And I did that by way of the tappers, because the tappers have been there from day one, from Master Juba [in the 1840s, ...

Before tap dancing even had a name, it had an early great practitioner: a black dancer in 1840s New York known as Master Juba, who a visiting Charles Dickens described as “dancing with two left ...

Master Juba may be one that is unfamiliar to you ... not only for his singing ability but also for his dancing. Perhaps you are with me now and recognize that these men and women were all Black ...

The legacy of tap dancing can be traced from William Henry Lane, also known as Master Juba, one of the first Black performers to play for white audiences in the 1840s, to the Nicholas Brothers, who ...

It’s a dance style with a complex history that dates ... And by William Henry Lane, known as Master Juba, who was popular in the 1840s and put tap on the map as a theatrical art form.

Sloan drew inspiration from a dance popularized in the mid-19th century by William Henry Lane, an African American performer known as "Master Juba." Lane famously competed against Irish American ...

A speaker brought focus to Master Juba, a man known as the “father of tap dance.” The term ‘to break,’ meaning “to get hype, to get excited,” is the origin of breakdancing.