I was in the front row, center stage, in my purple-and-black tap shoes, hands on hips and smiling. All eyes were on us, my tap dance group, nine of us wearing the same glittery tank top and black ...

Big band music plays over the speakers as pixie-haired Gloria Latimer’s tootsies click and clack across the onyx-colored flooring inside Ormao Dance Company. The longtime tap dancing teacher ...