presents its Second Annual SOUND CHECK: A Tap Dance Journey
April 14-18
Wednesday-Saturday, 8pm; Saturday & Sunday, 2pm
at Dance Theater Workshop
219 West 19th Street, Manhattan
Reservations: 212-924-0077 or www.dtw.org
(For information and reservations for the Thursday, April 15 benefit--including performance and pre-show champagne toast reception--call ATDF at 646-230-9564.)
Producer Tony Waag, director of American Tap Dance Foundation, announces the second annual SOUND CHECK, a tap concert series with the singular purpose of highlighting the vast breadth and scope of tap, from improvisation to new choreography, solo to group dances, classical to rhythm tap. With a cast of choreographers that includes Brenda Bufalino, Barbara Duffy, and Tony Waag; direction by Waag and Bufalino, and musical direction by Bernice "Boom Boom" Brooks, SOUND CHECK brings together the musical feet of an eclectic cast, including:
Tony Waag
Brenda Bufalino
The New American Tap Dance Orchestra
Harold Cromer
Harold Cromer
Barbara Duffy and Company
Cartier Williams
Ranya Renee (Middle Eastern dance)
Aurora Reyes (Flamenco dance)
with musicians Jonny Pieffer (piano and melodica), Charlie Tokarz (reeds), musical director Bernice "Boom Boom" Brooks (drums), Basilio Georges (guitarist/singer)
Tony Waag debuted his new concept, SOUND CHECK, last year with the goal of developing and presenting conceptual tap works--dances that use story lines or dramatic themes, involve a more theatrical process, even include singing and acting.
The program will also feature two major Bufalino revivals: The Haitian Fight Song and Buff Loves Basie Blues, both created for the American Tap Dance Orchestra in the 1980's.
Completing the program will be two films: the new Footage by Waag and "remixed" segments from Bufalino's classic tap dance documentary Great Feats of Feet.
Cartier Williams
Ranya Renee (Middle Eastern dance)
Aurora Reyes (Flamenco dance)
with musicians Jonny Pieffer (piano and melodica), Charlie Tokarz (reeds), musical director Bernice "Boom Boom" Brooks (drums), Basilio Georges (guitarist/singer)
Tony Waag debuted his new concept, SOUND CHECK, last year with the goal of developing and presenting conceptual tap works--dances that use story lines or dramatic themes, involve a more theatrical process, even include singing and acting.
The program will also feature two major Bufalino revivals: The Haitian Fight Song and Buff Loves Basie Blues, both created for the American Tap Dance Orchestra in the 1980's.
Completing the program will be two films: the new Footage by Waag and "remixed" segments from Bufalino's classic tap dance documentary Great Feats of Feet.
For more information about this and other programs of the American Tap Dance Foundation, click here.
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