In the parlance of tap dance professionals, a “class act” is one that stresses taste, urbanity and graceful manners over showiness and virtuosity. And the classiest of the classy was Charles “Honi” ...

In 1989, George H.W. Bush officially declared May 25 National Tap Dance Day. (This date was chosen because it was the birthday of famous tapper Bill “Bojangles” Robinson.) So, 25 years later, we’d ...