Here is the most recent post by Tap Dance Blog Contributor Hillary Marie-Michael
The following festival dates are in!
Tony Waag’s American Tap Dance Foundation will be hosting it’s annual New York City Tap Festival “Tap City 2008″. Tap City is an amazing event that offers master classes and programs for all ages with internationally renowned teachers. The performance opportunities are awesome and the shows are great.
I have been doing Tap City since the summer of 2005, this will be my forth year. (You can count on seeing me there!) Last year I did the Pre-Professional Program and performed in the “Tap Youth Showcase”, and also at the Duke Theatre on 42nd Street in “Tap Youth Tap Future” and I had a blast.
Not only do you get to take classes with masters and have a chance to audition to perform for the whole tap dance family, but you really meet some cool people, who in my case became my really close friends.
Registration begins April 1st.
Mark your calendars starting July 5th through July 11th.
More info: www.atdf.org
Founded by Debbie Allen, the 5th Annual LA Tap Fest is directed by Jason Samuels Smith and co-directed by Chloe Arnold. I am SO excited for this because I will be in attendance this year for my first time (for those of you who don’t know, I live in Jersey).
I’ll get to start my day with everyone during the daily stretch, take classes, then after lunch hear about tap dance history from tap legends who are tap history itself. Then I’ll take more classes and join in the events that are later in the night, such as jams, panel discussions and showcases.
Registration will be available soon.
Mark your calendars starting August 4th through August 9th.
More info: www.latapfest.com
The Robert L. Reed Tap Heritage Institute Inc. is hosting the 17th annual St. Louis Tap Festival. Past faculty members include Prof. Robert L. Reed, Robert Reed III, Avi Miller and Ofer Ben, Logan Miller, Karen Callaway-Williams, and Melba Hubert. Along with master classes, tap jams and a participant’s showcase are available.
Registration will be available soon.
Mark your calendars starting July 21st through July 26th.
More info: www.tapheritage.org
Chicago Human Rhythm Project is hosting the Rhythm World Summer Festival. They have opportunities for everyone. Intensives, residencies and master classes. Tap slams and cutting contests. There are kids programs as well
Registration will be available soon
Mark your calendars starting July 21st through August 3rd
More info: www.chicagotap.org
*Hillary-Marie*
March 21st, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Hi Hillary,
Thank you for mentioning our festival on our blog . . .we really appreciate it! Would you mind checking the link as it currently doesn’t work . . . as a matter of fact only one of the four festival links is active. THANK YOU!
Cameron Heinze
Community Development Manager
Chicago Human Rhythm Project
March 21st, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Sorry! The bad links were my fault! The issue has been corrected. Thanks so much for pointing that out for us.
Terrence Taps
April 19th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Hi Hillary,
You might want to add Tapestry Dance Company’s Soul to Sole Festival, June 4-8, 2008 in Austin, Texas. We put on a great festival and have a great participant showcase as well as a wonderful faculty concert (with live music) as part of the festival.
Thanks,
Hilary Olson
Vice President, Tapestry Board of Directors
April 19th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
The website for the Soul to Sole Festival is: http://www.soultosole.org/