Bill "Bojanglea" Robinsonis famous for creating a light, clear tap sound produced mostly by dancing on the balls of the feet. He is credited with making tap dancing into what it is known today – dance on the toes, upright, light, and swinging. He is one of the best to know African-American entertainers of the time, and he broke many boundaries of the racially segregated industry. He is also famous for his roles and dances with Shirkey Temple in musicals "The Little Colonel" and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm", which were the first interracial dances in Hollywood.
Gene Kelly is today best remembered for his performances in the movies "Singing in the Rain" and "An American in Paris". In his movies, he did his stunt work by himself. He had a long career in tap and jazz dances. With his energetic performances, he popularized the tap dancing.
Katherine Dunham, Afro-American tap dancer also called "matriarch and queen mother of black dance", influenced bringing Afro-Caribbean dance in the spotlight in the 1940s. Dunham innovated modern Afro American dance with this and developed her own Dunham Technique. She opened her famous Dunham School of Dance and Theatre in New York, which offered a unique mixture of courses in dance (tap, ballet, folk and Dunham technique), and anthropology, sociology, philosophy, and languages.
Gregory Hines is considered to be one of the most famous and celebrated tap dancers of all time. Thanks to his contribution, tap dance was introduced back into the choreography in the late 20th century.He starred in more than 40 films and numberless Broadway shows.
Savion Glover is currently the living legend of tap dance. He is the youngest person ever to get the scholarship for Newark Community School of the Arts. Before he even became the teenager, he landed a leading role on Broadway. His work helped combine tap dance into the world of modern dance, and he has influenced many artists today.
