Tony Waag’s TAP CITY, a full-evening presentation that showcases the best of the annual New York City Tap Festival (founded by Tony Waag and the late Gregory Hines), will again tour North America with an international cast of legendary tap veterans, cutting-edge tap soloists, and up-and-coming young talent.Highlighting innovative and original material created by tap soloists and ensembles from around the world, three generations of hoofers come together in celebration of America’s most virtuosic and entertaining art form. “Tap City” presents a rich and diverse kaleidoscope of tap dance styles, rhythms, and musical feet in an exciting program filled with passion, humor, and joy.
The approximately eight dancers of “Tap City” will be selected from such NYC Tap Festival favorites as Brenda Bufalino, founder of American Tap Dance Orchestra; Karen Callaway Williams, who recently completed a three-year stint as the only female tapper with “Riverdance”; 21-year-old Kendrick Jones, who was featured on the National Black Sports & Entertainment Hall of Fame Awards ceremony on NBC; and Barbara Duffy, who the late Gregory Hines called “one of the most inventive tappers around today.” Tony Waag, executive producer of “Tap City,” is master of ceremonies. Optional: “Tap City” dancers can be accompanied live by a trio of jazz musicians (piano, drums, bass).
“Old time hoofers and youthful innovators contribute to the art form’s growing global vitality. Each artist gave it his or her own spin, joining in an astonishing group improvisation that made the floorboards clatter with the creativity of an art form that is thriving. Spectacular performances, a heart-stealing lineup of youngsters, sheer razzle dazzle” – The Star Ledger, Newark
“Tap City delighted some of the warmest dance crowds I’ve ever seen. These performances reflected racial, cultural, generational, physical, and stylistic diversity that much of the dance world would do well to emulate. The shows celebrated tap’s history, its worldwide reach, and the influence on choreographic fancy of everything from postmodernism and social satire to classical music and Latin jazz.” – Village Voice
“The dancers’ individual styles, the relaxed staging and the genial patter of the tapmeister Tony Waag showed that this distinctively American art form not only has a history, but is alive and well in all its improvisational glory.” – The New York Times
The company also offers master classes in tap for all levels of students as well as 50-minute programs for young people. The troupe is available for touring throughout the season, including the summer (except from mid May through mid July).
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