a 4’X4’ industrial plastic dance floor, tap shoes and an online subscription for pre-recorded classes. That was a year and a half ago.

Lorain County native Melissa Renner strives to provide health and fitness to her community, but with a particular focus in geriatrics. Renner, a fitness practitioner, recently developed a patent ...

In a quiet backyard nestled in the Sherman Oaks hills, seasoned jazz musician Larry Goldings begins to play the punchy opening notes to Van Halen’s “Jump” on his prized melodica. Standing beside him ...

And my tap shoes, that’s my musical instrument.” Sullivan relocated to Florida in the 1980s, and she and her husband moved to Vermont from Florida around 2013, agreeing that they missed living in the ...

We are four friends, each no older than 12. We are on the street; tap shoes draped around our necks, black dance bags at our sides. We wear baggy clothes and scarf down the remnants from a bag of ...

When I was a kid, I’d pull on a black leotard and pink tights and make the best sound ever: the shuffle-shuffle-shuffle of my tap shoes on our tiled kitchen floor. Step-ball-changing to “The Muppet ...

With or without tap shoes, Ayodele Casel walks in melody. There is always a song in her sway, a way of moving that seems to dance in story and spirit. It’s no surprise Gregory Hines saw her as one of ...

Tap dancer Melinda Sullivan and jazz pianist Larry Goldings practice their musical performance together at Goldings' home studio. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) In a quiet backyard nestled ...