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Tap Dancer, Writer, Herbalist, Designer, Producer, Emcee, Producer

Joined April 2010
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Tnx @jsamsmith for inspired lesson on the history of tap dance @nypldance @nypl_lpa including a shout out to Jeni LeGon, my latest Unsung Hero of Dance History: wendyperron.com/jeni-legon-1… @DanceStudies
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🔴BREAKING NEWS from #Palestine: "A 8 Years-old Palestinian child was injured by a stun grenade in his face fired by the Israeli occupation soldiers in Bab al-Amud in Jerusalem." Where is the Global outrage? #Ukriane #UkraineRussiaWar #TheLastHope teapaw.org/HaidarAkarar/status/14…
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#throwbackthursday to this wild performance from the one and only @jsamsmith 🤩 who's ready for more of this energy at MOVE IT 2022! 👏 Want to join us and other dancers, performers, teachers and singers at MOVE IT 2022? Book your tickets today: bit.ly/3majEdy
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Dancers are no strangers to multi-hyphenate careers. But a tap-dancing acupuncturist remains a rarity. dancemagazine.com/april-niev…
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Money/attention shouldn’t be your prime motivation for creating/putting out music.
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US returning 17,000 looted ancient treasures smuggled out of Iraq following its invasion in 2003, say Iraqi officials aje.io/zpbgvq
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The L.A. Tap Fest Debbie Allen Dance Academy 3791 Santa Rosalia Drive Los Angeles 310 280 9145 TheLapTapFest.com DebbieAllenDanceacademy.com July 26th through August 2nd with @JSamSmith for a tap party you don’t want to miss! Registration is open at TheLATapFest.com!
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Listen up, Global Family! #LATapFest starts TOMORROW and there is still time to apply! Join us July 26nd - August 2nd with @JSamSmith for a tap party you don’t want to miss! Registration is open at TheLATapFest.com! We can’t wait to see you!
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“Graffiti is one of the means of resistance in Palestine.” Meet the Palestinian artist painting murals on Israel’s illegal separation wall ⤵️
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"I'm continuing to find where medicine, tap dance and just living overlap. How can tap dance heal others? How can it be a medicine?" dancemagazine.com/april-niev…
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In the South, police units began as slave patrols in the Carolina colonies, settled by the English, in 1704. By the end of the 18th century, every slave state had a slave patrol ⬇aje.io/4f7ans
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"Contrary to British myths, settler colonialism was an aggressive process of ethnic cleansing grounded in racism." — #AJOpinion by Priya Satia ⤵️ aje.io/46masu
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Meet the 98-year-old Chinese grandmother still practising Kung Fu 👇
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They painted BLM instead of defunding the police, clapped for essential workers instead of raising the wage, and made Juneteeth a holiday instead of making sure Black folks can vote. Always a symbolic victory instead of a material change.
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Bill Withers and McCoy Tyner type morning
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Between May 10 and May 21, an Israeli military assault on Gaza killed 256 Palestinians and 66 children. These are the personal accounts from the family members who lost loved ones in Israel's latest bombardment 👇 aje.io/5qfscj
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Como niña con zapatos nuevos de #claqué 😍 #tapdance @BlochDance_USA @jsamsmith #claquetap
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"Most Like Lee" ~ Jason Samuels Smith & Igmar Thomas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @jsamsmith @IgmarThomas #MostLikeLee #LeeMorgan #tapdance #jazzmusic #trumpet #hardbop #hudsonriverdancefestival @HudsonRiverPark
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"Most Like Lee" ~ Jason Samuels Smith & Igmar Thomas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @jsamsmith @IgmarThomas #MostLikeLee #LeeMorgan #tapdance #jazzmusic #trumpet #hardbop #hudsonriverdancefestival @HudsonRiverPark
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Jason Samuels Smith retweeted
"Most Like Lee" ~ Jason Samuels Smith & Igmar Thomas ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ @jsamsmith @IgmarThomas #MostLikeLee #LeeMorgan #tapdance #jazzmusic #trumpet #hardbop #hudsonriverdancefestival @HudsonRiverPark
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