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Howard "Sandman" Sims (January 24, 1917 – May 20, 2003) was an African-American tap dancer who began his career in vaudeville. He was skilled in a style of dancing that he performed in a wooden sandbox of his own construction, and acquired his nickname from the sand he sprinkled to alter and amplify the sound of his dance steps.
3 giu 2009 · Monica Povoli. 414 subscribers. Subscribed. 438. 53K views 14 years ago. Howard "Sandman" Sims was a tap dancer, a practitioner of a style of dance in which a beat is loudly, clearly tapped out...
Howard “Sandman” Sims January 24, 1917 – May 20, 2003, was an African-American tap dancer who began his career in vaudeville. He was skilled in a style of dancing that he performed in a wooden sandbox of his own construction, and acquired his nickname from the sand he sprinkled to alter and amplify the sound of his dance steps.
Honors. National Heritage Fellowships. Howard "Sandman" Sims. African-American Tap Dancer. 1984 NEA National Heritage Fellow. New York, New York. Photo courtesy National Endowment for the Arts. Bio. Howard "Sandman" Sims may have been born on January 24, 1917, in Los Angeles, California, though he said he was uncertain about the year of his birth.
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS. Howard "Sandman" Sims (January 24, 1917 – May 20, 2003) was an African-American tap dancer who began his career in vaudeville. He was skilled in a style of dancing that he performed in a wooden sandbox of his own construction, and acquired his nickname from the sand he sprinkled to alter and amplify the sound of his dance steps.
4 giu 2003 · Howard ‘Sandman’ Sims. Dancer, Apollo Theater stage manager. By Variety Staff. Howard “Sandman” Sims, legendary “hoofer” (as he called himself), “executioner” and stage manager at Harlem’s...
8 feb 2007 · Mark Ledzian. 379 subscribers. 120. 16K views 16 years ago. Ledgendary tap dancer/teacher Howard "Sandman" Sims shows how he paved the stages of New York with a box of sand and a microphone. He...
