"TAP DANCE LEGENDS"

                                                      "GREGORY HINES"

     Tap dancing his way out of the ghetto, Gregory Hines has been considered one of the Top Tap Dancers of his generation. By age 6 he and his brother Maurice were performing at the famed Apollo Theater in harlem. It's been said that as a TAP DANCE LEGEND, Gregory Hines could paint Rhythms with Space rather than Sound.

          Gregory Hines, with his smooth solo Tap Style became Internationally known after Tap Dancing started rebuilding in the 70's.  Gregory Hines with many of the TAP DANCE LEGENDS Elders and Master Artists have inspired new generations.

             Audiences listen intently as Gregory Hines plays it dangerously throwing unexpected things out to the audience.  When you see Gregory smile while improvising it might be because he surprised himself by inventing a new step during his performance. This TAP DANCE LEGEND, feels passionately that Tap Dancing must  defend its choreographic integrity by "improvography," a new word which Hines coined. It means using your imagination to create choreography instantaneously.

             Gregory Hines feels that the future of Tap isn't in the mechanics, but in the boldness of the NEW Tap Dancers and choreographers, with percussive phrases of a composer, the Rhythms of a drummer and the training to be a Dancer..!

                  TAP DANCE LEGEND GREGORY HINES