Steve Zee
After 26 years of being quite literally the CSULB Dance Tap Dance Department, teaching tap dancing, the history of tap dancing and all things tap dancing, Steve Zee is now lecturer emeritus (2026).
Steve is a globe-trotting master tap dancer and teacher who has trained and performed with the Nicholas Brothers, Gregory Hines and countless other tap notables. He has taught and performed across the United States, Europe, South America and China, edited two oral histories housed at prestigious scholarly institutions and been a member of the Jazz Tap Ensemble and Rhapsody In Taps.
Check out his Ted Talk Tap Dancing Is The Story Of America and article published by Dance Magazine.
Steve recently launched Tap Academy Online, the world’s first subscription-based tap training program, and currently teaches lessons in two languages to subscribers on four continents.
Steve can also be found in the Dance Department at Santa Monica College, giving master classes at various dance studios in Southern California and is the lead tap teacher for The Gabriella Foundation in downtown Los Angeles, an organization that gives extremely low-cost dance lessons to under-served youth.
There is a lot more to learn about Steve.
