Tuesday, May 19 - Sunday, May 24, 2026
Join us as we celebrate our 25th Anniversary!
Joyce Theater, 175 8th Avenue
For 25 years, the American Tap Dance Foundation (ATDF) has served as a vital component of American Tap dance, preserving its remarkable history while nurturing today’s young talent. Tony Waag’s Tap City, the New York City Tap Festival brings together a rich diversity of contemporary Tap dance with a combination of emerging talent as well as premiere choreographers.
Leading Tap masters and up & coming young hoofers including: Terry Brock, Nathan Bugh, Karen Callaway Williams, Michelle Dorrance, Barbara Duffy, DeWitt Fleming Jr., Felipe Galganni, Ryan Johnson, Lisa La Touche, Anthony Morigerato, Max Pollak, Jason Samuels Smith, Soles of Duende (Amanda Castro, Brinda Guha & Arielle Rosales) and Caleb Teicher will revive and re-stage classic choreography by Brenda Bufalino, Gregory Hines, and the legendary Copasetics, while they present their own world premieres. Directed and curated by ATDF’s Founding Artistic Director Tony Waag, the program showcases the variety of styles inherent to the form accompanied by live music and rare historic footage from the ATDF archives.