AS SOON AS I heard the sharp clicketyclack of my teacher’s tap shoes on the floor, I was smitten. People look joyful when tap dancing for a reason. Dancing boosts energy. Add in the satisfying, ...

Ebony Cross was only a third-grader when she made her two best friends take tap-dancing lessons with her. Now, at 17, Cross drags them to tap lessons half an hour early and does impromptu practice ...

Trying to lure in enough neighbors to make an adult dance class take off, a friend recently circulated an email invitation for “Fun! Exercise! Wine! Tap dancing!” As a stay-at-home mother in my ...