More than 4,500 miles separate Dublin, Ireland, from Seattle, but the connection is close and personal for Capitol Hill resident and tap dancer Tyler Knowlin. Between 2016 and 2022, Knowlin was a ...

With a pair of tap shoes and a little courage, he's found a whole new world—helping him feel more alive in 2025. "It's opened up an entirely new world," Edwards said.

Tyrah was ready to tap dance. Like, really tap dance. In real tap shoes. For weeks, the sixth-grader and her classmates at Academy Prep Center of Tampa had practiced tap in socks and bare feet.

As part of its commitment to arts education, the Straz Center is providing tap shoes and instruction to students at Academy Prep Center of Tampa, where they participate in twice-weekly tap dance ...