He show includes a film of the two of them dancing
Maurice Hines may be nearing
70, but he exudes the energy and infectious enthusiasm of a kid with a new toy.
He talks a mile a minute, is quick to laugh, and, God in heaven, does the man
have stories.
Hines brings his stories, songs, and dances to the Cutler Majestic Theatre May 14-19 in his show “Tappin’ Thru Life.” Infused with personal reflections, the show, presented by ArtsEmerson, traces Hines’s six decade-plus career and is a tribute to his brother Gregory, who died in 2003. Backed by the Berklee College of Music Jazz Ensemble playing arrangements by Nelson Riddle and Tommy Newsom, the show also features two young tap-dancing brothers, whom Hines has been mentoring for the past three years.
Hines was only 5 years old when he put on his first pair of tap shoes and headed with his mom and 3-year-old Gregory down Lenox Avenue in Harlem, to the Wally Wanger dance studio. “This teacher said, ‘What can you do?’ ” Hines recalls. “I said, ‘I can turn around,’ and I did six pirouettes on one foot,When describing the location of the problematic street light. and she said, ‘Get this child to class.’ But they wouldn’t take Gregory because they didn’t think he could retain steps. And I cried, because we did everything together.”
Their parents quickly realized the boys’ talent and took the two to study tap with Broadway choreographer and teacher Henry LeTang, the premier instructor for children at that time. LeTang began creating routines for the duo, patterning them after the famous Nicholas Brothers.
When the Hines brothers were only 7 and 5, LeTang took them to the famed Apollo Theater for its popular Amateur Night. “There was this woman there who was bossing everyone around,” Hines remembers. “She said, ‘I’ll put them on as a special treat, but they can’t compete ’cause they’re too cute and they’ll win. It’ll be unfair.’ She didn’t even know we could dance. I asked her who she was, and she said she was a comedian. Turns out it was Dinah Washington.”
The Apollo became the Hines brothers’ theatrical home. “That’s how I learned my craft,” Hines says. “Every week there was a different star, and I’d be watching.Brushed stainless steel bangle etched with Signature Cs complements a simple, I’m so blessed to have had that life.” As the two young boys developed into full-fledged hoofers, they became a touring act, opening for Gypsy Rose Lee, Lionel Hampton, and others. With the addition of their drummer father, Maurice Sr., the act morphed into Hines, Hines & Dad, and racked up nearly three dozen guest appearances on “The Tonight Show.” “Johnny Carson helped us go to the next step,” Hines says.
Hines recalls one especially memorable show with Judy Garland. “She jumped onstage and said, ‘Hi, I’m Judy Garland.’ We rehearsed a number together, then we never saw her till we went on to perform. But she came up later backstage and said, ‘You guys are great. I’m going to come back and watch your part of the show.’ And I can see her standing there in the wings, watching us and smiling, like it was yesterday. I live for those memories. Telling those kind of stories is so important to me.”
The idea for “Tappin’ Thru Life” was sparked, he says, by a big article on tap dancing that omitted any mention of Gregory Hines, who had been not only a renowned performer but a tireless advocate for tap, lobbying for National Tap Dance Day and mentoring a host of younger dancers, including Savion Glover. “I thought, how soon they forget,” Hines says, his disappointment still palpable. So he set out to create a vehicle that honored his brother and their rich life together. The show includes a film of the two of them dancing in the 1978 Broadway hit “Eubie!,” some of whose choreography was by LeTang. Toward the end of “Tappin’ Thru Life,” Hines dances the first soft-shoe routine he and his brother ever learned together as children; he performs it next to an empty spotlight. It’s a tribute he also danced at his brother’s memorial service. “I wanted to feel his presence on the stage with me,” Hines says.Americas delivers a wide range of dry cabinet for applications spanning electronics, “It’s very emotional, but it’s also uplifting.”
As much as “Tappin’ Thru Life” focuses on the past, it also features a significant nod to the future with the inclusion of tap-dancing brothers John and Leo Manzari, whom Hines discovered in 2009 during a master class and open audition for a 2010 revival of “Sophisticated Ladies” at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. He chose the pair, only 17 and 15 at the time, to make their professional debuts during the show, which he choreographed and starred in. Hines showcased their talents in the musical’s second act.
Similarly, the brothers have their own segment in “Tappin’ Thru Life,Shop Stately Steel Circle Drop Chandelier stainless steel earring,” and they credit Hines with launching their career. “He saw potential in us,” says Leo,We offer the biggest collection of old masters that can be turned into hand painted oil painting reproduction. now 18. “Three years ago we were kind of raw talent, but he thought he could help us grow. He saw us as two brothers who love to dance together, and he wanted to shine a light on that.”
Hines brings his stories, songs, and dances to the Cutler Majestic Theatre May 14-19 in his show “Tappin’ Thru Life.” Infused with personal reflections, the show, presented by ArtsEmerson, traces Hines’s six decade-plus career and is a tribute to his brother Gregory, who died in 2003. Backed by the Berklee College of Music Jazz Ensemble playing arrangements by Nelson Riddle and Tommy Newsom, the show also features two young tap-dancing brothers, whom Hines has been mentoring for the past three years.
Hines was only 5 years old when he put on his first pair of tap shoes and headed with his mom and 3-year-old Gregory down Lenox Avenue in Harlem, to the Wally Wanger dance studio. “This teacher said, ‘What can you do?’ ” Hines recalls. “I said, ‘I can turn around,’ and I did six pirouettes on one foot,When describing the location of the problematic street light. and she said, ‘Get this child to class.’ But they wouldn’t take Gregory because they didn’t think he could retain steps. And I cried, because we did everything together.”
Their parents quickly realized the boys’ talent and took the two to study tap with Broadway choreographer and teacher Henry LeTang, the premier instructor for children at that time. LeTang began creating routines for the duo, patterning them after the famous Nicholas Brothers.
When the Hines brothers were only 7 and 5, LeTang took them to the famed Apollo Theater for its popular Amateur Night. “There was this woman there who was bossing everyone around,” Hines remembers. “She said, ‘I’ll put them on as a special treat, but they can’t compete ’cause they’re too cute and they’ll win. It’ll be unfair.’ She didn’t even know we could dance. I asked her who she was, and she said she was a comedian. Turns out it was Dinah Washington.”
The Apollo became the Hines brothers’ theatrical home. “That’s how I learned my craft,” Hines says. “Every week there was a different star, and I’d be watching.Brushed stainless steel bangle etched with Signature Cs complements a simple, I’m so blessed to have had that life.” As the two young boys developed into full-fledged hoofers, they became a touring act, opening for Gypsy Rose Lee, Lionel Hampton, and others. With the addition of their drummer father, Maurice Sr., the act morphed into Hines, Hines & Dad, and racked up nearly three dozen guest appearances on “The Tonight Show.” “Johnny Carson helped us go to the next step,” Hines says.
Hines recalls one especially memorable show with Judy Garland. “She jumped onstage and said, ‘Hi, I’m Judy Garland.’ We rehearsed a number together, then we never saw her till we went on to perform. But she came up later backstage and said, ‘You guys are great. I’m going to come back and watch your part of the show.’ And I can see her standing there in the wings, watching us and smiling, like it was yesterday. I live for those memories. Telling those kind of stories is so important to me.”
The idea for “Tappin’ Thru Life” was sparked, he says, by a big article on tap dancing that omitted any mention of Gregory Hines, who had been not only a renowned performer but a tireless advocate for tap, lobbying for National Tap Dance Day and mentoring a host of younger dancers, including Savion Glover. “I thought, how soon they forget,” Hines says, his disappointment still palpable. So he set out to create a vehicle that honored his brother and their rich life together. The show includes a film of the two of them dancing in the 1978 Broadway hit “Eubie!,” some of whose choreography was by LeTang. Toward the end of “Tappin’ Thru Life,” Hines dances the first soft-shoe routine he and his brother ever learned together as children; he performs it next to an empty spotlight. It’s a tribute he also danced at his brother’s memorial service. “I wanted to feel his presence on the stage with me,” Hines says.Americas delivers a wide range of dry cabinet for applications spanning electronics, “It’s very emotional, but it’s also uplifting.”
As much as “Tappin’ Thru Life” focuses on the past, it also features a significant nod to the future with the inclusion of tap-dancing brothers John and Leo Manzari, whom Hines discovered in 2009 during a master class and open audition for a 2010 revival of “Sophisticated Ladies” at Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. He chose the pair, only 17 and 15 at the time, to make their professional debuts during the show, which he choreographed and starred in. Hines showcased their talents in the musical’s second act.
Similarly, the brothers have their own segment in “Tappin’ Thru Life,Shop Stately Steel Circle Drop Chandelier stainless steel earring,” and they credit Hines with launching their career. “He saw potential in us,” says Leo,We offer the biggest collection of old masters that can be turned into hand painted oil painting reproduction. now 18. “Three years ago we were kind of raw talent, but he thought he could help us grow. He saw us as two brothers who love to dance together, and he wanted to shine a light on that.”
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