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STUDIO EVENTS (For Festival Participants only!)
TAP CITY YOUTH & TEEN SHOWCASES Performance opportunities for tappers (ages 6 - 19)
YOUTH “LUNCH BOX ” SHOW Performance opportunity for solos, duos, trios & small ensembles (Youth Program ages 6-14) Tuesday and Wednesday, July 7 & 8, 2009 12:30-2:00 PM Chelsea Studios 151 West 26th Street Btw 6th & 7th avenues, (5th or 6th floor) Free to all registered Festival participants How exciting it will be for you to dance in front of our distinguished panel of admired tap professionals! This is your chance to dance your 3 minute (or less) solo, duo, trio, or small ensemble in front of a live audience in one of Tap City’s studio showcases. Please use the link below to fill out your form. “TAKE IT TO THE STUDIO” Informal in-studio performance opportunity for TEENS (PPP only ages 13 - 19) Monday, July 6, 2009 (3:45 – 5:30 PM) Chelsea Studios 151 West 26th Street Btw 6th & 7th avenues, (5th or 6th floor) Free to all registered Festival participants and guests Share your solo, duo, trio and ensemble pieces in a casual, relaxed atmosphere. No costumes, no gimmicks, just BRING IT! Please use link below to fill out form.
See Student Performance Opportunities and how to apply! PUBLIC EVENTS (All Welcome!) Monday, July 6, 2009 (9:30-11:00PM) Joe's Pub at the Public Theater 425 Lafayette Street between East 4th and Astor Place
JAM @ JOE'S Opening Night Tap Jam
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, Theo Hill on piano and Joe Fonda on bass. The evening will be hosted by Barbara Duffy.
“The summer Tap City festival is always breezy, hard-dancing fun.” – NY Times TICKETS: $12 TO BUY: Online - www.joespub.com Phone - 212-967-7555 In Person - The Public Theater Box Office (425 Lafayette Street) Tues-Sat from 1:00pm to 7:30pm Sun + Mon from 1:00pm to 6:00pm Wednesday, July 8, 2009 (8:00 - 9:30PM) 111 Amsterdam Avenue & 65th Street
The 2009 Tap City Awards Ceremony
The annual Hoofer and Tap Preservation Awards will be presented and Tap legends will be inducted into the INTERNATIONAL TAP DANCE HALL OF FAME. Mercedes Ellington Hoofer Award
Randy Skinner Hoofer Award
Brenda Bufalino Tap Dance Hall of Fame Award
The Class Act Tap Dance Hall of Fame Award
Marshall and Jean Stearns Tap Preservation Award (This event is free and open to the public) Seating is limited! First come first serve! TAPPY HOUR! Free Events open to all! Join us for a Taste of Tap, a Basic Intro class, and more! Coordinated and presented by Susan Hebach. Location: Chelsea Studios 151 West 26th Street Schedule: Monday, July 6 (5:45 – 6:45pm) Tap City Ice Cream Social Come in and enjoy some ice cream and socialize with our faculty, staff and Tap City Students. Tuesday, July 7 (5:45 – 6:45pm) In Studio Performance for solo’s, duos and trios (please sign up, there are limited spaces available) Wednesday, July 8 (5:45 – 6:45pm) No shoes or previous tap experience required…..come join in the fun! Friday, July 10 (5:45 – 6:45pm) If you don’t already know this historical “national anthem” of tap dance, come learn it! Beginner level dancers & up. TAP TALKS/TAP FILMS/TAP TAP Free Events open to all! Tap City’s unique lunch-time events will enrich and broaden your tap dance world. Coordinated by Susan Hebach. Location: Chelsea Studios 151 West 26th Street
Schedule:
Monday, July 6 (12:45 – 1:45pm ) Working with Music: Jazz pianist and tap dancer Nikki Denner leads a participatory workshop on musicality: from basic to advanced musical concepts that all tap dancers need. Tuesday, July 7 (12:45 – 1:45pm) Going to Class: Tap historian, teacher and performer Ann Killkelly gives a presentation and leads a discussion on the "Class Act" an icon in the tap world, that conjures up great tap duos like Coles and Atkins, elegant presentation, and rhythmic sophistication. The idea of class also brings up status and legitimacy, and connects to the development of tap from social and popular origins, street corners and dance halls into more formal concert presentation. Class is also the place where many, maybe most, tap dancers today learn the form. How do these two ideas about "class" connect, and what do they mean to dancers then and now? How do we learn tap? Why do we go to class? How are "class" and "the class act" important ideas in tap performance and choreography? Enjoy film clips from tap history that "send up" the idea of class in choreography and imagery and join in on a conversation about how choreographers, performers, teachers, and students think of themselves as "classy," "classed," and/or "classic." Wednesday, July 8 (12:45 - 1:45pm) Friday, July 10 (1:00 – 2:00pm) Variations on a Theme of Buster Hank Smith will share part of his current video project in development, and his memories of the late James “Buster” Brown. The videos are short edited segments that can be called “Buster Moments”, giving insight into the man and his art.Saturday, July 11 (1:00 – 2:00pm) Tap Teacher Panel Discussion: Teaching Rhythm Tap Across the Globe Moderated by Barbara Duffy An open discussion with Tap City Faculty and all Tap City Participants on important issues for Rhythm Tap Teachers. Possible panel includes available teachers:Lynn Schwab, Germaine Salsberg, Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards, Derick K. Grant and Harold Cromer. RELATED RHYTHMS Check out other tap related events presented by us and our friends and colleagues! See Public Events and Performances! |
