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Companies
Buckets and Tap Shoes Company, Chicago Tap Theatre.com, Footprints Tap Ensemble, Knock On Wood, Home of Tappers with Attitude and S, Manhattan Tap Company, National Tap Dance Ensemble, St. Louis Strutters, Tapsounds Underground and 3D Dance Network
Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk
History, bios, credits, photos, review, artwork and MP3s -- basically everything you ever wanted to know about Savion Glover's hit show, "Bring in Da Noise, Bring in Da Funk."
Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP)
Tap, percussive and rhythmic dance program that builds bridges between communities by celebrating a primal, shared tradition - rhythmic movement. Includes details of its programs, workshops and community involvement. Celebrating Chicago tap for 15 years.
Cintia Chamecki
Brazilian tapper Cintia Chamecki regularly performs her tap choreography and improvisation in New York City, Brazil, Japan and Portugal. She recently completed her first solo show, "Ta No Pe" directed by Susana Ribeiro.
Claudio Figueira
Brazilian choreographer and tap dancer.
Current Tap Dance Event Calendar
These useful pages are updated continuously as tap events are planned all around the world.
Dr. James "Buster" Brown (May 17, 1913 -
Dedicated to the memory of legendary Tap Dancer, Dr. James 'Buster' Brown (1913-2002), a man who never had a bad word to say about anyone. Dr. Buster Brown was a member of two legendary and influential groups of master tap dancers, "The Copasetics" and "The Hoofers."
International Tap Association
The ITA promotes the understanding, preservation, and development of tap dance as an art form. Anyone interested in tap can join this nonprofit organization and receive its informative bimonthly magazine.
Jay Fagan
Promotional website for Jay Fagan, tap choreographer, teacher and Las Vegas performder.
Jazz Tap UK
British site offers tap history in context of legendary UK and U.S. tap dancers on stage and screen. Photographs are included, as well as contemporary performers Will Gaines and Tony Curtis.
Just The Beat Just The Feet
Improvisational tap dancing based on the experience of Tony Curtis.
Kimberley Timlock
Canadian tap dancer, teacher, and choreographer Kimberley Timlock offers master classes, workshops, and films and performances with her "itap" Dance Company.
Lockery Tap & Theatre Dance
Sisters Patricia and Lesley J. Lockery specialize in musical theater and offer choreography and master classes in tap and theater dance for students and professionals.
Pascal Hulin -- The Official Website
A tap dancer, teacher, choreographer, and ITA representative for Austria. He is the artistic director of the Vienna International Tap Dance Festival.
Portsmouth Percussive Dance Festival 2005
The PPDF is held the last week in June in Portsmouth, NH. The first festival in 1995 showcased percussive forms of expression, including Irish step dance, flamenco, and body music, and now includes tap and jazz, as well as intensives in African dance and drumming, vocals, and Music for Dancers.
Renee Camus Home Page
Home page of Renee Camus, a dancer and teacher based in the Washington, D.C. area. She performs with the PedAntics.
Roxane Butterfly and Beauteez'n the Beat
Dancing-poet Roxane Butterfly's "BeauteeZ'n The Beat" is a music and dance ensemble that uses taps, voices, songs, and rhythms to create a jazz & world-beat musical event to show transforming life-force of women throughout history.
St. Louis Tap Festival 2005
St. Louis Tap Festival for 2005, plus many links to other tap sites. Later: Tap History, master tap icons.
Tap Academy Studio
Located in Santa Monica, California, the Tap Academy has the Los Angeles Westside's largest group of professional tap teachers under one roof.
Tap Attack
Australia's home of American Rhythm Tap Dancing on the Internet, as danced by street-wise professional hoofer, Grant Swift.
Tap City: The New York City Tap Festival
Tap City is an annual tap dance festival, celebrating the American tap heritage in its hometown, New York City. It offers hundreds of adult and master classes with internationally-known teachers, pre-professional, teen and youth training programs, diverse premiere performances, city-wide events, International Tap Dance Hall of Fame, Tap Preservation, Tap Teacher and Hoofer Awards, and daily Tap Talks/Tap Film screenings.
Tap Dance Homepage
Extensive resources for tap dancers and tap dance fans. Includes events, news, calendars, Who's Who in Tap, filmography, videography, tap sounds and steps, vocabulary and notation, history, supplies, and links. Homepage support for the International Tap Association.
Tap Dance in Switzerland
Schools and clubs, events, who's who, swiss championships, news and media.
Tap Dance Routines by Danny Daniels
Video series for adults and children.
TapAerobics
Tap aerobics is for everyone of all ages. Many of the basic movements are very easy to learn. This new workout has created a new craze in "Getting in shape".
TapaToe, das Steptanzstudio
Tap dance studio in Berlin, with information about workshops, jams, news on the Berlin tap scene. Text is mostly in German, with one English. There is a nice selection of European tap dance links.
Tapping Into It
Information center for tap dancers and enthusiasts. Retail center for t-shirts and gifts.
TapWeb Cintia Martin
This Brazilian tap dancer offers information on Brazilian tap companies, tap tips, interviews, links, and photos. Site is in Portuguese and English.
The Association for Adult Tap Dancers (TAPUK)
An association for adult amateur tap dancers who tap dance for fun. The association provides services, arranges events, and publishes a quarterly magazine, "tapuk."
The Souls of Your Feet by Acia Gray
Highlights Acia Gray's book about developing a rhythmic voice through tap dance.
Tim Hickey's Dance Studio
Tim Hickey's dance studio in Kirkland, WA offers adult classes in tap, Irish, ballet, hip-hop, and jazz dance, for beginning levels through professional. He is one of the planners of the first annual Pacific Northwest Tap Dance Festival, scheduled for March 6-14, 2004.
Time Step
All about the foundation of tap dancing.
Tony Waag
Tony Waag is the Executive Producer of Tap City, the New York City Tap Festival. He was a co-founder and executive director of the American Tap Dance Orchestra. His site offers reviews, biographical and contact information, and links to his organizations and tap instructional videos.
UKTAP Message Board
Online community of tap dance fans in the UK.
Vance's Fantastic Tap Dance Dictionary
A glossary of tap dance terms, including names of steps and combinations, and descriptions of the movements. There is an extended history of tap, as well as video clips and information about Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.
Vintage Tap on DVD and Video
Historically important and rare gems of tap dance captured on film, including documentaries on the Nicholas Brothers, Honi Coles, Baby Laurence and other legendary dancers.