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DC TAP FESTIVAL CONCERT - THIS SATURDAY

APRIL 16th, 8pm

1.800.838.3006

www.dctapfest.com

 

 

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE..

 

 


WE'RE GONNA HAVE A GREAT TIME, BRING THE FAMILY


 

 

MYA

 



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The DC Tap Festival presents for 3 days April 15, 16, 17, 2011,
the opportunity to share the language of dance
through master classes, history talks, jam sessions, a student
showcase, cutting contest, and performance featuring both world
renowned Tap Masters and accomplished young dancers from the DC area
and abroad.

www.dctapfest.com




It is with great joy that we, Chloé and Maud Arnold, with Chloé & Maud Productions, present our Annual DC Tap Festival, featuring the world’s premier Tap Dance Artists


Broadway, and Emmy and Grammy Awardees spanning Four Generations! Join
us as further establish Washington, DC's global presence as a home for
the classic Art of Tap Dance. Natives of Washington, DC, my sister and I were fortunate to grow up in DC during a time where ARTS funding and presenters provided the opportunity for us to train with legendary Tap Dance Legends such as
Harold Nicholas of the Nicholas Brothers, Pegleg Bates, Buster Brown,
Gregory Hines, Savion Glover, and with dancer and arts patron
extraordinaire Debbie Allen. It was their inspiration, passion, and
example that set us on our journeys, both as achieving young women -
graduates of Columbia University’s Film School - and as artists,
performing, choreographing, and teaching worldwide.

 



Our mission is to inspire generations of Tap Dancers from the Washington, DC area and abroad, and further unite the Tap Dance community in order to expand the respect and appreciation for this classic Art. It is our responsibility and our heartfelt wish to pass it on. We will house this Festival at The DC Dance Collective. Nancy
Newell, director of the DC Dance Collective, is a true advocate,
producer, presenter, preserver and Tap Dancer herself. Nancy has always been a joining force in the community, and we are elated to be
collaborating with her.

 


 



Chloé brings her Tap Festival experience to the table.   As protégée of Debbie Allen, Chloe produced and co-directs The Debbie Allen Dance
Academy’s Annual Los Angeles Tap Festival, one of the world’s premier
Tap Festivals, now embarking on its 8th successful year.
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DC TAP FESTIVAL CONCERT - THIS SATURDAY

APRIL 16th, 8pm

1.800.838.3006

 

www.dctapfest.com


WHO: World Renowned Faculty, and premier local Tap Companies

 

 



Ben Williams


An acoustic and electric bassist, composer, and educator, is a native of Washington, DC, now living in New York City. He recently received a Master's degree from the Juilliard School under the instruction of Ben Wolfe. He is a 2007 graduate of Michigan State University where he
received his Bachelor of Music in Music Education with an emphasis in jazz studies under the instruction of Rodney Whitaker and Jack Budrow.

On October 11, 2009, Ben won the most prestigious award in the world for aspiring jazz musicians by winning first place at the 2009 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition held at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. He was awarded a $20,000 Scholarship and a recording contract with Concord Records. The competition was judged by such iconic bassists as Ron Carter, Dave Holland and Christian McBride. Since the Monk competition, he debuted his band at the Jazz Gallery in
New York, which received a great review in the New York Times. (See October 30, 2009 NY Times Review, Leading from the Bottom Notes. by Nate Chinen).


 


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Tap for a New Generation

D.C. Festival Aims to Teach the Moves to Young Dancers

Washington Post Staff Writer

Thursday, April 16, 2009


Sisters Chloe, left, and Maud Arnold helped organize the D.C. Tap Fest,
a three-day event starting tomorrow at the D.C. Dance Collective in Northwest

It is with great joy that we, Chloé and Maud Arnold, with Chloé & Maud Productions, present the Second Annual 2009 DC Tap Festival, featuring the world’s premier Tap Dance Artists: Stars of Vaudeville, Broadway, and Emmy and Grammy awardees spanning Four Generations! Join us as further establish Washington, DC's global presence as a home for the classic Art of Tap Dance.

 

Natives of Washington, DC, my sister and I were fortunate to grow up in DC during a time where ARTS funding and presenters provided the opportunity for us to train with legendary Tap Dance Legends such as Harold Nicholas of the Nicholas Brothers, Pegleg Bates, Buster Brown, Gregory Hines, Savion Glover, and with dancer and arts patron extraordinaire Debbie Allen. It was their inspiration, passion, and example that set us on our journeys, both as achieving young women -

graduates of Columbia University’s Film School - and as artists,
performing, choreographing, and teaching worldwide.

 

 



Our mission is to inspire generations of Tap Dancers from the Washington, DC area and abroad, and further unite the Tap Dance community in order to expand the respect and appreciation for this classic Art. It is our responsibility and our heartfelt wish to pass it on. We will house this Festival at The DC Dance Collective. Nancy Newell, director of the DC Dance Collective, is a true advocate, producer, presenter, preserver and Tap Dancer herself. Nancy has always been a joining force in the community, and we are elated to be collaborating with her.

 

DC TAP FESTIVAL CONCERT - THIS SATURDAY

APRIL 16th, 8pm

1.800.838.3006


www.dctapfest.com



The DC Tap Festival presents for one dynamic 3-day weekend, April 15, 16, 17, 2011, the opportunity to share the language of dance through master classes, history talks, jam sessions, a student
showcase, cutting contest, and performance featuring both world
renowned Tap Masters and accomplished young dancers from the DC area
and abroad.




Yes, we are facing hard times. It is ever more important now to sustain
and nourish the hearts and hopes of our young people. As a
civilization’s arts flourish, so does its soul. President Barack Obama
understands well that arts and culture reflect the “incredible tapestry
that’s America”, and provide “that sense of optimism, that willingness
to look forward” as we recognize and harvest the gifts from the past.
Together, we can be the change we hope to see.



www.dctapfest.com





 
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