My mom always had me and my brother watching old Fred Astaire movies.
Other dances are like languages, like French or Spanish, but my steps are slang, and slang is always changing.
We need these figures who don't exactly go against the grain but create a new grain.
Everything has to do with meditation. It's a conversation; it's a joy - it's everything.
I've never looked at what I do as show business, I guess, because of my connection to the art and how I was introduced to the dance.
I dance anywhere. I just start moving my feet.
I can hold a note, but that's about it.
What I'm trying to do is bring young people into doing tap so that the art form will keep going.
Every performance is different because I'm different; my mood is different.
I did a production called 'Classical Savion,' where I did some Shostakovich, Mendelssohn, Bach, Vivaldi, and all these great pieces.
I'm thankful I am able to continue to share the joy and the inspiration tap brings.
I'm committed to the purity of my art form.
The youth coming up is interested in dance now, and they're coming to the shows. That's a blessing for those of us who create.
Whatever you do, just learn about what you're doing; get into it.
Jimmy Slyde was more a musician than a dancer; Greg Hines was more musician than dancer.
I want to entertain, but I'm interested in a whole range of feelings.
There's a whole new generation who know about tap dancing thanks to 'Happy Feet.'
I deal with more complex rhythmical patterns than a regular tap dancer. I even think in rhythms.
They're taking away the arts programmes in the schools, and that's a terrible thing.
I don't deal in terminology, I deal with expressions colors, shapes, tones, characteristics.
For me, the importance in learning about the dance is using it as a voice. It's not about a step, it's about a way to express oneself.
I don't really care what the visual is looking like. I've gotten away from - not shenanigans, but spectacle.
My style is raw; my style is '95. My style is what I live. My style is my story.
I like to express myself inside of the work that is given, and I let the dancers do the same.
