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The Beantown Tapfest: Boston's Summer Tap Festival

Aaron Tolson, Michelle Dorrance and Derick Grant at Beantown Tapfest '07

Aaron Tolson, Michelle Dorrance and Derick Grant at Beantown Tapfest '07

Due to the success of last year's festival, the Beantown Tapfest returns for a second year, expanding to a week-long schedule of classes and tripling the number of faculty.

Unlike a jazz or film festival, a tap festival's main ingredient is instruction, continuing the long-standing tradition of handing tap dance down from one generation to the next. And since tap is a theatrical art, you can't have a festival without a show.

The Beantown Tapfest sold out last year's show, delivering what is unique to tap: the performer as both dancer and musician, where the exciting rhythmic complexity of tap is seen and heard. This year, six tap soloists, two tap companies and three jazz musicians make up the cast of On Tap!, the festival's annual review.

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tags Tap, beantown, boston, class, enthusiast, festival, parent, performance, student, studio, teacher, workshop (all tags)

Reality check

Every dancer dreams of becoming a star. We all want to make a name for ourselves. What dancer doesn't want to become immortalized? It sounds selfish and egotistical, but it's the plain truth. We all want to be recognized for our talent. Where do we go now to be that star? Some of us do Broadway, tours, backup dancing, films, videos and now we have REALITY SHOWS.

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tags Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Modern, Broadway, Ballroom, Teacher, Enthusiast, Parent, Retailer, Studio, Competitions & Conventions, Performance, Summer Study, Class, Reality Shows, TV, choreography (all tags)

Shameless Self Promotion

I am pleased to announce that I will have a regular class at New Dance Group. For class time and studio info continue reading the rest of this post.

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tags Ballet, Jazz, Modern, Broadway, Teacher, Studio, Performance, Choreography, Class (all tags)