Dance On Petronio, Sarah performer Mahoney, Billie performer Television/Video 1994-06-13 Recording from the public access cable television program "Dance On." Produced by Bill Mahoney in association with Dance Films Association, directed by Ann Kelly. Videotaped on June 13 1994. Tap dancer Sarah Petronio discusses the terms "jazz tap" and "rhythm tap" and her preference for a "jazz mode" in dancing. She remembers her childhood in India where she began dancing and developed a taste for jazz music in cosmpolitan Bombay. After immigrating to New York, she studied tap dancing with Henry LeTang, but only began to find her own style after moving to Paris. She credits Jimmy Slyde with freeing her from the prevalent conception of tap dancing as set routines. She discusses improvisation in tap dancing, and the importance of collaboration and communication between dancers and musicians. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts New York Public Library: CATNYP: Dance Collection: Tap Dancing. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Gregory Hines Collection of American Tap Dance (). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Billie Mahoney (biography) loc.music.tdabio.135 Sarah Petronio (biography) loc.music.tdabio.149 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.497