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This L.A. jazz duo creates improvised magic with tap shoes and piano keys
LA Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMelinda Sullivan, a tap dancer, and Larry Goldings, a pianist, improvise eclectic music together and...
The Rockettes wanted a kickline that looks more like America. Could they do it?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNote: For seven months, the USA TODAY Network New York followed efforts by the Radio City Rockettes...
Docuseries highlights Miami Northwestern high school’s dance team and their star coach
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 2 months agoThere’s something very special about the Miami Northwestern Senior High School’s Golden Girlz. Is it...
Arthur Duncan, who kept virtuoso tap dancing alive on 'Lawrence Welk Show,' dies
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoArthur Duncan, who kept tap dancing visible and relevant across the country on television when most had relegated it to the past and who also broke ground as a Black entertainer, has died at ...
Sammy Davis Jr. Broke Barriers—Sometimes at His Own Expense
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNationaal ArchiefIn the mid-1960s, Sammy Davis Jr. ranked behind only Martin Luther King Jr. and...
Fort Worth’s 1936 Frontier Centennial ignored Black history. This event filled the void
Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo News· 7 months agoFort Worth’s Frontier Centennial in 1936 has been well documented by the late Mike Nichols and by...
Louis Armstrong’s Trumpet, Sammy Davis Jr.’s Suit and More Must-See Pieces at the Academy Museum’s...
Variety via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe Academy Museum’s Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898-1971 is not to be missed. Not only does the...
‘Some areas are rough, and the nightlife is pants – but I still think Scarborough’s gorgeous’
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 51 minutes agoAll summer we will be taking the pulse of our most famous traditional seaside towns, examining the...
20 kid-friendly movies to watch during Black History Month
TODAY via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe celebration of Black Americans and their historical achievements doesn’t have to be restricted...
Some riders throw money. Others throw orange soda. The kings of subway dance endure
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThey are stutter, they are flow, they are flip and jook and smile. This subway car is a realm of...