--- title: Video: Tap Dancing Priests description: Video of a dance off between the priests who are studying in Rome is going viral canonical: https://time.com/3534177/tap-dancing-priests-video/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-10-23T16:41:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:13:59.445Z og:title: These Priests Are Really, Really Good at Tap Dancing og:description: Video of their dance-off is going viral og:url: https://time.com/3534177/tap-dancing-priests-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd182b850a0e82b97/69876269cd1bbaadce6f2ca3/italy-tap-dancing-priests.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1500 og:image:height: 844 og:image:alt: Italy-Tap-Dancing-Priests og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: These Priests Are Really, Really Good at Tap Dancing twitter:description: Video of their dance-off is going viral twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd182b850a0e82b97/69876269cd1bbaadce6f2ca3/italy-tap-dancing-priests.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # These Priests Are Really, Really Good at Tap Dancing  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 23, 2014 4:41 PM UTC  Father David Rider, left, and father John Gibson dance before an interview with the Associated Press at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, October 13, 2014. Father David Rider, left, and father John Gibson dance before an interview with the Associated Press at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, October 13, 2014.Domenico Stinellis—AP  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Oct 23, 2014 4:41 PM UTC Tap-dancing priests Father David Rider, 29, of Hyde Park, N.Y., and Father John Gibson, 28, of Milwaukee, stole the show at a fundraiser for The Pontifical North American College, a seminary in Rome near the Vatican. The [clip](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdYDKmpzt5U) was shot by Joan Lewis, Rome Bureau Chief of Alabama-based Eternal Word Television Network. And while the dance-off happened in April, it’s no surprise the video is going viral the same week that Sister Cristina Scuccia, the nun who won Italy’s _The Voice,_ released a music video for her rendition of “Like a Virgin.” **WATCH:** [Nun Stuns The Voice of Italy Judges with Amazing Alicia Keys Cover](http://time.com/33370/watch-nun-stuns-the-voice-of-italy-judges-with-amazing-alicia-keys-cover/) **WATCH:** [Nun Who Won Italy’s The Voice Performs ‘Like a Virgin’ in New Music Video](http://time.com/3529263/sister-cristina-like-a-virgin-the-voice-italy/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3534177/tap-dancing-priests-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3534177/tap-dancing-priests-video/"},"headline":"These Priests Are Really, Really Good at Tap Dancing","datePublished":"2014-10-23T16:41:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:13:59.445Z","description":"Video of their dance-off is going viral","url":"https://time.com/3534177/tap-dancing-priests-video/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd182b850a0e82b97/69876269cd1bbaadce6f2ca3/italy-tap-dancing-priests.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd182b850a0e82b97/69876269cd1bbaadce6f2ca3/italy-tap-dancing-priests.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Italy-Tap-Dancing-Priests","caption":"Father David Rider, left, and father John Gibson dance before an interview with the Associated Press at the Pontifical North American College in Rome, October 13, 2014.","creditText":"Domenico Stinellis—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3534177/tap-dancing-priests-video/","name":"These Priests Are Really, Really Good at Tap Dancing"}}]}] ```