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Tap: On Tap — An All-Abilities Tap Ensemble

Tap: On Tap company members. There are three wheelchair users and eight non-wheelchair users. Everyone is wearing red long-sleeved shirts that say Tap: On Tap. Everyone is wearing red baseball caps that say Tap: On Tap. Everyone is wearing black gloves with taps sewn to them. Everyone has their hands up with palms facing the camera so you can see the taps.

Highlight reel of Tap: On Tap performance at
New York Metro Abilities Expo

Tap: On Tap company members. There are three wheelchair users and seven non-wheelchair users. Everyone is wearing black short sleeve shirts that say Tap: On Tap. Everyone is also wearing vests that are half red and half black-and-white with music notes on them. Everyone is wearing black gloves with taps sewn to them. The three wheelchair users have wooden boards in their laps.

After creating her system of Tap Dancing Hands Down® and teaching it for several years, Mary Six Rupert wanted to build a tap company that used the technique in performance. She gathered a few disabled students from her classes at Mount Sinai Hospital, a few professional dancers and musical theatre performers, and created Tap: On Tap — An All-Abilities Tap Ensemble. Mary Six is proud of the fact that Tap: On Tap integrates dancers with disabilities and dancers without disabilities, which creates an exciting and diverse group of performers. The company is based in NYC, and has performed at various events and dance concerts.​

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