Tag: maud arnold

5 Black Women on the Obstacles of Dancing While Black

Civil rights leader Malcom X famously said that “the most disrespected person in America is the Black woman.” Decades later, those words still resonate. And the dance world isn’t immune to subjecting Black women to unfair treatment. After all, it wasn’t until this year—and after mounting pressure from online petitions—that many major dancewear brands pledged […]

The Rockettes + Chloe and Maud Arnold = the Tap Collab of Our Dreams

What do you get when a few Radio City Rockettes join forces with a few Syncopated Ladies? The talented girl-boss tap team we all needed, that’s what. Check out this adorable video mashup featuring several Rockettes keeping perfect time with tappers Chloe and Maud Arnold (created for National Tap Dance Day, but fabulous year-round). The […]

Chloe & Maud Arnold Made an Amazing Tap Tribute to #MarchForOurLives

What do you do when the DC Tap Festival coincides with a history-making protest? You dance about it. That’s exactly what Chloe and Maud Arnold made happen during the tenth annual DC Tap Fest, which saw students from 30 states and 20 countries converge on Washington, DC from March 19 to March 25, 2018 to […]

6 Ways Tapper Maud Arnold Stays Happy, Healthy, and Performance-Ready

Maud Arnold is one of the busiest tap dancers on the planet. As a member of the Syncopated Ladies, Maud—along with her big sis and fellow tapper Chloé Arnold—is on constantly the road for performances, workshops, and master classes. For the average person, that kind of schedule could lead to a serious derailment of healthy […]

#BeyDay Update: The Syncopated Ladies Salute Beyoncé

It’s #BeyDay (Beyoncé, y’all!) and we’re celebrating here at Dance Spirit. First, this. Then, this: You know Chloé Arnold, Her Holiness of tap, has worked with Beyoncé before, right? Maybe it’s because they both have the “é” in their names. (BRB, renaming myself Alisoné, and perhaps I can get the hookup, too.) The video—which has […]

Chloe and Maud Arnold Talk the History of Tap

Any time Chloe and Maud Arnold—aka our favorite tapping sister duo—gift us with another Syncopated Ladies video, we get excited. Really excited. But today, they’ve given us something even better: stellar tapping, plus a discussion of the history of tap and why the art form still resonates. Their new video is part of TheRoot.com’s Dances […]

#MotivationMonday: Watch the Syncopated Ladies Get in "Formation"

Pretty much anything Chloé Arnold and her Syncopated Ladies get their hands/taps on is bound to be fantastic. But the crew seems to have a special affinity for Beyoncé—as confirmed back in the day by Queen B herself (remember the Share Heard ‘Round the World?), and as confirmed once again yesterday by the group’s latest […]