Star Dixon @ 2019 Orange County Tap Festival
https://www.octapfestival.com/
Reverb Production Company presents the third annual
Orange County Tap Festival, Founded and Directed by Orange County Natives, Ron and Leah Silva.
The 6 day premier tap dance festival features a world-renowned faculty that includes EMMY and Tony Award nominees and winners, leading television choreographers, living legends of the art of tap dance, international master teachers, dance adjudicators and performers!
The Orange County Tap Festival offers students from around the world the opportunity to study under some of the most respected tap dance instructors in the world, connect with dancers from nearby as well as abroad, participate in history lessons, master classes, cutting contests, student showcases, and a family friendly all-star festival concert, featuring world-renowned tap dance stars, critically acclaimed musicians and special guests.
With a mission and passion to further the art form of tap dance, the Orange County Tap Festival’s goals are to inspire all generations and levels of tap dancers both in the United States as well as internationally, to elevate the art form, provide an atmosphere of quality dance education and to expose newer generations to the roots of tap dance.
Bril Barrett @ Tapperfest 2019
Daytime Intensive
10-11:15 Bril Barrett
11:15-12:15 “Step & Tap” with MacKenzie Greenwell
1:15-2:15 Dianne Montgomery
2:15-3:00 Bucket Drumming (no experience necessary)
3:00-4:00 Improvisation with MacKenzie Greenwell
**Please note the intensive ends at 12pm on July 5th**
Workshops & Tap Jam with Bril Barrett on Thursday, July 4th
6:30-7:45 Intermediate
7:45-9:00 Advanced
9:00-10:00 Tap Jam
Professional Showcase: TAP’S IN THE PORT
July 2nd at Clarke Hall, 8PM
Featuring faculty and local artists.
Student Choreography Charity Ball
July 3rd at the Tap Dance Centre, 7PM
FOR MORE INFO: www.tapdancecentre.co
FEELING GOOD: A MADD Tribute To Nina Simone @ Jazz Institute Of Chicago’s Birthday Bash
The Birthday Bash continues! M.A.D.D. Rhythms is proud to present a tribute to an American music icon, Nina Simone featuring new choreography from M.A.D.D. Rhythms dancers, performances by Chicago Jazz greats Maggie Brown, Joan Collaso, Tecora Rogers, Felena Bunn, and arrangements by Ben Jammin Johnson. With Feeling Good: A MADD Tribute to Nina Simone we invite Nina’s creative voice back to the conversation and honor her contributions through the art of Tap Dance. Presented in partnership with M.A.D.D. Rhythms.
M.A.D.D. Rhythms: Bril Barrett, Starinah ‘Star’ Dixon, Donnetta LilBit Jackson, Tristan Bruns, Megan Davis, Alexandrya Fryson, Andrew Carr, Time Brickey, KJ Sheldon, Carmen Paquette, Caleb Jackson, Ivy Anderson, Izaiah Montaque Harris.
Musicians: Maggie Brown (voice), Joan Collaso (voice), Tecora Rogers (voice), Felena Bunn (voice), Ben Johnson (Music Director/ drums), Curtis Robinson (guitar), Joshua Ramos (bass), Carmen Stokes (piano).
Saturday, June 29, 2019 | 7pm
Feeling Good – A MADD Tribute to Nina Simone
Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts | Performance Hall
915 E. 60th Street | Chicago, IL
FREE
For more information on our Birthday Bash Weekend:
https://jazzinchicago.org/jazz-institute-of-chicagos-birthday-bash
Sponsored by the Epstein Family Foundation and presented in partnership with the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts.
M.A.D.D. Rhythms #3rdSundays #FREE #TAPJAM @ Harold Washington Cultural Center – 2pm
M.A.D.D. Rhythms’ is hosting our 3rd Sundays #TapJam
and we want you there!
4701 S. King Dr.
2nd Floor
(Use 47th St. Entrance)
Chicago, IL 60615
Sunday 6/16/19
2pm
TAP JAMS are our way of paying homage to the HOOFERS of old and the traditions they set.
TAP JAMS make us better. TAP JAMS give us new ideas.
TAP JAMS help us communicate.
TAP JAMS allow us to express ourselves.
TAP JAMS show us where we came from and where we are going.
TAP JAMS are absolutely necessary to nudge your growth as a tapdancer!
#FREE #Fun #OpenToThePublic #SeeYouOnTheWood
#ImprovToImprove #RespectTheDance
Tristan Bruns, Megan Davis, Time Brickey & KJ Sheldon @ Stomping Grounds Grand Finale
Stomping Grounds culminates its fifth year with the Grand Finale on Friday, May 31st at the Harris Theater. This event will feature CHRP’s Stone Soup Rhythms, Natya Dance Theatre, Muntu Dance Theatre, Trinity Irish Dance Company, Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theatre, Mexican Folk Dance Company.
