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In 1998, Rusty Frank founded the largest swing dance program in Los Angeles consisting of Lindy by the Sea school and Rusty's Rhythm Club. In 1989, Frank founded On Tap Dance Shop, through which she produces instructional-historical tap and swing dance videos. Shows
Tap dance. Tap dance (or tap) is a form of dance that uses the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion; it is often accompanied by music. [ 1] Tap dancing can also be a cappella, with no musical accompaniment; the sound of the taps is its own music. It is an African-American artform that evolved alongside the advent of ...
Steps with one sound. tap: tap the ball or pad of the foot against the floor, use your ankle not your whole leg. heel tap: strike the heel of the foot on the floor and release it immediately. step: place the ball of the foot on the floor with a change of weight. touch: place the ball of the foot on the floor without change of weight.
Rod has been a tap dance teacher and choreographer for 19+ years. [2] He has taught at numerous dance studios and conventions across the United States, and now teaches at three studios. [1] [3] According to Rod Howell, he had a love/hate relationship with tap dancing as he was growing up. [1]
The Nicholas Brothers were an entertainment act composed of brothers, Fayard (1914–2006) and Harold (1921–2000), who excelled in a variety of dance techniques, primarily between the 1930s and 1950s. Best known for their unique interpretation of a highly acrobatic technique known as "flash dancing", they were also considered by many to be ...
Reginald "The Hoofer" McLaughlin performed in various theatre shows and he worked with the pioneers of tap dance. As a principal tap dancer he was seen in two Duke Ellington musicals: Jump for Joy and Beggar's Holiday. In the theatre version of the Sammy Davis Jr. Story he played the role of Sammy Davis Sr. and choreographed the tap numbers.
Max Pollak (born 1970) is percussive dancer and World Music expert. He was born in Vienna, Austria and became known for his work in percussive dance, World Music, tap dance, and choreography. He created "RumbaTap", which merged American Rhythm Tap with Afro-Cuban music and dance. He is the only non-Cuban member of the Afro-Cuban Rumba and ...
Charles Coles. Charles "Honi" Coles (April 2, 1911 – November 12, 1992) was an American actor and tap dancer, who was inducted posthumously into the American Tap Dance Hall of Fame in 2003. He had a distinctive personal style that required technical precision, high-speed tapping, and a close-to-the-floor style where "the legs and feet did the ...