BroadwayWorld

M.A.D.D. Rhythms Celebrates National Tap Dance Day and More This May

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. "One of our deep held beliefs is 'Respect the Dance!" And we embrace that ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Chicago tap dancer Bril Barrett honored as National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellow

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Bril Barrett has been transforming lives through tap dancing in Chicago for decades, giving students a creative escape from the inner city. The National Endowment for the Arts has ...
BroadwayWorld

M.A.D.D. Rhythms Annual Celebration Of Tap, The Chicago Tap Summit, Returns

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Chicago Reader

In Motion: Chicago’s M.A.D.D. Rhythms is on a mission to share the gospel of tap

Around the dawn of the new millennium, Chicago tap dancer Bril Barrett began to share his love of tap dance with his little brother and other local Black kids at the Sammy Dyer School of the Theatre ...
Chicago Reader

M.A.D.D. Rhythms honors the pioneers of tap in Hoofin’ It

Ja'bowen Dixon offers instruction in one of the classes available at M.A.D.D. Rhythms Tap Summit 2019 Credit: Courtesy M.A.D.D. Rhythms As of this year, October 1 becomes M.A.D.D. Rhythms Day in the ...
Chicago Tribune

Respect tradition, go forward: Tap dance in Chicago doesn’t want to stay still, and Rhythm World is the place to see it this summer

Chicago has long been a breeding ground for tap dance, and the city’s flagship summer festival, Rhythm World, is back. Now in his second year on the job, director Jumaane Taylor looks to put his ...