Got that swing!

Brenda Bufalino
(photo by Lois Greenfield)

In a recent rehearsal at Stepping Out Studios, big swinging tap master Brenda Bufalino and her dancers were looking good as they worked through reconstructions of her works, supported by NEA's "American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius" grant.

Bufalino will be one of several awardees honored at the 2009 Tap City Awards Ceremony, July 8 (8pm), at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium, 111 Amsterdam Avenue (65th Street).

Tap City 2009 opens this coming Monday, July 6 (9:30pm) with Jam@Joe's, a tap jam at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street. 212-967-7555

For the complete schedule of all Tap City festival classes, events and ticketing, visit the American Tap Dance Foundation site, call 646-230-9564 or email registrar@atdf.org.