Mary Jane Porterfield, left, Patricia Truitt, center, and Frances Farrell, right, hold hands while practicing their new tap ...

Lorain County native Melissa Renner strives to provide health and fitness to her community, but with a particular focus in geriatrics. Renner, a fitness practitioner, recently developed a patent ...

“One, two, three, four,” counts Abbie Rock as she slowly scuffs her shiny black shoes against a bright wooden floor. After receiving kudos from her instructor, the 6-year-old — wearing pink tights, a ...

AS SOON AS I heard the sharp clicketyclack of my teacher’s tap shoes on the floor, I was smitten. People look joyful when tap dancing for a reason. Dancing boosts energy. Add in the satisfying, ...

From a back room in the Harman Senior Center, past bingo flyers and bridge games, musical taps and laughter echoed across the hardwood floor. A handful of women, mostly retirees, gathered in a dance ...

“That’s who I am, and that’s what I do,” she said. News of Weber and her shoes spread through the community until a local musician, Eric Wainaina, approached her about teaching people how to tap, ...