Tap Dance: The Blues Project

I just saw two of the best tap dancers in the world perform in a touring show called "The Blues Project" at Yerba Buena Arts Center. Derick Grant and Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards are leading a gifted company of young dancers on a tour through the blues. All American originals with choreography by Michelle Dorrance. Whoever said "tap is dead" hasn't seen these hoofers lay it down in The Blues Project. The featured band is led by versatile singer-songwriter-guitarist Toshi Reagon, who lays the musical foundation with her big-hearted, hold-nothing-back approach to rock, blues, R&B, country and folk.