Gregory Hines performing in 1982 at the Kennedy Center! #tapdance #master | Operation: Tap

Gregory Hines improvises a tap dance with himself in this clip from "Tap Dance in America." | Great Performances l PBS

Celebrate the art of tap with Gregory Hines with this clip from the 1989 Great Performances special, “Tap Dance in America with Gregory Hines.” | Great Performances l PBS

#gregoryhinesweek #videorewindedition Gregory Hines and Maurice Hines duet from the broadway production of “Eubie” (1978)! #tapdance | Operation: Tap

Happy Birthday Gregory Hines! On Valentine’s Day, tap dancers celebrate Gregory Hines Day! #tapdance Per @nytimes: “Though he had had formal training in dance, Mr. Hines spoke often of the older stylists who influenced him in tap, an art that is largely handed down rather than taught. ‘’Gregory always thought of himself as a student with the old guys, Chuck Green, Jimmy Slyde, Buster Brown, Lon Chaney, all of the old hoofers, and Sammy Davis Jr.,’’ Ms. Glover said. Ted Levy, one of Mr. Hines’s p