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In 1989, he created and hosted a PBS special called Gregory Hines' Tap Dance in America, which featured various tap dancers such as Savion Glover and Bunny Briggs. [6] [7] In 1990, Hines visited his idol (and Tap co-star) Sammy Davis Jr., who was dying of throat cancer and was unable to speak. After Davis died, an emotional Hines spoke at Davis ...
For Black tap dance artists, the sand dance is a continuation of the resistance against anti-Black racism. A resistance embedded in percussive dance. The revival of Shuffle Along featured Rector doing a sand dance. Eddie Rector's soft shoe is considered to be unparalleled. The soft shoe is a graceful dance that requires control and elegance.
John William Sublett (February 19, 1902 – May 18, 1986), known by his stage name John W. Bubbles, was an American tap dancer, vaudevillian, movie actor, and television performer. He performed in the duo "Buck and Bubbles", who were the first black artists to appear on television in the US. He is known as the father of "rhythm tap."
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American male dancers. It includes American male dancers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Contents
View of the Apollo Theatre marquee, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948. The Speed Kings performed at the Apollo in the 1930s and 40s. After graduation, the performers renamed their act The Speed Kings, The act was a mix of tap, acrobatics and jive [3] that featured speed and precision dancing.
Bill "Bojangles" Robinson (born Luther Robinson; May 25, 1878 – November 25, 1949), was an American tap dancer, actor, and singer, the best known and the most highly paid black entertainer in the United States during the first half of the 20th century.
The song-and-dance man started young, blazed trails as perhaps the first Black regular on a TV variety show and kept at it until his death at 97. Arthur Duncan, who kept virtuoso tap dancing alive ...
He was Chicago Magazine "Dancer of the year" 2003 [1] and one of Time Out ' s "Dancing Men of 2010" [2] Ciara, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and choreographer. She is best known for her hip-hop style and contemporary dance choreography. Bessie Clayton (c. 1875 –1948), considered the mother of American toe-tap dancing