Tap dancer Melinda Sullivan and jazz pianist Larry Goldings practice their musical performance together at Goldings' home studio. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) In a quiet backyard nestled ...
When Caleb Teicher tap dances to pianist Conrad Tao’s rendition of “Rhapsody in Blue,” it looks spontaneous, as if they are magically linked by the same innovative mindset. The virtual performance, ...
There’s a scene from the 2014 anime “Your Lie in April” that I’ve always found awfully trite: In it, violinists are competing onstage in succession, playing Beethoven’s “Kreutzer Sonata.” The scene ...
Back in January 2020, just before COVID-19 struck, the Celebrity Series brought tap prodigy Caleb Teicher and composer-pianist Conrad Tao to New England Conservatory’s Plimpton Shattuck Black Box ...
It's a little tap dancing, a little jazz dancing and a whole lot of technical skill. While “White Christmas,” which debuted in November at the Fulton Theatre, is best known for its over-the-top tap ...
Getting the opportunity to watch a true virtuosic talent is rare. Thankfully, Cambridge residents and visitors can watch Ayodele Casel in “Diary of a Tap Dancer” at the American Repertory Theater ...
"I'm a tap dancer," said Jason Samuels Smith. "Some people would say a hoofer. Some people would say foot percussionist. Some people would say organic mathematician!" There are a lot of ways to ...
For professional tap dancer and educator Quynn Johnson, tap dance is a never ending process. “There are levels of tap dance that for me still have yet to be unlocked, and there is a lot of work that I ...