This event is in the past.It took place on April 29, 2026 at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center.

Upcoming at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
The Dance Historian Is In: The Legendary Tap Master Carnell Lyons 1
Fine Arts Talk
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The Dance Historian Is In: The Legendary Tap Master Carnell Lyons

April 29 at 1pm

At The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Upper West Side, New York

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👞Kansas City "Paddle & Roll" style focus
🎤Performed with Sinatra, Garland, Baker
📚10+ year running historian series

Step into the rhythm of a forgotten legend. Archivist-led talk explores Carnell Lyons, the Kansas City tap master who introduced Rhythm Tap to Germany and performed with Sinatra, Garland, and Basie.

archival dance talk
intimate lecture format
free afternoon event
dance history deep

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023, USA

+1 917-275-6975

$0

www.dance.nyc

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