Jane Goldberg

Featured in Three Genres of Improvisation: Raise the Hoof

Jane Goldberg, a comedian/hoofer, is one of the key architects in the tap revival of the 1970s and 1980s. With her journalism and dance background she had a vision of how to put tap back on the map in the mid-1970s. In 1972, the tap dancing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers infected her imagination. Soon the virus spread and she began to study tap. “Single-footedly,” according to her friend and mentor, the late Gregory Hines, she began ferreting out many of the remaining tap giants of the 20th century, apprenticed herself to them, and began producing and performing in venues such as The Village Vanguard, Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, The American Dance Festival, and Jacob’s Pillow. Since then, she has authored a memoir, Shoot Me While I’m Happy, and presently runs the Traveling Tap Museum.

Website: www.janegoldberg.org

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