July 2017 


 
   

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OK everyone. Hold onto your hats!
 


Here we go again!
Tap City is very near and we need your support. Have you registered? Are you coming? Did you buy your tickets?  

Tony Waag
Artistic Director
Photo by: Lois Greenfield
Student of the month!
Andrea Osnow

I started tapping at age five at Ms. Sherry's School of Dance in Brooklyn. My mother thought dance would give me confidence, and she was right! 

I grew up in Bellmore, L.I. in a household that was filled with music. Jazz, big band, and show tunes were standard listening. My parents were good dancers and I loved watching them lindy hop and ballroom at their backyard dance parties. Coming into NYC to see musical theater was a regular family event, and we made our annual pilgrimage to Radio city to see the Rockettes.
 
I continued to tap up until high school and then took a long hiatus to do life. During this time I received my MSW, maintained a psychotherapy practice, got married and had 2 children, learned to blow glass and started my online glass businesses (Mazel Tov Glass.com and Pet Petalsnyc.com) Check out my websites if you are curious!. 
 
When my daughter Carly turned 5 she was introduced to tap dance and loved it. She studied with Susan Hebach and then joined the Tap City Youth Ensemble. Because of Susan, I returned to tap. Susan encouraged the parents to learn the shim sham with her students. I was drawn in and when Tony started ATDF I found a new passion. 
 
Tap is joyful. Tap dancing is certainly better than going to the gym! It has given me a connection to a special community, to learn about the historic artful, to make new friends, to share something special with my daughter. 
 
Thank you Tony for creating ATDF, and a special thanks to Susan, Lynn and Barbara for your amazing teaching skills, support, and encouragement.

Andrea Osnow
July 10, 2017
   Video
July 11, 2017
Copasetic Boat Ride 
 
Thursday, July 13, 2017
(5-6pm)
DUELING PERFORMANCES
(TAP DANCE)
Celebrate Tap City in Union Square as four incredible tap dancers battle it out. We welcome to the stage Caleb Teicher & Company (CT&Co) vs. Sarah Reich's Tap Music Project.

 CT&Co presents new work the blends traditional American dance forms in a modern context, while the Tap Music Project focuses on tap as a percussive instrument.
 FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Prepare to be tapping your feet to this fantastic match up. Watch the performance on Union Square's South Plaza (near 14th Street).

  For full details visit:
Summer in the Square

Summer Schedule for Adult Classes
July 17 - September 7, 2017

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Visit UPCOMING EVENTS  for detailed info on these important dates:

July 7-14, 2017
TAP FILMS (NO MAPS & ABOUT TAP)

July 10, 17, 24 & 31, 2017
TAP FILMS (NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY)

July 8 - 15, 2017

TAP CITY 2017

July 10, 2017
TAP TREASURES TOUR

July 11, 2017

COPASETIC BOAT RIDE

July 12, 2017
TAP AWARDS

July 13, 2017
DUELING

July 14, 2017

TAP ELLINGTON CONCERT 

July 15, 2017
TAP FUTURE

August 14 - 18, 2017
TAP CAMP FOR KIDS

* Youth, Teen & Adult Residencies
* Master Classes
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Daily Tap Talks/Tap Films
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Copasetic Boat Ride
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Tap Treasures Tour
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Tap Concerts
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Tap Awards
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Tap Heaven!
 

REGISTER HERE

Aug 14 - 18, 2017
Tap Camp For Kids
July 14, 2017
Video 
Mondays in July, 2017
 TAP MONDAYS IN JULY
DANCE REWIND

July is Tap Dance month here at The Library! The Jerome Robbins Dance Division is the recipient of the American Tap Dance Foundation's 2017 Tap Preservation Award, which will be presented to us during Tap City, the New York City Tap Festival. To celebrate, we are screening just a few of the many tap treasures from the Library's collections.
 
Tap Happening & Charlies Angels

Monday, July 17, 2017 (6pm)
Tap Dance Kid & Rosie Raidiator

Monday, July 24, 2017 (6pm)

Curators Choice ( Tony Waag) Best of Tap City

Monday, July 31, 2017 (6pm)
Great Feats of Feet

The screenings will be held on the Third Floor Screening Room at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at 6pm. 
Doors open at 5:30pm.  
Seating is first come first served.
July 7 - 14, 2017
NO MAPS ON MY TAPS/ABOUT TAP
 
"Lost" classic documentaries that helped resurrect the art of tap dancing in the 1980's

World premiere of new restorations from the original camera negatives


For show times visit: Quad Cinema
Tap Teacher Trainings 2017
Apply Early for Tuition Discount
 
The ATDF's comprehensive training program in teaching rhythm tap to children, teens, and adults
 
Level 1 - Teaching Beginners
July 16-23 , 2017
 
Level 2 - Advanced Beginners
July 18-23, 2017  
  • Rhythm tap technique
  • Copasetic Canon repertory
  • Pedagogy
  • Jazz music concepts, tap composition & improvisation
  • Tap history
  • Mentored independent work
  • Certificate issued by the ATDF
"Amazing amount of useful information"  "this training is wonderful ... invaluable" (our graduates)
 
Accepting applications now for 2017.
For full information visit:  Tap Teacher Training
 

American Tap Dance Foundation
Staff  
Tony Waag - Artistic/Executive Director
Susan Hebach - Youth Program/TCYE Director
Craig Fuchs - Education Assistant
ATDF
Rosie Marinelli - Lead Receptionist
Margaret Morrison - Education Advisor  
Constance Valis Hill Ph.D. - Director of Preservation
Mark Kellogg - Design
Morgan McMahon - Social  Marketing 
  
Board of Directors 
Tony Waag - ATDF Artistic/Executive Director
Erica Marks Panush - ATDF Board Co-Chair
Lisa M. Scotto - ATDF Board Co-Chair
Debra Beard
Mercedes Ellington
Maurice Hines
Bianca Kodzoman
Pamela Koslow Hines
Nancy Kremsdorf
Cynthia J. Roush
Randy Skinner
Kim Thacker 

Emeritus Board
Brenda Bufalino
Hoagy B. Carmichael
the late Charles "Honi" Coles
the late Gregory Hines
the late Bobby Short 


 

Supporters

The American Tap Dance Foundation, Inc. would like to thank the following for their generous support: Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, New York Department of Cultural Affairs, Howard Gilman Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, the Tsunami Foundation - Anson and Debra Beard, Jr. and Family, and numerous individuals, friends and families. 


 

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