From 42nd Street to Billy Elliot

How “A Drop of Fred” came back after 30 years

Graeme Henderson (left) and Elliott Hanna rehearsing “A Drop of Fred”

Two metal plates: one on the front, one on the heel. Out of that combination came a dance form where sound and movement merge as a double-act. The title of a recent history of tap dancing, What The Eye Hears, captures this perfectly.