The Tap Love Tour Podcast

Why did one of the longest-running tap festivals in the world just get cancelled? Acia Gray, renowned tap dancer and founder of Tapestry Dance Company in Austin, Tx, joins us for a sober conversation about the philosophical shift and budget cuts at the National Endowment for the Arts. After 25 years of producing the Soul to Sole Tap Festival, Acia is making the difficult decision to bring it to a close. We dig into what this means for the tap dance community, the state of arts funding in America, and the resilience it takes to create space for rhythm over decades.

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This week we are joined by the force behind the Baby Laurence Legacy Project, and star of The Mars Project debuting October 4th-6th, 2024 at Fall For Dance North in Toronto, internationally renowned Tap Dance artist Brinae Ali. In this conversation we discuss balance, artistic inspiration, community impact through art and how you can support the BLLP. Donate to BLLP here: https://givebutter.com/BLLP Learn more about The Mars Project and all things Tap Love Tour here: https://www.taplovetour.com/ Support the work of Tap Love Tour through our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights

Ian Berg is an incredible, ever rising Tap Dance artist, composer, choreographer, educator and co-founder of the Tap Dance Music Dance group Subject: Matter. In this episode, Ian helps me overcome my skepticism against jazz culture being taught in Institutions of higher learning. Donate to Subject: Matter here: http://www.subjectmattertap.com/contactdonate.html Check out Ian's Tap Program pitch at Berkeley here: https://vimeo.com/840589479 Support the work of Tap Love Tour through our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights

This episode, we connect to the Tap Dance scene in Nairobi, Kenya through the co-founder of TapaTapa Tap Dance Group, Stacey Achieng and her student Eileen Musati. It's a joyful conversation that reveals Stacey's goal to spread the dAnCe across east Africa, and has host Travis Knights wondering how he can get in on that. Shout out to Tony Waag for helping to make this connection. Connect to Tapatapa here: http://tapatapa.co.ke/ Support the work of Tap Love Tour through our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights

Tap dancer Molly Smith, director of Chicago Tap Theatre's new production Can You Hear Us Now? The Queer Tap Dance Revolution, joins us to talk about the inspiration behind their latest work. The show runs June 20th - 23rd, 2024 in Chicago. Click here for tickets: https://chicagotaptheatre.com/events Become a Tap Love Tour micro-producer through our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights

Today we are joined by Brazilian Tap Dancer and Podcaster, Leonardo Dias. Brazil has been hit by record breaking, devastating floods. Leonardo has made a specific call to the international Tap Dance Community for help. So let's show up. Click here to donate: https://ko-fi.com/post/Help-the-victims-of-Southern-Brazil-Flood-N4N5XQXAB

In this episode, dancer, researcher, narratologist, and author Felix Lambert shares some insights he gained from his recently released 7 volume anthology book ‘Watch Your Step: A History of African American Dancing'. Purchase your copy on Amazon: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CLKWDRS9?binding=paperback&qid=1712266061&sr=1-1&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tpbk Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights

This week Travis Knights and special guest Allie Stewart are joined by the co-founder of The Jazz Tap Ensemble, Lynn Dally. The gems that Lynn drops in this episode shine so bright. Visit https://jazztapensemblelegacy.org/ to purchase archives of her decades of work. Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights

This week, Lisa LaTouche and I are Absolutely privileged to be joined by the incredible Dr. Daniel Black. He is an author and professor of African American studies at Clark Atlanta University. His books include The Coming, Perfect Peace, Black on Black and many more. In this conversation, we talk about how to reclaim Tap Dance and shed the stain of minstrelsy. Make sure to pick up your copy of Dr. Black's book 'The Coming' at your local Black Bookstore. Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

In this episode, we connect with Pamela Hetherington and Conner Kelly to explore the history of the Philadelphia Tap Dance scene and their upcoming inaugural Brewerytown Tap Dance Festival. Register for the Brewerytown Tap Festival at https://www.brewerytown.org/ Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

On today's show, we are joined by co-host Brinae Ali as she opens up some of her research process with us for her multi-year initiative, The Baby Laurence Legacy Project. Ali has curated some phenomenal guests to talk about their personal experiences with legendary Tap Dancer, Baby Laurence. Joining the conversation today is renowned Dunbar High School Music Educator, Charlie Funn, founder of The National Center for African Communitarian Culture, Sanifu Mwananchi, and Keystone Korner Baltimore Club Owner/Presenter, Todd Barkan. Additional audio: -Jazz Hoofer: Baby Laurence Documentary -Count Basie - Cute -Duke Ellington Lost Concerts album Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

On today's show, we are speaking with Sandra Seaton who is a playwright, librettist, former professor of creative writing and African American literature at Central Michigan University and the curator of the Dr. Bunny Briggs and Olivette Miller archives housed at Yale's James Weldon Johnson Archives. Our conversation spans the archives, Flournoy Miller and Shuffle Along, the Columbia Race Resistance and the importance of Black storytelling. Link to Dr. Bunny Briggs and Olivette Miller archives here: https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/11/resources/12332?fbclid=IwAR3VFDfj8dcGpQY297eF3A2fw1CyfF9t0d0655A_eUefc78YqapPZuqfqCw Additional audio: Duke Ellington Sacred Concert featuring Bunny Briggs Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

The Tap Love Tour family is expanding in a big way! On today's show we have a special guest host. One of my favorite dancers alive, Josette Wiggan, is sitting in as guest host interviewing the incomparable tap dancer, choreographer, actor, and musician, Jason Rodgers. Connect to Jason Rodgers here: https://www.jasonjrodgers.com/ Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This week, we are joined by critically acclaimed playwright and artistic director of New Harlem Productions, Donna-Michelle St. Bernard, for a masterclass in collaboration, art-making, theatre and storytelling. The episode opens with a tribute to the incredible Dexter Jones, R.I.P. Connect with Donna-Michelle here: https://www.newharlemproductions.com Additional audio: Tap Love Tour Podcast Episode 98: Searching For Henry featuring Dexter Jones 'Jammin On Broadway' documentary sourced on YouTube 'Where's The Beat' from Bring In Da Noise Bring In Da Funk Hoofers Award Gregory Hines sourced on YouTube Ossie Davis story of Louis Armstrong sourced on YouTube Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This week I'm inviting you in, and sharing a central question that has been animating my work since the 2020 George Floyd protests. I got hip to this key question through the lectures of Dr. Greg Carr, but it originates from poet Sonia Sanchez. The question, or provocation is, 'How Do It Free Us?' Additional Audio: An Artist's Duty an excerpt from an interview with Nina Simone Mississippi Goddam by Nina Simone Backlash Blues by Nina Simone I Wish I knew How It Would Feel To Be Free by Nina Simone 4 Women by Nina Simone Just In Time by Nina Simone Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This week we are joined by the Tap Dancer, choreographer, creator, and director of Supreme Love, Jumaane Taylor. The conversation brings out and celebrates the presence that resides in the middle of the cypher, and stands at the foundation of Jazz culture. Connect with Jumaane here: https://www.jumaanetaylor.com/ Additional Audio: Duke Ellington - On The Road with Duke documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swvEsprdrh0&t=50s Louis Armstrong Interview 1956: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFlzYH-fYoM Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4AZXHjK3w8 Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This week we are joined by the multitalented tap dancer, choreographer, instructor Lisa LaTouche. We're in full discussion the day after receiving a Dora Award for the Legacy Tap Dance Concert presented by Dance Immersion and Canadian Stage. We talk about diversity, focusing on being in relationship and the balance of being a mother and a working artist. Connect with Lisa here: https://www.lisalatouche.com/ Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This week we are joined by Tap Dance icon, educator, performing artist, Roxane Butterfly to talk about the complexities and inequalities around motherhood and maintaining a career in Tap Dance. Connect with Roxane here: https://roxanebutterfly.com Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This week we are joined by professor, playwright and screen writer for the Showtime Movie 'Bojangles', Richard Wesley. Professor Wesley shares his insights on the process of writing the movie in conversation with Gregory Hines, his friendship with Sidney Poitier and gives key advice for celebrating International Tap Dance Day. Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This week we're giving you a classic TLT interview with the incomparable Sarah Petronio. May 25th, 2022, Sarah will be releasing her memoir co-written by her daughter Leela Petronio called, "Footwork - my life in dance ...". This podcast is a celebratory throwback to one of the most influential conversations I've ever had in the DaNcE. Enjoy. Here's the link to the full interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT_pR7T42w4 Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

In this special episode of the TLT Podcast, art executive, curator, producer and all around advocate for the Black Art Scene in Canada, Timea Wharton-Suri, is turning the tables and taking over as host. In this episode, she interviews Travis Knights about his relationship with tap dance and what drives him creatively. Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This week we are joined by tap dancer, choreographer, co-founder of Operation Tap, award winning filmmaker, Anthony Morigerato. Anthony shares his insights on his process in filmmaking, and opens up about the value of pursuing deeper subjects through dance. Connect with Anthony here: http://www.amtapdance.com/ Subscribe to Operation Tap here: https://www.operationtap.com/ Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

In this episode we are joined by producer, director, editor, choreographer, U.K. based tap dancer, Jack Evans. The conversation takes us behind the scenes of his latest short film DATELEAP, the magic that is possible through film and the potential trap of fast content on social media. Connect with Jack here: https://www.jackevanscreative.com/ Additional Sound - G Star Raw Hardcore Denim commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gho6AkuGnaA Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

In this episode we reveal a Big Announcement featuring Tap Dancer, Johnathan Morin. Follow Johnathan Morin on instagram @johnnymorin Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

Today we're joined by curator and program director of Dance Immersion, Timea Wharton-Suri and Tap Dance luminary and co-director of the Tap Symposium, Lisa LaTouche. The Legacy Series: Tap Dance Symposium takes place Dec. 3rd - 5th, 2021 at University of Toronto's Hart House. The Tap Dance Symposium is aimed at introducing Tap Dance to the local black community in Toronto. In this episode, we break down the ‘why' behind this event. For more information on the Tap Symposium visit: https://danceimmersion.ca/ Additional Sound: WEB DuBois speech Whither now and why, April 2, 1960 - https://credo.library.umass.edu/view/full/mums312-b250-i003 Buddy - Black ft. A$AP Ferg Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

Tap dance educator Barbara Duffy joins us to talk about her book 'Tap Into Improv: A Guide To Tap Dance Improvisation' available on Amazon. The holiday season is fast approaching. Make sure to order a copy for that special tap dancer in your life. Here's a link to purchase the book: https://www.amazon.ca/Tap-Into-Improv-Guide-Improvisation/dp/1977783066 Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

In this episode, we dive into an important discussion with master teacher Heather Cornell looking to the future of Tap Dance. This episode is for teachers, dancers and musicians alike. Highly recommended. The future is bright my friends. Connect with Heather Cornell here: https://www.manhattantap.org/ Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

I've been straight up lying to my mentor Heather Cornell for years. In this episode I come clean to her and admit my betrayal of her trust. She then masterfully reveals exactly why she is my chosen mentor. Connect with Heather Cornell here: https://www.manhattantap.org/ Supplemental Audio: Som'thin From Nuthin - Bring In Da Noise Bring In Da Funk Lush Life - Billy Strayhorn Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

Searching For Henry Part 5 This is part 5 of our limited Tap Love Tour Podcast series ‘Searching For Henry' where we gather pieces from different times and places in order to Re-member the prolific Tap Dance choreographer, Dr. Henry LeTang. In this episode we speak with Vermont Legislative Representative, Tap Dancer, educator and mentee of Dr. Henry LeTang, Linda Joy Sullivan. This episode is extremely important to me because at a certain point it felt like Linda channeled a lesson directed specifically at me from the spirit of Dr. LeTang. I hope I remember it this time. Connect to Linda Joy Sullivan here: linda.joy.tap@gmail.com Supplemental Audio: Bridge Scene from the motion picture Waking Life directed by Richard Linklater Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

In this episode we revisit an old debate within tap dance about heels vs flats. We start with Michele Cole who shares the opinion of her mentor Dr. Henry LeTang that women should wear heels when tap dancing. With the help of our special guest Hollywood Jade, we're bringing this topic into the 21st century in order to better understand 'dem heels' and the power of femininity. Connect with Hollywood Jade on instagram @hollywoodjade Supplemental Audio: Alice Coltrane - Turiya and Ramakrishna Q-Tip - Heels Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

Today the Tap Love Tour Podcast turns 100! Much gratitude and appreciation to all the guests, to all the listeners and to all of the patrons. In this episode, host Travis Knights is canceling himself. Supplemental Audio: On To The Next One by Jay Z: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jRKsH8_OWQ Bill Robinson from 'In Old Kentucky': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrshHjPJxz8 Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

Searching For Henry Part 4 - Michele Cole This is part 4 of our limited Tap Love Tour Podcast series ‘Searching For Henry' where we gather pieces from different times and places in order to Re-member the prolific Tap Dance choreographer, Dr. Henry LeTang. In this episode we speak with multi-form dancer, Black and Blue alumni performer Michele Cole about the importance of being "True to Black Dance". Supplemental Audio: Bill Robinson in Stormy Weather: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snnUrLb6KwQ Donna Lee by Charlie Parker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02apSoxB7B4 Miller Brothers and Lois: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLiMJ6oHl1o&t=40s Lon Chaney Track from Black and Blue: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLVjEYl_k3c Max Washington audition from the motion picture TAP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8n06CTB7DI Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

Searching For Henry Part 3 - Dexter Jones This is part 3 of our limited Tap Love Tour Podcast series ‘Searching For Henry' where we gather pieces from different times and places in order to Re-member the prolific Tap Dance choreographer, Dr. Henry LeTang. In this episode we speak with the incredibly accomplished dancer Dexter Jones about his experience working with Dr. Henry LeTang and what Dr. LeTang would think of the DaNcE scene today. Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

Searching For Henry Part 2 - Reminiscing with Linette Doherty This is part 2 of our limited Tap Love Tour Podcast series ‘Searching For Henry' where we gather pieces from different times and places in order to Re-member the prolific Tap Dance choreographer, Dr. Henry LeTang. This week we chop it up with actor, choreographer, educator Linette Doherty. In this conversation, Linette and I reminisce about our time on set of the Showtime film ‘Bojangles' starring Gregory Hines, choreographed by Dr. Henry LeTang. Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This is part 1 of our limited Tap Love Tour Podcast series ‘Searching For Henry' where we gather pieces from different times and places in order to Re-member the prolific Tap Dance choreographer, Dr. Henry LeTang. In this episode, host Travis Knights with guest David Cox and a special appearance by Latoya Bedeau, talking about their experience working with Dr. Henry LeTang on the set of the Showtime movie ‘Bojangles'. Supplemental Audio: Club Scene from the Showtime movie Bojangles Henry's Shim Sham courtesy of Ethel Bruneau Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This week we are joined by multi-form dancer, choreographer, co-founder of Project Convergence, and resident artist at the American Tap Dance Foundation, Vikas Arun. We discuss how to engage in cross-cultural artistic practice with respect and integrity. Connect with Vikas here: https://www.vikasarun.com/convergence Supplemental Audio: Terence McKenna https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA_Dg1A2s68 GHANAN GHANAN | Project Convergence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Of8DGEw7xM&t=70s Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This a companion piece with the previous episode titled 'Rename Tap Dance'. It's taken me a minute to process this. I'm still processing things. In this episode we're going to talk about the name Hoofer as an alternative to Tap Dancer. Supplemental Audio: Henry LeTang - Tappin': The Making of Tap The Movie (1989) Sandman Sims - Tappin': The Making of Tap The Movie (1989) -Check out the full behind the scenes piece here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHZi81cCf1M&t=302s Ethel Bruneau - unreleased podcast Savion Glover - Savion Glover: Dance, History and Resistance -Check out the full interview with Savion here: https://www.facebook.com/781373185208746/videos/1035935663601949 Join our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/travisknights Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

In this week's episode, host Travis Knights proposes a strategy to begin to shed the relationship that tap has with blackface minstrelsy, by changing the name of Tap Dance itself. Send your feedback to taplovetour@gmail.com Supplemental Music: Say it Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud - James Brown Check out the full interview with Nicholas Payton here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCuBRcxfY6I Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This week I share a major revelation that will affect the rest of my life as a tap dancer. This podcast features The First Lady of Swing, Sarah Petronio and a very special surprise at the top of the episode. Supplimental Music: Jason Moran Plays Thelonious Monk's Town Hall Concert. Check out the full concert here: https://www.npr.org/2015/10/08/446866440/jason-moran-plays-thelonious-monks-town-hall-concert Check out the full interview with Sarah Petronio here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fT_pR7T42w4&t=4499s Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This week we are joined by the powerful LaTasha Barnes. She is a dancer, educator, mentor and all around heavy weight in the world of jazz dance. We discuss her new relationship to discipline, the values of jazz culture, and the significance of the names we answer to. To connect with LaTasha follow her on instagram: @tasha_b_va Supplimental Music: I Need You To by TOBE NWIGWE Pickin' The Cabbage by Cab Calloway Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This week we are joined by multidisciplinary artist and traditional healer Makhosi Ingwe yaMabala also known as Samson Brown. Samson went viral last year in a touching Gillette commercial where his father guides him through his first shave. Samson Brown is a black trans man. Our conversation is rich and varied food for the soul. This is the first podcast after the murder of George Floyd so my intro is a bit all over the place… sorry, not sorry. I do hope you get something fruitful from it. For consultation from traditional healer Makhosi Ingwe yaMabala email: makhosiingwe@gmail.com Supplimental Music: Anderson Paak - Lockdown Victoria Santa Cruz - Me Gritaron Negra Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This week we are joined by celebrated tap dancer, choreographer, entrepreneur, philanthropist Chloe Arnold. The founder and artistic director of the tap dance sensation Syncopated Ladies, shares her account of the sharp pivot that saved the DC Tap Festival amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This conversation reminds us that we always have two choices. Connect to Chloe and Maud Arnold here: https://www.chloeandmaud.com/ Supplimental Music: Syncopated Ladies + Formation + Beyonce - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5CM89-vOvw Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This week, we reflect on the wake of COVID-19 among tap dancers and swing dancers around the world. The episode features Maud Arnold (USA), Roxane Butterfly (France), Meghan Gilmore and Anaïs Sékiné (Canada), Mika Komatsu (Japan), Junior Laniyan (Chile), Tasha Lawson (Canada), Ted Louis Levy (USA), Thomas Marek (Austria), Jonas Nermyr (Sweden), Leela Petronio (France), Nico Rubio (USA), Grant Swift (Australia), and Sebastian Weber (Germany) Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

Spike Lee's film 'Bamboozled' puts Tap Dance on trial and condemns it to death. Condemn minstrelsy, yes please. Condemn blackface, all day. Condemn Tap Dance... big problem! This week we unpack Spike Lee's film 'Bamboozled' on its 20 year anniversary and rediscover a deeply painful part of the history of Tap Dance. Supplemental clips: Denzel Washington in Spike Lee's film 'Malcom X' Youtube clip: Spike Lee interview on Bamboozled with Charlie Rose (2000) Youtube clip: Malcom X - Who Taught You To Hate Yourself Watch minstrelsy montage from Bamboozled: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C45g3YP7JOk Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

Heather Cornell is celebrating 30 years of doing her essential Tap Labs in Valley Cottage, NY. The luminary Tap Dance artist joins us to talk about this year's tap labs, and the overall need for a deeper focus on process in the tap community. To register for Heather's Tap Labs visit: https://www.manhattantap.org/tap-labs Supplemental Music: Youtube clip: Chuck Green "Take The A Train" 1977 Photo courtesy of : Britta Frenz Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This is Part 2 of our conversation with the Tap Goddess of the Lower East Side, Jane Goldberg. We dive into the ins and outs of her stage act and discuss comedy and tap dance. Supplemental Music: Clip from youtube - Jane Goldberg's Take on The Origins of Tap from the 2019 Soul to Sole Tap Festival: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0CmP2jafrE&t=1s Clip from youtube - John Bubbles 'Me And My Shadow': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lvMajW4DGo&t=199s Purchase tickets for ephemeral artifacts here: https://www.travisknights.com/calendar Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This week we are joined by tap dance cultural heavyweight, producer, performing artist, teacher, and author of 'Shoot Me While I'm Happy: Memories from the Tap Goddess of the Lower East Side', Jane Goldberg. This is Part 1 of our conversation. We discuss the impact of the first tap festival she produced in 1980, and the game changing attitude of tap dance icon Gregory Hines. Supplemental Music: Clip from documentary entitled 'By Word Of Foot' Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

Fresh off their incredible appearance in the award winning Amazon Prime show The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Jaden and Ellis Foreman share their experience playing the role of the Hines Brothers and dancing at the Apollo. Supplemental Music: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Apollo scene from Episode 8 Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

We are extremely excited to have Tap Dance royalty, Maurice Hines on the show. Taped a few days shy of his 76th birthday, Mr. Hines shares a fundamental secret to performance past down to him by John Bubbles and Henry LeTang, his biggest inspirations in tap dance, and his love for his brother Gregory. Mr. Hines is the focus of a new award winning documentary by filmmaker John Carluccio titled, Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back. In 2020, audiences can catch the film at tap dance festivals and film festivals in the USA and Canada. Spring 2020, the film will run for a week at the IFC Center in New York City. For more information follow the film on social media @mauricehinesmovie. If you'd like to show your support for the film and get a very cool t-shirt, head over to MauriceHinesMovie.Com Supplemental Music: Hines, Hines & Dad - LOVE TAKES A LONG TIME GROWIN Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber

This week we are joined by the owner and operator of Art Beat Dance Center in Cedar Park, Texas, Tap Dancer and my former colleague at Tapestry Dance Company, Brenna Kuhn. Brenna and I talk about her teacher, the legendary Lloyd Storey, we expose the secret to cultivating a healthy community, and uncover the intense goodness that comes from realizing and then pursuing your calling. To support Art Beat Dance Center click here: https://www.artbeatdancecenter.com/ Supplemental Music: The Guess Who - These Eyes Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Podcast on Soundcloud and itunes: https://soundcloud.com/the-tap-love-tour itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-t…d1051033674?mt=2 Subscribe to the Tap Love Tour Youtube Channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsSfLevc4PJTChTNkmf5GVw?view_as=subscriber