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FALL is in the air and WE are hitting the ground running! |
Hi everyone,
We are now officially open and BOY does it feel great! Classes for youth & adults have resumed and we are cooking with gas again.
I am SO thankful and so excited to see everyone in person! It's been a LONG time! And there are many NEW faces around also. I love it!
Thanks go out to all of our staff, our teachers, our artists in residences and most of all you, our students, who are returning and supporting our efforts to regain, restore, remember, reenter and reengage.
In addition to our classes, we also have some great events lined up, so check them out too please. see below!
So, as our anonymous angel always says "onwards & upwards"! I say see you in the funny papers,
Tony Waag
Founding Artistic Director
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We offer a range of both virtual & drop-in classes and special workshops for adult amateurs of all levels—and professionals (adults & teens 13+).
Classes focus on the fundamentals and advanced artistry of rhythm tap, including clean technique, classic and contemporary tap repertory, jazz musicality, and improvisation skills. Our faculty brings decades of experience to the studio to create a supportive, fun, and rigorous environment for rhythm tap learning.
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Our youth program classes offer children and teens a chance to become immersed in tap culture. Classes focus on the fundamentals of rhythm tap, including clean technique, classic and contemporary tap repertory, and improvisation skills. Tap history, films, jazz music, and special guests deepen students’ appreciation of this great American art form. Our teachers bring decades of experience to the studio and create a warm, supportive and fun environment for learning.
The ATDF Youth Program is designed as a nine month program that runs from mid-September through mid-June. Each class builds cumulatively using a specific tap curriculum towards a performance at the end of the year. Please plan to make a full year commitment to your child’s tap class so that she/he has a satisfying learning experience.
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Sundays
Sep 26, Oct 17, Nov 14, Dec 12, 2021 (2:30-4pm)
The ATDF kicks off a new season with this dynamic and rhythmic event. Tappers from around the world join for an afternoon of tap improvisation that is not to be missed. The evening will be hosted by local hoofer extraordinaire and ATDF Artist in Residence Jared Alexander with guest appearances by American Tap Dance Center Faculty and Students. All levels are encouraged to attend.
Fee: $5:00
Space is limited. To reserve your place visit: Jam
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Friday, September 24, 2021 (2pm)
Tap it Out & the Stamp Event Revisited!
This event was originally presented live at Tap City, the New York City Tap Festival!
THIS is the filmed version of that event.
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Tuesday, September 28, 2021 (10am-12pm EST)
Virtual Event on Zoom
Back by popular demand, Artistic Director Tony Waag reconvenes a meeting of International Tap Artists, teachers and producers from around the globe to share information and discuss current issues in the field. Come to share or just listen and become informed. There’s a whole world out there creating and producing amazing tap dance works and events!
This event is free but you can also make a donation if you like.
Registration will be open soon, so join us!
Visit atdf.org/events for more information or give us a call at 646-230-9564.
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Saturday, October 23rd, Noon-4 pm
(rain date Sunday, Oct 24)
FLATIRON NORTH PLAZA, 23RD STREET at 5TH AVENUE
Join us for a FREE outdoor public concert on TIN PAN ALLEY DAY and help us joyfully celebrate the official landmark designation of Tin Pan Alley on West 28th Street — the birthplace of American popular music!
The concert features stars of the American Popular Songbook, including special appearances by MARILYN MAYE, AARON LEE BATTLE, KLEA BLACKHURST, KEN BLOOM, JIM BROCHU, RICHARD CARLIN, ERIC COMSTOCK, DANNY BACHER, NATALIE DOUGLAS, WILLY FALK, DEWITT FLEMING JR., ERIC YVES GARCIA, ANITA GILLETTE, VINCE GIORDANO, LUKE HAWKINS, ROBERT LAMONT, GABRIELLE LEE, LARRY MARSHALL, SANDY MCGRAW, JILL O'HARA, JEANNINE OTIS, STEVE ROSS, BILLY STRITCH, TADA! YOUTH THEATER ENSEMBLE, TONY WAAG & THE TAP CITY YOUTH ENSEMBLE and TERRY WALDO & THE GOTHAM CITY BAND
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GIVE THE GIFT
OF TAP DANCE!
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Virtual Classes for Adults
Single Class: $12
4 Class Card: $45
8 Class Card: $82
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YOUR SUPPORT IS APPRECIATED! |
Thanks to the amazing support from our friends, funders, students and their families, we have had a tremendous year of activity and we look forward to a new one.
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There are numerous instructional and performance products for purchase available now on-line. This is another way you can support the ATDF in this time of need.
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RELATED RHYTHMS
These are tap dance events we support but they are not produced by the American Tap Dance Foundation.
If you would like your tap dance event or news included, please email info@atdf.org with the who, what, where, and when by the 25th of the month prior to your event.
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Staff
Tony Waag - Artistic/Executive Director
Susan Hebach - Youth Program/TCYE Director
Margaret Morrison - Education Advisor
Mark Kellogg - Design
Board of Directors
Debra Beard
Mercedes Ellington
Maurice Hines
Pamela Koslow Hines
Nancy Kremsdorf
Linda Murray
Cynthia J. Roush
Randy Skinner
Kim Thacker - ATDF President
Tony Waag - ATDF Artistic/Executive Director
Emeritus Board
Brenda Bufalino
Hoagy B. Carmichael
the late Charles "Honi" Coles
the late Gregory Hines
the late Bobby Short
Supporters
The American Tap Dance Foundation, Inc. would like to thank the following for their generous support: New York Community Trust, New York Department of Cultural Affairs, Howard Gilman Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, the David Kellogg Family Foundation, Jerome Robbins Foundation, the Tsunami Foundation - Anson and Debra Beard, Jr. and Family, and numerous individuals, friends and families.
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