Tapology’s Blog and News page is where rhythm meets story. Here you’ll find updates on upcoming festivals, educational programs, community partnerships, and the people who keep tap alive in Flint and beyond. From behind the scenes moments to major milestones, this space captures the pulse of Tapology as it continues to educate, inspire, and build legacy through the art of tap dance.
How Tapology, a Flint institution, is putting tap shoes to work in the fight for our children’s reading futures. Walk into a classroom at Brownell or Potter Elementary this year and you might hear something you would not expect in a reading lesson. A steady beat. Feet finding the rhythm
A Letter from Frances: Our Film Is Here Friend of Tapology, The trailer for our documentary, Matters of the He(A)rt, is out now. It opens where every dancer begins, with rhythm, drawing a line from the beat of the human heart to the turning of the universe, and showing tap
For more than two decades, something extraordinary has happened every year in the Flint Cultural District. Hundreds of students, many of whom have never experienced live performance art, flood into the Flint Public Library and Flint Institute of Arts. By the time they leave, they have discovered something about themselves
There’s a science to rhythm that tap dancers understand better than most. Every beat requires precision. Every sequence demands discipline. And every performance is built on a foundation of breath, pulse, and timing—, all controlled by the heart. Last year, that heart nearly stopped. Alfred Bruce Bradley—, the visionary who
