From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! A three-day tap-dancing festival in Philadelphia commemorates the art form’s rich ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Tap festivals have been pivotal in passing on tradition. But New York’s has been canceled and the institution that supports it faces an uncertain ...

The iconic and Hall of Fame tap dancer Bunny Briggs once said: “Tap dancing was never lost, people just lost tapping.” For the past 25 years at the Tapology Festival in Flint, tap hasn’t been lost. It ...

Maurice Hines, dancer and choreographer — and evangelist for the art of tap dancing — died Friday at age 80. Hines and his brother, the famed Gregory Hines, helped keep tap in the public eye. Maurice ...

Jamie Bell would love to make a "contemporary tap-dancing movie" after his planned Fred Astaire project fell through. In December 2020, it was announced that the Billy Elliot star would play the ...