Laura Hendrickson strikes a pose during a tap routine. Submitted photo. The first time Laura Hendrickson took a dance class, she and her mom both decided the sport just wasn’t for her. She clung to ...

George Miller’s “Happy Feet” is like “March of the Penguins” reconceived as a Super Bowl halftime show. It has lots of singing, lots of splashing and a vigorous pro-environment message. Oh, yeah — ...

The rattle of tap shoes fills the small black box theatre, as dancers step along to the swing jazz accompaniment. The tempo for this song, played by a pianist and a drummer hitting a high hat, is fast ...

Somewhere along the way from the black-and-white elegance of the '40s Fred Astaire movies to the macho rat-a-tat of Gene Kelly's feet in MGM's big '50s musicals, tap dancing became boring. Maybe it ...