“Tap Dance In America” (PBS, 1989) #essentialviewing #taphistorythursday Per LOC: “In association with WNET, New York. Performed by Gregory Hines with Honi Coles, Tommy Tune, Hinton Battle, Gregg Burge, Savion Glover, Bunny Briggs, Buster Brown, Jimmy Slyde, Sandman Sims, Fred Strickler, Brenda Bufalino and the American Tap Orchestra, LaVaughn Robinson, Germaine Ingram, Manhattan Tap, Jennifer Lane, Camden Richman and Dianne Walker. Performance: Duet by Battle and Burge — Ensemble dance by Manha

This week, #DecipherCIA features Tap Code. In CIA's museum, there is a message encoded using tap code on the ceiling above an exhibition exploring "20 Years of War in Southeast Asia." During the Vietnam War, American prisoners of war used a tap code representing letters of the alphabet to communicate without detection. For 20 years, CIA worked to build up the newly independent Republic of Vietnam to resist its takeover by Communist forces. The fight would last from 1954 to 1974 and encompass Vie