Tap Dancing for Seniors

Information about tap dancing for senior citizens.

Instructional Tap DVDs for Older Adults
Series of three instructional videos designed to teach older adults to tap dance. Features lessons taught Vicki Riordan, owner of the Tap Pups tap dancing school for older adults and director of the Tap Pups adult performing ensemble.

Ensembles of Senior Age Tap Dancers
Information about performing ensembles of tap dancers featuring tap dancers in their 60's, 70's, and 80's.

Tap Dancing In Your 80's

Alan Beattie Teaching Tap in His 80's
British tap dancer Alan Beattie appeared on Britain's Got Talent" in 2013 and on another television show in 2017. He teaches tap dancing to a group of seniors at an Age UK leisure Center.

Arne Mayala Started Tap Dancing at Age 85
U.S. navy veteran Arne Mayala start taking tap dancing lessons at age 85 at the Dance Tech Studios in Forest Lake Minnesota. He travels 40 miles to that studio every week to study tap every week with tap instructor Brad Madison.
- Video Featuring 85 Year Old Dancer Arne Mayala

Tap Dancing In Your 90's

June Vine Still Dancing at Age 90
Herald Sun "June Vine Stars With Roslyn Hendy Group" Article

Maxine Ross Teaching Tap at Age 90
90 year old Maxine Ross of Toronto, Ontario, Canada teaches one tap dancing class a week and she has no plans to hang up her tap shoes any time soon.
- City News Canada "Maxine Ross" Article
- Facebook "Maxine Ross" Page

Louise Neistat (1919-2011)
Tap dancer Louise Neistat was born in 1919 and she danced as a Rockette during World War II. She was still teaching tap dancing in her 90's, up to six days a week, her attic dance studio.
- Video and Tribute to Louise Neistat by Her Son Casey
- Tribute to Louise Neistat by Her Daughter Margo
- New London's Rockette Dies at 92
- Obituary of Louise Cecile Neistat
Son: Casey Neistat's Facebook Page
Daughter: Margo Neistat's Facebook Page

Jeanne Froman Tap Dancing at Age 93
F Great-Grandmother Jeanne Froman of San Antonio, Texas is still tap dancing at age 93, according to this 2016 article published on the Fox San Antonio Web site.

Video:
Reggio the Hoofer With 92 Year Old Brownie Brown

Videos of Seniors Tap Dancing

More Videos of Tap Dancing Seniors
- Step Sisters Senior Ensemble Fly the Coop
- Time Steppers of Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Senior Tap Class at Eastern Regional Park in Texas
- Roxborough's Senior Tap Dance Group
- Senior Dancing on Her 85th Birthday
- YouTube "Timber Oaks Oakettes Videos" Channel

Articles About Seniors Tap Dancing

Seniors of Arundel Prefer the Stage to Old Age

Wendy White
- Prime Women "Wendy White of United Kingdom" Interview
- Whendy White School of Dancing - Teacher Bios

More Resoures

Silver Belles Dance Studio for Older Women
Located in Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia.