Seattle’s Jessie Sawyers calls herself a visual musician. Her instruments are her tap shoes. “Tap can play that role as the percussion element. I have done a couple of gigs around town where literally ...

Every few months I stumble across an article talking about ways to reduce screentime. It’s not really an unusual topic. In today’s world, we can end up spending a whole lot of time in front of screens ...

I cried at the wedding. The words were beautiful, just like the bride, and now here I was at the reception, my toes tapping underneath the table. The bride and my bridesmaid daughter Mariah are ...

They’ve been through hurricanes. The pandemic. The Great Recession. And yet TheatreZone is still standing, bringing toe-tapping musicals to Naples every year for two decades straight. It’s hard to ...

Omaha’s Dancing Grannies devote a lot of time — and a lot of steps — to making people happy. Made up of about a dozen women in tap shoes, the group performs across the metro area at nursing homes, ...

Relaxing into a breaststroke in the slow lane at my local pool, I noticed the swimmer behind me was getting impatient. For a minute, I thought I’d mistakenly plonked myself in a faster lane by ...