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Last month I interviewed the tap dance legend, Sam Weber as part of “The Masters of Tap Seminar Series”! The purpose of this series is to highlight contemporary examples of tap excellence and help them to share what they have learned with a wider audience!

Very soon, I will be interviewing another incredible tap artist who is busy producing work that is elevating tap performance and tap education to new heights!

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If you have a chance this evening, you don’t want to miss this opportunity to see some great tap dancing in Richmond, Virginia.

I came across this announcement on Richmond.com

Today (May 13th) at 7pm, Baakari Wilder will be performing alongside the Bob Hallahan Trio in a tribute to Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. For additional price and location details please use the link above to visit Richmond.com

Thanks to the Richmond Jazz Society for sponsoring this event.

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Arthur Duncan will be receiving an honorary Doctor of Performing Arts degree from OCU this weekend. He is most famous for his work on the “Lawrence Welk Show” during a time when interest in tap dancing was at a terrible low.

Here is one of his performances:

I first Arthur Duncan dance when he kicked off the now famous “challenge” scene in the film Tap, starring Gregory Hines. If you have never seen this great tap film, you need to click here right now and order it!

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I just received my annual mailing from the Southeastern Tap Explosion announcing the dates of the Atlanta-based tap workshop as well as which instructors will be in attendance.

This year’s line up features legendary instructors Barbara Duffy & Germaine Salsberg, both of whom I have taken classes with in the past. These two can teach you just as much about how to teach tap dancing as they can about tap itself. Germain Salsberg has a great tap instructional video available on Amazon called “Simply Tap Dance For Absolute Beginners”

The lineup also features dancers I have not had the pleasure of studying with before: DeWitt Fleming Jr., Andrew Nemr, & Skip Cunningham.

If you have had the opportunity to study with any of these gentlemen please post a comment below this post, sharing your experience. Any specific strengths or weaknesses you could share would other students of tap (including me) decide who to take classes from.

When I attend a class, it is much more important for me to pick up a new concept or piece of tap history that I can apply, than to learn a cool new combination. What’s your preference?

Are there any tap dance instructors that you would like to recognize publicly? Tell about them in the comments section too.

You might just motivate a fellow tap dancer to take a great class they might otherwise have missed!

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Check out this incredible upcoming tap performance!

On May 23rd, some of the greatest tap dancers of our generation will be performing at the Coolidge Auditorium of the Library of Congress in Washington DC.

Featured dancers include Dianne Walker, Ayodele Casel, Baakari Wilder, Tappers With Attitude, & Many Others!

Tickets are FREE according to Ticketmaster so reserve yours today if you’re going to be in our nation’s capital at that time. I was unable to view available tickets at the time of this post so you may want to contact Ticketmaster directly for specifics.

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