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Divine Rhythm News
Jun 17, 2009
IN THIS ISSUE:
*DRP ARTISTS*
- Jason Samuels Smith perfoms at the Jacob's Pillow Gala this Saturday!
- Chloe Arnold in Japan - Workshops & Tap Dreams Opportunity!
-Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards stars in this award winning film opposite Martin "Tre" Dumas to be shown in film festival in its debut in AFRICA!
-Sue Samuels: Saturday Class - New Time
-STUDY with TAP SENSATION DORMESHIA SUMBRY-EDWARDS
-Philly TAP Challenge "ON FIRE!"
-JASON SAMUELS SMITH and A.C.G.I. At Jacob's Pillow Dance
-Tap City 2009
-18th Annual St. Louis Tap Festival
-CHRP Rhythm World 2009
-LA Tap Festival 2009
-Tap Into A Cure 2009
*EAST COAST*
-BROADWAY UNDERGROUND
- Opportunity for Tap Dancers: Audition for TiiDii3000
-MUSIC 4 A CAUSE | A DC-NYC Summer Benefit Concert Series
-The Chalks
-Tap Jam at Skipper's!
-HOOFALOGIES @ BCM with guest Tamango + Calendar NYC and beyond
-Announcing: Parallel Exit at the New Victory
-BROADWAY UNDERGROUND JULY 15TH AT BBKINGS
-K+C at The Joyce
*MIDWEST*
*WEST COAST*
-Arts Program
*WORLD-WIDE*
-22nd World Congress on Dance Research
-Miss Thang heats to Zanzibar
-Upcoming Tap FESTIVALS!
-Tap events in Barcelona and Reus
-Call for Presentations: performing arts conference
-Rhythm Summit by Tapmotif – SHOW
-23rd World Congress on Dance Research
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*DRP ARTISTS *
NEWS UPDATES & EVENTS
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Last Chance for Tickets
Jacob's Pillow Season Opening Gala
to Support Young Artists
The Gala supports The School at Jacob's Pillow, scholarships for aspiring young
dancers, and the Pillow's in-school program Curriculum in Motion ®.
Be in the audience for the in-person presentation of the
Jacob's Pillow Dance Award to dance pioneer Merce Cunningham.
Saturday, June 20
6:00 pm
Exclusive Gala Performance
Dinner, Dancing, and Silent Auction
click here for more information
Call now for tickets: 413.243.9919 x24
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Chloe Arnold in Tokyo!!
Classes, Jam/Show, &
Seeking young Tap Talent in Tokyo
ages 7 - 30
Tokyo Master Class Schedule
Professional Level on
Thursday June 18th - 3-4:15pm -
ARTN Tap Dance Studio (http://www.basement-tokyo.com/artn_studio/)
Tap Jam @ 9PM on Thursday June 18th.
*Jason said it was around the corner from Yukiko's studio but didn't gave the specific location name today.
Intermediate Level on Friday June 19th, 7-8:30pm
ARTN Tap Dance Studio
Advanced Beginner Level on Friday June 19th,
9-10:30pm
ARTN Tap Dance Studio
Open level on Saturday, June 20
7-830 PM at Studio 72
Advanced level on Sunday, June 21 4-530 PM at Studio Modomica
Beginner level on Monday, June 22
9-10 PM at Studio Modomica
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Tokyo Tap Dreams Shooting Schedule:
June 23rd - 9AM-6PM
June 24th - 830AM-230PM
ARTN Tap Dance Studio
1-51-9-1F Yoyogi, Shibuya, Tokyo
151-0053 JAPAN
For more information contact the studios or chloearnold@gmail.com
Get your Chloe Tap Couture - New styles available!!
For more information on Chloe:
www.chloearnold.com
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Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards stars in this award winning film opposite Martin "Tre" Dumas
Professional Tap Dancer Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards stars in this award winning film opposite Martin "Tre" Dumas... packed with impressive dance scenes - its now onsale at HARLEM TAP STUDIO and will be sold wherever Dormeshia appears while supplies last this summer so catch her on the road!
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Hi Everyone,
With the arrival of summer, we have a new class time for the
Saturday class at Ailey 405 W. 55th St @ 9th Ave.
NEW TIME 12 noon - 1:30.
This class is intermediate level, however, all are welcome to be in the class and do what ever you can!!!
My full schedule of classes is:
Monday 10:30-12 -Broadway Dance Center - Beginner level
Monday 7:30-9- Ailey - Basic level
Tuesday 10-11:30 -244 W. 54th St. Suite 404 - Fast Beginner level
Tuesday 1:30-3 -Broadway Dance Center - Basic level
Tuesday 6-7:30- Ailey - Beginner level
Wednesday 10:30-12- Broadway Dance Center - Beginner level
Thursday 10-11:30- 244 W. 54th St. Suite 404 - Fast Beginner level
Thursday 1:30-3- Broadway Dance Center - Basic level
Friday 10:30-12- Broadway Dance Center - Beginner level
Saturday 12-1:30- Ailey - Intermediate level
Sunday 10:30-12- Broad way Dance Center - Beginner level
Let's have a DANCING HOT TIME this Summer!!!!
Love,
Sue Samuels
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STUDY with TAP SENSATION DORMESHIA SUMBRY-EDWARDS
(from the Movie "TAP", Bring in Da'Noise, Bring in Da'Funk, Black and
Blue, Star of The Rise and Fall of Miss Thang, Superstars of Dance)
at
HARLEM TAP STUDIO
401 West 149th street (take A train and walk 4 blocks north)
2127802139
THURSDAYS (Intermediate Advanced Level)
6-7:30pm
ONLY $15 per class!
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Philly TAP Challenge "ON FIRE!" officially announced!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jaye Allison, 215-490-3717
May 1, 2009 534 South 56th Street 1st floor
Philadelphia, PA 19143
newleja@yahoo.com
JA’s Philly TAP Challenge ‘09 ON FIRE! It’s Over the TOP!
Take ten! Only $10 for any class or ticket, no registration fees! VISIT:www.phillytapchallenge.webs.com
Some of the World’s Top Tap Dancers arrive in region to instruct, perform, meet and celebrate Philly. Friday-Saturday, June 26-27, all events held at the following locations:
Community Education Center (CEC), 3500 Lancaster Ave; Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center (GBDC), 3611 Lancaster Ave & The Arts Bank Theater (ABT), Broad & South Streets, along The Avenue of the Arts
Friday – Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center (GBDC) or Arts Bank Theater (ABT)
GBDC Studio A- AM: 10a Stretch Class (PCBC) - 10:30a Paddle n Roll (Jaye Allison) – 11:40a Choreography (Darrell Williams)
PM: 2:30p Student Class (Chloe Arnold) – 3:55p Student Class (Karen Callaway Williams)
GBDC Studio B- AM: 10:30a Hip Hop – 11:40a Lindy Hop PM: 2:25p African
ABT -7:30p Showtime Amateur / Professional Showcase*
Community Education Center (CEC) in the East Community Room (ECR) or Meetinghouse Theater (MT)
CEC –ECR AM: 10:40a Teachers Only (Dianne Walker) – 11:55 Student Class (Jason Samuels Smith)
MT – PM: 1:25p Tap History (Tony Nicholas) – 2:30 Films
ECR: 2:25p Student Class (Nicole Nicholas) 3:45p Teachers Only (Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards)
Saturday – Gwendolyn Bye Dance Center (GBDC) or Arts Bank Theater (ABT)
GBDC Studio A- AM: 10a Stretch Class (PCBC) 10:30a Student Class (Corinne Karon) – 11:40a Student Class (Tim Yue)
PM: 2:30p Student Class (Robert Burden) – 3:55p Student Class (Dianne Walker)
GBDC Studio B- AM: 10:30a Hip Hop – 11:40a Lindy Hop PM: 2:25p African
ABT -7:30p Showtime Amateur / Professional Showcase*
Community Education Center (CEC) East Community Room (ECR) or Meetinghouse Theater (MT)
CEC -ECR AM: 10:40a Teachers Only (Chloe Arnold) – 11:55 Student Class (Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards)
MT – 11a Tap Films... 1:30p Tap History (Dianne Walker) – 2:30 Films
ECR: 2:25p Student Class (Cathie Nicholas) 3:45p Teachers Only (Jason Samuels Smith)
*Both showcases featured house band is the first Lady of Jazz Guitar, Monnette Sudler and her Quartet.
Info and tickets available online atwww.phillytapchallenge.webs.com
For the 6th year, Jaye Allison, Founding director of New LEJA Dances, organizes JAPTC with The Philadelphia Civic Ballet Company (the oldest dance company in the Commonwealth of PA.), to honor Philadelphia’s Tap history. Her vision links today’s generation to Philadelphia streets from the 1930s- 80s, inspiring the future. Open workshops and performances with various styles of Classical and Hoofing Tap Dance, African, Hip-Hop and Lindy Hop styles include: Jason Samuels Smith, Dianne ‘Lady Di’ Walker, Nicholas Sisters, 2nd Generation Silver Belles, Chloe Arnold, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Karen Callaway Williams. Showcase appearances include Philadelphia hoofing professionals, Robert Burden Jr., Rochelle Haynes, Corinne Karon, JoAnna Turner, Darrell Williams, Tim Yue and more along with many students represent the Philadelphia Region over this 2 day blowout of TAP TOWN Philadelphia.
JAPTC is devoted to recognizing the treasure chest Philadelphia holds for Tap and making Tap Dance synonymous with Philadelphia. There are 4 components: Workshops with Master teachers and professionals, Philly TAP Idol Competition (age appropriate), 2 nights of Performance Showcases (Friday, Amateurs and Professionals – Saturday, Professional), the Virtual Quilt Project Premiere.
Philadelphia Inquirer: “TAP TOWN” City Paper “LEJA celebrates and affirms the nurturing power of African American culture.” DANCE Magazine “LEJA’s dancing reinvigorates the standard African American concert dance vocabulary.”
American TAP History - Yesterday, Today and Forever – in Philadelphia! Workshops, Performances, Showcase, “Tap Challenge Dance-Off,” Semi-Formal Reception Ball, Films and Documentary, Live Jazz, and more!!!
The Philly Tap Challenge presented by New LEJA Dances, the co & Philadelphia Civic Ballet Co. and made possible through a PA state DCED grant, Senator Mike Stack, and The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage through Dance Advance.
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JASON SAMUELS SMITH and A.C.G.I. (Anybody Can Get it)
July 22 – August 2
Doris Duke Theatre
Two-Week Engagement
Live Music
Be uplifted and astounded by tap sensation Jason Samuels
Smith and his super-troupe A.C.G.I. (Anybody Can Get It)
featuring some of the best feet in the business. A prodigy
when cast in Savion Glover's Broadway hit Bring in ‘da
Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk at age 15, Smith went on to become
an Emmy Award-winner, television and feature film star,
director, and choreographer carrying on the great tradition
of tap. Audiences may recognize Smith as a featured guest
performer on the hit television show So You Think You Can
Dance. Expected to be in hot demand, this show is a
two-week engagement and features live music!
NEW! Doris Duke Theatre now opening on Wednesday evenings
Wednesday – Saturday, 8:15pm
Saturday, 2:15pm
Sunday 5pm
Tickets: $33 adults, $30 seniors, students, child, $29
Full, and Flex 5 subscribers. Members enjoy early ordering
privileges
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TAP CITY 2009
July 6 - 11
Register NOW for HUGE savings! All packages include a ticket to the
Premier Performance at Symphony Space!
Festival classes include:
Half Day & Full Day Festival for Youth
Pre-Professional Program for Teens
Residencies, 2-day Courses & Master Classes for Adults
Performances opportunities for all festival participants
An AMAZING premier performance at Symphony Space
Tap Talks / Tap Films
More events TBA
Scholarships available for children ages 6 - 19
Faculty includes: Michelle Dorrance, DeWitt Fleming, Derick K. Grant,
Susan Hebach, Max Pollak, Barbara Duffy, Jason Samuels Smith,
Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Randy Skinner, Harold Cromer, Brenda
Bufalino, Mercedes Ellington, Germaine Salsberg, Thelma Goldberg, Lisa
LaTouche, Lynn Schwab, Carson Murphy, Chloe Arnold, Acia Gray, Geo
Hubela, David Rider, Ray Hesselink, Jimmy Tate, Michele Ribble, Alicia
Smith, & Kelly Kaleta
Check it out!
http://www.atdf.org/tapcity_2009/RegInformation09.htm
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18th Annual St. Louis Tap Festival
Join us for a week-long celebration of TAP!
Bringing Professional Tap Dance, Flamenco, Irish Step and Salsa dancers to St. Louis for 69 Workshops, Tap Jam, Panel Discussion, Salsa Session, Participant's Showcase and Masters Performance - ALL THAT TAP XVII
Host:
Professor Robert L. Reed
Type:
Other - Festival
Network:
Global
Start Time:
Monday, July 27, 2009 at 8:30am
End Time:
Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 10:30pm
Location:
Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel
Street:
7730 Bonhomme Avenue
City/Town:
Saint Louis, MO
Phone:
3145318277
Email:
info@tapheritage.org
***Discounted Hotel Rate Expires June 19th!
"The 2009 St. Louis Tap Festival will be hosted again at the beautiful Clayton Sheraton Plaza Hotel. The heavily discounted host hotel rate expires June 19th. Reservations made after the 19th will be at standard rates. You can make reservations online athttp://www.facebook.com/l/;http://www.tapheritage.org/hotel.html
See you in St. Louis!"
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July-Aug Rhythm World
Good morning. Chicago Human Rhythm Project's annual festival of
American tap--the oldest and most comprehensive of its kind--July 27-
Aug. 9 at several venues in downtown Chicago. Week-long residencies
with tap masters, classes and workshops with a range of expert
instructor/performers and a series of performances, ranging from tap
slam competitions to a free concert in Millennium Park are among the
festival's activities.
RHYTHM WORLD TAKES OVER DOWNTOWN CHICAGO JULY 27–AUGUST 9
Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s 19th Annual Festival Takes Place at
Jay Pritzker Pavilion,
Cultural Center, Museum of Contemporary Art, Fine Arts Building,
Roosevelt University
CHICAGO—The peak of summer in Chicago will offer the peak of tap
festivals when the Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP), the world’s
only year-round presenter of American tap dance and contemporary
percussive arts, presents Rhythm World, the oldest and most
comprehensive festival of American tap in the world. Now in its 19th
year of performance and education programs, Rhythm World takes place
July 27–August 9 throughout downtown Chicago, including the Jay
Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, the Fine Arts Building, Chicago
Cultural Center, Museum of Contemporary Art and Roosevelt University.
CHRP Founder and Director Lane Alexander returns to the
director’s seat after three years of guest direction by Jason
Samuels Smith, Dianne Walker and Derick Grant. As always, this
year’s Rhythm World will feature perennial favorites, including
Bessie Award winner Sam Weber and Broadway diva Dormeshia Sumbry-
Edwards, alongside new and emerging artists, including Jason Janus, a
principal of the Texas tap repertory company Tapestry, and Chloe
Arnold, founder and director of the Los Angeles Tap Fest.
Education Programs
Rhythm World begins July 27 with intensive residencies led by Sam
Weber and Derick Grant at the Fine Arts Building, 410 S. Michigan
Ave., and members of Step Afrika! at the Museum of Contemporary Art
(MCA), 220 E. Chicago Ave. Weber, a Bessie Award winner and former
Joffrey 2 member, is internationally recognized as one of the
greatest tap virtuosos of all time as well as a master choreographer
and master teacher. Grant was an original company member and dance
captain for Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk and recently toured
the country with his creation A Night Out: Tap!. Step Afrika!, based
in Washington, D.C., is the first professional company in the world
dedicated to the tradition of stepping, and they will make their full-
company Chicago debut on CHRP’s Global Rhythms program at the Harris
Theater in November 2009.
Courses, workshops and master classes take place August
3–9 at the Fine Arts Building and Roosevelt University, 430 S.
Michigan Ave. The highly respected faculty of master teachers, in
addition to Weber, Grant and members of Step Afrika!, includes CHRP
Director Lane Alexander, Chloe Arnold, Julie Cartier, Idella Reed
Davis, CHRP Associate Director Martin “Tre” Dumas, Ray Hesselink,
Jason Janas, Gene Medler, Billy Siegenfeld, Jason Samuels Smith,
Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Dianne “Lady Di” Walker and Mark Yonally.
Now in its eighth year, CHRP’s annual Youth Tap
Ensemble Conference (YTEC) takes place August 3–7 at the Fine Arts
Building. PrepTEC, a new component in this year’s YTEC, offers
younger members of the pre-professional repertory companies an
opportunity to benefit from the expertise available during Rhythm
World. More than 120 dancers between the ages of 12 and 19,
representing 14 youth tap ensembles from the U.S., China, Brazil,
Canada, Panama and other locations, will gather to study new
choreography, technique, improvisation and theatre-related topics.
YTEC participants will learn three new works by Jason Janus,
Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards and Step Afrika! while the PrepTEC students
will learn an historical dance from Dianne Walker created by her
mentor, native Chicagoan Leon Collins.
An expanded Kids Program August 5–7 at the Fine Arts
Building offers intermediate tappers ages nine through 12 a
curriculum including oral and video histories, tap technique classes,
improvisation instruction and individual development of style and
expression.
To register for any of the education programs, visit
chicagotap.org or call 773-281-1825.
Performances
CHRP kicks off a week of performances with its second annual free
performance featuring Rhythm World faculty, YTEC participants and
special guests Sunday, August 2 at 6:30 p.m. at the Jay Pritzker
Pavilion in Millennium Park, as part of the City of Chicago’s summer
music and dance performance series. Chicago’s finest tap repertory
companies will perform, including CHRP’s ensemble BAM!, Jump Rhythm
Jazz Project, Jus’ LisTeN and Chicago Tap Theatre, as well as last
year’s smashing percussion/dance group, Be the Groove.
The week continues with a Tap Jam, a fun, free evening of
improvisation by Rhythm World participants Monday, August 3 at the
Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington. Tuesday, August 4 is a
double-header evening featuring the Tap Slam and the Cutting Contest
at 7:30 p.m. at Roosevelt University’s Ganz Hall, 430 S. Michigan
Ave., 7th floor. The Tap Slam puts the spotlight on 10 group or
individual Rhythm World participants competing for the Tap Slam entry
fees; the audience votes to determine the winner. The Cutting
Contest, an improvisation competition, pits 16 of the hottest young
tap dancers against each other in a foot-to-foot combat tournament. A
select panel of Rhythm World faculty members will judge the
competition and the winner will receive the Contest entry fees. A
student showcase performance takes place Wednesday, August 5 at 7:30
p.m., also at Ganz Hall. Admission to the August 4 and 5 evenings is
$5 each at the door or in advance at chicagotap.org.
Rhythm World culminates with CHRP’s annual performances, “JUBA!
Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance,” featuring a host of
extraordinary foot drummers on Thursday, August 6 and Saturday,
August 8 at the Museum of Contemporary Art’s MCA Stage, 220 E.
Chicago Ave. Thursday’s performance includes Emmy Award winner Jason
Samuels Smith, Broadway diva Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards and renowned
choreographer Chloe Arnold, joined by CHRP Founder and Director Lane
Alexander and CHRP's ensemble BAM!. Saturday’s performance includes
the Ella Fitzgerald of American tap, Dianne “Lady Di” Walker,
alongside tap virtuoso and Bessie Award winner Sam Weber, wunderkind
Jason Janas and Chicago’s finest tap ensembles. Both performances
also feature guest artists from around the world and live music by
the Vijay Tellis-Nayak Trio. Single tickets are $30, $25 for Rhythm
World participants and MCA members.
For complete Rhythm World information, visitchicagotap.org or call
773-281-1825. For tickets to “JUBA!” performances, call
312-397-4010 or visit mcachicago.org.
CHRP’s 2009 season concludes with Global Rhythms and Thanks 4
Giving, a series of shared revenue, contemporary percussive arts
performances featuring the Chicago debut of Washington D.C.’s Step
Afrika!, November 19, 20, 21 at the Harris Theater for Music and
Dance in Millennium Park.
CHRP’s 2009 season is supported by The MacArthur Fund for the Arts
and Culture at the Prince, The Chicago Community Trust, Prince
Charitable Trusts, the National Endowment for the Arts, Target,
American Airlines, Leo’s Dancewear, The Illinois Arts Council, The
Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg Family Foundation, The Gaylord and
Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, The Jerome and Jeanette Cohen Family
Foundation, The Oppenheimer Family Foundation, L!VE Marketing (sic),
Charter One Bank, the Illinois Arts Council, the City of Chicago
Department of Cultural Affairs, the Farny R. Wurlitzer Foundation,
Arts Midwest, The The Dr. Scholl Foundation, American Overseas
Transport, L and L Hardwood Flooring and generous individual donors.
All programming is subject to change. For information, visit
chicagotap.org.
Founded in 1990, the Chicago Human Rhythm Project is America’s
oldest institution dedicated to preserving, presenting and teaching
tap and percussive dance by bringing together generations of tap
dance legends, professionals, students and enthusiasts for classes,
performances and workshops. CHRP has four artistic focuses:
presenting world-class dance concerts, building a permanent
educational forum for tap and percussive dance, sustaining the art
form through preservation and documentation and promoting respect and
appreciation between various communities by presenting ethnically and
aesthetically diverse artists.
All programming is subject to change. For information visit
chicagotap.org.
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Save the Date – LA Tap Festival 2009!
2009 LA Tap Fest
Presented by The Debbie Allen Dance Academy
August 10-15th 2009
www.latapfest.com
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Tap Into A Cure 2009
www.tapintoacure.com
August 19 – 21, 2009
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
780 722 9562
Registration now available
Click “Register” on web site to view class schedules, class descriptions and registration sheets.
Tap Into A Cure’s “THE AFRICA PROJECT” is back for another amazing year of classes and showcase. This will be our fourth year in the City of Champions, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
We have brought together another exciting year of tap dance, returning to us for a second year New York City’s amazingly talented Jason Samuels Smith, New York is also sending us the incredible Michela Marino - Lerman, Los Angeles California will be proudly represented with the unique talent of Christopher Broughton and the founder of THE AFRICA PROJECT and Tap Into A Cure, Edmonton’s own Andrew Merrigan. We have also included our hip hop friends again this year, as hip hop roots derive from tap dance we feel compelled to include this art form in our workshop. The Rock Steady Crew is sending us the very talented Ynot !
We have added an advisory board, the addition to our family are Bril Barrett, Steffan Clemente, Elka Samuels Smith and Jason Samuels Smith. Upon the advice of our board we have changed our dates for the workshop and showcase, so please be aware that this year our showcase will be on a Saturday night and the workshop runs from Wednesday to Friday. We have also made our packages more affordable. There are three packages of tap dance for you to choose from ranging in prices of $80 to $240. And our Hip Hop classes are below $100.
Last year the world renown “Mr. Wiggles” Steffan Clemente joined us for 3 days of classes and made history on our stage with a battle of hip hop and tap between himself and Jason Samuels Smith. The jaw dropping performance was absolutely mesmerizing, and brought the house down! The Magical Rhythms Showcase will be back at a new location this year, but promises to be as jaw dropping as last year. Check our website for info coming real soon and some exciting additions to our showcase family! This year’s show will absolutely blow you away.
We need your support to help build the dream of building the Dr. Jeni LeGon Library and Music Room in Mukeu, Kenya. Hope we will see you in August, it will be so much fun, to much to miss!
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*EAST COAST *
NEWS UPDATES & EVENTS
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BROADWAY UNDERGROUND
Event: BROADWAY UNDERGROUND
""Last one for a while, Don't miss it""
What: Performance
Host: Jared Grimes and DeWitt Fleming
Start Time: Wednesday, July 15 at 8:00pm
End Time: Wednesday, July 15 at 10:00pm
Where: BBKINGS BAR AND GRILL 42ND ST MANHATTAN
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=186829330161&mid=9b6a14G2efdcaacG1c7d1baG7
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Auditions for TiiDii3000 will be held at Savion Glover Productions HooFeRzCLuB School for Tap located @
131 Brunswick Street, Newark, N J 07114.
- July 6 & 7 2009 between 12PM - 6PM
Please come prepared with the following -
- 2 Tap Dance pieces (1 Acappella)
- Monologue from any tap dance related movie, musical or play
- A song to sing
Thank you again for your interest in the TiiDii3000 experience.
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MUSIC 4 A CAUSE | A DC-NYC Summer Benefit Concert Series
Greetings Family & Friends,
This correspondence is in reference to an upcoming music project I have been working one. The Music 4 A Cause: Summer Benefit Concert Series is a awareness and promotional tour for independent music and three worthy nonprofit organizations. It is my goal as an artist manager/developer to see the best independent music in DC and the nation thrive. I presently manage about 5 artists on the EAST Coast and this Benefit Series is extending a warm hand to the hardest hitting, concscious thinkers in the independent music field.
Covering Washington, DC, & New York City, the Music 4 A Cause tour will span several dates between numerous venues and will be instrumental in raising funds & awareness for ArtCreatesLife, EducationalLyrics, & The AlSura Foundation. Each of these non-profits specialize in children (world issues), illiteracy (education), & HIV/AIDS awareness/prevention, and have been heavily influenced by music therefore this mission is threefold:
1. TO Raise funds & awareness for these non-profits
Mr. Briggs Management has teamed up to first and foremost, submit a sizeable contribution to each of the three non-profits and secondly, increase awareness of the issues in which these organizations are combating.
2. TO Continue the progression of indepenent music
Mr. Briggs Management will use this platform and concert series to donate brainpower and other resources to these non profits as we continually make an effort to increase the scope of the organizations and the span of thier music careers.
3. TO Build community & conscious thought
Mr. Briggs Management is employing this series to build communities of support and cohesiveness in Washington,DC, New York City and everywhere in between. We hope to build more independent music circuits and and more visibility for the non profits with their dynamic missions and target populations.
so now the dates
Bohemian Caverns (DC) July 1, 15
INDULJ (DC) JUly 3, 10, 17, 24, 31
The Creek (NYC) July 3, 17, 31
******The Library (DC) July 7, 14, 21, 28
******NY Perks (NYC)
*********tentative will know by 6/15/09
This correspondence is just to show preliminary information and hopefully get artists and their managers motivated for Music 4 A Cause. Please let us know if you would like to be a part of this dynamic mission and movement. We have many ways you can participate from performing, to marketing, to supporting, and gaining publicity.
We look forward to you joining the Cause
MUSIC 4 A CAUSE | A Summer Benefit Concert Series
INVITED GUESTS
Tamika Jones
Fatso
W Ellington Felton
Asheru & The Els
Maimouna Yousef
Cornell West Theory
Sol Zahran
LB
August
Jesse Boykins III
Dynez Dennis
Emperess
GODISHEUS
Pro'VERB
Jay Mills
Maria J The Postergirl
Empress & Tasting Darkness
Send us a response, if you would like to get involved.
Best,
Mr. Delonte Briggs
Founder/CEO
Mr. Briggs Management - Representing Quality
http://www.mrbriggsmanagement.com
www.myspace.com/mrbriggsmanagement
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The Chalks
Event: The Chalks
"Makin' Do & Gettin' By World Tour"
What: Performance
Host: Mary Brienza
Start Time: Thursday, June 18 at 9:30pm
End Time: Friday, June 19 at 11:00pm
Where: Laurie Beechman Theatre / Westbank Cafe
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=102368082007&mid=9dc46fG2efdcaacG1cb0653G7
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Tap Jam at Skipper's!
Event: Tap Jam at Skipper's!
What: Jam Session
Host: Yvette Glover and Hillary-Marie
Start Time: Wednesday, June 24 at 8:00pm
End Time: Wednesday, June 24 at 11:55pm
Where: Skipper's
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=90691614129&mid=9d6dcdG2efdcaacG1ca8de6G7
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HOOFALOGIES @ BCM with guest Tamango + Calendar NYC and beyond
Greetings to all!
I am happy to announce I will be among my fellow New Yorkers soon and to announce I will be joined by Tamango (www.urbantap.net) at the Brooklyn Children Museum at 3pm (not 2pm as in the previous announcement!!). Free for all.
June 20th- ROXANE BUTTERFLY presents HOOFALOGIES
03:00, for All ages
?Special Performance—
Join underground tap-dance icon Roxane Butterfly for a demonstration of contemporary tap and a screening of Hoofalogies, a documentary film capturing the art form’s evolution with tap legend Jimmy Slyde. With special guest avant-garde tapster Tamango.
Produced by Roxane Butterfly and Circuit Productions/Susan Goldbetter, Producer. Roxane Butterfly is a 2008 Artists’ Fellowship recipient of the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). This presentation is co-sponsored by Artists & Audiences Exchange, a public program of NYFA. Additional support was made possible to Circuit Productions from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency, and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.? ?Location: 145 Brooklyn Avenue (at St. Marks Avenue), Brooklyn, NY 11213?
?And if you wish to know about the rest of my immediate touring itinerary, there it goes:?
?June 8th, Musics Urbans @ ICAT Radio with Pablo Larraguibel, Barcelona (Spain)?June 17th, Mood-Danza at Villa 5, Turino (Italy)?June 20th, Hoofalogies @ BCM, Brooklyn (NYC)?June 22nd-27th, National Dance Institute of New Mexico (Albuquerque)?July 4th, Mood-Danza @ Festival Mediterraneo, Genova (Italy)?July 16th, Screening of Hoofalogies at NIUBCN and jam with the artists of Central Art Process/in connection with Tap On Barcelona (Spain)?July 17th, Mood-Danza @ Teatre 9 de Nou Barris, in connection with Tap On Barcelona (Spain)?July 18th, Master-class @ Tap on Barcelona?
?For all details wing by my website http://worldbeats.free.fr
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Announcing: Parallel Exit at the New Victory
Parallel Exit at The New Victory Theater!
We are very happy to announce that Parallel Exit's tap show TIME STEP is part of The New Victory Theater's 2009-2010 season, performing April 9 - 18, 2010.?New Yorkers know The New Victory as one of the most beautiful theaters in the city - a gorgeous 499-seat jewel box in the heart of the Theatre District. With a legendary past (one of Minsky's famous burlesque houses, later a XXX movie theater), The New Victory Theater is now one of the most prominent venues for families and children in the United States.?Mary Rose Lloyd, the brilliant and risk-taking Director of Programming at The New Victory has followed Parallel Exit for years, and is as excited as we are to see TIME STEP play her beautiful stage. Over the next several months, we will send out regular updates as we prepare for our most prominent production in New York City yet! Stay tuned...
http://www.newvictory.org/show.m?showID=1032042
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BROADWAY UNDERGROUND JULY 15TH AT BBKINGS
BROADWAY UNDERGROUND
NEXT SHOW
Wednesday Night
July 15
8:00pm
B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
237 West 42 Street(Between Broadway and 8th Avenue)
Tickets only $12.50 at:
https://www.goldstar.com/join?p=F359798N
Learn more at
www.broadwayunderground.org
Executive Producers
Cheryl Cutlip
Jared Grimes
Starring
Jared Grimes
DeWitt Fleming, Jr.
The BU Band
T.A.D.A.H.
Drumatics
The BU Session
and many special guests
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K+C at The Joyce
The company has been hard at work in the studio preparing for our season at The Joyce Theater, all made possible with support from you, our closest friends. Your continued dedication to K+C is a source of inspiration for the dancers and myself, and we can't wait to share our work with you on The Joyce stage. If you're feeling GLAMOROUS, I hope you will celebrate our season with us at K+C's Opening Night Benefit on Tuesday, June 23rd. Contact Andrea Lodico Welshons at 212.278.0691 or andrea@keigwinandcompany.com. Or online at
http://www.joyce.org/calendar_detail.php?event=247&theater=1
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*MIDWEST *
NEWS UPDATES & EVENTS
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Arts Program
I am the Artistic Director and founder of ACFCLA - Artist Community for Change Los Angeles. We are only 8 months old an a non-profit organization of artists dedicated to inspiring others in a positive way on global, environmental and humanitarian causes. Please help us spread the word for our two week intensive arts program. *ALL students perform with the professional company in ACFCLA - Big Summer Concert Event "It Takes A Village" @ Barnsdall Gallery Theatre including Visual Art Gallery reception with professional and student works.
**Scholarships are available for students from low income families.
**Application Extensions for ACFCLA two week summer intensive arts program Ages 12-18
**ALL students perform with the professional company in ACFCLA - Big Summer Concert Event "It Takes A Village" @ Barnsdall Gallery Theatre.
ONLY 6 Dance Spots left - Classes include
Jazz, - Billy Rogers prof essional Dancer / Anacia Weiskittel - Tank Girl *Artistic Director ACFCLA
Contemporary - Maygen Nicholson - *SYTYD
ballet / Lyrical, - Janet Huey - professional Choreographer & Dancer
Funk - Della Hamby *America's Best Dance Crew
African - Kemba Shannon **Toured with Madonna & Celine Dion
Indian - Shivani Thakkar **Associate Artistic Director of Manu Kala Mandir Dance Productions, world tour
choreography - Amy Lenoble *Professional Dancer/Choreographer Graduate of Loyola Marymount,
improv Professional Panel - Inclu ding JIm Keith from DDO Dance Agency Professional Dancers, Choreographers, Producers Etc. Q & A and more
ONLY 5 Music Spots Left - Classes Include
Singing20pop/musical theatre/ jazz, - Gilli Moon - CEO Warrior Girl Music and President / Co - Founder of Songs Alive
Spoken Word, - Azure Antoinette * HBO poet, Sundance Film Festival, Artistic Director of Get Lit
Rhymeocology, - J. Walker *Founder and Director of SKILLZ project
DJ, Song Writing, percussion,
Professional Panel Executive Music Producer Kelly Fuller, Sean Owollo / A&R, Valerie McCaffrey *Casting Director & more...
ONLY 3 Art Students Left - Classes Include
Painting, Drawing, Charcoal, - Maria Apelo Cruz *20yrs top artist featured in Modern Glamour, House Beautiful, Elements of Living, In Style, Leading Estates of the World and much more
Jewelry making, Recycled Art, - Darcey Hawes *Artist and Teache r
Photography, - Anacia Weiskittel - Fine Art Photography, Headshots, Corporate and Event
Graphic Design, - Creative Director of Big Machine Design *Regis & Kelly, E3, Nashville Star and tons more...
mixed media Professional panel and more...
Please call or email me if you have any questions and feel free to FORWARD this information to other students.
Anacia Weiskittel
Artistic Director / CEO
ACFCLA - Artist Community For Chang e Los Angeles
photobyanacia@aol.com
www.acfcla.org
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*WEST COAST *
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22nd World Congress on Dance Research
22nd World Congress on Dance Research
Athens, Greece, 2-6 July 2008
This is the largest gathering of dance specialists world-wide, the best opportunity to showcase one's work to a wide audience of practitioners, dance teachers, choreographers, researchers, journalists and organizers.
700 specialists from 64 countries took part in 2006.
All forms of dance are represented. Strictly non-profit. Not to be confused with festivals, workshops, competitions, forums or open conferences.
Under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Education, the Municipality of Athens and the National UNESCO Commission.
The congress is organized by the Dora Stratou Dance Theater and the Greek Section IOFA, in collaboration with the International Dance Council CID.
The program includes:
- Research reports (papers) presentation and discussion
- Classes
- Lecture-demonstrations
- Performances by dance companies, duos or solos
- Video projections
- Exhibitions and sale of books, records, pictures, costumes, accessories etc.
- Visits to places of special interest, such as dance schools, museums, sites etc.
- Evenings where members can discuss in a relaxed setting.
While intended primarily for professionals, it is at the same time a trade fair and a participatory event, facilitating contacts with colleagues, informal discussions and individual initiative.
Submitting a presentation (research report, lecture-demonstration, class, performance, exhibition, projection) is optional. For each presentation a text must be sent before 30 May 2008.
Absentee presenters can register also; their presentations will appear in the program and will be included in the proceedings. The proceedings DVD circulates worldwide in many thousands of copies.
To apply for a visa to consulates and/or financial assistance, registered participants receive an official certificate of registration signed by the President of CID. Please make arrangements as early as possible.
Congress Secretariat: Dora Stratou Dance Theater, Scholiou 8, Plaka, GR-10558 Athens, Greece; tel. (30)210 324 6188, fax (30)210 324 6921; Skype; PayPal
www.cid-unesco.org; president@cid-unesco.org
www.orchesis-portal.org/cdr/
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- CID is the official umbrella organization for all forms of dance in all countries of the world.
- It was founded in 1973 within the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, where it is based.
- It is the supreme forum bringing together international, national and local organizations, as well as prominent individuals active in dance.
- CID represents the art of dance in general and is recognized by UNESCO, national and local governments, international organizations and institutions.
- Its members are the most prominent federations, associations, schools, companies and individuals in more than 150 countries.
- UNESCO is the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Headquarters:
Conseil International de la Danse CID
UNESCO, 1 rue Miollis, FR-75732 Paris, France
www.unesco.org/ngo/cid
www.cid-unesco.org
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Miss Thang heats to Zanzibar
That's right, The Rise and Fall of Miss Thang will make it's African debut at the Zanzibar International Film Festival!
Zanzibar is an island of the coast of east Africa (not far from Madagascar) and is a part of the Republic of Tanzania. The festival takes place from June 27 to July 4 and is a major cultural event for all the countries in the region.
I have been in Paris for the past two months and I return to Chicago on June 23rd. I'm not sure if I will be able to attend the festival in Zanzibar but I haven't given up hope yet. I will let you all know what happens.
Here are some links for the festival site and to a video about the fest on youtube
http://www.ziff.or.tz/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FchHjxJkUQw
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Upcoming Tap FESTIVALS!
Mark your calendars for these upcoming tap festivals!
Tapestry Dance Company Presents
The 9th Annual Soul to Sole Tap Festival
June 10th - 14th
www.soultosole.org
Sponsored by the North Carolina Tap Ensemble
The 11th Annual North Carolina Rhythm Tap Festival?June 12th - 14th?www.ncyte.org
Tony Wagg Presents
Tap City
The New York City Tap Festival
July 6th - 11th
www.atdf.org
Professor Robert L. Reed Presents
The 18th Annual St. Louis Tap Festival
July 27th - August 1st
www.tapheritage.org
Chicago Human Rhythm Project Presents
The 19th Annual Rhythm World Tap Festival
July 27th - August 9th
www.chicagotap.org
Debbie Allen Dance Academy Presents
The 7th Annual LA Tap Fest
August 10th - 15th
www.latapfest.com
Tap Into A Cure 2009
August 19th - 21st
www.tapintoacure.com
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Tap events in Barcelona and Reus
This summer you have three festivals/events in Barcelona and Reus witch you shouldn’t miss.
From July 2nd to July 10th 2009 Dixiclac organizes the XXI Nit de claqué in Reus
Artists and guest teachers during the week: CHICAGO HUMAN RHYTHM PROJECT
Schedule:
Thursday July 2nd 18:30h: TAP OLÉ show at Teatre Bravium. Free entrance.
Friday July 3th 22h: TAP SHOWCASE AT LA PALMA. Free entrance. If you are interested to perform get in touch with the organization, which will give a free ticket to the participants to see the show BAM! Of Chicago Human Rhythm Project.
Saturday July 4th 21h: EUROPEAN PREMIER OF BAM! FROM CHICAGO HUMAN RHYTHM PROJECT.
PRICES: 9€, 7´5€ and 6€. Tickets at Servicaixa.
July 6th to the 10th: TAP DANCE WORKSHOPS WITH LANE ALEXANDER, Teaching advanced and intermediate levels; and more classes with the MEMBERS OF THE BAM! COMPANY CHICAGO HUMAN RHYTHM PROJECT.
Also workshops of Modern Dance, Hip Hop, Break Dance and Funky.
INFORMATION: (see attachment)
M.PILAR SANZ TEL. +34 679451170, mpsjmll@terra.es
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From July 13th to July 19th 2009 Tap On Barcelona is back! ( 2nd edition)
Workshops, International shows, Parties, Tap Jams, Scholarships, Master classes…
Guest teachers:
Lane Alexander | Lluís Méndez | Rafa Méndez | Sebastian Weber | Roxane Butterfly | Jessica Chapuis | Heather Brown | Zada Cheeks | Kristi Burris | Sharon Kirch |Mireia Font | François Soumah | Tais Balieiro | Sandra Renau | Pol and Daniela | Jordi Soler "Monda” | Eli Casas |
All the information:
WWW.TAPONBARCELONA.COM
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From August 11th to August 31st 2009 CAMUT BAND in Barcelona
The African – Latin percussion and tap Company will perform their international acclaimed show LIFE IS RHYTHM at Teatro Goya. C/ Joaquín Costa 68.
They will also teach a company repertoire workshop from August 20th to August 23rd.
Master class with guest teacher Susan Hebach (EE.UU.).
More information:
WWW.CAMUTBAND.COM
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Call for Presentations: performing arts conference
http://austria.tribe.net/event/2c1d6f86-6c70-4218-b5ad-9c8c3345dc4a
Date & Time: 2009-10-28 5:00 PM
Location: Retzhof Castle - Leibnitz
Call for Presentations:
International Conference
"Performing Arts Training Today"
October 28-31, 2009
Leibnitz, Austria
The conference is open to performers from all over the world interested in the research of topical questions and processes in contemporary performing arts education and training. This is a wonderful opportunity for performers, performing arts educators and teachers to demonstrate their methods and techniques.
PRESENTATION FORMATS:
- workshop/master class
- work in progress
- performance fragment not requiring special technical conditions
- reading/lecture
- any other way of demonstration to the presenter's discretion
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES & REGISTRATION:
http://www.iugte.com/projects/conf.reg.php
CONFERENCE:
http://www.iugte.com/projects/PerformingArts.php
ACCOMODATION & VENUE:
http://www.iugte.com/projects/leibnitz.php
You are also welcome to take part in the Conference as a Participant!
Visit the Photo Gallery of the past conferences:
http://picasaweb.google.ru/globtheatre
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Rhythm Summit by Tapmotif - SHOW
Event: Rhythm Summit by Tapmotif - SHOW
"????????, ???????, body percussion ?? jazz, afro Cuban ??? funky ???????"
What: Performance
Host: Rhythm Summit by Tapmotif
Start Time: Monday, July 6 at 9:00pm
End Time: Tuesday, July 7 at 9:00pm
Where: ?????? ???
To see more details and RSVP, follow the link below:
http://www.facebook.com/n/?event.php&eid=202986970122&mid=a31c8fG2efdcaacG1d2babdG7
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23rd World Congress on Dance Research
and 18th General Assembly of the CID
Malaga, Spain, 15-19 July 2009
You are cordially invited to attend the largest gathering of dance specialists world-wide, the best opportunity to showcase one's work to a wide audience of practitioners, dance teachers, choreographers, researchers, journalists, organizers and suppliers.
Over 500 conferees from 50 countries of the 5 continents are attended this year.
The 9-hours-a-day program in parallel rooms includes:
- Research reports (papers) are presented and discussed among peers
- Lectures on original subjects resulting from long experience
- Classes, where teachers give a short demonstration of their method
- Performances by dance companies, duos or solos
- Video projections presenting choreographies or full performances
- Exhibitions and sale of books, records, pictures, costumes, accessories etc.
- Evenings where members can discuss in a relaxed setting or dance to local music.
- Visits to places of special interest, such as dance schools, museums, sites etc.
All forms of dance are represented. Strictly non-profit.
Not to be confused with festivals, workshops, competitions, forums or open conferences.
The congress is organized by the Delegation of Spain and the Malaga Section of CID, in collaboration with the International Dance Council CID. Venue is the Gran Teatro Cervantes in the city center.
Intended primarily for professionals, it is a trade fair and a participatory event, facilitating contacts with colleagues and informal discussions.
Submitting a presentation (research report, lecture-demonstration, class, performance, exhibition, projection) is optional. For each presentation a text must be sent before 30 May 2009.
Absentee presenters can register also; their presentations will be included in the program and in the proceedings. The proceedings DVD circulates worldwide in many thousands of copies; it is sent free of charge upon registration, together with other gifts.
To apply for a visa to consulates and/or financial assistance, registered participants receive an official certificate. Please make arrangements as early as possible.
Congress website:
www.orchesis-portal.org/cdr
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