Posts Tagged ‘ Darrell Williams ’

Joy on Tap with Footwerx at the Wilma

Jul 31st, 2011 | By | Category: What Kat Saw

by Kat Richter for The Dance Journal We’ve all heard it: tap is on its way out.  Today’s youths don’t know their history.  No one wants to tap when they could do hip hop instead—but then there’s Footwerx: part company, part student intensive, and all very much alive and well.  Under the direction of Darrell [...]



Jaye Allison’s Philly TAP Challenge brings the area’s rich tap dance history to the stage

May 24th, 2011 | By | Category: Dance Headlines

For its 7th year, Jaye Allison’s Philly TAP Challenge (PTC), honors Philadelphia’s rich history of cyclonic feet and rarely seen rhythmic talent, in a three day festival of tap dance, running Thursday, June 23rd through Saturday June 25th, 2011. Philly TAP Challenge is devoted to recognizing the treasures that Philadelphia holds for Tap, epitomized by [...]