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Volume 15 #5 (Summer Preview 2005):

Robert Scheerer: From Hollywood to Broadway and Back

Volume 15 #4 (February/March 2005):

Melba Huber - Advocating for Tap

Volume 15 #3 (Winter 2004):

LeRoy Meyers: November 10, 1919 - April 26, 2004

Volume 15 #2 (September/October 2004):

Bunny Briggs: A Quality of Heart

Volume 15 #1 (July/August 2004):

Leonard Reed 1907-2004

Volume 14 #5 (Summer Preview 2004):

LaVaughn Robinson: Close Rhythm King - Interviewed by Germaine Ingram

Volume 14 #4 (February/March 2004):

Dances of Warriors - New Paths in Tap

Volume 14 #3 (Winter 2003):

Gregory Hines 1946-2003

Volume 14 #2 (Fall 2003)

Volume 14 #1 (Summer 2003):

Cholly Atkins 1913-2003

Volume 13 #5 (Summer Preview 2003):

Convening at the Conventions

Volume 13 #4 (February/March 2003):

Making Tap Work One Step Beyond

Volume 13 #3 (Winter 2002):

Chicago Human Rhythm Project 02 by Lane Alexander

An interview with Jason Samuels by Steven Harper

Rhythm Is Their Business by Marda Kirn

Live Music In Dance Performance: A Possible Future by Daniel Organ

Cracking the Collaborative Nut Part 2: A Closing the Gap Conversation with Drika Overton, Paul Arslanian, and Josh Hilberman

Volume 13 #2 (Fall 2002):

Russia: A Warm Tap Welcome After the Cold War by Brenda Bufalino

Cracking the Collaborative Nut: A Closing The Gap Conversation with Drika Overton, Paul Arslanian, and Josh Hilberman

The Buster Brown Story: To Buster with Love by Kurt Albert and Klaus Bleis

Tap Legends, Tap Comers by Sali Ann Kreigsman

Generations Apart: The Stories of Tap and Time Part 2: Closing the Gap with Jo Rowan, Fayard Nicholas, Prince Spencer, and Lyndy Franklin

Volume 13 #1 (May-June 2002):

Closing the Gap Part 2: Danel and Kalaf: Tunes, Tapping, Technology and More: A Conversation with Sam Weber

Diggin' Dean Diggins Part 3: An Interview With Dean Diggins by Joshua Hilberman

Generations Apart: The Stories of Their Time: Closing the Gap with Jo Rowan, Fayard Nicholas, Prince Spencer, and Lyndy Franklin

Volume 12 #6 (March-April 2002):

A Tribute to Carnell Lyons by Kurt Albert and Klaus Bleis

Closing the Gap: Danel & Kalaf: Tunes, Tapping Technology And More: A Conversation with Sam Weber

Diggin' Dean Diggins Part 2: An Interview With Dean Diggins by Josh Hilberman

Volume 12 #5 (Jan-Feb 2002):

steve zee - Tappin' At the Maxx by Barry L. Weiss

Diggin' Dean Diggins Part I: An Interview with Dean Diggins by Joshua Hilberman

From Picks and Chitlins to "Bring In 'Da Noise' an Anecdotal History of Tap by Max Pollak

Volume 12 #4 (Nov-Dec 2001):

First New York Tap Festival Honors Hines, Kirn, and New York Tap Committee by Melba Huber

The German American Connection: Closing the Gap with Kurt Albert and Klaus Bleis, with Josh Hilberman and Brenda Bufalino

The Birth of a Festival Part 2: A Closing the Gap Conversation with Marda Kirn, Tony Waag and Sarah Petronio

Stories from Studios, Stage & Screen Part 3: A Closing the Gap Conversation with Christy Hernandez, Jim Taylor and Fred Strickler

Volume 12 #3 (Sept-Oct 2001):

The Birth of a Festival: A Closing the Gap Conversation with Marda Kirn, Tony Waag and Sarah Petronio

Stories from Studios, Stage & Screen Part 2: A Closing the Gap Conversation with Christy Hernandez, Jim Taylor and Fred Strickler

Volume 12 #2 (July-Aug 2001):

Tapping Into Herself about Ellie Sciarra by Catherine Williams

The Life and Times of Bill Robinson: An Interview with Gregory Hines by Virginia Binko

Stories from Studio, Stage & Screen: A Closing the Gap Conversation with Christy Hernandez, Jim Taylor, and Fred Strickler

Oklahoma City University: On Top in Tap by Lindy Franklin

Volume 12 #1 (May-June 2001):

Elite Young Tap Dancers Are Out There! by Melba Huber

Closing the Gap: Makin' Money to Cabaret With: Rod Ferrone and Phace Roberts Talk with Max Pollak

Closing The Gap: Part 2 of 2: Jeni LeGon and Ernie Smith with Acia Gray

Volume 11, #6 (March-April 2001):

Closing the Gap Part 1 of 2: Jeni LeGon and Ernie Smith with Acia Gray

Harriet "Quicksand" Browne: Part 2 of 2: An Interview with Constance Valis Hill From The Archives of the Dance Division of the New York Public Library

Tapping Our History Forward Part 2: Excerpts from the Dance Heritage Coalition's Ten Year Plan

Volume 11 #5 (Jan-Fed 2001):

Footnotes Timesteps by Ann Kilkelly

Harriet "Quicksand" Browne: An Interview With Constance Valis Hill Part 1 of 2 from the Archives of the Dance Division of the New York Public Library

Tapping Our History Forward: Excerpts From The Dance Heritage Coalition's Ten Year Plan

Volume 11 #4 (Nov-Dec 2000):

Japanese Tap Professionals Attend The St. Louis Tap Festival by Melba Huber

Closing the Gap: Tap Dance Companies: Brenda Bufalino talks with Acia Gray and Debbie Mitchell

Volume 11 #3 (Sept-Oct 2000):

Harold Nicholas: 1921-2000 by Constance Valis Hill

Closing The Gap: Linda Sohl Donnell and Leonard Reed with Fred Strickler

Leonard Reed: An Interview with Leonard Reed Part 2 by Fred Strickler

;Volume 11 #2 (July-Aug 2000):

The Fred Kelly: (1916-2000) by Melba Huber

Leonard Reed: An Interview with Leonard Reed by Fred Strickler

Save Those Taps!!: The Dance Heritage Coalition by Marda Kirn

Volume 11 #1 (May-June 2000):

Dancing In The Middle by Melba Huber

Photographing Tap: Interview with Peter Petronio by Leela Petronio

Electronic Tap Part 2: Why? By Michael "Shoehorn" Conley

Volume 10 #6 (March-Apr 2002):

Danny Daniels and the Tap Dance Concerto by Melba Huber

"It Don't Mean a Thing" What is Swing? by Brenda Dixon Gottschild

Brotherhood in Rhythm: About the Nicholas brothers by Constance Valis Hill

Volume 10 #5 (Jan-Feb 2000):

Young Women in Tap Break Through, Part III: Ayodele Casel Advises Girls: "Stay Focused to Succeed" by Melba Huber

Taps are Talking Women in Tap: Delno Polk Bailey by Ellie Sciarra

Who is The Most Important Tap Duo Of All Time? by Melba Huber

Volume 10, #4 (Nov-Dec 1999):

The Dormeshia Sumbry Story by Melba Huber

An Interview with Brenda Bufalino by Steven Harper

Brenda Bufalino: The Quintessential Jazz Artist by Constance Valis Hill

An Introduction to Electronic Tap Dance- by Michael "Shoehorn" Conley

Volume 10 #3 (Sept-Oct 1999):

Women in Tap Break Through by Melba Huber

Moving Through and Beyond The Issue of Issues: A Conversation for "Closing the Gap" with Brenda Bufalino and Sarah Petronio, led by Acia Gray

Tap Like You Mean It, Oh Jerry Boy!! an article about Jerry Reed by D'Lana Y Lockett

Volume 10 #2 (July-Aug 1999):

The (Unfinished) Story of Multi-A: A Hopeful Approach to the Arts in England by Melvyn Windfield

Closing the Gap, II, Part Two of A Conversation Guided by Max Pollak With Buster Brown and Roxane Semadeni

Sharing, Baring, Caring a Conversation: A "Closing the Gap" Discussion with Sarah Petronio, Jimmy Slyde and Leela Petronio

All that Jazz: Linking Jazz Music and Dance Programs to Museum Exhibitions by Susan Goldbetter

Volume 10 #1 (May-June 1999):

In Memory of Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates: The Legend Dies at 91 in South Carolina by Melba Huber

Closing the Gap, A Conversation Guided by Max Pollak with Buster Brown and Roxane Semadeni

An Interview with Tina Pratt Part II: Conclusion of Max Pollak's Conversation With Tina by Max Pollak

Volume 9 #6 (Mar-Apr 1999):

An Interview with Tina Pratt: An Interview with One of the Legends of Tap by Max Pollak

Kennedy Kids Tap Company Visits Cuba by Melba Huber

Volume 9 #5 (Jan-Feb, 1999):

The Souls of Your Feet: An Interview with Acia Gray by Marda Kirn

Internet Tap Dance Sites: A Review of The Internet as of March 18, 1998 by Sam Katz

Tap Dancing in India, Part Two by Jane Goldberg

Interview with Beth McGuire by Virginia Binko

Volume 9 #4 (Nov-Dec 1998):

These Are TheGood Old Days, A Bird's Eye View of the Flowering and Future of Tap by Sali Ann Kriegsman

A Conversation with Cholly: Views on the Success of the St. Louis Tap Festival by Susan Abbott-Doskocil

Onstage and Off, Hoofers Step Out by Bruce Weber

Volume 9 #3 (Sept-Oct 1988):

An Interview With Barry Harris by Constance Valis Hill

Volume 9 #2 (July-Aug 1998):

Reflections On Directions For the ITA from Leaders in the Field

Dancin': The Africanization of American Movement: The History Exhibit of the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center by Barbara Glass

Volume 9 #1 (May-June 1998):

Delilah Jackson: Preserving the Dream an interview by Jackie Szablewski

Volume 8 #6 (Mar-Apr 1998):

Savion Glover, A tribute to "a living repository of rhythm". By Laraine Goodman

Volume 8 #5 (Jan-Feb 1998):

The Tap Composer & The Tap Renaissance, Excerpts of an essay and interview with Fred Strickler. By Brenda Bufalino

Volume 8 #4 (Nov-Dec 1997):

Bebop Hoofer Leon Collins Sang Melodies With His Feet. By David Wadsworth

Memories of "The Great Feats of Feet" of Leslie "Bubba" Gaines. By Brenda Bufalino

Volume 8 #3 (Sept-Oct 1997):

"Tap Happens": An Interview with Germaine Ingram. By Sharon Arslanian

Q and A From "Rhythm is Their Business". Concluding portion of Colorado Dance Festival Panel Discussion

Volume 8 #2 (July-August 1997):

Rhythm is Their Business: Individual Approaches to Creating Rhythms. A Colorado Dance Festival Panel Discussion

Clean and Simple. Single beat steps and rests. By Bernie Lenhoff

Volume 8 #1 (May-June 1997):

The Real Jimmy Slyde: an interview. By Max Pollak

Cleaning Up The Scrapes. By Rod Howell

Volume 7 #6 (March-April 1997):

These Boots Were Made For Tappin': Talking with Dein Perry of Tap Dogs. By Marda Kirn

Looking Back: Stories of Elaine Robb Smith. By Diana E. Smith

Volume 7 #5 (Jan-Feb 1997):

Sharing the Train with Chuck Green: A Glimpse of the Journey. By Jane Goldberg

Off the Beaten Path. Dance step Instruction. By Bernie Lenhoff 

Volume 7 #4 (Nov-Dec 1996):

Did Tap Ever Really Die? Tap: 1960-1980--from "Entertainment" to Art Form as witnessed by Billie Mahoney.

Paddle and Roll. Dance step instruction. By Bernie Lenhoff

Volume 7 #3 (Sept-Oct 1996):

'Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk', Bring in 'Dabates. By Jane Goldberg

Rhapsody in Taps Anniversary Notes. By Carolyn Clarke with Linda Sohl-Donnell

Volume 7 #2 (July-Aug 1996):

Maceo Anderson: An Original Step Brother. By Melba Huber

An Interview with William Orlowski. By Virginia Binko

Volume 7 #1 (May-June 1996):

One on One with Sarah Petronio. By Leela Petronio

Alfred Desio on Electronic Tap. By Alfred Desio

Volume 6 #6 (March-April 1996):

Memoirs of a Tap Workshop Fanatic. By Camilla Mauzy.

Setting up the Tap-Tronic™ System - Part One. By Alfred Desio

Volume 6 #5 (Jan-Feb 1996):

The Three Dukes. By Arthur Russell

Seize the Day: Tips for National Tap Dance Day. By Carol Vaughn

Learning to Tap: A Guide for Students and Teachers. By Bernie Lenhoff

Volume 6 #4 (Nov-Dec 1995):

Setting the record straight: Documenting African American Tap Dance in Philadelphia. By Germaine Ingram and Debora Kodish

From "Beyond Memory" Sections 2 and 3 by the Dance Heritage Coalition. (Discusses dance documentation and provides introduction to archival and preservation management.)

Volume 6 #3 (Sept-Oct 1995):

Anita Feldman - Improv: Developing your own style. By Anita Feldman as excerpted from Inside Tap

Brenda Bufalino: Thoughts on Improv Part Two. An interview by Steve Clorfeine

Volume 6 #2 (July-Aug 1995):

Brenda Bufalino: Thoughts on Improv. Part One of an interview by Steve Clorfeine

From "Beyond Memory" Section One by the Dance Heritage Coalition

Volume 6 #1 (May-June 1995):

Herbin On Improv: A Personal View. By Herbin Van Cayseele

No Rests for the Restless. By Bernie Lenhoff. (An article on tap dance steps linking flaps and shuffles without rests.)

Volume 5 #6 (March-April 1995):

What We Tap Dancers Were Doing In The 1950's. By Billie Mahoney

Tap on the Internet. By Paul Corr

Volume 5 #5 (Jan-Feb 1995):

Crisis: Cultural Funding in America Urgently Needs Your Help. By Marda Kirn and Susie Box

Paddles & Roll - Using Press Cramp Roll. By Bernie Lenhoff

Volume 5 #4 (Nov-Dec 1994):

Foot Cultures of the World: Tap Meets Kathak. By Jane Goldberg

"Cows on Canes; Hats in Rhythm" or some thoughts on working with props. By Gracey Tune

Volume 5 #3 (Sept-Oct 1994):

Lighting Design for Tap Dance Festivals. By Kathy Pryzgoda

Just Paddling Around. By Bernie Lenhoff. (An article for folks who have exhausted the paddle and roll material.)

Volume 5 #2 (July-Aug 1994):

The Revival's Over But Are We Past the Renaissance Yet? By Constance Valis Hill

Calculated Rhythm: How to Invent Paddle and Roll Steps. By Bernie Lenhoff

Volume 5 #1 (May-June 1994):

How We Got Our Day: The Struggle for National Tap Dance Day. By Nicola Daval and Carol Vaughn

Notes from the Road. By Sally Sommer. (A journal type article on the 1994 Boston Dance Umbrella's "Fascinating Rhythms Tour")

Linda Sohl-Donnell: A Los Angeles Inspiration. An interview by Rusty Frank. Edited by Rusty Frank

Volume 4 #6 (March-April 1994):

Footprints Frozen In Time. By Joan Hill. (An article on Joan's Tap-a-scat-a-matic Bebop System of Tap notation and impressions on Leon Collins.)

Improv 101 Part I. By Bernie Lenhoff

Volume 4 #5 (Jan-Feb 1994):

The Shim-Sham Shimmy. By Jane Goldberg

Improv 101 Part II. By Bernie Lenhoff

Volume 4 #4 (Nov-Dec 1993):

Since You Asked. By Lynn Dally

The Silver Belles. By Melba Huber

Volume 4 #3 (Sept-Oct 1993):

Tap It or Doodles of a Rattler. An Op-Ed by Ira Bernstein

Electronic Tap. By Shoehorn

Volume 4 #2 (July-Aug 1993):

Writing About Tap: Some Issues. By Jane Goldberg

A Rep Encounter: An Interview with Eric Stewart. By Susie Box

Volume 4 #1 (May-June 1993):

National Tap Dance Day: Resonating Far and Wide. By Susie Box

Bill Robinson Biography. (An extrapolation from the American Dictionary of Biography and Webster's American Biographies.)

 Volume 3 # 6 (March-April 1993):

Eddie Brown - July 27, 1918 to December 28, 1992. By Carolyn Clarke and Sam Katz

What's Happening at the Spina Studio: An Appreciation. By Suzanne Rafer

Volume 3 #5 (Jan-Feb 1993):

Sherry Zeug Named 1992 Condos Scholarship Recipient. By Lina Christenson

Volume 3 #4 (Nov-Dec 1992):

Journeys of a Tap Dancer. By Brenda Bufalino

Manhattan Tap: A Transformation. By Manhattan Tap

Volume 3 #3 (Sept-Oct 1992):

National Tap Dance Day From Coast to Coast.

"SuperMoms" of Tap. By Katherine Kramer

Volume 3 #2 (July-Aug 1992):

Jelly Jams.

The Changing Times Tap Archive. By Jane Goldberg

Volume 3 #1 (May-June 1992):

National Tap Dance Day: A Brief History. By ITA and T.A.P.

Eddie Brown: Portrait of a Tap Legend. By Carolyn Clarke

Volume 2 #6 (March-April 1992):

The Kennedy Center Honors the Nicholas Brothers.

Volume 2 #5 (Jan-Feb 1992):

Condos Fund Awards First Scholarships.

Volume 2 #4 (Nov-Dec 1991):

In Memoriam: Charles "Cookie" Cook. By Susan Goldbetter

Volume 2 #3 (Sept-Oct 1991):

Charles "Honi" Coles Receives Medal of Arts.

*Please note: Newsletter Volume 1, numbers 1-6, and Volume 2, number 1 and 2 were published in addition to the seasonal ITA Journal. Newsletter issues contained primarily Calendar events listings, contact names and numbers and letters from the ITA Director. The journals, catalogued below, contained feature articles.

Journal Volume 3 #1 (Spring-Summer 1991):

What's New In Tap, or Should I Ask? By Constance Valis Hill

It May Be One But It's Not the Only. By Ira Bernstein

Body Music. By Keith Terry

Topical Tap. By Sarah Safford

Ode to the Tap Dancer Steve Condos. By Brenda Bufalino

Steve Condos. By Lorraine Condos

Stolen Moments. By Dorothy Wasserman

Journal Volume 2 #3 (Spring 1990):

Smooth and Mellow. By Sally Sommer

Tapping With Honi. By Jane Goldberg

Which Foot Are You Standing On? By Sam Weber

Journal Volume 2 #2 (Winter 1990):

Tap Series Dialogue. With Sally Sommer

Tap On Campus. By Pamela Raff

John Bubbles: A Hoofer's Homage. By Jane Goldberg

Dance 215: A Tap Syllabus. By Susan Hughes Gingrasso

What Is this Thing Called Tap. By Sarah Petronio

Journal Volume 2 #1 (Fall 1989):

The Vocal Choreography of Cholly Atkins. By Jacqui Malone.

Zen Tap: Jimmy Slyde's Lesson. By Jane Goldberg

Tap Dance In Public Education: A Personal Perspective. By Pam Thompson

Linda Sohl-Donnell on Teaching. By Carolyn Clarke

Educating an Audience. By Susan Goldbetter

How to Get a Foothold. By Anita Feldman

Who's Tapping Now? By Leslie Tryon

In Answer to Some Questions. By Jane Goldberg

Tap Dance and Education. By Joan Hill

Radical Tap Dance Technique: Interview with Rosie Radiator. By Pay Won

The Way I See It. By Steve Condos.

Passionate Percussion. By Constance Valis Hill

Journal Volume 1 #3 (Spring 1989):

Black and Blue. By Constance Valis Hill

800 Yards of Shiny Stuff. By Joan Acocella

The Freedom of Limitation. By Rick Good

A Drum Is a tap dancer. By Jane Goldberg

Tap Scored. By Anita Feldman

"Ain't Nothing Ever Controlled Me, Except the Music". Jo Jones by Chris Belliou

Jim Roberts: A Tap Dancer's musician. By Jane Goldberg

Performing With a Pick-Up Band. By Brenda Bufalino

Paula Abdul Taps on Music Video. By Dorothy Wasserman

Milt and Honi. By Louise Tiranoff

Journal Volume 1 #2 (February 1989):

Tap Comes to Dance in America. By Sally Sommer

Beyond the Solo. By Brenda Bufalino

Solos for the Uncoverted a la Maison. By Jane Goldberg

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Tapper. By Sarah Petronio

The Tap Dance instrument. By Anita Feldman

Journal/Newsletter 1 #1 (Fall 1988):

Tap Floors: Hear That Beat. By The Colorado Dance Festival

The Tap Communities

Guilt and Discovery: A Critic Comes to Boston. By Suzanne Levy

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