tap-dance

Musical storylines may be accused of sentimentality or melodrama – boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy and girl tap-dance into the sunset – but at least they have a relevance to their audience's lives.

Opera versus musicals: which do you prefer? 2011

Their prescription: good hygiene, the consumption of donuts and tap-dance routines.

Stillman's Big-Screen Return 2011

Her little feet tap, tap, tap-dance on the kitchen tiles.

Jennifer La Lima-Ortmuller: Vision 2011: Presence And Connectedness Through Ritual Jennifer La Lima-Ortmuller 2011

They socialised with everyone from Frank Sinatra, Bette Davis and Gloria Swanson to Fred Astaire – who taught the six-year-old Ty to tap-dance down Sunset Boulevard.

'Dad was too much to compete with' 2012

With all the performing, including a tap-dance number, she says the pounds are coming off.

Bernadette Peters Turns Dark Ellen Gamerman 2011

Her little feet tap, tap, tap-dance on the kitchen tiles.

Jennifer La Lima-Ortmuller: Vision 2011: Presence And Connectedness Through Ritual Jennifer La Lima-Ortmuller 2011

It doesn't feel right to give a rating to this staged reading of a new musical comedy. it's a tap-dance crazy show and in a dance-oriented musical, much of the story should be pushed forward by the dancing.

Michael Giltz: NYMF #4: Jazz, Kiddies, Camp, Tap, Tut and Vamps Michael Giltz 2011

It doesn't feel right to give a rating to this staged reading of a new musical comedy. it's a tap-dance crazy show and in a dance-oriented musical, much of the story should be pushed forward by the dancing.

Michael Giltz: NYMF #4: Jazz, Kiddies, Camp, Tap, Tut and Vamps Michael Giltz 2011

It was the rollicking verbal tap-dance of a poodle on a lino floor.

Three Mississippi Sally Houtman 2011

Not to demean the resumes or achievements of individual contestants, but overall the shift away from straight-up beauty contest has simply had the effect of adding into the mix a section where you ask beautiful people basic questions they seem unable to answer, while forcing them to tap-dance and "advocate."

Is Miss America to blame for Sarah Palin's 'blood libel' video? Alexandra Petri 2011