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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH, 2008 (12:30 - 2:30 PM)
5th Annual Field Trip to the Gregory Hines Collection of American Tap Dance at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

40 Lincoln Center Plaza, 3rd Floor

FREE EVENT. Pre-registration required. Call the ATDF at: 646-230-9564

Join us for a free tour and orientation of the Gregory Hines Collection of American Tap Dance, housed in the Dance Collection at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, the largest repository for dance materials in the world. 100s of hours of tap dance video footage and materials are available to all for viewing and research (non-lending). www.atdfhinescollection.com


SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH, 2008 (1:30 - 3:00 PM)
Tap Talks / Tap Films

At Chelsea Studios
151 West 26th Street

FREE for all registered students. Historian Constance Valis Hill returns to the Winter Tap Intensive with a lunch time session of extraordinary tap dance video footage and tap history.


SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH, 2008 (5:30 – 6:30 PM)

Winter Tap Off
Little Flower Theater, LaGuardia High School

100 Amsterdam Avenue at 65th Street

TICKET INFORMATION:

Winter Tap Off: $15 in advance, $20 at the door

New Tap Choreography: $20 in advance, $25 at the door

$10 savings before January 25:  $25 for both Tap Off and New Tap Choreography tickets if purchased before January 25.

Tickets can be purchased in advance on the Winter Tap Intensive Registration Form or by calling 646-230-9564

The Tap Off is an amateur hour for adults, teens and young dancers (ages 8 and up) during the ATDF Winter Tap Intensive.  Open to tap ensembles and soloists, Tap Off winners receive a scholarship to the New York City Tap Festival and a chance to perform in the New Tap Choreography Showcase.

How to Apply:

Performance slots will be filled on a first-come-first-served basis. 

Click here for a printable Tap Off Application Form

All Tap Off performers must be registered students in the ATDF Winter Tap Intensive.


SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH, 2008 (8:00 PM)

New Tap Choreography Showcase
Little Flower Theater, LaGuardia High School

100 Amsterdam Avenue at 65th Street

TICKET INFORMATION:

Winter Tap Off: $15 in advance, $20 at the door

New Tap Choreography: $20 in advance, $25 at the door

$10 savings before January 25:  $25 for both Tap Off and New Tap Choreography tickets if purchased before January 25.

Tickets can be purchased in advance on the Winter Tap Intensive Registration Form or by calling 646-230-9564

New Tap Choreography showcases the new works of today's hottest tap dancers and up-and-coming tap artists. Join us at the lovely Little Flower Theater for a night of cutting edge tap with live swinging jazz accompaniment.

We are looking for professional quality choreography with adult performers and will also consider professional quality work by young dancers ages 13 and older. Please, no recital or competition pieces. Submissions should be choreographed tap works. New tap compositions and works-in-progress are especially encouraged. We will consider structured works that include improvisation, but since the focus is on New Tap Choreography, please do not submit 100% improvised work. Live musical accompaniment preferred.
Performers have the option of working with our jazz trio (piano, bass & drums). Rehearsal time is limited. There is no performance fee.

How to Apply:
Ensembles interested in performing at New Tap Choreography may submit a Registration Form and an audition tape for consideration. Video can be either DVD or VHS, American NTSC format only. Videos will not be returned. We will accept a maximum of 2 submissions, not to exceed 10 minutes. The completed application and video submission deadline is January 15, 2008, and you will be notified by February 1, 2008.  Mail to:  New Tap Choreography Showcase, American Tap Dance Foundation, 18 West 27th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY  10001

Video should show advanced or professional tap dancers performing professional quality material. If you have performed with us previously and we are familiar with your work, no video tape is required. Please email twaag@atdf.org.