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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. "They called the board my Stradivarius," Sims said of his sandbox.

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  • هوارد سيمز (بالإنجليزية: Howard Sims)‏ هو راقص أمريكي، ولد في 24 يناير 1918 في فورت سميث في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 20 مايو 2003 في ذا برونكس في الولايات المتحدة بسبب مرض آلزهايمر. (ar)
  • 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. "They called the board my Stradivarius," Sims said of his sandbox. From the 1950s to the year 2000, Sims was a regular attraction—a "fixture"—at Harlem's noted Apollo Theater, comedically ushering failed acts offstage with a hook, broom or other prop. He was also involved in New York City's Hoofers Club, a venue primarily for black tap dancers. As part of the resurgence of interest in tap dancing in the 1980s, Sandman Sims served as a cultural ambassador, representing the United States with dance performances around the world. He was featured in the 1989 dance film Tap, along with Sammy Davis Jr., Gregory Hines and Savion Glover, demonstrating classic challenge dancing. Sims also appeared in a 1990 episode of The Cosby Show as Rudy's tap dancing teacher, facing off against Cliff (Bill Cosby) in a good-natured tap challenge. In her review of the play based on his life, New York Times critic Anna Kisselgoff wrote, "Sims is a virtuoso among virtuosos—in a class by himself. To say Mr. Sims dances on sand is like saying Philippe Petit [the French high wire who gained fame from his illegal walk between the two World Trade Center towers in 1974] is a tightrope walker." (en)
  • Howard Sims (24 janvier 1918 - 20 mai 2003), surtout connu sous le nom de Sandman Sims, est un danseur de claquettes américain. Son surnom lui vient du sable qu'il saupoudrait sur scène pour amplifier le son de ses pas de claquettes. Howard Sims se produisait à l'Apollo Theater en tant qu'ouvreur-comédien, le plus souvent directement dans la salle et non sur scène, avec une crosse de berger. Il fait une apparition dans le Cosby Show en 1988 en tant que professeur de danse de Rudy, il y réalise une battle bon enfant contre Cliff (Bill Cosby). Sandman Sims était un des plus grands danseurs de claquettes du XXe siècle, sa spécialité était de danser sur une couche de sable mince, en général dans une sand box (carré d'un mètre carré bien délimité sur scène). Le fond de la sand box était en métal et était relié à un micro. Sandman voyageait à travers les USA proposant des duels de claquettes à tous les danseurs qu'ils rencontrait. Il se dit qu'il n'aurait jamais perdu un duel. (fr)
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  • Sims dancing in his signature sandbox (en)
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  • Diane Sims-Jones (en)
  • Howard B Sims Jr. (en)
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  • Howard B Sims Sr. (en)
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  • Solange A. Sims, 1959–2003 (en)
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  • هوارد سيمز (بالإنجليزية: Howard Sims)‏ هو راقص أمريكي، ولد في 24 يناير 1918 في فورت سميث في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 20 مايو 2003 في ذا برونكس في الولايات المتحدة بسبب مرض آلزهايمر. (ar)
  • 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. "They called the board my Stradivarius," Sims said of his sandbox. (en)
  • Howard Sims (24 janvier 1918 - 20 mai 2003), surtout connu sous le nom de Sandman Sims, est un danseur de claquettes américain. Son surnom lui vient du sable qu'il saupoudrait sur scène pour amplifier le son de ses pas de claquettes. Howard Sims se produisait à l'Apollo Theater en tant qu'ouvreur-comédien, le plus souvent directement dans la salle et non sur scène, avec une crosse de berger. Il fait une apparition dans le Cosby Show en 1988 en tant que professeur de danse de Rudy, il y réalise une battle bon enfant contre Cliff (Bill Cosby). (fr)
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