|

photos by Matt Murphy & Debi Field |
|

July 5 - 10, 2011 |
Copasetic Boat Ride
July 5, Boarding 7pm - Sails 7:30pm - Docks 10:30pm
Pier 83: W. 42nd St. & Hudson River
While you soak in the city's skyline, enjoy meeting the Tap City staff, faculty and your fellow students! There's something aboard for everyone ...live music, entertainment and dancing, dancing, dancing, so come join us and catch the rhythm. Bring your own picnic. Cash bar offers drinks and snacks.
To puchase tickets:
$35/each
arrive at the Pier between 6:40 - 7:00
|
A Salute to the Copasetics
The Masters of Swing!
Saturday, July 9 at 8pm
Peter Norton Symphony Space
95th & Broadway
"Please join us as we pay tribute to the legendary Copasetics at this 11th year of TAP CITY, the annual New York City Tap Festival. In a Salute to the Copasetics, we honor and remember the amazing contributions and philosophies of the late Charles 'Honi' Coles, the late Charles 'Cookie' Cook, the late James 'Buster' Brown, the late Leslie 'Bubba' Gaines, the late Ernest 'Brownie' Brown and ALL of the 'masters of swing' that passed on to us their incredible love of the art of tap dancing, as well as their great traditions, swinging dances and songs, infectious laughter and humor, and a strong ethic of comradeship and mutual respect!" Tony Waag
Definition of COPASETIC: very satisfactory!
See here for a list of performers: Performer List
Tickets:
General $36
Children 17 & under/Symph. Member/College Student/Senior: $20
Box Office: 212.864.5400
Hours: Tues - Sun from 1 - 6pm. (Box office windows remain open on the night of a show until one half hour after curtain)
Or visit: www.symphonyspace.org
|
|
TAP CITY 2011
NEW CLASS!!!
M10 - Adv Beg / Intermediate
Karen Callaway Williams
Saturday July 9, 4:45 - 6:15pm
Register online or call 646.230.9564 |
Tap City, Tap Competition
Wednesday, July 6
6:30pm - 8:30pm
The Tap City Tap Competition is the first of its kind that specializes in the many diverse styles, modes, grooves, and musical time signatures of tap dance.
Because our interests lie in the advancement of this art form, we aim to further the perception and the presentation of Tap Dance in a comprehensive manner by demanding only excellence in execution, interpretation, musicality and choreography. Each participant will be critiqued by an expert panel of judges.
There are a couple more slots left! Hurry to register!
Visit: Tap City - Tap Competition to register! |
Summer Tap Camps for Kids!
August 15-19, 2011.....9:30am-2:00pm
ages 5-9 with 0 - 2 years experience
August 22-26, 2011.....9:30am-2:00pm
ages 8+ with 3 years experience
- Tap Technique and Choreography
- Master Classes in various Percussive Dance Forms
- Tap History & Film
- Field Trip
- Presentation for parents on last day
Call Courtney at 646-230-9564 to register today!

|
|
|
|
American Tap Dance Foundation Staff, Board of Directors and Supporters
Staff
Tony Waag - ATDF Artistic/Executive Director
Hjordis Linn-Blanford - ATDF Director of Operations
Susan Hebach - ATDF Youth Program/TCYE Director
Courtney Runft - ATDF Education Associate/Registrar
Board of Directors
Debbie Beard - ATDF Board Chair & Entrepreneur
Brenda Bufalino - ATDF Artistic Mentor
Hoagy B. Carmichael - ATDF Vice Board Chair & Producer
Mercedes Ellington - Director/ Choreographer
Constance Valis Hill Ph.D. - Jazz Tap Historian
Pamela Koslow Hines - Producer
Nancy Kremsdorf - Tap Enthusiast
Donna Manger-Weil - Entrepreneur
Harvey Manger-Weil - Entrepreneur
Erica Marks Panush - Tap Enthusiast
Cynthia J. Roush - Tap Enthusiast
Lisa M. Scotto - Director of Marketing and Sales for Special Events & Concert Halls at Lincoln Center
Kim Thacker - Tap Enthusiast and Pharmaceutical Executive
Tony Waag - ATDF Artistic/Executive Director
The American Tap Dance Foundation, Inc. would like to thank the following for their generous support: Our Anonymous Angel, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, American Express, The 42nd Street Fund, the Tsunami Foundation, the Heckscher Foundation for Children, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, the Shubert Foundation, and numerous individuals, friends and families. |
|
|
|
|