AS SOON AS I heard the sharp clicketyclack of my teacher’s tap shoes on the floor, I was smitten. People look joyful when tap dancing for a reason. Dancing boosts energy. Add in the satisfying, ...

Now here's something we don't see and hear every day: nearly two dozen people tap dancing outside. On most Saturday mornings, their novel sounds and smiles fill Riverbend Park in Cambridge near ...

The kids wait in line to have quarters hot-glued to the bottom of their shoes before the afternoon tap dancing class at Sunnyslope School in Phoenix. Most can’t afford real tap shoes. All the students ...

John “Mr. Tap” Williams grew up in New York, where dance was always a part of his family and environment. “I remember when I was growing up, to preserve the soles of the shoes, they had those tap tap ...