Is Tap Dancing Still Popular?

Tap dance has been “invisible” in the scholarly canon because it continues to be characterized as a constantly dying art form. Tap enjoyed nearly four decades of popularity on the American stage, from the turn of the 20th century to its heyday in the Swing-era of the 1940s.

Is tap dancing popular?

Tap in Hollywood

From the 1930s to the 1950s, tap dance sequences became a staple of movies and television. Tap stars included Shirley Temple, who made her film tap dance debut at age 6, and Gene Kelly, who introduced a balletic style of tap.

Is tap dancing making a comeback?

After years of feeling like dance's ignored stepchild, tap seems poised for a renaissance. Today, Michelle Dorrance is no longer the only tap artist making mainstream waves. And Caleb Teicher is experimenting with sounds and gender roles as much as he is with other dance styles. ...