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Tap City, the New York City Tap Festival (Fifth Annual) [festival]

Title

Tap City, the New York City Tap Festival (Fifth Annual) [Festival]

Published/Created

2005-06-25

Genre

Festival

Venue

The Joyce Theater

Abstract

New York City Tap Festival
June 25-July 3, 2005
Fifth Annual Tap City Festival. Held at Chelsea Dance Studios and the Joyce Theatre, NYC. Festival features tap courses and classes, for youth, teens, and adults, performances, gala, annual Tap Dance Hall of Fame Induction, Tap Preservation Award, Hoofer Awards, Tap Teacher Awards, Toe Knee Award, panel discussions, tap talks/tap films, tap jams.
2005 International Tap Dance Hall of Fame Inductees: Sammy Davis, Jr., Peg Leg Bates; 2005 Hoofer Award: Sarah Petronio; 2005 Tap Preservation Award: Delilah Jackson; 2005 Tap Teacher Awards: Susan Hebach, Alicia Smith; 2005 Toe Knee Award: Mark Kellogg.

Performances: Gala (June 28): Master of Ceremonies Tony Waag, Kendrick Jones II, Joseph Wigans, Tony Waag, Brenda Bufalino, Lynn Dally, Mable Lee, Sarah Petronio, North Carolina Youth Ensemble, Thomas Marek, Lee and Waag, Tapage (Mari Fujibayashi, Olivia Rosenkrantz), Michelle Dorrance and Friends, Dr. Jimmy Slyde, Sarah Petronio, Leela Petronio, Walter "Sundance" Freeman and Karen Callaway Williams, Lynn Dally, Barbara Duffy and Co. (Jenai Cutcher, Michelle Dorrance, Lynn Schwab), Jason Samuels Smith, Brenda Bufalino. Tap All Stars/Tap Internationals (June 29, July 1, 3) Max Pollak, Michelle Dorrance, Michele Ribble, Kendrick Jones II, Tony Waag, Derick K. Grant (with Corrie Cooper, Claudia Gomez, Yoshika Hida, Jones II, Joseph Wiggan), Thomas Marek, Legacy Dance Company (Amanda Blauer, Daryn Center, Nichole Chaput, Amanda Donato, Sebastien Goldberg, Jessica Rapp, Kelly Rapp, Kelly Reynolds), Walter Freeman, Michela Marino Lerman, Tapage (Mari Fujibayashi, Olivia Rosenkrantz), Kazu Kumagai, Lloyd & Bunny (Waag & Ann Kilkelly), Michelle Dorrance & Friends (April Cook, Jenai Cutcher, Carson Murphy, Claudia Rahadjanoto, Darwin Smith, Maya Smullyan-Jenkins, Danny Wallace), Ayodele Casel, New Jersey Tap Ensemble (Maurice Chestnut, Karen Callaway, dir., Denise Alexander-Male, Robin Barker, Jessi Erian, DeWitt Fleming, Jr., Jeffry Foote, Shauna Hanlon, Jennifer Intravartolo, Lindsay Kelly, Zack Manzella, Stacey McFadin, Amy Shure, Addam Stell), Leela Petronio, Max Pollak, with Jenai Cutcher, Chikako Iwahori, Lynn Schwab). Tap Masters/Tap Divas (June 30, July 2, 3): Kendrick Jones II, Tony Waag, Joseph Wiggans, Brenda Bufalino, North Carolina Youth Ensemble (Gene Medler, art. Dir., Brenda Bufalino, chor., Carrie Barnett, Heather Beau, Grady Bowman, Elizabeth Burke, Micah Geyer, Samantha Hayes, Rachel Kiel, Jonah Leslie, Evan Leadem, Robert Perera, Lily Steponaitis, Elena Steponaitis), Mable Lee, Dr. Jimmy Slyde, Sarah and Leela Petronio, Walter "Sundance" Freeman and Karen Callaway Williams, Lynn Dally, Barbara Dufy and Co. (Jenai Cutcher, Michelle Dorance, Lynn Schwab), Jeannie Hill (with Margaret Morrison, Schwab), Jason Samuels Smith, Brenda Bufalino; Tap Youth/Tap Future (July 2): Michelle Ribble, mistress of ceremonies, Tap City's Pre-Professional Program, American, Kids On Tap, Tap Collective Youth Ensemble, Byron Tittle, Zone Tap Squad, Barnard/Columbia Tap Ensemble, Metro-Gnomes, Lee Howard, Legacy Dancers, Movement Dance Company, Warren Craft, Erika Bauerlein & Byron Tittle, Kendrik Jones II & Joseph Wiggan, Tap City's Pre-Professional Program Repertory B.

Source

New York Public Library: CATNYP: Dance Collection: Tap Dancing. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Gregory Hines Collection of American Tap Dance ().

American Tap Dance Foundation: American Tap Dance Foundation. http://www.atdf.org/; http://www.atdf.org/history.html ().

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