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. . . and I find being able to open [tap dancing] up to people that never thought they could tap dance, and let them enjoy it, is huge.
-Mary Six Rupert, founder of Tap: On Tap
I’ve always loved tap dancing, but I never thought of it as something I could do until I met Mary Six.
-Blake Hunt, Tap: On Tap company member
and wheelchair user
Mary Six Rupert's . . . dancers were tap dancing on sunshine as they debuted a radiant new work . . . at "Rhythm in Motion."
-Elisa Lichtenbaum
That got Rupert thinking: The stroke hadn’t affected her mother’s upper body; maybe there was a way for
her to dance using her hands instead of her feet.
-Laura Muha
[It is] good for audiences to experience people with different abilities all tap dancing together.
. . . Rupert’s made it her mission to make sure everyone, no matter [their] physical ability, has access to dance.
-Madison Colombo
