Tap Dancing: Taika and Shoko

Taika and Shoko tap dancing


Interview with Taika and Shoko

Artists: Taika and Shoko
Medium: Tap Dance
Location: 42nd Street Station on the downtown Q platform

Taika and Shoko hail from Japan. Here to learn tap dancing at various studios around the area they came to NYC for the “good teacher[s] and good culture.” The pair tap dance in the subway for practice in front of an audience and, Taika remarks, “the studio is, like, boring.” Both started tap dancing for fun and now they are serious about turning their passion into profession.

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