Bill Robinson as photographed by George Hurrell ... by teaching her his famous stair dance.” Robinson’s film roles may have been controversial, but in his own life he worked to combat racism ...

For the tap dancer Bill (Bojangles ... But what are the roots? How did Robinson dream up his stair dance? In a 1934 issue of The New Yorker, he told St. Clair McKelway about his inspiration ...

Bill Robinson - "Mr. Bojangles" - is a name synonymous with tap dancing. He invented the "stair dance," starred in movies and on Broadway, broke the color barrier for dancers in vaudeville and ...

he performed his stair dance and even if he was outclassed by the Nicholas Brothers, his was a remarkable performance. In addition to dancing, Robinson also sang in a light, ingratiating manner ...

Bill "Bojangles" Robinson helped to break down barriers ... particularly his signature “stair dance.” He pioneered a new form of tap, shifting from a flat-footed style to a light, swinging ...

“Bill ‘Bojangles’ Robinson didn’t get total recognition ... he debuted his signature stair dance in 1918. He also graced Broadway shows such as “Blackbirds of 1928.” ...

When the pint-sized actress and the tap-dancing legend performed their "stair dance ... the staircase dance that Temple performed with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson in the 1935 movie The Little ...

WHEN Bill “Bojangles” Robinson danced his way up and down ... It featured his crowd-pleasing stair dance. The white audiences loved him, which led to film offers. His first was a short titled ...

Bill “Bojangles” Robinson is dancing in the aluminum ... The statue, sculpted by Ashland artist Jack Witt, captures his famed “stair dance,” which Robinson no doubt would have called ...

According to one jazz dance source, Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson was the chief instigator ... claim to fame would be the creation of his famous "stair dance," which involved tapping up and down ...

In the 1980s, Black told NPR that Robinson taught her to feel the beat, rather than count it out. Sponsor Message "We held hands and I learned to dance from Bill by listening, not looking at the ...