Chicago Human Rhythm Tap Project (Fourteenth Annual) 2004 Festival 2004-07-29 Chicago, Illinois July 29 - August 8, 2004. The Fourteenth Annual Chicago Human Rhythm Tap Project . Lane Alexander, artistic director. Alisa Swindell Managing Director. In collaboration with the Illinois Humanities Council and The History Makers. Tap course/master classes, public events, tap slams, youth tap ensemble conference, kids programs, social events, and JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance. Instructors include: Sam Weber, Valeria Pinheiro, Bril Barrett, Lane Alexander, Dianne Walker, Idella Reed-Davis, Jay Fagan, Julie Cartier, Yako Miyamoto, Reggio "The Hoofer McLaughlin" Sarah Savelli, George Patterson, and Heather Cornell. Special events include "An Evening with Dr. Jeni LeGon" at the Museum of Contemporary Art; "Rhythm Asia," the North American debut of the Boxmen, Japanese percussive artists who combine traditional Japanese Taiko drumming with American tap; "African American Women in Tap Dance" a discussion with Jeni LeGon, Dianne "Lady Di" Walker, Muriel Forster, Doris Humphries, and Idella Reed-Davis, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Derick Grant, Jimmy Payne, Jr., Julie Cartier, and Lynn Dally. July 29th An Evening With Dr. Jeni LeGon screening of the documentary Jeni LeGon: Living in a Great Big Way. July 30-Aug 1 Rhythm Asia. August 2-8 JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance. Performing Arts Encyclopedia http://www.loc.gov/performingarts Stryker, Catherine: International Tap Association Journal. Also titled On Tap! ITA Journal; and ITA Newsletter (). Tap Dance America http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/tda/tda-home.html tda IHAS 151216 loc.music.tda.992