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New for 2008!

4-Day Residencies with Master Choreographers:

Ernest “Brownie” Brown & Reggio McLaughlin – Mixed Level
Barbara Duffy – Advanced
Derick K. Grant – Advanced Beginner

With a performance opportunity at the Adult Showcase at Symphony Space

The Adult Program and Master Classes give you freedom to select a range of styles and allow you to design your own program to suit your level and training needs. Select from 4-Day Residencies and 2-Day Courses (for adults and teens 15 and up) and Master Classes (are for ages 12 and up).

All Tap City classes are at: Chelsea Studios, 151 West 26th Street, bet. 6th – 7th Avenues.

MASTER CLASSES For adults and teens ages 12 and up.

Saturday, July 5

10:00-11:30

M1 ADV

Lynn Schwab

Rhythm on the Move

M2 INT

Charles Goddertz

In Step/In Time Exploring Swing, Double-time, and Pull-Backs

11:45-1:15

M3 ADV

Derick K. Grant

Tap Technique, Phrasing and Choreography

M4 INT

Susan Hebach

Latin Jazz Tap in 6/8 Time

Lunch Break

2:45-4:15

M5 ADV

Randy Skinner

Hollywood Tap in the Style of Astaire

M6 INT

Michele Ribble

Tap Turns and Time Steps

4:30-6:00

M7 ADV

Chloe Arnold

In Time - Rudiments and fast paced rhythm choreography

M8 INT

Thelma Goldberg

Swinging Tap Combinations to Rosemary Clooney’s jazzy "We’re in the Money”

Students will study intensively with a choreographer for 4 days. The Residencies culminate with an informal performance by the Residency groups at the Adult Student Showcase Wed, July 9, 8:00 PM at Symphony Space.

	Sunday - Wednesday July 6, 7, 8 & 9
	4 - Day Residencies
9:45-12:30	R1 ADV Barbara Duffy Getting Inside the Music: A new tap work set to an uptempo swing tune focusing on interpreting the musical and rhythmic lines of the jazz soloist, using solid technique and full body expression.	R2 ADV BEG SOLD OUT Derick K. Grant D. Grant's Groove: Spend 4 days working at an easy pace, cleaning technique, developing phrasing and style, and learning Derick Grant's swinging choreography.
12:45-1:45	Tap Talks / Tap Films
2:00-3:30	R3 MIX Ernest "Brownie" Brown & Reggio McLaughlin “Old Man Time” Brown & McLaughlin teach the classic comedy tap routine
8:00-10:00		Adult Student Showcase Symphony Space Wednesday, July 9, 8:00 PM

	Thursday - Friday July 10 - 11
	2 - Day Courses
10:00-11:30	A11 MIX Acia Gray Souls of Your Feet: Tap rudiments, technique, & repertory	B1 ADV Brenda Bufalino Intensive with live music 9:30 - 11:30 Rhythm Tap Technique and New Repertory
11:45-1:15	A21 ADV Michelle Dorrance Non-stop rhythm: paddle & roll, accents, pick ups, and musically charged choreography	A22 MIX Margaret Morrison Brenda Bufalino’s “Military”: A classic work of ATDO choreography full of precise footwork, double-time rhythms and Bufalino counter-points. With live music
1:30-2:30	Tap Talks / Tap Films
2:45-4:15	A31 ADV Jason Samuels Smith The Sweat Box	A32 INT Germaine Goodson Broadway Rhythm Tap
4:30-6:00	A41 ADV Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards Tap Lab: No nonsense experiments with rhythmical results that are clean and crystal clear.	A42 MIX Jason Samuels Smith Rudiments: Re-visiting the basic foundations of tap dance through a series of challenging progressions and “toe teasers”.

	Thursday, July 10	Friday, July 11
10:00-11:30	M9 ADV Josh Hilberman La Cappella de Josh - A Funky Tap Tacet.	M13 ADV Bob Audy Make Every Sound Count! Clean technique, performance presentation, and impeccable Audy material. With live music.
11:45-1:15	M10 ADV Kazu Kumagai Rhythm Tap in odd meters, 7/4, 5/4 . . . .	M14 MIX Max Pollak Tap Improvisation: Using acting exercises and a full body approach to develop great tap solos and your personal tap voice.
1:30-2:30	Tap Talks / Tap Films
2:45-4:15	M11 INT DeWitt Fleming Control Your Steps and Don’t Let Them Control You.	M15 MIX Jane Goldberg Gimme Those Great Classic Steps: Tap material from Paul Draper, Cookie Cook, Stanley Brown, Eddie Brown and More.
4:30-6:00	M12 INT Deborah Mitchell The Ghost of Gaines: Classic tap material and lessons learned from her mentor, Leslie ”Bubba” Gaines of the Copasetics.	M16 MIX Germaine Salsberg Bridging the Gap: Rhythm tap skills for Broadway hoofing style choreography.

Do you have the urge to emerge? Tap City offers a performance opportunity to adult students, teachers, professional groups, and senior ensembles. Tap dancers will perform for each other—on Broadway!--in an informal showcase open to all adult Tap City students 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. Students from the 4-Day Residencies will also get up and show their newly minted work.

In order to be eligible for a performance opportunity, students must be registered in either an Adult 4-Day Residency or a minimum of three Master Classes.

Students need to fill out and submit a Showcase Application for an opportunity to perform. An audition video is NOT required for the Adult Showcase. Visit Performance Opportunities for instructions and application.

Please also check out the Information and FAQs to help prepare you for this exciting week of tap dancing. For more information contact Margaret Morrison at mmorrison@atdf.org, or call our office at 646-230-9564.

Course descriptions, levels, faculty and registration will be available April 1.

4-Day Residencies (ages 15 to adult): Students work intensively with a choreographer over four days (Sunday through Wednesday) to learn a work of tap dance repertory. Each Repertory group will perform their newly learned tap piece at the Adult Student Showcase at Symphony Space on Wednesday evening, July 9 (students may opt out of the performance if they wish). Residency tuition includes a ticket for each performer to sit in the audience for the Showcase. Invite your family and friends to the Showcase to cheer everyone on! Additional tickets available through Symphony Space, see above for Showcase and ticket information.

2-Day Courses (ages 15 to adult): 2-Day Courses on Thursday and Friday meet two days in a row, at the same 90 minute class time, with the same teacher and students. Courses give students and teacher the opportunity to work in depth on technique, repertory and tap concepts.

Master Classes (ages 12 to adult): select from 16 different master classes for a wide variety of styles and approaches to tap artistry. Master classes are on Saturday, Thursday and Friday and meet once for a 90 minute class.

Levels for Adult Program and Master Classes (listed in order of most challenging to easiest):

ADV: Fast moving or challenging classes for advanced and professional tap dancers.

MIX: Mixed level classes for intermediate & advanced dancers. Students will work at their own level. Material taught may allow students to work more deeply on moderately paced or challenging concepts

INT: Easy paced intermediate classes for students who are very comfortable with the basics, time steps, paddle & roll, and are ready for moderately challenging choreography.

ADV BEG: Advanced Beginning classes for students who are comfortable with flaps, shuffles, time steps, paddle & roll. Excellent choice for dancers with just a few years experience or older dancers who want to learn at an easy pace.

BEG: Beginning level classes for students who already know flaps and shuffles and are ready to learn fun and easy combinations.

INTRO: If you’ve always wanted to try tap, this is your chance. No experience necessary, some loaner tap shoes available. If you can walk, you can tap.