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Podcast: Art Works Podcast
Episode: Reginald âReggio the Hooferâ McLaughlin
Description: Tap Dancer and 2021 National Heritage Fellow Reginald âReggio the Hooferâ McLaughlin has been motivated by one thing his entire life: his love of tap-dancing. He walked away from a successful R&B career as a bassist to pursue his unlikely dream of making it as a dancer. Born and bred in Chicago, he turned to mentors like Jimmy Payne to teach him the foundations of tap dance which only affirmed his passion for dance. Unable to find a job as a tap dancer, he went down to Chicagoâs subways and danced thereâlearning along the way how to connect to...