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An ex-convict jewel thief enters the studio world of a dancer and her father, an old-time tap-dancer.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2020

Instead of a sidekick, there’s an obnoxious tap-dancer named Ray Malone who screeches like Jerry Lewis whenever he speaks, which, thankfully, he does not do often.

From Slate ● May 10, 2015

Savion Glover has been called the most creative tap-dancer in America today.

From BBC ● Apr. 3, 2014

There was an impressive floor show featuring the tap-dancer Omar Edwards and a trio of female dancers, as well as a rousing guitar set from the 16-year-old prodigy Solomon Hicks.

From New York Times ● May 24, 2011

Texan country singer Jerry Jeff Walker slurs his way through his lyrics but connects in a unique way, perhaps because he is the man who actually encountered the itinerant tap-dancer in a New Orleans jail.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 7, 2011




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