The Tap Love Tour Podcast

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

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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

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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

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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'

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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

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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

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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

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This week we are joined by the #OriginalHackneyHipster, celebrated U.K. based Jazz Dancer, Angela Andrew. We laugh a lot, discuss responsibility to the elders of the form (including Franky Manning, Norma Miller and Ethel Bruneau), and put Whiteness under a microscope.

Connect with Angela Andrew here: https://about.me/angela_andrew

Supplemental Music:

Billie Holiday - Swing Brother Swing

Kendrick Lamar - Yah

Supplimental audio:

James Baldwin - Author James Baldwin On Being Black In America - 1960 (available on youtube)

James Baldwin - James Baldwin Debates William F. Buckley (1965) (available on youtube)

Richard Delgado, David Roediger, Jane Junn - Whiteness: The Meaning of a Racial, Social and Legal Construct (available on youtube)

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We are joined by the director of the new film Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back, John Carluccio, and two multi-talented features in the film, John and Leo Manzari. The film explores the incredible journey of legendary tap dancer, singer, actor, director, Maurice Hines and premieres this Sunday, Nov.10th, 2019 at Doc NYC. For tickets visit: https://www.docnyc.net/film/maurice-hines-bring-them-back/

Connect with Leo Manzari here: https://leomanzari.com/

Connect with John Manzari on Instagram here: @johnmanzari

Supplemental Music:

Hines, Hines & Dad ‎– I Never Had Your Lovin'

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Today we are joined by NYC based tap dancer and artistic director of The Dolo Project, Dolores Sanchez. We discuss the inspiration behind the new works being created in The Dolo Project, NYC tap dance culture, knowledge of self and the dangers of seeking validation.

Keep up with The Dolo Project on Instagram: @thedoloproject

Supplemental Music:

Dry Soul - Bud Powell

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