ADULT PROGRAM & MASTER CLASSES Registration Information & Form
About the Youth Program Public Performances and Events Special Events for Students ADULT PROGRAM & MASTER CLASSES
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, 3-Day Residencies and 2-Day Courses (for adults and teens 15 and up) and Master Classes (for ages 12 and up).
Classes are at: Chelsea Studios, 151 West 26th Street, bet. 6th – 7th Avenues. ADULT 4-DAY and 3-DAY RESIDENCIES For adults and teens ages 15 and up Students study intensively with a choreographer for 4 or 3 days, learning a new or classic work of tap repertory. The Residencies culminate with an informal performance by the Residency groups at Tap City Student & Faculty Showcase Thursday, July 9, 2:00 PM at Symphony Space
COURSES For adults and teens ages 15 and up
MASTER CLASSES For adults and teens ages 12 and up.
STUDENT PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITY Adult Student & Faculty Showcase: Thursday, July 9, 2:00 PM Symphony Space - 2537 Broadway at 95th Street Tickets: $20
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 Adult Residencies will also get up and show their newly minted work, and maybe we’ll see some of our favorite faculty perform as well. Interested in performing? Visit Performance Opportunities for detailed information on how to apply.
Tickets for Adult Showcase are available in April:
Box Office: 212.864.5400 Hours: Tues - Sun from 12 noon until 6pm. (Box office windoes remain open on the night of a show until one half hour after curtain) Or visit: www.symphonyspace.org Application Requirements: In order to be eligible for a performance opportunity, students must be registered in either an Adult 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. INFORMATION ABOUT THE RESIDENCIES, COURSES, MASTER CLASSES & LEVELS
Please also check out the Information and FAQs to help prepare you for this exciting week of tap dancing. For more information contact the Registrar at registrar@atdf.org, or call our office at 646-230-9564.
4-Day & 3-Day Residencies (ages 15 to adult): Students work intensively with a choreographer to learn a work of tap dance repertory. Morning Residencies meet for four days; afternoon Residencies meet for three days. Each Repertory group will perform their newly learned tap piece at the Adult Student & Faculty Showcase at Symphony Space on Thursday afternoon 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.
Residency Descriptions: R1 ADV Michelle Dorrance: It Starts with the Music: explore new tap choreography driven by the music Michelle is currently obsessed with, challenged by, or simply cannot get out of her head. R2 ADV BEG DeWitt Fleming: Find Your Rhythm: working deeply with tap basics, learn how to manipulate your footwork to give you the rhythms you want, and build from rudiments to expressive choreography and style.
R3 ADV Derick K. Grant: D. Grant’s Groove: Come experience the subtlety, tasty tap musicality, and beautiful movement Mr. Grant is known for throughout his choreographic works.
R4 INT Susan Hebach Pete Nugent’s “Breezin’”: A classic rhythm tap routine from 1953 built on moderate tempo syncopations and gorgeous moves—never before taught at any tap festival! Pete Nugent was a member of the Copasetics and the class act Pete, Peaches and Duke. He was a popular choreographer--or tap stylist as he preferred to call himself—but none of his material has survived except this one work performed in the 50s by his student Nancy Howell. “Breezin” was learned directly from Howell in an ATDF sponsored research trip. Nugent prided himself on being more than a hoofer. Although he insisted on clean, clear taps Nugent was primarily concerned with making full use of the stage. “I’m a tap dancer, of course, first, last, and always, but . . . I prefer all body motion . . . Any hoofer can execute all the steps, but the way a man handles his body and travels is what give it class.” (from Jazz Dance by Jean and Marshall Stearns). Susan Hebach brings Nugent’s exquisite rhythm tap choreography to this Residency along with video footage of Nancy Howell and historical information on Nugent. 2-Day Courses (ages 15 to adult): 2-Day Courses on Friday and Saturday meet two days in a row, at the same 75 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 8 different master classes for a wide variety of styles and approaches to tap artistry. Master classes are on Friday and Saturday, and meet once for a 75 minute class. Levels for Adult Program/Master Classes (listed 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.
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