As presidential inauguration festivities unfolded Friday morning in Washington, D.C., Charlee Zamudio-Fidler led more than a dozen seniors in an inaugural beginner tap dance class in Jackson Township.

A gray-haired woman shuffles across the room, bending down to watch her feet on every step as if she's not sure what they might do next. Vicki Riordan belts out instructions to her, then calls, ...

Observing Alexis Robbins’s Friday evening tap class, held on the top floor of Building 5 at Erector Square on Peck Street, one has to wonder if the people one floor below — and perhaps the people ...

Alan Rubinstein (above left) and Pat Brown are first-time tappers inspired by "La La Land," below, starring Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling. Brian Zak Ryan Gosling’s jazz pianist in “La La Land” may be ...

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 ...