Step Aside, presently under the direction of Cindy Hsu, is comprised of tap dancers and instructors from the Knock On Wood Tap Studio in Silver Spring and the surrounding Washington D.C. area.  Since their creation, the group has performed at First Night Silver Spring, Washington's Annual Tap Fest (National Tap Dance Day), Dance Place's Annual Tap Fest, Tappers With Attitude annual concerts, Morgan State University, Knock On Wood Tap Studio events and showcases and at Union Station as part of Black History Month.  In 1998, Step Aside performed with Diane Walker and Tappers With Attitude as part of the Smithsonian Institution's "Woman Hoofers Past and Present" program.    Step Aside will celebrate its 10 year anniversary this May at Black Rock Center for the Arts in Germantown, Maryland.

In addition to choreography created by Step Aside dancers, Step Aside performs pieces choreographed by some of Washington's finest tap artists including Washington's 'Tap Lady', Yvonne Edwards, co-director of Tappers With Attitude, Renee Kreithen, Artis Brienzo, formerly of the National Tap Dance Ensemble, and former Tappers With Attitude (TWA) members Noble Potts and Rita Wilson.  Josh Hilberman, tap dance artist extraordinaire from Boston, MA, choreographed "Landscape" for Step Aside in March 2001.  Step Aside has also worked with TWA Alum Bakari Wilder of "Bring in da noise, Bring in da funk," and with Jeannie Hill of Jump Rhythms Jazz Project and formerly of the Manhattan Tap Ensemble.  Step Aside most recently has worked with Heather Cornell founder of Manhattan Tap Ensemble.

Step Aside is a growing repertoire company, currently eleven-strong, comprised of amateur, semi-professional and professional tap dancers, and is a sought-after addition at various local performances.  Step Aside is a representative of the growing interest in percussive dance nationwide.