Customer Reviews
The definitive reference guide to the greatest tappers of all time! - By: David Carroll, 17 Mar 2007 
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As someone who has been lucky enough to study tap dance with Rusty Frank, I have been wanting to read this book for a long time now, but never really got round to it.
Now I have, I can only gasp at the amount of research that must have gone into providing us with such an account of tap through the ages. As the most enthusiastic tap lover I have ever met, Rusty's passion pours outin every page, each dancers story lovingly told with care & thought given to the preservation of this great dance form. This book neatly puts into words & pictures the real love that is tap - & its not the steps, or the rhythms or the styles... it's the way it makes you feel.
I genuinely do not think that the history of tap has ever or ever will be documented as well as this, covering such a huge timescale.
The only disappointmentin this book is that as an American, Rusty only deals with tap as an American dance form. As a British tapper, I think it is a shame that we are such a long way away from having a book that encompasses tap & it's great tap dancers from all over the world. From it's early beginnings, tap has grown to dominate dance schools, clubs, theatres & a whole variety of venues throughout the world & this serves ony to enrich the future of what isin my opinion, the greatest dance genre of them all.
A great book - read, enjoy, get yourself out to a dance class today!
Read!!!! - By: , 29 Jun 1999 
I just dont understand why tap dancing is disapearing it is the most intruiging type of dance i have ever taken & am still taking...hoping to go pro someday since i am only a teen. To make a long story short this book & it's amazing Gregory Hines has inspired me to go for my dreams, & to keep tap dancing alive.
