Woodpeckers Dance Studio Opens Bufalino, Brenda performer Waag, Tony performer Miscellaneous 1989-11-10 From 1989 to 1995, the American Tap Dance Orchestra operated Woodpecker's Tap Dance Center in Soho, which quickly became recognized as a vital force in advancing tap artistry. The center presented year-round programming of performances, workshops, and master classes, daily classes for adults and children, festivals, tap jams, lectures, video archive presentations and visual arts exhibitions. It was the training ground for man of today's leading tap dancers and also became a model for numerous organizations and dance programs all over the world. Directed by Brenda Bufalino, with members of her American Tap Dance Orchestra, opens in 1989 with the most-acoustically-refined tap dance floor. Closes 1995. On November 10-12, 1989, American Tap Dance Orchestra presented Workshop With the Masters. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts American Tap Dance Orchestra: Woodpeckers Tap Dance Center: Performances, Events, Workshops, Tap Jams, 1989-1995. New York: American Tap Dance Orchestra, Inc., 1997 (1997). American Tap Dance Foundation: American Tap Dance Foundation. http://www.atdf.org/; http://www.atdf.org/history.html (). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html Tony Waag (biography) loc.music.tdabio.181 Brenda Bufalino (biography) loc.music.tdabio.42 tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.2404