I was in the front row, center stage, in my purple-and-black tap shoes, hands on hips and smiling. All eyes were on us, my tap dance group, nine of us wearing the same glittery tank top and black ...

Barry Thomas remembers a particularly strict tap dance teacher who always told him, “If you can’t say it, you can’t do it.” And though at the time he’d mentally flipped her off, it’s now become one of ...