| HISTORY
AMERICAN TAP DANCE FOUNDATION,
INC.
Jan 3 – Feb 21, 2007
Brenda Bufalino teaches Tap Technique
Brenda Bufalino teaches Tap Composition
One-On-One Mentoring and Consultation
Jan 7, 2007
Youth Program Open House (3-4PM)
Chelsea Studios 151 W. 26th Street, 5th Floor
February 5, 2007 (4–5pm)
Tap Dance Hall of Fame awarded to Dr. Bunny Briggs
West Las Vegas Library
Free & Open to the Public!
Feb 10, 2007
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance (3:00pm)
"Kids Cafe Festival"
Produced by Dancewave, Inc.
Kumble Theater
Long Island University.
1 University Plaza, Brooklyn
Feb 16 – 19, 2007
The Annual Winter Tap Intensive
A weekend of 15 dynamic Master Classes for adults, teens, and children including a Three-day Residency with Brenda Bufalino, a New Tap Choreography Showcase, Tap Talks/Tap Films and Free Events. Teachers included Chloe Arnold, Bernice “Boom Boom” Brooks, Brenda Bufalino, Barbara Duffy, Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards, DeWitt Fleming, Susan Hebach, Constance Valis Hill, Margaret Morrison, Lynn Schwab, Jason Samuels Smith, Tony Waag, Baakari Wilder, and Karen Callaway Williams
Feb 18, 2007
New Tap Choreography Showcase
Stepping Out Studios
37 West 26th Street, Chelsea (7:30pm)
March 7, 2007
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
Trinity High School (part of dance week series)
141 W. 91st St. (8:15 - 8:25 am)
March 8-9, 2007
Tap City on Tour
Workshop Thursday 8th TBA
Performance Friday 9th 8:00pm
Carlisle Regional Performing Arts Center
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
March 10, 2007
Tap City on Tour
Performance 8:00pm
Workshop
State Theatre Center for the Arts
Uniontown, Pennsylvania
March 11, 2007
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
Cobi’s Place Tap Jam
158 West 48th Street, 7:00pm
March 22, 2007
Tap City on Tour
Performance 7:30pm
Workshop (Day)
Neumann Auditorium
Wartburg College
Waverly, Iowa
March 23-24, 2007
Tap City on Tour
Workshop on Friday 23rd 4:30pm
Performance on Saturday 24th 7:30pm
Englert Civic Center
Iowa City , Iowa
March 28, 2007
Tap City on Tour
Performance 8:00pm
Patriot Hall
Sumter, South Carolina
March 31, 2007
“Jam it Up” at Capezio (2:00-3:00pm)
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
Capezio @ 51st and Broadway
April 21, 2007
“Jam it Up” at Capezio (2:00-3:00pm)
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
Capezio @ 51st and Broadway
April 28, 2007
National Dance Week NYC
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
Cantor Auditorium/Brooklyn Museum (12-1pm)
200 Eastern Parkway
May 3, 2007
ME:TV for Nickelodeon (5:00 – 7:00 PM)
Tap City Youth Ensemble performs on Nickelodeon show ME:TV
Broadcast nationally on Nickelodeon.
May 19, 2007
Open House for ATDF Youth Program (11:30am – 12:30pm)
Chelsea Studios
May 20, 2007
“Jam it Up” at Capezio (2:00-3:00 pm)
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
Capezio @ 51st and Broadway
May 22, 2007
ATDF’s 2nd Annual Spring Gala (6-8pm)
Reception, Performance and Silent Auction
Cielo, 18 Little West 12th Street
The Tap City Youth Ensemble and the ATDF’s Youth Program dancers perform alongside professionals including Brenda Bufalino, Harold Cromer, Barbara Duffy and Company, Kazu Kumagai, Mable Lee, Jason Samuels Smith,and Tony Waag. Celebrity hosts were Leslie Uggams and Maurice Hines. Gala proceeds support the American Tap Dance Foundation’s Youth Education Initiative: The Gregory Hines Youth Scholarship Fund, the Tap City Youth Ensemble, ATDF’s Year Round Training Program for children and teens, and Internship Program.
June 8, 2007
ATDF Youth Program Spring Concert (7:30-9:30pm)
Free for family & friends of performing students only.
Not open to the public.
P.S. 41, 116 West 11th Street.
A youth tap dance concert produced by Susan Hebach and the ATDF featuring: the TCYE, ATDF Youth Program Students, Tap Collective Youth Program students, public school students.
June 16, 2007
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Susan Goldbetter’s Beat Street (2:30-3:30pm)
Free and open to the public
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
145 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11213
June 23, 2007
Audition for new members of TCYE for 07–08 Season
Chelsea Studios (11:30am-2:30pm)
151 West 26th Street
July 7 – 14, 2007
Tap City, the NYC Tap Festival
Adult, Pre-Professional and Youth Training Programs
Chelsea Studios
Daily tap classes taught by a star-studded faculty including: Chloe Arnold, Bob Audy, Terry Brock, Bernice “Boom Boom” Brooks, Brenda Bufalino, Robin Burdulis, Karen Callaway Williams, Ayodele Casel, Harold Cromer, Nicki Denner, Michelle Dorrance, Barbara Duffy, Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards, DeWitt Fleming Jr., Charles Goddertz, Thelma Goldberg, Derick K. Grant, Susan Hebach, Wyatt Jackson, Mable Lee, Billie Mahoney, Christiane Matallo, Deborah Mitchell, Margaret Morrison, Carson Murphy, Toni Noblett, Max Pollak, Sarah Reich, Michele Ribble, Germaine Salsberg, Jason Samuels Smith, Lynn Schwab, Randy Skinner, and Baakari Wilder. Sunday, July 8 – Friday, July 13, 2007 (12:45pm – 1:45pm)
Daily Tap Talks/Tap Films Presentations
Chelsea Studios
Curated by Constance Valis Hill. Moderators and participants included Sharon Arslanian, Ann Kilkelly, Susan Goldbetter, Pam Raff, and Billie Mahoney
July 11, 2007
Tap Youth/Tap Future (7:00 & 9:30 pm)
Duke on 42nd Street Theater
Performances by kids, teens and youth ensembles from across the nation and hosted by Tap City’s Youth Program Director Michele Ribble. The 4th annual TAP TEACHER AWARDS presented.
July 12, 2007
Tap Internationals (7:00 & 9:30 pm), Duke on 42nd St. Theater
Performances by international artists and ensembles that converge from around the globe exploring new frontiers in tap dance! Artists included: Barbara Duffy & Andrea Del Conte (USA/Spain), Alexander Ivashkevich (Russia/Estonia), Chikako Iwahori (Japan), Kazu Kumagai (Japan), Jussi Lindroos (Finland), Christiane Matallo (Brazil), Max Pollak’s Rumba Tap (USA/Austria/Cuba/Japan), Rhythm & Shoes (USA), the Tap City Youth Ensemble (USA/South Africa) and Zen (Japan).
Friday, July 13, 2007
Tap Forward (7:00 pm & 9:30 pm)
Duke on 42nd Street Theater
An evening of contemporary choreography created by leading soloists, cutting edge ensembles, and up and coming hoofers including Chloe Arnold, Ayodele Casel, Michelle Dorrance, Barbara Duffy & Company (Michelle Dorrance, Barbara Duffy, Chikako Iwahori, Maya Jenkins, Carson Murphy, Claudia Rahardjanoto, & Lynn Schwab), Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards, DeWitt Fleming, Margaret Morrison, the New Jersey Tap Ensemble, Rhythm in Motion Bay Area Dance Company, Jason Samuels Smith, the Tap City Youth Ensemble and Tony Waag. The annual HOOFER AWARD was presented to tap dancer and choreographer Deborah Mitchell and the TAP PRESERVATION AWARD will be presented to producer Susan Goldbetter.
July 14, 2007
Tap & Song (7:00 pm & 9:30 pm)
Duke on 42nd Street Theater
Tony Waag and friends took us on a rhythmic romp celebrating traditional vaudeville, comedy and classic song and dance. Performers include Terry Brock, Brenda Bufalino, Mary Giattino, Derick K. Grant, Ray Hesselink, Ann Kilkelly, Mable Lee, Parallel Exit (Ryan Kasprzak, Brent McBeth, and Derek Roland), Germaine Salsberg’s Les Femmes, Ruth Rosendaal, Courtney Runft, the Tap City Youth Ensemble, Tony Waag and Karen Callaway Williams. Tap legends Eddie Brown and Leon Collins were inducted into the INTERNATIONAL TAP DANCE HALL OF FAME.
September 2007 – June 2008
Year-Round Tap Classes for Children and Teens
Chelsea Studios
Daily classes with Susan Hebach, Toni Noblett & Courtney Runft
Master Classes with guest choreographers. (All levels and ages 31/2 – teens)
Tap City Youth Ensemble (ages 9 – 19), Chelsea Studios
The ATDF’s performing ensemble brought young dancers together with professional choreographers to learn and perform classic and contemporary tap repertory.
Ongoing Classes for Adults Chelsea Studios/Stepping Out Studios
Tap Technique and Repertory taught by Brenda Bufalino
Fast Beginning Tap taught by Susan Hebach
Basic Intro to Tap taught by Courtney Runft
September 9, 2007
American Tap Dance Foundation
Evening Stars – Celebration of Tap
Battery Park Free & Open to the Public!
New York City’s largest free outdoor dance series returns to Battery Park with world class dance companies, co-presented with Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and The Joyce Theater.
Activities include:
“Tap City Tap Off” (1-3pm)
A daytime amateur tap dance contest where the first place winner is selected to perform with the pros in the evening concert.
Tap City Master Class (3:30-4:30pm)
A free public tap dance lesson offered to all ages and all levels.
“Tap City Downtown” (7:30pm)
An evening performance featuring a variety of tap groups and a live music trio (piano, drums, and bass) on stage. Co-produced by Tony Waag of the American Tap Dance Foundation offering the best of Tap City on Tour.
September 15, 2007
TCYE Performance
Danskin Street Fair, Danskin Store
October 7-14, 2007
Tap City on Tour
Produced by the U.S. State Department in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy Yerevan, Armenia, Tap City represented American Tap by presenting performances in Gyumri, Vanadzor and Yerevan, Armenia. Dancers included Nate Cooper, DeWitt Fleming, Margaret Morrison, Karen Callaway Williams, & Tony Waag.
November 1 -2, 2007
Tap City on Tour
Monroe, Michigan
River Raison Centre For Arts
November 3, 2007
Tap City on Tour
Tecumseh, Michigan
Tecumseh Center for the Arts
December 14, 2007
TCYE Performance
Tappy Holidays
Symphony Space
January 26, 2008
TCYE Performance, Coler-Goldwater Hospital
Roosevelt Island, 2 locations
February 9, 2008
TCYE Performance
Dancewave’s “Kid’s Café” Festival
Kumble Theater
LIU in Brooklyn
February 15 - February 18, 2008
ATDF Winter Tap Intensive
Chelsea Studios
The ATDF presented a weekend of dynamic Master Classes at Chelsea Studios. Faculty includes Brenda Bufalino, Nicki Denner, Barbara Duffy, Mercedes Ellington, DeWitt Fleming, Derick K. Grant, Jared Grimes, Constance Valis Hill, Kendrick Jones II, Parris Mann, Margaret Morrison and Tony Waag
February 17, 08 (3:00 – 4:00pm)
Free Tap Class
Free public Basic Intro to Tap class for adults
Chelsea Studios
February 17, 2008
ATDF Winter Tap Off & New Tap Choreography Showcase
Little Flower Theater
LaGuardia High School
Winter Tap Off (5:30 – 6:30 PM)
The Tap Off was an amateur hour for adults, teens and young dancers (ages 8 and up). Open to tap ensembles and soloists, Tap Off winners received scholarships to the New York City Tap Festival and a chance to perform in the New Tap Choreography Showcase.
New Tap Choreography Showcase (8:00 PM)
Hosted by Tony Waag and Brenda Bufalino, the New Tap Choreography showcased the new works of today's hottest tap dancers and up-and-coming tap artists.
February 27, 2008
TCYE Performance
Amateur Night at the Apollo
Apollo Theater
TCYE performed Harold Cromer’s “Opus One”
April 11, 2008
TCYE Performance
Trinity Rhythm Festival
Trinity School
April 13, 2008
Tap City Youth Concert
Symphony Space
Year-end concert featuring 120 students from ATDF’s ongoing classes, the Tap City Youth Ensemble and guest artists Melinda Sullivan and Kendrick Jones
May 11, 2008
TCYE Performance
National Dance Week
New Dance Group
May 19, 2008
TCYE Performance
New York Restoration Project
Tomkins Square Park
May 20, 2008
ATDF’s 3rd Annual Spring Gala
Helen Mills Event Space
The Tap City Youth Ensemble and the ATDF’s Youth Program dancers performed alongside local professionals with celebrity hosts. Gala proceeds supported the American Tap Dance Foundation’s Youth Education Initiative: The Gregory Hines Youth Scholarship Fund, the Tap City Youth Ensemble, ATDF’s Year Round Training Program for children and teens, and Internship Program.
May 25, 2008
TCYE Performance
National Tap Dance Day Tap Extravaganza
Haft Auditorium, FIT
Monday, May 26th, 2008 (6-8pm)
KATHAK Master Class (Mixed Level)
Chelsea Studios
Divine Rhythm Productions & American Tap Dance Foundation
Presented Pandit Chitresh Das the renowned master of Kathak (classical dance of North India) (Special participation by Jason Samuels Smith)
Saturday, June 28, 2008 (12:30 – 6:00pm)
Audition for the Tap City Youth Ensemble
Chelsea Studios
July 5 – 12, 2008
Tap City, the 8th Annual New York City Tap Festival
June 30 – July 4, 2008
Tap Attacks
Columbus Park, Thomas Paine Park, City Hall Park, Bowling Green Park, & Battery Park
All day tap jams (12 noon – 6pm) Organized by tap dancer Ruth Rosendaal.
July 5 – July 11, 2008
Adult, Pre-Professional and Youth Training Programs, Chelsea Studios
Daily tap classes taught by a star-studded faculty including: Chloe Arnold, Bob Audy, Ernest “Brownie” Brown, Brenda Bufalino, Karen Callaway Williams, Ayodele Casel, Heather Cornell, Harold Cromer, Nicki Denner, Michelle Dorrance, Barbara Duffy, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Edwin Fion, DeWitt Fleming Jr., Charles Goddertz, Jane Goldberg, Thelma Goldberg, Susan Goldbetter, Germaine Goodson, Derick K. Grant, Acia Gray, Jared Grimes, Susan Hebach, Josh Hilberman, Constance Valis Hill, Chikako Iwahori, Wyatt Jackson, Jason Janas, Ann Kilkelly, Kazu Kumagai, Reggio McLaughlin, Deborah Mitchell, Margaret Morrison, Toni Noblett, Sarah Petronio, Max Pollak, Sarah Reich, Michele Ribble, David Rider, Germaine Salsberg, Jason Samuels Smith, Lynn Schwab, Randy Skinner, & Alicia Smith
July 7, 2008 (7:30pm – 10:30pm)
The Return of the Boat Ride & Jam
Circle Line Marina, Pier 83
The social event of the festival! New York’s famous Circle Line Tours took Tap City on a Jam/Cruise around Manhattan. Chloe Arnold and Bernice “boom Boom” Brooks hosts two jams.
July 6 – July 11, 2008
Tap Talks/Tap Films
Chelsea Studios
Curated by Constance Valis Hill and Margaret Morrison
Tap City honors the collective history of tap dance as a vitally important and beautiful American art form. Tap Talks/Tap Films brings together teachers, writers, historians, students and performers to view a wide selection of tap dance on film, and discuss current issues within the field. Moderators and participants included Margaret Morrison, Ernest “Brownie” Brown of the team Cook & Brown, Harold Cromer of the team Stump and Stumpy, Hank Smith, Tina Pratt, Ann Kilkelly, Sarah Petronio & Jane Goldberg
July 8, 2008 (8:00 pm)
Tap Forward
Symphony Space
An evening of contemporary choreography created by leading choreographers for cutting edge ensembles including Chloe Arnold, Michelle Dorrance, Barbara Duffy & Company, Acia Gray, Derick K. Grant, Josh Hilberman, Jason Janas, Kazu Kumagai, Michela Marino-Lerman, Margaret Morrison, Carson Murphy, Andrew Nemr & CPD Plus, Jason Samuels Smith, Tapestry Dance Company, Tony Waag, Josette C. Wiggan, Zen & others! The annual HOOFER AWARDS were presented to tap dancers extraordinaire Tina Pratt and Derick K. Grant and the TAP PRESERVATION AWARD will be presented to teacher, historian and Professor Ann Kilkelly.
July 9, 2008 (3:00 - 6:00 pm)
Youth Showcase of Talent: (ages 9-19)
Symphony Space
An opportunity for Tap City students to share their talents.
July 9, 2008 (8:00 - 10:00 pm)
Adult Showcase (ages 16 and up)
Symphony Space
An opportunity for adult students at Tap City, the New York City Tap Festival to share their talents. From emerging ensembles to choreography learned during four day tap residencies this community event promotes continuing rhythmic education at any age!
July 10, 2008 (8:00 pm)
Tap Youth/Tap Future
Symphony Space
Performances by kids, teens and youth ensembles from across the nation. Hosted by Tap City’s Youth Program Director Michele Ribble. The 5th annual TAP TEACHER AWARDS were presented.
July 11, 2008 (8:00 pm)
Tap & Song
Symphony Space
Tony Waag and friends took us on a rhythmic romp celebrating traditional vaudeville, comedy and classic song and dance. Performers included Brenda Bufalino, C3 Tap Cooperative, DeWitt Fleming, Acia Gray, Jared Grimes, Susan Hebach, Jason Janas, Kendrick Jones, Ann Kilkelly, Mable Lee and her Dancing Ladies, Reggio McLaughlin, Konstantin Nevredinov, Sarah Petronio, Max Pollak's Rumba Tap, Claudia Rahardjanoto, Mathew Sheilds, Hank Smith, Melinda Sullivan, the Tap City Youth Ensemble, Tapestry Dance Company, Tony Waag, Karen Callaway Williams and others. Tap legends Ernest "Brownie" Brown (of Cook and Brown), Harold Cromer (of Stump and Stumpy) Mable Lee, and Dr. Jimmy Slyde were inducted into the INTERNATIONAL TAP DANCE HALL OF FAME.
September 3, 7, 11, & 13, 2008
Youth Program Free Open Houses
Chelsea Studios
September 2008 – June 2009
Ongoing Classes for Kids and Teens
Chelsea Studios
Year-Round Tap Classes for Children & Teens (All levels/all ages)
Daily classes taught by Susan Hebach, Tony Mayes, Toni Noblett, Claudia Rahardjanoto & Courtney Runft
Adv Technique classes with guest teachers/choreographers.
Tap Classes ages 3 1/2 – adults
Weekend Tap Intensives for advance level professionals.
Performance Opportunities
Tap City Youth Ensemble
For tap dancers ages 11 – 19 for Tap City Youth Ensemble
The ATDF’s exciting performing ensemble brings young dancers together with professional choreographers to learn and perform classic and contemporary tap repertory. Directed by Susan Hebach.
Ongoing Classes for Adults
Year-Round Tap Classes for Adults
Daily classes (All levels and all ages)
Adv Technique classes with guest teachers/choreographers.
Adv Choreography Workshops taught by Brenda Bufalino.
For details and info visit: www.atdf.org
September 24 - October 6, 2008
Tony Waag’s Tap City Tours Romania!
Produced by the U.S. State Department in collaboration with the U.S. Embassy Romania. Dancers included DeWitt Fleming, Derick Grant, Margaret Morrison, Karen Callaway Williams, & Tony Waag.
October 11 & 12, 2008
Take It to the Stage
Choreography Intensive with Dancer Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards
Chelsea Studios
Dancers Chloe Arnold and Tony Waag team up and present the first of (8) Weekend Tap Choreography Intensives for Advance level professionals where dancers work intensively with today’s top Teachers/Choreographers as they create new works to be premiered in New York City. November 8 & 9, 2008
Take It to the Stage
Choreography Intensive with Dancer Jason Samuels Smith
Chelsea Studios
Dancers Chloe Arnold and Tony Waag team up and present the second of (8) Weekend Tap Choreography Intensives for Advance level professionals where dancers work intensively with today’s top Teachers/Choreographers as they create new works to be premiered in New York City.
November 11, 2008
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
Coler Hospital
Roosevelt Island for the “Angelica Foundation”
November 14 & 15, 2008 (7:30pm)
Tap City on Tour
Independence Park Theatre
Baton Rouge, LA
November 15, 2008
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
Long Island Children's Museum
Global Shoe Exhibit (1pm and 3pm)
Guest artist Guillem Alonso and live jazz trio
November 23, 2008
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
"Young Audiences" Sneak Preview
Studio showing, 5:45-6:45pm
Chelsea Studios
December 6 & 7, 2008
Take It to the Stage
Choreography Intensive with Dancer Chloe Arnold
Chelsea Studios
Dancers Chloe Arnold and Tony Waag team up and present the second of (8) Weekend Tap Choreography Intensives for Advance level professionals where dancers work intensively with today’s top Teachers/Choreographers as they create new works to be premiered in New York City.
December 12, 2008
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
Tappy Holidays
Symphony Space, NYC
December 14, 2008
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
ATDF youth jam/party with live band and guest artists
Chelsea Studios
January 10 & 11, 2009
Take It to the Stage
Choreography Intensive with Dancer Derick K. Grant
Chelsea Studios
Dancers Chloe Arnold and Tony Waag team up and present the second of (8) Weekend Tap Choreography Intensives for Advance level professionals where dancers work intensively with today’s top Teachers/Choreographers as they create new works to be premiered in New York City.
February 7, 2009
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
Human Rights Campaign Gala, NYC
February, 2009
Sound Check Performance Series
Judson Memorial Church
A tap dance concert “series” produced by ATDF staff members Tony Waag, Hjordis Linn and Tony Mayes and is ATDF’s first attempt at presenting a conceptual concert series consisting of nine uniquely different shows that continue to celebrate the diversity of tap, while illuminating the incredible breadth and scope of the dance form, from improvisation to choreography, contextual solo work to complex ensemble choreography and composition. Sound Check provides a new forum for expanding and developing new work.
Thursday, February 12, 8pm
W-L-U-V
Tune in to W-L-U-V and behold three pairs of the hottest young tap talents work out the rhythms of love to the smoothest radio DJ spinning your favorite platters. Director and chorographer Christopher Scott is joined by Kendrick Jones, Michela Marino-Lerman, Baakari Wilder, Carson Murphy, Melinda Sullivan plus Camille Gaston as DJ Max Love.
STOP LOOK LISTEN
Choreography & Music by Katherine Kramer and Lanzallamas
Stop Look Listen fuses tap dance and contemporary dance with an original score performed by "Lanzallamas" moving alongside 4 dancers. The hybrid “afro-brazilian-gypsy” score heartens and propels the performers as they become a contemporary band of “tricksters” on a playful journey in a dangerous world.
Friday, February 13, 8pm
HEELING POWERS: RHYTHMS OF THE LEFT BRAIN
Tap soloist Joshua Hilberman draws on a restless imagination in his one-man tour de force, a 'greatest hits' extravaganza with 20-year collaborator pianist Paul Arslanian. One-man band, improvisational virtuoso, filmmaker, choreographer, and vaudevillian, Hilberman presents tap dance past, present, and future: tap without borders.
PRIMORDIAL MEMORIES
The wandering tap dance-nature poet Brenda Bufalino’s Primordial Memories is a dance of renewal, weaving the sinuous, ecstatic shapes and sounds of nature into organic counter-rhythms. Blackbirds, blue herons and flying turtles evoke the elemental and evolve into the technological, covering the earth with it’s own rhythmic memory. Special guests include the Tap City Youth Ensemble.
Wednesday, February 18, 7-8:30pm
TAKE IT TO THE STAGE!
7-8:30 pm: Performance/Cocktail Reception
ATDF’s 4th Annual Fundraiser with premiere performances and new work created by Chloe Arnold, Barbara Duffy & Company, Derick K. Grant, Kendrick Jones, Parallel Exit, Melinda Sullivan, Jason Samuels Smith, and Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards. The program also includes performances by the dynamic Tap City Youth Ensemble directed by Susan Hebach premiering new works created by Guillem Alonso from Barcelona, the late Buster Brown, Michelle Dorrance, Josh Hilberman and Tony Waag. All proceeds supported the Gregory Hines Youth Scholarship Fund and ongoing education programs!
Thursday, February 19, 8pm
STAGES
Under the direction of Barbara Duffy and Tony Stevens.
Barbara Duffy & Company incorporates song, dance, dialogue, choreography and improvisation into an evening of high energy entertainment. Stages touches upon issues to which everyone can relate such as love, friendship, self-doubt and the courage to express one's true identity. It pays tribute to the masters who have shaped the art form and celebrates life through the universal power of rhythm.
TIME STEP
Directed by Mark Lonergan, Choreography by Ryan Kasprzak, Brent McBeth, and Derek Roland. New York's Parallel Exit presents a brand new work blending tap, rhythm, and physical comedy. Fresh, funny, and filled with moments of visual magic, Time Step pushes tap in a new direction by conveying a story of three hoofers entirely through rhythm and choreography.
Friday, February 20, 8pm
TAPSPLOITATION
Directed/Choreographed by Michela Marino-Lerman. The story of a young woman and man who search for meaning and personal identity in 1970’s urban America. Through tap dance and the music of the era, Tapsploitation pulsates with the energy and turmoil of this perilous and exotic time, and follows the characters on their journey through the streets of the American city, to the jungles of Vietnam, to the abyss of drug addiction, and back to a dawning awareness of the path to self-understanding.
RUMBATAP
Artistic Director Max Pollak, named one of “25 to Watch in 2007” by Dance Magazine, was the first person to merge American Rhythm Tap with authentic Afro-Cuban music and dance. Capturing the charged electricity and power of a Latin jazz "Orquesta," RumbaTap features a multi-talented international cast of musicians and dancers.
February 20, 2009
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
JASA Sr. Center
12:45-1:45pm
February 27. 2009
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
“Young Audiences Showcase”
Ross Global Academy, 11:00am
March 10, 2009
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
“Men’s Night Out”, Special Event, Macy’s Herald Square, 6-8pm
March 11, 2009
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
Riverbank State Park
10:30-11:30am
Part of "Women's History Series" in assoc. with Circuit Productions
March 14 & 15, 2009
Take It to the Stage
Choreography Intensive with Dancer Jared Grimes
Chelsea Studios
Dancers Chloe Arnold and Tony Waag team up and present the second of (8) Weekend Tap Choreography Intensives for Advance level professionals where dancers work intensively with today’s top Teachers/Choreographers as they create new works to be premiered in New York City.
March 28, 2009
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
“Angelina Ballerina” television taping for Channel Thirteen, 2-5pm
April 5, 2009
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
“Young Audiences Preview”
Chelsea Studios, 1-2pm
April 18, 2009 (8pm)
Tap City on Tour
USC-Beaufort Performing Arts Center
Beaufort, SC
April 22, 2009
Audition for the “New” Tap Dance Orchestra
ATDF embarks on a new preservation project funded by the NEA as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius where the organization will reconstruct two seminal works by Ms. Bufalino that were originally created for the American Tap Dance Orchestra.
April 25 & 26, 2009
Take It to the Stage
Choreography Intensive with Dancer Brenda Bufalino
Chelsea Studios
Dancers Chloe Arnold and Tony Waag team up and present the second of (8) Weekend Tap Choreography Intensives for Advance level professionals where dancers work intensively with today’s top Teachers/Choreographers as they create new works to be premiered in New York City.
May 2, 2009 11:30-4pm
Tap City Youth Ensemble Audition
Chelsea Studios
151 West 26th Street
May 3, 2009
ATDF Education Program OPEN HOUSE (10-11am)
Chelsea Studios
May 9 & 10, 2009
Take It to the Stage
Choreography Intensive with Dancer Michelle Dorrance
Chelsea Studios
Dancers Chloe Arnold and Tony Waag team up and present the second of (8) Weekend Tap Choreography Intensives for Advance level professionals where dancers work intensively with today’s top Teachers/Choreographers as they create new works to be premiered in New York City.
May 13, 2009
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
“NY 1: Parenting, Where to Go, by Shelley Goldberg”, Chelsea Market, 12-2pm
May 18, 2009
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
"Boston's National Tap Day Celebration", Regent Theater in Lexington, MA, 8pm
May 21, 2009 (7:00 – 10:30pm)
Sunset Boat Ride & Tap Jam
A lively and spirited cruise around Manhattan.
Circle Line Marina, pier 83
West 42nd Street at the Hudson River
Tony Waag and the staff of the American Tap Dance Foundation offered a very unique evening of fun for all ages. Tap jam hosts included Chloe Arnold, DeWitt Fleming, and Michela Marino-Lerman and danced to the Theo Hill Jazz Trio. Other participating artists included Brenda Bufalino, Captain Harold Cromer, Mable Lee, the Tap City Youth Ensemble, and more!
June 6, 2009
Tap City Youth Concert
Peter J. Sharp Theater
Symphony Space
Year-end concert featuring students from ATDF’s ongoing classes, the Tap City Youth Ensemble and guest artists.
June 14, 2009
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
part of the "Second Sundays" performance series, 2:00pm, NYC
July 6 – 11, 2009
Tap City, the New York City Tap Festival
Adult, Pre-Professional and Youth Training Programs
Chelsea Studios, 151 West 26th Street
Daily tap classes taught by a star-studded faculty including: Chloe Arnold, Brenda Bufalino, Harold Cromer, Nicki Denner, Michelle Dorrance, Barbara Duffy, Mercedes Ellington, DeWitt Fleming, Jr., Thelma Goldberg, Derick K. Grant, Acia Gray, Jared Grimes, Susan Hebach, Ray Hesselink, Geo Hubela, Kelly Kaleta, Ann Kilkelly, Lisa LaTouche, Carson Murphy, Max Pollak, Sarah Reich, Michele Ribble, David Rider, Germaine Salsberg, Jason Samuels Smith, Lynn Schwab, Randy Skinner, Hank Smith, Alicia A. Smith, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, & Jimmy Tate
July 6 – 11, 2009
Tap City, the New York City Tap Festival
Tap Talks/Tap Films Presentations
Chelsea Studios, 151 West 26th Street
Open to registered students only!
Daily educational activities designed to encourage discussion, exchange ideas, explore the rich and diverse legacy and history of the art form and illuminate issues within the field today. Curated by dancer, teacher and ATDF Year-Round Youth Program Director Susan Hebach.
July 6, 2009 (9:30-11:00PM)
Jam @ Joe's - Opening Night Tap Jam
Joe's Pub at the Public Theater
425 Lafayette Street
The American Tap Dance Foundation kicks off its annual weeklong festival, Tap City, with this dynamic and rhythmic event. Produced in association with Awoye Timpo, tappers from around the world will join for a night of tap improvisation that is not to be missed. The live jazz trio features Bernice Brooks on drums, Jess Jurkovic on piano and Joe Fonda on bass. The evening will be hosted by local hoofer extraordinaire Barbara Duffy with guest appearances by Tap City Faculty and Students.
July 8, 2009 (8:00 - 9:30pm)
The 2009 Tap City Awards Ceremony
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Bruno Walter Auditorium
111 Amsterdam Avenue & 65th Street
Hosted by Director Tony Waag and tap historian Constance Valis Hill of the American Tap Dance Foundation, with live performances and film presentations honoring this year’s awardees: Brenda Bufalino (Tap Dance Hall of Fame Award), The Class Act (Tap Dance Hall of Fame Award), Mercedes Ellington (Hoofer Award), Randy Skinner (Hoofer Award), and Marshall and Jean Stearns (Tap Preservation Award). This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited! First come first served!
July 9, 2009 (2:00pm)
Adult Student & Faculty Showcase (Ages 15+)
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
Tap City 2009 offers performance opportunities to adult students, teachers, professional and senior ensembles who have the urge to emerge. It’s a chance to see and be seen, showcasing amateur and professional groups from around the US and around the world, as well as works-in-progress by students in the Tap City Adult Residencies and Master Tap Intensive Choreography Showcases developed throughout the year by the American Tap Dance Foundation. Hosted by ATDF Artistic Director Tony Waag.
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July 9, 2009 (7:00pm)
Tap Youth/Tap Future
For Kids, By Kids (ages 6 -19)
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
Each year, Tap City offers young dancers and youth ensembles a chance to dance in a professionally produced concert. Tap Youth/Tap Future highlights the world's most talented upcoming tap stars. Hosted by Tap City Youth Program Director Michele Ribble and ATDF Artistic Director Tony Waag.
July 10, 2009 (8:00pm)
Tap City 2009 - The Main Event!
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
Peter Norton Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
Once again, the Mayor of Tap City Tony Waag brings together an eclectic cast of legendary tap dance veterans, cutting edge soloists, contemporary ensembles, and the hottest new hoofers on the scene today, in honor of America’s most virtuosic and entertaining art form. Tap City creates a rich and diverse kaleidoscope of tap artists and a unique variety of styles, rhythms and musical feet including a premiere performance by the “New” Tap Dance Orchestra with a reconstructed work by the legendary dancer and choreographer Brenda Bufalino. New work, new faces and new voices will also be premiered and performed by an international cast of tappers that include Chloe Arnold, Michelle Dorrance, Barbara Duffy and Company, Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards, Derick K. Grant, Nicole Harris, Sean Jackson, Chikako Iwahori, Jamaal Kendall, Kazu Kumagai, Carson Murphy, Claudia Rahardjanato, Sarah Reich, Lynn Schwab, Chris Scott, Jason Samuels Smith, Jimmy Sutherland, the Tap City Youth Ensemble, Tony Waag, Joseph Webb, Baakari Wilder and others.
July 30, 2009
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
Young Audiences
“City Parks Kids”, Al Smith Park, 10:30-11:30am
August 6, 2009
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
“Gerson Cultural Arts Series”, Council Senior Center, 1:30-2:30
September 9, 13, 14 & 19 & October 4, 2009
ATDF Youth Program Open Houses
For ages 3 1/2 to teens.
Chelsea Studios
September 13, 2009
Tap City Youth Ensemble Audition
Chelsea Studios
September 2009 – December 2009
Ongoing Classes for Kids and Teens
Year-Round Tap Classes for Children & Teens (All levels/all ages) ages 3 1/2 – adults
Adv Technique classes for teens and adults
Weekend Tap Intensives for advance level professionals.
Chelsea Studios
Tap City Youth Ensemble
For tap dancers ages 11 – 19
The ATDF’s exciting performing ensemble brings young dancers together with professional choreographers to learn and perform classic and contemporary tap repertory. Directed by Susan Hebach.
Chelsea Studios
Ongoing Classes for Adults
Year-Round Tap Classes for Adults
Daily classes (All levels and all ages)
Adv Technique classes with guest teachers/choreographers.
Chelsea Studios
Advanced Choreography Workshops
Taught by Brenda Bufalino.
Stepping Out Studios
37 West 26th Street
October 4, 2009
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
Ernest “Brownie” Brown Memorial
St. Peters Church, 7:30pm
October 6 - 10, 2009
Thank You Gregory
A Tribute to the Legends of Tap
Zellerbach Theatre , Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts
3680 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Produced by Dance Affiliates, under the artistic direction of Randy Swartz, written by Tony Waag and directed by Ann Marie De Angelo, Thank You Gregory starring Maurice Hines salutes American tap legends - Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Charles "Honi" Coles, the Nicholas Brothers, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Ray Bolger, the Copasetics, Brenda Bufalino, Jimmy Slyde and others. This all new production, based on the 2005 original show which premiered on the Dance Celebration Series, honors the American Ambassador of Tap, Gregory Hines.
October 18, 2009
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
Grand Prospect Hall, Brooklyn, Private Party, 2-4pm
November, 2009 - April 2010
Thank You Gregory
A Tribute to the Legends of Tap
National Tour
Visit: www.thankyougregory.com for the tour schedule
November 2, 2009
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
“American Jubilee”
New York City Center, Career Transitions for Dancers, 7:00pm
December 5, 2009
Open House/Holiday Party
Live, music, dancing and refreshments celebrating the new ATDF home. For current kids and parents enrolled in ATDF Programs.
January 4, 2010
Open House/Press Event
American Tap Dance Center
Opens its doors for ongoing educational programs
154 Christopher Street #2B
January 2010 – June 2010
Ongoing Classes for Kids and Teens
Year-Round Tap Classes for Children & Teens (All levels/all ages)
Tap City Youth Ensemble
For tap dancers ages 11 – 19 for Tap City Youth Ensemble
The ATDF’s exciting performing ensemble brings young dancers together with professional choreographers to learn and perform classic and contemporary tap repertory. Directed by Susan Hebach.
Ongoing Classes for Adults
Year-Round Tap Classes for Adults
Daily classes (All levels and all ages)
Weekend Tap Intensives
Adv Technique classes with guest teachers/choreographers.
Adv Choreography Workshops taught by Brenda Bufalino.
American Tap Dance Center
154 Christopher Street #2B
January 18, 2010
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
”Coler Goldwater Hospital, Angelica Foundation, 2:30-3:30pm
January 22, 2010
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
“Tappin’ Into New York” Douglaston Elementary School, Young Audiences New York, 10:00-11:00am
February 13-14, 2010
The ATDF annual Winter Tap Intensive
Two Day Intensives with Brenda Bufalino & Derick K. Grant
February 13, 2010
Book Signing with Constance Valis Hill
Tap Talks/Tap Films
February 14, 2010
Meet & Greet Event/ Tap Jam
February 19, 2010
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
“Fridays at Noon” performance series
Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (JASA)
February 23, 2010
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
“Tappin’ Into NY” Hutchinson Elementary School
Putnam/Northern Westchester
BOCES Arts in Education Services, 10am-12pm
March 19, 2010
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
“Tappin’ Into NY”
British International School, 10-11am
April 14 -18, 2010
Sound Check, a Tap Dance Journey
Dance Theater Workshop
(6) Shows directed by Brenda Bufalino & Tony Waag. A unique fusion of percussive dance and classic musical theater through a dynamic and whimsical composition blending music, percussion, text, imagery, improvisation, and choreography. Woven throughout the piece were excerpts from “The Last Rehearsal Hall” a new musical written by Brenda Bufalino that celebrates Tap, Middle Eastern, and Flamenco Dance and how their practice joins together as they share the rooms of their beloved yet broken down rehearsal hall. Cast included the “New” American Tap Dance Orchestra, Brenda Bufalino, Harold Cromer, Barbara Duffy, & Company, Ranya Renée, Aurora Reyes, Tony Waag and Cartier Williams. Bernice Brooks (on drums), Basilio Georges (on guitar), Jonny Peiffer (on piano/melodica) & Charlie Tokarz (on reeds).
May 8, 2010 (10:00-11:00am & 3:00-4:00pm)
Free Open Houses for Kids, Teens & Adults
Sample classes & learn about our programs,
year-round classes, festival, camps, & youth ensemble!
American Tap Dance Center
154 Christopher Street #2B
May 22, 2010
“Tap City Youth Concert”
Symphony Space, ATDF, 7-9pm
Year-end concert featuring students from ATDF’s ongoing classes, the Tap City Youth Ensemble and guest artists.
June 5, 2010 (10:00-11:00am)
Free Tap Dance Open Houses
For Kids, Teens & Adults
Take a sample class & learn about our programs,
year-round classes, festival, camps, & youth ensemble!
American Tap Dance Center
154 Christopher Street #2B
Saturday, June 5, 2010 (2:30-6:00pm)
Audition For Advanced Teens
American Tap Dance Center
154 Christopher Street #2B
June 14, 2010 (2 shows 9 & 10am)
Tap City Youth Ensemble Performance
PS 21
Bronx, NY
July 5-10, 2010
Tap City 2010, the New York City Tap Festival
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