Celebrating National Tap Dance Day, May 25th.
National Tap Dance Day, passed as a law in 1989 in both houses of Congress to celebrate Bojangles Birthday on May 25th every year
Enjoy this clip from from the 1943 film. Stormy Weather.
Preserving and Advancing the Art of Tap Dance.
By Tap Legacy
Celebrating National Tap Dance Day, May 25th.
National Tap Dance Day, passed as a law in 1989 in both houses of Congress to celebrate Bojangles Birthday on May 25th every year
Enjoy this clip from from the 1943 film. Stormy Weather.
By Tap Legacy
To all dancers, dance enthusiasts and tap dancers, join us in celebrating the Birthday of Harold Lloyd Nicholas today 03/27/1921.
A Tap Master and National Treasure. Harold and Fayard constituted The Nicholas Brothers.
From vaudeville and nightclubs, Broadway and television, a career highlighted in motion pictures utilizing ballet, jazz and acrobatics with tap producing dazzling virtuosic routines referred to it as classical tap.
Harold, screen left when the clip starts, with his brother Fayard in their famous scene and routine from the movie Stormy Weather, 1943 dancing to Jumpin’ Jive.
By Tap Legacy
Henry Phace Roberts from Savannah, Georgia, USA.
A Tap Master and National Treasure, An Honorary Board member of the Tap Legacy™ Foundation, Inc.
As a child he started performing on the streets of Savannah, by the age of 14 he became a professional dancer, few years later he joined the Five Blazers a group known for the one Man Dance. He also performed with a group called the Three Rockets.
Henry was a charter member of the Copasetics, and held the Vice President position from the inception of the group until his passing. His last performance at the age of 87 was with the group on their European tour.
His Movie Credits are= 1984 – The Cotton Club, 1943 – Stormy Weather, 1943 – Cabin in the sky,
He was a guest on major TV variety shows such as = Milton Berle Show, Sammy Davis Jr. Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show, Kath Smith Hour
Phace also appeared in Little Foxes, Mikado in Swing, Big Broadcast of 1936, Irene, Jump For Joy, Black and Tan Fantasy.
Sit back and enjoy this one of a kind man and his performance with the Five Blazers of the One Man Dance.
By Tap Legacy
The Nicholas Brothers from the 1943 film Stormy Weather with Cab Calloway and his orchestra performing Jumpin Jive.
The Music and The Dance, the way they were, and the way they need to be…