My little family of three just returned from our summer vacation. Aside from a short trip to the Big Apple in 2006, my husband and I have not indulged in a true holiday for several years now, instead spending time off visiting with family.  Now that we have an infant son, vacations come with additional challenges (and rewards), so for our first attempt we chose somewhat familiar territory and a family-friendly destination - Massachusetts.  

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.

"11th Workuba 2008" - Buenos Aires, Argentina
(International Intensive Afro-Cuban and Latin Dance
Workshop)

September 13 - September 27, 2008
Organized by: Tedancari ("Teatro Danza la Caridad")

Location: Danzario-Americano Cultural Center
- Guardia Vieja 3559, Abasto neighborhood, City of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Workshop Director: Marta Bercy
Teacher and Choreographer of Modern Dance and Afro-Cuban
Prodanza Center of Cuba
Artistic Director of TEDANCARI

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                     May 13, 2008

Baltimore, MD - Monsters of HipHop, the worldâ€^TMs leading hip hop dance convention, today announced that DanceJam, the social network for all things dance, will be the title sponsor for the 2008-2009 Monsters of HipHop Tour.  

DanceJam is quickly becoming the world's favorite venue to watch and rate dance videos.  With its innovative social community features, the site offers dancers and enthusiasts the ability to create unique profiles, upload dance videos and rate performances.  Videos of individual performances and dance crews can be easily uploaded from online destinations such as YouTube.com.  DanceJam catalogues dances and popular street moves, and includes video instruction for a variety of dance genres.