Channing Cooke-Holmes

Gregg Russell

Gregg Russell  is an Emmy nominated choreographer and has worked with such stars as: Bette Midler, Gene Kelly, The Nicholas Brothers, Michael Jackson, Gregory Hines, and Kenny Ortega. He directed a commercial for Carvel Ice Cream, and has also performed…

Denice Scheerer

Dan Dailey

Dan Dailey (December 14, 1915-October 16, 1978) was born in New York where he began his career on Broadway. In 1940 he signed with MGM and came to Los Angeles to act and perform in film. His was nominated for an…

Jim Taylor

Jim Taylor

Jim Taylor, Professional Dancer, Choreographer, Teacher, Tap Dance Columnist, and Tap Dance Historian. Jim Taylor, a veteran of over 55 years in the professional dance business, has worked as a dancer/choreographer in approzimately 40 professional musicals onstage, numerous TV shows…

Peggy Spina

Linda Sohl-Ellison

Linda Sohl-Ellison

LINDA SOHL-ELLISON, Artistic Director and Choreographer for Rhapsody In Taps, performed with several modern dance companies before co-founding Rhapsody In Taps with Toni Tack in 1981. Based in Long Beach, California, Rhapsody In Taps is a company of seven-nine tap…

Beverly Scott

Bob Scheerer, Tap Dancer, 1940s.  Photographer unknown.

Bob Scheerer

Bob  Scheerer was born near Santa Barbara, California on December 28,1928. Six years later, now in San Bernardino, his parents saw a local talent show that included a neighbor’s son tap dancing.  Bob’s mother was impressed and said, “Bobby should…

Eleanor Powell