Create your own program to suit your level and training needs by choosing from Master Classes, Residencies and 3-Day Courses. In the 3-Day Residencies, Sunday - Tuesday, students work intensively with a choreographer to learn material and perform at the Adult Student Showcase. Residencies and Courses are for adults and teens age 15 and up.
Tap City classes are at: Chelsea Studios, 151 West 26th Street, 6th floor, bet. 6th – 7th Avenues.
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Sunday - Tuesday July 8, 9 & 10 |
3 - Day Residencies |
| 9:45-12:30 |
R3 ADV Max Pollak SOLD OUT!
Rhythm on Foot, Hand on Gourd
A new work of mellow rhythm tap choreography and hand percussion on gourds and light instruments. Get ready to tap with your hands and drum with your feet. With live music.
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R2 INT Billie Mahoney
Tap Styles from the Golden Age of Swing Traditional tap choreography, time-steps from Bill Robinson and Ruby Keeler, boogie and swing movement, all combined innovatively to the music of Ella Fitzgerald, Glen Miller & Sinatra.
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| 12:45-1:45 |
Tap Talks / Tap Films |
| 2:00-4:45 |
R1 ADV Brenda Bufalino SOLD OUT!
Tapping and Singing the Jazz Standards
A suite of songs and tap dances using Jazz standards to explore the roots of tap repertory. With live music.
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Wednesday - Friday July 11, 12 & 13 |
3 - Day Courses |
| 9:45-11:00 |
A11 ADV Barbara Duffy
Tapping in the Groove
Exploring how steps fit into a musical groove.
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A12 INT Thelma Goldberg SOLD OUT!
Rhythmically Speaking
Swinging exercises and choreography will focus on improving technique, timing and musicality.
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| 11:15-12:30 |
A21 MIX Jason Samuels Smith SOLD OUT!
Rudiments
Re-visiting the basic foundations
of tap dance through a series of
challenging progressions
and "toe-teasers".
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A22 INT Margaret Morrison
Tapping to Bossa Nova and Latin Jazz
Tap footwork and expressive body movement to the music of Brazil and Latin Jazz. With live music.
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| 12:45 - 1:45 |
Tap Talks / Tap Films |
| 2:00-3:15 |
A31 ADV Harold Cromer
5 O'Clock Whistle
A new work to the Ellington classic
with the tap master who worked
with the Duke himself. Assisted by
Sarah "Sour" Reich.
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A32 INT Chloe Arnold SOLD OUT!
In Time
Strengthening rudiments, musicality and phrasing. Timing is everything.
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| 3:30-4:45 |
A41 ADV Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards
Tap Lab
No nonsense experiments with
rhythmical results that are clean
and crystal clear.
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A42 INT Karen Callaway Williams
Big Band Tap
Original tap choreography and Swing Era styling.
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| 5:00-6:15 |
A51 BEG Toni Noblett
Beginning Rhythm Tap
Syncopated rhythms, solid technique and swinging, easy choreography.
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For adults and teens ages 12 and up.
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Sun 7/8 |
Mon 7/9 |
Tue
7/10 |
Wed 7/11 |
Thu 7/12 |
Fri
7/13 |
| 5:00-6:30 |
MEET
and
GREET
for all
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M1 ADV
Baakari Wilder
Weight Shifting
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No Class |
M2 MIX
Nicki Denner
Improvise like a Jazz Musician
Tap improv taught by a jazz pianist
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M3 ADV
Ayodele Casel
Tapping with Clarity |
M4 ADV
Mable Lee
Use It or Lose It!
Tap Rep from the Golden Era of Tap. Assisted by Carson Murphy |
Saturday, July 14 |
| 10:00-11:30 |
M5 ADV
Lynn Schwab
Rhythm on the Move
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M6 ALL
Bernice Brooks
Bucket Drumming
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M7 INT
Charles Goddertz
Exploring the Classic Tap Soft Shoe
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| 12:00-1:30 |
M8 ADV SOLD OUT!
Michelle Dorrance
Rhythm Tap |
M9 ADV
Deborah Mitchell
Fascinating Rhythms to Jazz Standards |
M10 INT
DeWitt Fleming
Musicality & Movement
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| 2:00-3:30 |
M11 ADV SOLD OUT!
Derick K. Grant
Technique, Phrasing & Choreography
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M12 ADV SOLD OUT!
Bob Audy
Crystal Clear Taps Presentation, pullbacks and wings. With live music |
M13 INT
Germaine Salsberg
Bridging the Gap
Rhythm tap skills in a Broadway hoofing style |
| 4:00-5:30 |
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M15 ADV
Christiane Matallo
Brazilian Tap
with live music
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M16 INT SOLD OUT!
Randy Skinner
Broadway & Hollywood Tap
in the style of Astaire |
Tap City offers a performance opportunity to adult students, teachers and senior ensembles who have the urge to emerge. Tap City adult students will perform for each other in an informal showcase hosted by Margaret Morrison. It’s a chance to see and be seen, with all showcase performers sitting in the audience to watch the works of fellow amateur and professional groups from around the US and around the world, as well as works-in-progress showings by students in the Adult 3-Day Residencies.
The Adult Showcase of Talent
Tuesday, July 10 (9:30pm-11:00pm)
PS 41
116 West 11th Street
Tickets $15
For tickets see Registration Form.
Visit Performance Opportunities for detailed information on how to apply.
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