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- Tap City: The New York City Tap Festival - Annual tap dance festival in New York City that offers master classes, training programs, premiere performances, city-wide events, International Tap Dance Hall of Fame, Tap Preservation, Tap Teacher and Hoofer Awards, and daily Tap Talks/Tap Film screenings.
- Tap Dance Homepage - Extensive resources for tap dancers and tap dance fans. Includes events, news, calendars, Who's Who in Tap, filmography, videography, tap sounds and steps, vocabulary and notation, history, supplies, links, and an email discussion list. Homepage support for the International Tap Association.
- National Tap Ensemble - America's national tap dance company directed by Chris Baker. Features tapper's page with answers to over 200 tap related questions. Information on educational programs, International Tap Dance Network, American Tap Dance Institute, and many other tap related items including a FAQ and bulletin.
- Shinichi Matsumoto's Tap Wonderland - Shinichi Matsumoto's Tap Wonderland is a collector's online museum featuring tap dance recordings, books, video and memorabilia. The site offers a window into the Tap scene in Japan.
- Offjazz Dance World - Contains multiple tap resources including video clips, tap history, tap star profiles, terminology, workshops, and tap links.
- Turn on the Tap - Toronto Tap Dance Studio/Workshops - Turn on the tap is a Toronto, Canada based tap dance studio, workshop and performance company.
- Robert L. Reed Tap Heritage Institute (St. Louis Tap Festival) - Host of the annual St. Louis Tap Festival and presenter of "All That Tap XV." Site also includes links and Photographs.
- Christian Spotlight: "Taps" - Review by Ryan Kelly. "Taps is a very powerful movie, but leaves you feeling somewhat depressed at the end." [4/5]
- Tap Kids - Summer Tap program including classes and a performance as well as a chance to work with the cast and creators of the national touring show Tap Kids.
- Tony Waag - General information about Tony Waag including his role as Executive Producer of Tap City, the New York City Tap Festival, and many other contributions to the art of tap.
Wikipedia Articles
- Beer tap - A beer tap is a valve, specifically a tap, for controlling the release of beer. While in other contexts, depending on location, a "tap" may be a "faucet", "valve" or "spigot", the use of "tap" for beer is almost universal.
- Tap-Tap - Tap-Tap cabs (also known as 'camionettes') serve as mass transportation in Haiti. They are a form of shared taxi.
- Tap City - Tap City is the New York City Tap dance Festival, dedicated to the love of tap dance all over the world. Founded in 2001, and now celebrating its sixth year anniversary, Tap City features classes, performances, and residencies for anyone from beginners to professionals.
- Jack Wiggins - Jack Wiggins was an African-American entertainer of the early twentieth century, now remembered primarily for his elegant style in tap dancing. Wiggins worked as a performer at the legendary Hoofers Club on "Swing Street" in Harlem, New York, where he inspired Laurence Donald "Baby Laurence" Jackson (later a member of the Tap Dance Hall of Fame) "'Baby Laurence' Jackson," American Tap Dance Foundation, Tap Dance Hall of Fame, Wiggins also influenced Fayard and Harold Nicholas of the famous Nicholas Brothers] tap duo "Fayard Nicholas.
- Swiss Army Triplet - In percussion, a Swiss Army Triplet is a drum rudiment consisting of a right hand flam followed by a right tap and a left tap, or (using a left hand lead) a left hand flam followed by a left tap and a right tap. Swiss Army Triplet Example on VicFirth.