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PERFORMANCES & EVENTS 

FREE BEGINNER TAP CLASSES

Saturday, July 7, 2012 (noon - 3pm)

Come up and try a FREE public introduction to tap dance taught by Tony Waag and guest artist Christiane Matallo from Brazil! (shoes are supplied)

Marcus Garvey Park - East 120th & Madison Avenue - Multi Use Plaza



Questions? Call (646) 230-9564

Circle Line Marina, pier 83

West 42nd St. at Hudson River

COPASETIC BOAT RIDE

Monday, July 9, 2012 (7pm)

 

While you soak in the city's skyline, enjoy meeting the Tap City staff, faculty and your fellow students! There’s something aboard for everyone ...live music, entertainment and dancing, dancing, dancing, so come join us and catch the rhythm.   A sandwich with chips, cookies and a choice of soda or water is included in the ticket price. A cash bar offers drinks and other snacks.

 

7:00pm Boarding

7:30pm Boat sails

10:30pm Boat docks

Tickets:

General $35

To purchase Call (646) 230-9564

American Tap Dance Center

154 Christopher Street #2B

(bet Greenwich & Washington Sts)

TAP CITY - TAP CHALLENGE

Tuesday, July 10, 2012 (7pm)

 

The Tap City Tap Competitions is the first of its kind that specializes in the many diverse styles, modes, grooves, and musical time signatures of tap dance. The Tap City Tap Competitions will focus on three different styles to be announced early enough for the dancers, teachers and choreographers to prepare. Because our interests lie in the advancement of this art form, we aim to further the perception and the presentation of Tap Dance in a comprehensive manner by demanding only excellence in execution, interpretation, musicality and choreography. Each participant will critiqued by an expert panel of judges.

 

Visit: Tap City - Tap Challenge to register!

TAP TALKS/TAP FILMS/TAP AWARDS

The 2011 & 2012 Tap City Awards Ceremony
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 (7 - 9pm)

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Bruno Walter Auditorium (enter at: 111 Amsterdam Avenue & 65th Street)

 

Hosted by Director Tony Waag with film presentations and performances honoring this year’s awardees, the annual Hoofer and Tap Preservation Awards will be presented and Tap legends will be inducted into the INTERNATIONAL TAP DANCE HALL OF FAME.

2011 Hoofer Award

Max Pollak

2012 Hoofer Award

Jason Samuels Smith

2011 Tap Dance Hall of Fame Award

the late Cholly Atkins

2012 Tap Dance Hall of Fame Award

Alice Whitman and the Whitman Sisters Legacy

 

2011 Tap Preservation Award

Jacqui Malone

2012 Tap Preservation Award

Cobi Narita

Tickets:

General $10

Children 17 & under/Symph. Member/College Student/Senior: $5

Tickets MUST be purchased in advance by calling ATDF at: 646-230-9564

Peter Jay Sharp Theatre

2537 Broadway at 95th Street

 

TAP FUTURE
(ALL STUDENT SHOWCASE)

Thursday, July 12, 2012 (7pm)

Do you have the urge to emerge?  Tap City puts ALL of our students on stage in a fun show of youth, teen and adult students. Tap dancers will perform for each other—on Broadway!--in an informal performance featuring the newly minted work from all of the Tap City Residencies from the Youth, Pre-Professional and Adult Programs. It’s a chance to see and be seen, with all performers sitting in the audience to watch the works of fellow students, amateurs and professionals from around the US and around the world. Hosted by our entire Education Program Faculty and ATDF Artistic Director Tony Waag.

Visit: Tickets

General $22 Day of Show: $25

Children 17 & under/Symph. Member/College Student/Senior: $12

Box Office: 212.864.5400

Hours: Tues - Sun from 1 - 6pm. (Box office windows remain open on the night of a show until one half hour after curtain)

Or visit: www.symphonyspace.org

 

TAP IT OUT
Friday, July 13, 2012

(12noon, 1pm & 2pm)

Tap It Out is a free, public and outdoor event that will be performed downtown at the World Financial Center Marina, on the afternoon of Friday, July 13th as part of the acclaimed River to River Festival. Tap City participants will join local professionals in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the American Tap Dance Foundation.

 

 

For detailed info visit: About Tap It Out

 

American Tap Dance Foundation

American Tap Dance Center

154 Christopher Street #2B New York, NY 10014

Phone 646-230-9564
Fax 646-230-7777
Email: info@atdf.org

© 2010 ATDF

 


Tap Dance Conservatory

- Youth & Teen Classes
- Adult Classes
- Master Tap Intensives
- Workshops For Pros

Tap City Youth Ensemble

Gregory Hines Youth
Scholarship Fund

Internships

Tap City Festival Classes



Tap City Festival Shows

Concert Performances

New Tap Choreography
Showcases

National & Int'l Tours



International Tap Dance
Hall Of Fame

Hoofer Awards

Tap Preservation Awards

Gregory Hines Collection
of American Tap Dance Archives

Reconstruction Projects

Tap Talks/Tap Films



Artists In Residence

Choreography
Commissions

Tap Jams/Special Events

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