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It's the only song that really leans into the showgirl concept, with a percussive tap-dancing interlude and ostentatious key changes, as the stars trade lines about their cut-throat industry.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2025
The evening includes everything from elegant ballet numbers like “The Heather on the Hill” from “Brigadoon,” danced with Cyd Charisse, to tap-dancing on roller skates in a scene from “It’s Always Fair Weather.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2023
Because it was the mispronunciation of that surname that would inspire the nickname of the great tap-dancing Richmond native Bill “Bojangles” Robinson.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2023
How did that madcap song and dance ‘Good Afternoon’ come together in Apple TV+'s ‘Spirited’? A lot of tap-dancing takes for stars Ryan Reynolds and Will Ferrell, for one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 2022
August, tap-dancing across the roof of a moving train.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
