Urgent: Chicago Tap Summit 2019 – New Dates!
The Chicago Tap Summit 2019 is on its way. The faculty for this years summit includes members of the world famous M.A.D.D. Rhythms tap dance crew and a few special guests.
Join M.A.D.D. Rhythms for The Chicago Tap Summit 2019 October 4th – 6th.
Tristan Bruns, KJ Sheldon & Rachel Perine @ Rhythm World 29: JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance
Festival Passes are no longer available. Single tickets are still on sale and available to purchase.
Please call 312-542-2477 or email us at info@chicagotap.org with any questions, comments, or concerns.
~~ $75 tickets benefit the Tap Scholar program and also include a post-show reception with the performers at the Dance Center of Columbia College ~~
The last night of JUBA! will feature multiple well-renowned and up-and-coming tap dancers in a spectacular finale! They will be joined again by the Eric Hochberg Trio with Tim Mulvenna and Vijay Tellis-Nayak in what will be an amazing night of music and dance!
M.A.D.D. Rhythms’ FEELING GOOD: A MADD Tribute To Nina Simone @ Rhythm World 29: JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance
Festival Passes are no longer available. Single tickets are still on sale and available to purchase.
Please call 312-542-2477 or email us at info@chicagotap.org with any questions, comments, or concerns.
~~ $75 tickets benefit the Tap Scholar program and also include a post-show reception with the performers at the Dance Center of Columbia College ~~
The third night of JUBA! at the Dance Center of Columbia College features two long-form works by M.A.D.D. Rhythms and Kilian Deissler and, artist in residence, Dani Borak’s 9-Point-Inc.!
M.A.D.D. Rhythms presents an excerpt from its critically acclaimed Feeling Good: A MADD Tribute to Nina Simone.
Founded by Bril Barrett, Martin “Tre” Dumas, and Jumaane Taylor, M.A.D.D. is comprised of dancers from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds, sharing one common trait: a love and respect for the art of Tap Dance. Over the course of almost 15 years, M.A.D.D. Rhythms has given hundreds of kids across the city of Chicago a safe space to learn and grow through the art of Tap Dance. Through their tireless work in the community, M.A.D.D. Rhythms has fostered the education of many of today’s most sought-after tap dancers, all committed to sharing culture, tradition, and love of The Dance.
“Amid a harsh political climate in America, where injustice is brought to light faster than ever, and racist idealisms thrive in indifference, we find so many of the artistic voices we turned to in times of discord lost to the ages. One such voice is that of Nina Simone, whose monumental body of work is so unapologetically forthright in matters of human rights. 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.”
9-Point-Inc. presents Kick The Square.
“Kick the Square is 9-point-Inc.’s first programme and was laid out to encompass 105 minutes. The dramatic arc consists on the one hand of the conflict and symbiosis between two musical worlds – the world of Broadway and the world of the composer – on the other hand of the intensifying fusion of music and dance.
The dancer is gradually integrated into the music, while the musicians take on roles increasingly closer to tap dance, first with only a few, accentuated steps. These continue to gain musical importance, until finally the musicians leave their places behind the music stands and conquer the stage in rhythmically composed and choreographed steps, while continuing to play their instruments. In the dramatic culmination, the musicians edge the dancer off the tap dance instrument, and the solo of the “squares” begins: seven people, tap dancing in composed steps on seven “squares,” moving past each other. This poses its own new challenges because classical musicians – unlike the tap dancer – are trained to keep the measure beat with their feet, while showing their virtuosity with their hands on the instrument. In this situation, the rhythmic complexity is shifted to the feet, while the instrument still needs to be played with the hands. This is an extremely unfamiliar and
challenging situation for the ensemble.
With this program, Kick the Square, 9-Point-Inc. invites everyone to dive into an unknown world of music and tap dance!”
Star Dixon, Donnetta Jackson, Tristan Bruns, Megan Davis, Time Brickey & KJ Sheldon w/Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s own Stone Soup Rhythms @ Rhythm World 29: JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance
Festival Passes are no longer available. Single tickets are still on sale and available to purchase.
Please call 312-542-2477 or email us at info@chicagotap.org with any questions, comments, or concerns.
~~ $75 tickets benefit the Tap Scholar program and also include a post-show reception with the performers at the Dance Center of Columbia College ~~
The second night of JUBA! at the Dance Center of Columbia College features performances by Jason Janas’ Co.MMIT, and Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s own Stone Soup Rhythms!
Co.MMIT will be performing Essentials.
“The show is about rhythm and energy. Music can heal. The hand pan drum [Hang] has been known to heal. We find our expression through music. And in this show we are expressing three things through the art of tap dance: Patience, Understanding and Peace.
In the show, Jason has reached deeper into his soul to find this movement and choreo for the show. It’s a work in progress as life is. Living in Detroit has helped bring him back to his east coast roots and vibes.
I truly hope this show allows You to feel things. Tap dance is the vehicle but the message I hope is heard.”
Respect and Admiration,
Jason Janas
Director of Co.MMIT
Stone Soup Rhythms is the resident ensemble of the Chicago Human Rhythm Project and is a collective of independent artists. The name refers to a European fable in which a wayfaring stranger brings a struggling community together to create a feast amidst famine. Chicago Human Rhythm Project is the oldest and largest presenter of American tap and contemporary rhythmic expression in the United States. CHRP presents percussive arts in concert, education, and economic development programs through collaboration. Its signature programs include: Stomping Grounds (city-wide percussive arts festival); Rhythm World (America’s oldest tap dance festival); We ALL Got Rhythm (free, arts-education programs); the American Rhythm Center (shared dance-arts space/incubator, business development center); and Stone Soup Rhythms (resident artistic collective).
This performance will be a compilation of all the works that Dani Borak has created during his three year residency at Chicago Human Rhythm Project. The evening will also feature a world premier of Borak’s new work – ECHOS: Alien/Rytme/Fusion. Point to counterpoint, melody to harmony, shape to shadow, movement to stillness, physical to spiritual – ECHOS exist between thought and passion.
M.A.D.D. Rhythms Bronzeville: The HWCC Crew @ RW29: Navy Pier’s Polk Bros Lake View Performance Stage FREE!
Festival Passes are no longer available. Single tickets are still on sale and available to purchase.
Please call 312-542-2477 or email us at info@chicagotap.org with any questions, comments, or concerns.
Pre-professional Youth Tap Ensembles from across the US, Canada, South America, and Asia perform repertory works alongside a mix of curated student works followed by an electrifying JAM session underneath the spectacular Navy Pier Fireworks display. This event is free for the public.
Star Dixon, Donnetta Jackson & Time Brickey w/ Nico Rubio’s 333 @ Rhythm World 29: JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance
Festival Passes are no longer available. Single tickets are still on sale and available to purchase.
Please call 312-542-2477 or email us at info@chicagotap.org with any questions, comments, or concerns.
~~ $75 tickets benefit the Tap Scholar program and also include a post-show reception with the performers at the Dance Center of Columbia College ~~
The first night of JUBA! at the Dance Center of Columbia College features two long-form works by Brazilian artist, Charles Renato’s CHR Project* and Nico Rubio’s 333 and Friends.
Charles Renato’s company, CHR Project*, presents VIRTUOSO.
“VIRTUOSO is an exploration on singular music instruments in relationship with tap dance. Those two elements combined produce a combination of sounds and rhythms where there are no limits for creativity and exploration.”
*CHR Project stands for Charles Humberto Renato Project and is an established company not to be associated with CHRP, Chicago Human Rhythm Project.
Nico Rubio’s 333 and Friends will perform By Way of Taps: A J Dilla Tribute.
By Way of Taps: A J Dilla Tribute is just that, an homage to the life, legacy, and music of James Dewitt Yancey. Nico Rubio, Artistic Director of 333 (Three Thirty Three), has choreographed this all Tap show to a score of J Dilla Productions and Samples. Not only performing in the show, Nico DJs the music live, with a few transitions pre-mixed. The cast is 333 and friends, all of whom are either actual family or Tap Family, who grew up dancing together. BWOT highlights the musical similarities between Tap Dance and Hip Hop cultures, while acknowledging Ascended Masters such as J Dilla, Roy Hargrove, Fela Kuti and Stan Getz.
Bril Barrett, Star Dixon, Donnetta Jackson, Tristan Bruns, Megan Davis, Time Brickey & KJ Sheldon @ Rhythm World 29: Opening Night at the Jazz Showcase
SOLD OUT!!
Festival Passes are no longer available. Single tickets are still on sale and available to purchase.
Please call 312-542-2477 or email us at info@chicagotap.org with any questions, comments, or concerns.
Virtuoso performers from the concert, Broadway, and commercial stages come together to kick off the 29th annual Rhythm World Festival at the historic Jazz Showcase! This annual celebration at Chicago’s finest jazz club presents some of the world’s most celebrated tap dancers, including Bril Barrett, Dani Borak, Star Dixon, Nico Rubio, Donnetta Jackson, Charles Renato, Cartier Williams, and more special guests alongside the amazing Eric Hochberg Trio!
Bril Barrett, Star Dixon, Donnetta Jackson & Tristan Bruns @ 29th Annual Rhythm World
Rhythm World is Chicago’s annual festival of tap and percussive dance, celebrating its 29th year! Each summer, many of the world’s finest tap dance teachers and performers educate, entertain and enlighten students and audiences from around the globe through classes, performances and more.
Rhythm World offers a sophisticated and comprehensive variety of education and performance programs that allow students and audience members to design their own experiences. Students can take a single class or immerse themselves in up to 50 hours during the week.
Audience members will have the opportunity to enjoy 6 different nights of percussive and rhythmic arts at some of Chicago’s most cherished venues. Opening night at the Jazz Showcase, JUBA! Concerts at the Dance Center of Columbia College and free performances & TAP JAM at Navy Pier Polk Bros. Performance Lawns followed by their weekly fireworks spectacular!
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Classes are held at the American Rhythm Center in Chicago’s historic Fine Arts Building at 410 S. Michigan Ave. See below for complete information about Rhythm World 29!
Youth Tap Ensemble Conference (YTEC) | July 22-25 | Mon – Thurs
>>CHRP’s annual Youth Tap Ensemble Conference (YTEC), now in its 19th year, is a training and repertory development program for pre-professional tap repertory companies. This year’s program has been completely re-imagined, with classes in tap choreography, body percussion, boomwhackers composition, tap and live instrument composition and improvisation. The 2019 YTEC choreographers will be Kilian Deissler and Dani Borak.
TEACHER CERTIFICATION | JULY 22-25 | Mon – Thurs
>>The Teacher Certification program covers elements of tap history, repertory, pedagogy, physiology and music theory. This program is taught by Linda Sohl Ellison, Dianne Walker, Bril Barrett and Jason Janas.
KIDS PROGRAM* | JULY 22-25 | Mon – Thurs
>>Faculty: Demi Remick, Monti Ellison, Sean Kaminski
Don’t miss this exciting opportunity for kids to accelerate to
the next level! The curriculum of this program will cover: oral
and video histories; rudiments of tap including technique,
timing, syncopated rhythms, and improvisational skills; and the
developments of each dancer’s individual style and expressive
ability.
*Program includes twelve classes, one ticket to a JUBA! concert and a festival t-shirt.
OTHER PROGRAMS OFFERED INCLUDE four day courses, Friday Workshops, weekend masterclasses AND adult courses.
For complete Rhythm World 29 Information please visit https://bit.ly/2JYYvku
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
