Stockholm Tap Festival 2017.

MUSICALITY WORKSHOPS FOR TAP DANCERS

Musicality Workshops for Tap Dancers

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Learn about:

  • music notation

  • drum rudiments applied to tap dancers

  • form and where to call trading fours etc. in a classic Jazz Standard

  • analyse and learn classic Jazz drum solos

  • the table of notes

  • swing with your feet

  • space is as important as the notes

  • Drawing the audience in and telling a story.

  • taking a simple figure and developing it

  • displacing phrases across the bar

  • developing a motif

  • listening to music and taking ideas from the musicians

  • communicating with the band

  • Jazz Standards

 

 

 

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MUSICALITY FOR TAP DANCERS.
Roxane Butterfly's JSI In Barcelona with Acia Gray.

Roxane Butterfly's JSI In Barcelona with Acia Gray.

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Tap City Youth Ensemble from the American Tap Dance Foundation in NYC at Pineapple dance studios.

Tap City Youth Ensemble from the American Tap Dance Foundation in NYC at Pineapple dance studios.

I was absolutely bowled over by Ella Steele. I added a Max Roach drum solo at the end of my Musicality Class booklet and challenged people to go away and apply it to Tap Dance. Just look what Ella produced for "Sandu"

BRILLIANT!