Starting from the bottom, it’s been a long climb for the members of Tap Dogs, from simple mechanical jobs to touring tap artists.

Sired in the steel mills of Newcastle, Australia, Tap Dogs is the contrivance of two-time Olivier Award-winning director/choreographer Dein Perry.

Since its debut, Tap Dogs has toured through many parts of the world. The ensemble now has its sights set on the U.S. again.

“We did Vegas for a year and Reno for about nine months, and now we’re back again,” Founder/Executive Producer Aldo Scrofani says.

Tap Dogs has a mission on its second visit to Stephens Auditorium on Thursday.

“We want to tell our story,” Scrofani says. “Since there are no spoken words in the show, we have to communicate through body language and choreography. Hopefully, we’re able to get the story across.”

Perry started at a makeshift dance school where he learned how to tap along with some of the would-be Tap Dogs cast. At 17, Perry saw no hope for a dancing career and joined an industrial machinist union.

But after six years, he moved to Sydney to try his luck in show business. Eventually, Perry was cast in the long-running Sydney production of “42nd Street.”

When the production closed, Perry contacted his old tap friends from Newcastle, who had also taken up various “real” jobs, and formed Tap Brothers. An offer from the Sydney Theatre Company led to the collaboration with designer/director Nigel Triffitt, resulting in the creation of Tap Dogs.

The extravaganza commenced its fourth American tour in August, hitting 30 cities in less than four months. This show features female dancers alongside the all-male cast, creating Tap Dogs Rebooted.

“The show is still very much Tap Dogs, but there is some new choreography to go with the new relationships between the male and female dancers,” Scrofani says. “It’s the same style and same music, and is still very much Tap Dogs.”