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Dulé Hill’s History of Tap Dance

7m 45s

Dulé Hill has been tap dancing since the age of three, and launched his career shortly after when he was cast in the national tour of the Broadway show, The Tap Dance Kid. Dulé explores his love of tap, and the history of this American dance form.

Aired: 05/15/24
This program was made possible by a grant from Anne Ray Foundation.
Extras
Dulé meets incarcerated playwrights who are breaking the cycle of violence in Chicago.
Larry & Joe are blending Latin folk and bluegrass music to show music has no borders.
Dulé Hill explores how music can provide solace and healing with musician Amythyst Kiah.
A Syrian-American musician brings awareness to the civil war in his family’s homeland.
Deaf dancer Shaheem Sanchez changes how Dulé Hill thinks about dance.
In Chicago, Dulé Hill explores why art and activism are synonymous.
Dulé Hill learns Afro-Contemporary dance with Vershawn Sanders Ward.
Dulé Hill joins the Andre Theatre Collective for their first casting session.
Bassel Almadani and his band, Bassel & The Supernaturals, perform the song “Black Water.”
Dulé Hill meets refugee children with Bassel Almadani at the Syrian Community Network.