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the Earth without ART is just "Eh" ..BElieve THEre is GOOD in the world 🌍#BLM #goodtrouble #loveislove #cancersurvivor #hoofer Reg. & Nat. dance judge

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Loved getting taught by all of them at @dancemastersofthebluegrass fall workshop!

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Happy #TapTuesday! Let me ask all of you a question:

Are you taking the TAP Out Breast Cancer Tap Dance Challenge? WILL you be taking the TAP Out Breast Cancer Tap Dance Challenge?

If so, know that you have 18 days left to do it!

A reminder of why we are doing this: This is meant to honor millions of survivors who give us hope that this disease can be beaten. Remember, a few of them are tap dancers: Nicole (@colee_g), Mrs. Amie (@amie_boyle), Sarah (@sarahbeardances), Merrill (@merlethepearl), Katie (@ktb8482), Vanessa (@nessa_sanchez44), Candice (@candicemartel), and for Jess (@jess.smarandache). We are doing this for them. 🎀

We are also doing this for the millions more who are still fighting, and also to honor the millions of others, too many millions, who we sadly lost along the way.

Here is a reminder of how to enter this challenge:

(1) WEAR PINK! (Recommended, not required.)

(2) Create a choreographed or improvised tap piece!

(3) Film yourself dancing this piece, then submit it!

(4) To submit, you have the option of doing one of two things: (a) Post it to your Insta and add @livinthattaplife AND @livinthattaplifebackup as collaborators, OR (b) DM your video directly to me, after which I will post it to mine, and add YOU as a collaborator!

(5) Add the hashtag #TAPOutBreastCancer to your entries, with the word “Tap” in ALL CAPS!

(6) Choose FIVE of your friends and/or other tap dancers, tag them in your video, and challenge them to do this!

(7) D O N O T F O R G E T to make a generous donation to one of two organizations:, the American Cancer Society OR the Susan G. Komen Foundation! There is a fundraiser for the @susangkomen, and I have just created one for the @americancancersociety. The goal for each is $1,000. You can take your pick as to which one you want to donate to; you can donate to both if you feel so inclined!

Regardless, every donation, no matter how small, matters and will make a huge difference. 🎀

Entries will be accepted until midnight on Halloween! Take the challenge yourself, challenge others to take it, and let’s TAP out breast cancer TOGETHER! 🩷🎀

#TAPOutBreastCancer #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #tapdance

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🎀 Happy Sunday. Remember that the TAP Out Breast Cancer Tap Dance Challenge is still going on all month!

To enter this challenge:

(1) WEAR PINK! (Recommended, not required.)

(2) Create a choreographed or improvised tap piece!

(3) Film yourself dancing this piece, then submit it!

(4) To submit, you have the option of doing one of two things: (a) Post it to your Insta and add @livinthattaplife AND @livinthattaplifebackup as collaborators, OR (b) DM your video directly to me, after which I will post it to mine, and add YOU as a collaborator!

(5) Add the hashtag #TAPOutBreastCancer to your entries, with the word “Tap” in ALL CAPS!

(6) Choose FIVE of your friends and/or other tap dancers, tag them in your video, and challenge them to do this!

(7) Make a generous donation to one of two organizations:, the American Cancer Society OR the Susan G. Komen Foundation! This fundraiser is in this post; the goal is $1,000 for the @susangkomen Foundation! Every donation, no matter how small, matters and will make a huge difference. 🎀

Entries will be accepted until midnight on Halloween! Take the challenge yourself, challenge others to take it, and let’s TAP out breast cancer TOGETHER! 🩷🎀

#TAPOutBreastCancer #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #tapdance #tapcommunity

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Happy Wednesday. Remember to take the TAP OUT BREAST CANCER TAP DANCE CHALLENGE! 🎀🩷

Here’s how to enter this challenge:

🎀 (1) WEAR PINK! (It’s recommended, but not required.)

🎀 (2) Create a choreographed or improvised tap piece!

🎀 (3) Film yourself dancing this piece, then submit it!

🎀 (4) To submit, you have the option of doing one of two things: (a) Post it to your Insta and add @livinthattaplife AND @livinthattaplifebackup as collaborators, OR (b) DM your video directly to me, after which I will post it to mine, and add YOU as a collaborator!

🎀 (5) Add the hashtag #TAPOutBreastCancer to your entries, with the word “Tap” in ALL CAPS!

🎀 (6) Choose FIVE of your friends and/or other tap dancers, tag them in your video, and challenge them to do this!

🎀 (7) Make a generous donation to one of two organizations:, the American Cancer Society, the Susan G. Komen Foundation, or BOTH! Whether it’s $1 or $100, every little bit helps. 🎀

Entries will be accepted until midnight on Halloween! 🎀🩷

#TAPOutBreastCancer #tapcommunity #tapdance #tapdancechallenge

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🎀 October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Four main statistics:

(1) Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the US besides skin cancers. It accounts for about 1 in 3 new cancers in women each year.

(2) Breast cancer mainly occurs in middle-aged and older women. The median age at the time of breast cancer diagnosis is 63. This means about half of breast cancers are diagnosed at a younger age, and about half are diagnosed at an older age. About 1 in 10 women diagnosed with breast cancer are younger than 45.

(3) Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after lung cancer. The chance that any woman will die from breast cancer is about 1 in 43 (about 2.3%).

(4) There are more than 4 million breast cancer survivors in the US. This includes women still being treated and those who have been diagnosed with breast cancer in the past.

There are millions of survivors who give us hope that this disease can be beaten… and a few of them are tap dancers.

That’s why the Tap Out Breast Cancer Tap Dance Challenge was created. To show support for those tap dancers who have beaten breast cancer and the others who are fighting courageously.

To enter this challenge:

(1) WEAR PINK! (It’s recommended, but not required.)
(2) Create a choreographed or improvised tap piece!
(3) Film yourself dancing this piece, then submit it!
(4) To submit, you have the option of doing one of two things: (a) Post it to your Insta and add @livinthattaplife AND @livinthattaplifebackup as collaborators, OR (b) DM your video directly to me, after which I will post it to mine, and add YOU as a collaborator!
(5) Add the hashtag #TAPOutBreastCancer to your entries, with the word “Tap” in ALL CAPS!
(6) Choose FIVE of your friends and/or other tap dancers, tag them in your video, and challenge them to do this!
(7) Make a generous donation to one of two organizations:, the American Cancer Society OR the Susan G. Komen Foundation! 🎀

Entries will be accepted until midnight on Halloween! Take the challenge, and let’s TAP out breast cancer TOGETHER!

#TAPOutBreastCancer #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #tapdance #tapcommunity

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I absolutely fell in love with this beautiful woman here ❤️ we just clicked from the minute we saw each other ❤️ thank you for making that night so much fun and the following night I got to come see you guys I❤️ I want to meet string bean 😂 #soberliving #soberjourney❤️

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That was the best night ever 🤩 I miss you girls 💋 💞 #missyouall😭

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Happy Friday! Since no one has had the good sense to formally proclaim September 25 Dolly Parton Day, I figured we’d have our own Dolly Parton Day one week from today. 🩷

From here on out, every September 25 will be a day-long celebration of the icon herself who, as you all know, left us on August 25. It’ll be highlighted by a number of Dolly-themed features BY YOU, as well as a new annual tap challenge you all can partake in!

It’s called the Dolly Parton Tap Challenge, and it’s open to ALLLLLLLL tap dancers! I don’t care how experienced you are, what level you are, or what style of tap dance you employ. It. Does. Not. Matter. This challenge is open to you!

This is how you can enter:

(1) Pick any Dolly Parton song, whether it’s your favorite or it’s not, and create a tap dance piece to it. You can choreograph it, or you can improvise!

(2) Share your video with the hashtag #DollyPartonDayTapDanceChallenge! You can share it one of two ways:

(a) Post it to your own page and add @livinthattaplife and @livinthattaplifebackup as collaborators, OR

(b) DM your video directly to me, and I’ll post it here and add YOU as collaborators!

This is a great way for all tap dancers, each year going forward, to pay tribute to an icon, a humanitarian, and just an all-around sweet, kind, generous woman I feel confident in saying we should all strive to emulate. 🩷

Oh, and one more thing: Can we please talk about those silver boots? I mean… those boots were pretty fire. 🔥👢

#DollyPartonDay #9Two5 #tapdance #TapDanceChallenge @dollyparton

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WOW @calicountrycruise was AMAZING and soooo much fun! Bummed it was so short! Excite for next year and meeting even more amazing people!

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Savoring the moments! ☀️ #Happy

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Happy Monday. One of the most important things about Tap Dance Goes to College Month is that it presents an opportunity to address something I think we all can agree must be improved upon.

There is an ongoing conversation about tap dance in college and other academic institutions… and it is about the availability of a viable tap dance-focused curriculum, and dance departments creating pathways for students to pursue careers as professional tap dancers. Some schools have it, and some schools don’t.

If you recall, Ryan Casey (@ryancaseydance) — @nyuniversity Class of 2013 and @harvardeducation Class of 2020 — wrote an article in @dancemagazine last year that addresses what tap dancers should look for in a college dance program. My friend Jenne Vermes (@jennevermes; @captainjenneway) — @floridastateuniversity Class of 2005 — has also spoken on a similar subject in the past.

I would love for all of you to be a part of this conversation. YOUR voices on this topic matter the most.

if you could, please speak about your college’s dance (and/or theatre) department and how seriously they take tap dance. If they don’t, can you offer any explanations, any at all, as to why that might be the case? I know this might require critical, theoretical thinking, so educated guesses are welcome.

Furthermore, please voice your opinion what four-year colleges and universities can and should do to accommodate dancers who wish to make tap a major focus of their artistic pursuits. If other styles such as contemporary, lyrical, ballet, jazz, hip hop, and others can comprise a complete dance curriculum and have sizable roles in a student’s dance education, why not tap? Why leave tap out of the equation? What sense would that make?

Let’s have a healthy and constructive conversation about this. Don’t be afraid to voice your opinion — or vent your frustrations, if that’s where your head is — but remember to be respectful and tactful in your responses.

[Shoutout to the tap fam at the @universityofky in Lexington, Kentucky! 💙🤍]

#TapDanceGoesToCollegeMonth #TapDanceGoesToCollege #tapdance #tapdanceincollege #MondayDiscussion

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