Cyclonic Speedsters and Dancing Demons: The Aesthetic of Speed in Philadelphia Tap Dance-- Or, Do They Do It Phaster in Philly? Robinson, LaVaughan performer Harris, Rennie performer Sommer, Sally performer Hill, Constance Valis performer Social Event 2002-06-20 Performance and roundtable discussion (presented at the Society of Dance History Scholars Conference at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA, discusses the origins of speed tap dancing in Philadelphia and such Philly speedsters as Charles Honi Coles, Charlie Rice, the Clark Brothers, LeVaughan Robinson, Le Roy Myers, Henry Meadows, Teddy Hale, Nicholas Brothers, Steve Condos, and Groundhog Basie. Robinson performed his speed tapping and Harris traces his hip hop style of dancing to high-speed stepping in Philadelphia streets. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Sally Sommer (biography) loc.music.tdabio.201 Constance Valis Hill (biography) loc.music.tdabio.197 LaVaughan Robinson (biography) loc.music.tdabio.162 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.648