Charles Coles
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Charles "Honi" Coles was an American actor and tap dancer, who was inducted posthumously into the American Tap Dance Hall of Fame in 2003. He had a distinctive personal style that required technical p
Coles in 1985
Hoofers Club
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The Hoofers Club was an African-American entertainment establishment and dancers' club hangout in Harlem, New York, that ran from the early 1920s until the early 1940s. It was founded and managed by L
Charles Coles
…talent. With his fast-rhythm technique, he was highly respected and reputed to have "the fastest feet in show business" by other tap dancers. At the Hoofer's Club, a challenging stage for most talented tap dancers to compete in Harlem, Coles was still considered "the most graceful dancer ever seen" by his peers…
Bill Bojangles Robinson, 1942