Bill “Bojangles” Robinson and Shirley Temple in the 1938 film Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm represent one of the most extraordinary partnerships in the history of tap dance and classic American cinema. In tap history, there are names so revered they approach myth. Legends whose skill set the standard for the generations that followed. Bill Robinson was one of those rare figures — the gold standard. The dancer’s dancer. Icons such as Fred Astaire, Sammy Davis Jr., Gene Kelly, Eleanor Powell, the Nic

Bojangles And Temple American actor and dancer Bill Robinson (aka Bojangles) (1878 - 1949) smiles at his frequent co-star, child actress Shirley Temple, who sits in a wheelchair, mid-1930s. (Photo by The Abbott Sengstacke Family Papers/Robert Abbott Sengstacke/Getty Images) | Be Inspired

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