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it's a new dawn, it's a new day, and it's also Summer! |
Greetings,
I am happy to announce that the American Tap Dance Center is now open and we are currently offering new IN-HOUSE classes for Adults. (details below).
It's been a long time coming, but we are finally able to open our doors to adults who can prove that they have been vaccinated. If a student is not vaccinated they must wear a mask while in the facility and taking class.
So, if you are interested, drop by at anytime. We continue to create a healthy and safe environment for all of our students, teachers, artists in residence, audience members and renters, and we will continue to share all the updates to our health and safety protocols.
Meanwhile, we are still offering a number of virtual classes through the Summer. (see below)
Both Summer schedules will continue until September 2nd. Then we take a short break over Labor Day and then we begin both our Fall Year-Round Youth and Adult Programs. (also see below)
Have a glorious summer and if we don't see you in class in August we look forward to your participation in the Fall!
Tony Waag
Founding Artistic Director
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TAP CITY YOUTH ENSEMBLE AUDITION |
Tap City Youth Ensemble is celebrating or 15th Season!
Inviting all interested INT-ADV tap dancers ages 12-18 who want to audition to submit video sample by August 9th.
For more info visit: ATDF.org or email shebach@atdf.org.
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SUMMER IN-PERSON CLASSES FOR ADULTS |
Check out our in person schedule of classes for adults
Ages 13+
All Levels/All Fun!
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SUMMER
VIRTUAL
Classes for Adults
On-Going/All Levels
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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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We offer a range of 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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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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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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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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JUST RELEASED AUDIO BOOK:
SONG OF THE SPLIT ELM by Brenda Bufalino on audible.com.
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Narration, music & concertina: Brenda Bufalino
Vocal: Alice Baum
Sound Recording and Editing: Michael Starobin
Executive Producer: Donna Starobin
Who was she? My lost ancestor … that artist, breaking the code of silence by singing, by dancing, by telling what she saw and what she felt. Nothing could have been more dangerous for my great grandmother, the daughter of a Calvinist preacher in 1853. Did she pay the price for me to be free, to live the life of a female artist and not be in constant danger?
REVIEW EXCERPT: “The characters are fully alive, their stories engaging and the writing at times intensely lyrical.” Mikhail Horowitz, Performance Poet
The book has 5 Stars and many reviews on amazon.com. Now, just released on audible.com, it’s your chance to write a review.
Other books by Brenda Bufalino
Tapping the Source…tap dance stories, theory and practice
Circular Migrations… a book of poems and monologs for performance
All available at brendabufalino.com and Amazon.com
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Please let your students know about this 16 Week Int/Adv Fall Tap Class with Linda Sohl-Ellison at Orange Coast College, CA!
Last OCC semester on Zoom!! (great opportunity for international students & any US int/adv tap dancer). Participants must be registered before the first class meeting, Wed. Sept 1st! California high school students (9th grade & up) attend FREE with small reg fee. California adult residents pay under $100 for 32 hours of instruction! Out of state fees are higher but still VERY reasonable. Class Focus: rudiments, technical exercises, phrases, music & structure, history, Rhapsody In Taps' repertoire and/or material from Linda's mentors Foster Johnson & Eddie Brown. Don't delay! Registration takes 7- 10 days. Thanks for helping get the word out!
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Staff
Tony Waag - Artistic/Executive Director
Susan Hebach - Youth Program/TCYE Director
Liz Carroll - Programs Manager
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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