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Happy New Year.............................Happy RENEW Year! |
And here we are talking about February already as we continue to plot and plan completely new programs and present daily classes for our adults, teens and kids!
Meanwhile, we also get to present special online teacher training workshops (see below) and an occasional virtual concert presentation through Tap TV (see below).
Last month we re-presented Tap Internationals, a concert performance I produced way back at the very first Tap City in 2001. It was so wonderful to be able to share it, and also talk in the live chat room while it was going on with so many of the artists that were presented back in the day. And it's SO impressive that they are ALL still in the business performing, teaching and producing shows and events of their own around the world. We are one big International family!
Next up is a re-presentation of the Tap City Gala concert I produced in 2003. Check THAT out and enjoy! Also check out a coproduced event on Greg's birthday which is also Valentines Day. (details below)
Meanwhile hold the dates on a new program I'm coordinating entitled the Tap Legacy Series which are special workshops that focus on the careers of our master Copasetic members, Buster, Bubba, Brownie, Cookie and Honi. (see below) Details and registration will be coming soon!
So, we have much to be proud of at the moment and we are very thankful that we are able to continue on with valuable programming that serves our community, especially in these crazy mixed up times of uncertainty and isolation.
Serious thanks go out to all that have donated recently. We really can't do any of this without the support we receive from individuals like YOU and the many dedicated government agencies and foundations that continue to fund the ATDF. Grateful is an understatement!
Tony Waag
Founding Artistic Director
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VIRTUAL
Classes for Adults
On-Going/All Levels
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Classes
for Kids & Teens
January 4 - June 18, 2021
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The ATDF Youth Program begins this season with options for BOTH dedicated virtual classes and small in-person classes in our studios.
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NEXT
RHYTHM TAP TEACHER
TRAINING WORKSHOP
Monday, February 1, 2021
(12:00-2pm est)
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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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TONY'S TAP TV
Tap City Gala 2003
Sunday, February 28, 2021
(2pm EST)
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Let's take a look back at this amazing collection of premiere appearances by Kazu Kumagai, the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble, Brenda Bufalino, Barbara Duffy & Company, Sarah Petronio, Jimmy Slyde, Mable Lee, Tony Waag & others.
Produced by Tony Waag, this production was originally premiered on Wednesday, July 16th at Tap City in 2003.
Live moderation and discussion
in the chat room!
Free and Open to the Public! Or pay what you want and we will consider it a donation!
Visit: atdf.org/donate
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SAVE THE DATES!
Tap Legacy Series
March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1, 2021
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SAVE THE DATES!
Virtual TAP CITY
July 5 - 10, 2021
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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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In 2021 Michelle Dorrance and Dormeshia will direct an onsite and online Tap Program, August 1 - 13. Artist Faculty will include Derick Grant and Jason Samuels Smith.
NEW for onsite is an 11-member Performance Ensemble.
More information on the program can be found at:
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Brenda Bufalino's
Song of the Split Elm
is now available on audible.com
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Narration, music and concertina
Brenda Bufalino
Vocal
Alice Baum
Sound Recording and Editing
Michael Starobin
Executive Producer
Donna Starobin
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.
Available at brendabufalino.com & Amazon.com
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KARIDA GRIFFITH
is Teaching Dance Educators
How to Talk About Race
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Check out this recent article written by
Ryan Casey
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Staff
Tony Waag - Artistic/Executive Director
Susan Hebach - Youth Program/TCYE Director
Liz Carroll - Studio Operations Manager
Margaret Morrison - Education Advisor
Mark Kellogg - Design
Morgan McMahon - Social Marketing
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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