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Zapped Taps with Chuck Green and Rhapsody in Taps at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors / Alfred Desio [concert]

Title

Zapped Taps with Chuck Green and Rhapsody in Taps at Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors [Concert]

Performers

Desio, Alfred

Green, Charles "Chuck"

Sohl-Donnell (Ellison), Linda

Lee, Karol

Scott, Beverly

Hagino, Pauline

Published/Created

1988-08-21

Genre

Concert

Venue

Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center

Abstract

Alfred Desio brought his Zapped Taps style to Lincoln Center, though his guests nearly stole the show which included Chuck Green and Linda Sohl-Donnell's Rhapsody in Taps Company; Damon Wimmon is a member of Desio's company.

Desio's wiring of tap shoes for the Zapped Taps effect produced interesting sounds and rhythms;

Rhapsody in Taps, a five-woman Los Angeles troupe founded in 1981, made its new York premiere in an absorbing mix of hard-driving tap rhythm and modern dance.

Sohl-Donnell paid homage to Eddie Brown in "Seven Steps to Heaven" danced to music by Victor Feldman.

Karol's Boogie, with music by Earl (Fatha) Hines, a showcase for quicksilver dancing of Karol Lee, turned into a spirited duo for Lee and the more lyrical Beverly Scott.

Sohl-Donnell's Asian-flavored Stickato, in which hands and sticks beat out rhythms as dancers lunged and turned in movement that sometimes had the interpolated look of a gymnast's dance routine; danced by Sohl and Monie Anderson, Pauline Hagino, Lee and Scott.

Chuck Green, 64-years-old, in "A-Train"and "Caravan" effortlessly tapped out a syllabus of sounds with an extraordinary sense of rhythmic nuances; he drew gasps from the audience with his precariously timed turns, slides, and jumps woven into the dance.

(Jennifer Dunning, "Stepping Loudly In a Mix of Movements" New York Times August 23, 1988).

Source

Hill, Constance Valis: Constance Valis Hill, personal collection of tap dance materials. ().

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