August 1 - August 8, 2010.......Chicago Human Rhthym Project, Chicago, Illinois
June 11-13, 2010..........North Carolina Rhythm Tap Festival, Chapel Hill, NC
Cancel vacation plans, mark your calendars, and fly across the pond if you have to for the 12th Annual North Carolina Rhythm Tap festival!
The festival will be held June 11th - 13th, 2010 at The Ballet School of Chapel Hill and will include classes, discussions, a participant showcase, a tap jam, and a once in a lifetime Saturday evening performance at the ArtsCenter in Carrboro.
This year’s festival artists include Michelle Dorrance, Martin "Tre" Dumas, Brenda Bufalino, Josh Hilberman, "Lady" Diane Walker and Yvette Glover.
Tickets for this once in a lifetime performance, which will be held Saturday, June 12th at 7:30pm, can be obtained by calling Gene Medler at 919.260.7585 ($15/$10 for festival participants).
This year's festival will surely prove to be an unforgettable event.
If you require hotel accommodations, we have group rates at the beautiful Chapel Hill Sheraton only 1 mile from the Ballet School.
Click here to make your group discount reservations before June 10th.
2010 JUBA! Award winners
Each year, CHRP honors esteemed members and supporters of the tap community with its annual JUBA! Awards. For its 20th anniversary season, CHRP’s board of directors has selected four awardees who have been important to the organization’s history as well as to the overall advancement of American tap as an art form: Gene Medler, founder and director of the highly acclaimed North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble; Sam Weber, internationally respected performer, master teacher and choreographer; Dianne “Lady Di” Walker, the “Ella Fitzgerald” of tap and a pioneer in the art form’s resurgence; and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (MCA), which has contributed to the field through its longtime presentation and sponsorship of tap performance and education programs. CHRP will honor these JUBA! Award winners during Rhythm World’s culminating performance series “JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance” August 4, 5 and 7 at MCA Stage.
The North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble (NCYTE) presents performances featuring cutting edge contemporary choreography and traditional rhythm tap as it was danced in its prime. Imagine Stomp, Riverdance, vaudeville, Fred Astaire and Bring In Da Noise all on the same bill — that’s NCYTE!
The company has performed or collaborated with the Greensboro Symphony, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Mallarme Chamber Players, the North Carolina Jazz Repertory Orchestra and many jazz musicians around the nation and world. It has toured internationally in Beijing, Stuttgart, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro, Vienna, Berlin, Heidelberg and Helsinki and regularly appears at the two largest tap festivals in the United States, the New York City Tap Festival (Tap City) and Chicago Human Rhythm Project.
Book NCYTE today for your next event mailto:
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or call 919-967-8655.
The globe-trotting North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble will strut their stuff for local audiences at their annual shows at the Carolina Theater—located at 309 West Morgan Street in Durham—on Saturday, April 24th at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 25th at 2:00 p.m.
The shows will feature the company members performing their varied repertory, accompanied by live music.
In addition, NCYTE alumna Michelle Dorrance will take a break from performing in the national tour of STOMP to dance in the show.
Headlining with Michelle is Martin "Tre" Dumas. Tre is a nationally renowned tap dancer currently on the cutting edge of some of the most athletic and unique hoofing in the business.
Contact the Carolina Theater Box Office (919) 560-3030 or the Ballet School of Chapel Hill (919) 942-1339 and get your tickets now before they're sold out!
NCYTE and "Good Vibrations" has just returned from a fabulous 10 day run in Southern California. From January 27 - February 5 the dancers performed 17 shows from Santa Barbara to Torrance, CA and thrilled audiences both young and old.
Reviews
"It was very inspirational to see peers the same age as our students excel the way they did at their art form. We appreciated the educational aspect of the performance and our students were mesmerized by the exceptional dancing of the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble." - Marion Buxton, Chaparral Middle School
"The show was terrific and very educational for anyone who didn't know anything about tap dancing. We're always looking for something new and exciting and the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble was it!" - Crane School
"I've seen many dance performances and nothing compares to the talent and professionalism of the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble. The show was engaging and entertaining from the very first step!" - Fred Kavli Performing Arts Center
If you require hotel accommodations, we have group rates at the beautiful Chapel Hill Sheraton only 1 mile from the Ballet School.
Click here to make your group discount reservations before June 10th.
