{{Short description|American dancer and educator}} {{Infobox person | name = Barbara Duffy | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|10|08}} | birth_place = Webster, Massachusetts | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | other_names = | occupation = Dancer, Educator | years_active = | known_for = Founding Member of the American Tap Dance Orchestra (ATDO) 1986-1995 | notable_works = | awards = 2013 American Tap Dance Foundation Hoofer Award }}
'''Barbara Duffy''' (born October 8, 1959) is an American dancer and educator. Duffy performs tap dance, teaches dance, and also choreographs dances. Duffy has formed several dance groups in New York City and has appeared on ''Sesame Street'' and ''60 Minutes''.
==Biography==
Barbara Duffy was born in Webster, Massachusetts on October 8, 1959.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.music.tdabio.79/default.html|title=Barbara Duffy [biography]|website=Performing Arts Database|publisher=The Library of Congress|access-date=April 25, 2020}}</ref> Duffy started dancing at age six, taking lessons from Doris McGeary and went on to study with Esther Dolan in the 1980s.<ref name=":1" /> In Brookline, Massachusetts, she studied dance with Leon Collins, C.B. Hetherington, Pam Raff, and Diane Walker.<ref name=":1" /> Duffy moved to New York City in 1985, where she became a founding member of the American Tap Dance Orchestra (ATDO) in 1986, which she danced with until 1995.<ref name=":1" /> Also in the 1990s, Duffy appeared on ''Sesame Street'', playing a "tap-dancing cowgirl sidekick."<ref name=":1" /> She also appeared on ''60 Minutes'', dancing with Gregory Hines.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Santoro|first=Gene|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49529509/daily-news/|title=Eat to the Beat|date=January 9, 1998|work=Daily News|access-date=April 25, 2020|pages=40|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In 1997, she was chosen by Hines to appear at a presidential gala performance, dancing with Mark Mendonca and Cyd Glover.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49529962/the-hanford-sentinel/|title=Top Tappers Selected by Hines for Tap Jam|date=January 9, 1997|work=The Hanford Sentinel|access-date=April 25, 2020|pages=13|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
Duffy formed a group of dancers, Barbara Duffy and Company in 2000.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Hill|first=Constance Valis|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rU9dUaCsd94C&dq=%22barbara+duffy%22+tap&pg=PA357|title=Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History|date=January 22, 2010|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-974589-0|pages=356–357|language=en}}</ref> The dancers included Lynn Schwab, Cintia Chamecki and Pia Neises.<ref name=":0" /> The group debuted in ''Speedball'' at the New York City Tap Festival in 2001.<ref name=":0" /> The group was reorganized in 2007 and again debuted at the festival, dancing ''423-4323.''<ref name=":0" />
Duffy dances, choreographs dance shows, and teaches dance.<ref name=":1" /> She has taught at Steps on Broadway and Broadway Dance Center in New York.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Bailey|first=Michael Manne|date=December 2009|title=Barbara Duffy|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mih&AN=45724209&site=ehost-live|journal=Dance Spirit|volume=13|issue=10|pages=28|url-access=subscription|via=EBSCOhost}}</ref> In 2013, Duffy was presented with the Hoofer Award from the American Tap Dance Foundation (ATDF).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dance-teacher.com/atdfs-tap-city-awards-2392413147.html|title=ATDF's Tap City Awards|last=Sullivan|first=Joe|date=July 10, 2013|website=Dance Teacher|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200425173652/https://www.dance-teacher.com/atdfs-tap-city-awards-2392413147.html|archive-date=April 25, 2020|access-date=April 25, 2020}}</ref>
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== External links == *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waPfLuS-Itw "BOOM" - presented by Barbara Duffy] (2016 video)
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