International Tap Festival: Forget Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers - this dancing is improvised, spontaneous and rhythmic
Sat upstairs at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Soho, tucked into a corner, I am leaning as far forward in my seat as I can to catch the detailed footwork happening on stage. Six tap dancers are taking it in turns to mount the large, square-shaped platform made of wood while the drummer-led Michele Drees Trio throws everything from swing to Latin and hip hop beats at the dancers. They in turn are getting up and showing t…