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June 09 Tap News



Tap Rhythm Project Classes

Manchester (England)
From September 2009, TRP courses and live music tap jams will be running from the fantastic new and improved Band on the Wall music venue! Details of how to book your place will be coming soon in the next newsletter.

See TRP classes in Manchester

London (England)
Classes at Greenwich Dance Agency (gDA) in London with Annette Walker

See TRP classes in London


THE LONDON TAP JAM IS NOW ON THE FOURTH SUNDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT RONNIE SCOTT'S! (England)
Next Jam Sunday, 28th June at 8pm hosted by Jess Murray of Tap Rhythm Project

Of course, there will be our usual fantastic live jazz band led by Dave Silk and exciting tap dancers from around the UK and the world. Everyone and anyone is welcome, whether you want to get up and have a go, or just sit back and enjoy the tap.

For all those tappers new to the world of improvisation, our fantastic guest Jess Murray will be hosting the renegade stage at 7:15pm before the main jam begins at 8pm, so that you can practice your freestyling skills in a more low key environment.

Please tell everyone you know! And remember you can always check our website for the latest information
www.londontapjam.org

Address: Ronnie's Bar, Ronnie Scott's, 47 Frith Street, Soho, London, W1D 4HT

Nearest Tube: Oxford Circus/Tottenham Court Road
Entrance fee: £6 on door or £5 with tap shoes or instrument
Renegade Stage: 7:15pm
Jam begins at 8pm

Looking forward to seeing you all soon!


Beginners tap classes with Junior Laniyan (England)
Weekly beginners tap classes with Junior Laniyan host of London Tap Jam.

Wednesdays 7 – 8pm at
Pineapple Dance Studios
7 Langley St, London, WC2H 9JA

£6 + studio membership


WORKSHOP TAP & BRAZILIAN MUSIC (England)
(Samba, Bossa Nova, Baião)
with Gabriela Santos

SUNDAY the 14th of JUNE 2009
at Pineapple Dance Studios
7 Langley St, London, WC2H 9JA

11 AM - BEG/INT
12 AM - INT/ADV

£8 (£6 previously reserved)

For reservations and information contact Gabriela:
07950855598 | gabr.cs@gmail.com


Manhattan Tap Summer Intensive July 13 - 24th (NY, USA)
Studios 353 in Manhattan located at 353 West 48th Street on the 2nd floor.

Schedule is as follows:

Beg/Intermediate (Week one) 10:30 - 12:30
Eddie Brown "Brush-Up" (Week Two) 10:30 - 12:30
Advanced Professional Workshop (Weeks one and two) 3:30 - 6:30
Music (Weeks one and two/Tues and Thur) 1:30 - 3:00

Don't Wait till the last minute.
REGISTER NOW!

Go the website for more details: www.manhattantap.org

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!

Heather


TapMotif 09 27 June - 7 July in Lefkada and Athens, Greece.
Please note that 27 June to 5 July the program is in Lefkada and 6-7 July is in Athens.

FACULTY. After the artistic success of Tapmotif 08, we have decided that the main faculty will be the same and we are very happy that all artists have already agreed to come back. So there will be Heather Cornell, Max Pollak, Junior Lanyian, Guillem Alonso, Thanos Daskalopoulos (tap artists), the jazz trio Trioism, Petros Kourtis (percussion) and Christos Polidoros (sax, harmonica). Our effort is to have also some new guest artists that we will announce.
SUPPORT. Please support tapmotif by forwarding our newsletters to anyone that would be interested. This can be an important way of spreading the word.

Our beat regards to everyone!

www.tapmotif.net
Thanos Daskalopoulos
TapMotif - Artistic Director


Hip Tap Project presents "TAP MESSENGERS" FRIDAY JUNE 12TH 2009 @8:30pm (France)
With Sarah Petronio, Jazz Tap Artist
LeeLa Petronio, Tap Dancer, Body Percussionist
Kazu Kumagai, Invite Special de Tokyo, Tap Dancer
Philippe Milanta, Piano
Luigi Trussardi, Contrebasse
John Betsch, Batterie

Studio de L'Ermitage
8 Rue de l'Ermitage,
Paris 20e M Jourdain / Ménilmontant

Info: hiptapinfo@orange.fr
Cie Hip Tap Project
+33 680 983 296
www.myspace.com/hiptapproject


Tap On Barcelona Festival July, 13th to 19th (Spain)
Video-Clip Tap on Barcelona 2008
Tap on Barcelona Facebook Group
Tap on Barcelona website


ATD Dancer's Day Out 12th July, Meole Brace Memorial Hall near Shrewsbury (England)
Associated Tap Dancers (ATD) are a non-profit making organisation for adults who tap dance for fun. We arrange events all over the country including our annual festival, TapUK, and our one day workshops - Dancers Days Out.

We are holding a Dancers Day Out on Sunday 12th July 2009. The venue is Meole Brace Memorial Hall near Shrewsbury. The day will consist of two 1.5 hour adult tap workshops and light refreshments. You will need to bring your own lunch. The cost of this day is £15 for current members of ATD, and £18 for non-members.

Your instructor for the day is James Doubtfire. James trained at North Herts College Hitchin, for 2 years. After leaving, he performed extensively across the U.K and Europe as Dancer/Dance Captain. He then went on to perform in musicals, including UK tour of 42nd St , the first UK tour of Me and My Girl with Gary Wilmot, An Evening with Gary Wilmot, An Evening With Sondheim, UK and Australian tours of Hot Shoe Shuffle playing the role of Tip. James has also appeared in many television shows including The Royal Variety Performance, The Clothes Show, Barrymore, The Generation Game, The National Lottery and This Morning. James also had the honour of performing in one of the BBC famous dance idents that has been aired on BBC 1 for the past 5 years.

James has toured with Tap Dogs for the past 9 years performing as Dancer/Dance Captain and also acts as Assistant Resident Director for the company. He has toured with the show around Europe, Asia and London West End. He continued the role of Dance Captain/Assistant Resident Director for the West End production of Tap Dogs Rebooted.

I have attached a booking form for this event and a poster which you may like to display at your dance school/tap class. Please return form and payment to me at:- 30 Turnpike Lane, Ickleford, Herts, SG5 3XB and not to the ATD head office address.

Confirmation of booking and a map will be emailed (or posted) to you 1-2 weeks before the event. Please ensure I have an email address or phone number on your form so I can confirm any late bookings. You can contact me on jo.atd@ntlworld.com or phone 01462 625259.
I look forward to seeing you.

Kind Regards
Jo Summerfield


Tap City, The New York City Tap Festival July 6 - 11, 2009 (NY, USA)
Register NOW for HUGE savings! Early Bird prices available until June 5th!! 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
Tappy Hours
Jam at Joe's
Annual Awards Ceremony at Bruno Walter Auditorium

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, Ted Levy, Lynn Schwab, Carson Murphy, Chloe Arnold, Acia Gray, Geo Hubela, David Rider, Ray Hesselink, Jimmy Tate, Michele Ribble, Alicia Smith, & Kelly Kaleta
www.atdf.org/tapcity.html


Tap PHD research (England)
I am a PhD student at De Montfort studying tap dance and tap dance communities in England. It would be greatly appreciated if you could take a few moments to fill out a short questionnaire attached in this email. The questionnaire is in a Microsoft Word document format. Please type in your responses, save the document, and attach it in an email to send to: sally@misssally.com

Alternatively, if you wish, you may print the attachment and fill it out and post it to:

40 Watermarque
100 Browning Street
Birmingham
B16 8GY

Many thanks for your assistance in this valuable research.

Regards,

Sally Crawford
PhD Student
De Montfort University
+44(0)7981560265
sally@misssally.com



Rennes TAP Intensive 2009 (France)
From July 6 to 11 with the great teachers : Josh Hilberman (Boston), Leela Petronio (Paris), Kurt Albert (Heidelberg). Intensive workshops with live musicians. Tap sessions (impro, démos, archives…) Tapdance, Body Music, African Percussions
Contact +33 2 99 92 03 82 | info@tapbreizh.net | www.tabreizh.net


Monthly Rhythm Tap Classes with Jo Turbitt in Edinburgh (Scotland)
Beginners; 12.30-1.30, Intermediate; 1.30-2.30, Pro/ Advanced; 2.30-3.30. Duration of each class: 1 hour. Cost: £4 per class, £6.50 for two classes, £10 for three classes.
www.joturbitt.com
contact: tappin_turbo@yahoo.com | +44 (0) 7824 628 998


To include information about tap events to this newsletter email your information to info@tapproject.com


For some great tap clips and links to other tap myspace pages see: www.myspace.com/tapproject

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