Hampshire College

Hampshire College and the Five College dance department invite the public to a book-signing event for Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History by Constance Valis Hill on Monday, April 5, at 5 p.m. in the recital hall of Hampshire’s music and dance building.

Researched and written over the past decade by Five College Professor Hill, who is based at Hampshire, Tap Dancing America is an inclusive cultural history, the first to prominently highlight outstanding female tap dancers as well as male dancers. It is published by Oxford University Press.

In addition to author Hill, tap dancer Dianne Walker, star of the Broadway musical Black and Blue, will be present. Walker wrote the foreword to Tap Dancing America.

Other scheduled events for Tap Dancing America

Saturday, March 6, 7:30 p.m.
Barnes and Noble Bookstore—Lincoln Triangle
1972 Broadway
New York, NY
Author Constance Valis Hill will sign books with Broadway jazz dancer and choreographer Mercedes Ellington, with a special guest performance by tap dancer Karen Callaway.

Saturday, March 27, 1-3 p.m.
Smithsonian Institute
National Museum of American History
14 Constitution Avenue Northeast
Washington, DC
Hill will present and sign books with Broadway jazz tape dancer Dianne Walker, who wrote the foreword to Tap Dancing America. Special guest tap dancers Jason Samuels Smith, Chloe Arnold, Michelle Dorrance, and Jason Janas, all of whom are featured in the book.