More about the Tap City Youth Ensemble
In the 2011-2012
year all levels of the Tap City Youth Ensemble will learn classic and
contemporary tap works from guest choreographers. The ensembles will continue
to rehearse and perform repertory from last year while new works are added. The
Ensembles perform in a variety of New York area venues, from informal showings,
promotional events, school shows, outdoor concerts and professional performance
venues. All three levels of the Ensemble will perform at Tap City 2012– The New
York City Tap Festival in July. Additional performances throughout the year
will be announced.
TCYE members come from New York City,
Long Island, Upstate NY, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania. The Ensemble
rehearses weekly with Ensemble Director and choreographer Susan Hebach and works
frequently with guest teachers and choreographers including Brenda Bufalino,
Barbara Duffy, Ayodele Casel, Harold Cromer, Michelle Dorrance, Derick K. Grant,
Jared Grimes, Molutsi Mogami, Tony Waag and Margaret Morrison. They have learned
new contemporary works as well as classic tap repertory by Bill “Bojangles”
Robinson, James "Buster" Brown, Eddie Brown, Charles “Honi” Coles and the
Copasetics. The Ensemble has been featured in articles in Dance Teacher
Magazine, Dance Spirit Magazine and Time Out New York Kids and
appeared on television on NY 1. and Nickelodeon's METV.
“Past and future come
together . . . in the recently formed Tap City Youth Ensemble, which performs
classic routines like the Copasetics’ “Chair Dance” with brash adolescent
energy” (Star-Ledger).
Scholarships are available through the
ATDF Gregory Hines Youth Scholarship Fund. Application can be downloaded
from this website by clicking on Gregory Hines Youth Scholarship Fund. All students who want a
scholarship for the 2010-2011 year must submit a new scholarship
application.
For more information
contact us at shebach@atdf.org or call the ATDF at
646-230-9564
About the TCYE Levels:
Tap City Youth Ensemble I is the most advanced
ensemble, made up of advanced teens. TCYE I is our main performance group and
will have more performance opportunities than the other two levels.
Tap City Youth Ensemble II is made up of
intermediate teens who are working towards TCYE I.
Tap City Youth Ensemble
III is our group of talented dancers ages 11+. Level III will learn and
perform classic and contemporary tap repertory geared towards their skills.
Performance Highlights
of the TCYE 2006-2011 Seasons:
Tap City – The
Annual NYC Tap Festival at the Duke on 42nd St, the Joyce Theater, &
Symphony Space.
ATDF New Tap
Choreography Showcases
ATDF's Annual Spring
Gala
The Apollo
Tap Extravaganza
Career Transitions
for Dancers Gala at NYC's City Center
Long Island
Children's Museum
National Dance Week,
NYC
Tappy Holidays
Dancewave’s “Kid’s
Café” Festival
Manhattan
Restoration Project
Macy's Charity
Day
School and Hospital
Shows in NYC & NJ
Jamming it up at
Capezio
Danskin Strreet
Fair
From 5-Points to
Harlem in Foley Square, Manhattan
Nickelodeon's
METV
Beat Street &
More!
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