For NYC’s oldest dance teacher, the show must go on ahead of her 97th birthday: ‘It gives me life’

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She’s helping old souls tap into a new passion. Betty Markowitz has been teaching tap dance to senior citizens for more than two decades, and at the age of 96, she has no plans to slow down. On Wednesday night, the great-grandmother — who is New York City’s oldest known dance teacher — put on her first show since the COVID-19 pandemic at Brooklyn’s Fort Hamilton Senior Center, where she was honored by her troupe of tappers. “It’s beautiful, it’s wonderful,” Markowitz told The Post of preparing

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