News from the Vancouver Tap Dance Society

Academy Programs Jan 2010

Please download our flyer for ADULT programs starting Jan 4 2010.

Jan flyer 10 adults.pdf

Please Download our flyer for YOUTH programs starting Jan 4 2010.

jan 10 youth flyer.pdf

Download the 10th Annual Tap Festival Brochure!

The 2009 Vancouver Tap Dance Festival brochure is now online for download. You can get it here.

Inside you'll find the new program schedule, our tap performer bios and of course the registration form.

Our online schedule and form is coming soon, but if you cannot wait print out the form and fax it in today!

Details on the 10th Annual International Tap Festival

The announcement we've been waiting for!

Our 10th Vancouver International Tap Dance Festival is warming up in the wings and will share the stage with an equally exciting, "Rising Tide: Canadians in Tap Conference."

We're thrilled to announce the celebration of our landmark 10th anniversary by sharing with you some of the highlights of the best-ever Vancouver International Tap Dance Festival, September 4th to 6th.

As well, a ground-breaking forum - "Rising Tide: Canadians in Tap Conference" -Sept. 1, 2, 3 will take place over the three days leading up to the festival. Heather Cornell and William Orlowski will fuse their accomplished tap dance lens with the national perspective of our keynote speaker Veronica Tennant, one of Canada's most prominent dancers. This unique and historic event will be packed with valuable resources and discussion. And all 3 days will be free of charge! More detailed information on the festival and conference supported by Canada Council for the Arts is coming very soon

For now, good news for dancers - our festival faculty lineup for 2009 includes: Dr. Jeni LeGon, Arthur Duncan, Dianne Walker, Heather Cornell, Lane Alexander, Gene Medler, Terry Brock, Lisa LaTouche, Tasha Lawson, Travis Knights, Matt Shields, Jason Janas, Johnson & Peters, Danny Neilson and more.

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Vancouver Tap Dance Society's Tap Co and North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble

Canada and America's best young tap stars join rhythmic forces
in one electrifying performance January 10, at the Norman Rothstein Theatre

Vancouver Tap Dance Society (VTDS) is delighted to present Maple Leaf - Stars & Stripes - an exhilarating two-hour presentation by over 30 of North America's most talented young tap dancers. VTDS's youth troupe Tap Co will be hitting the floorboards with 12 of North Carolina's Youth Tap Ensemble dancers, the pre-eminent youth tap group in the United States. As David Hinckley, of The New York Daily News noted after a performance, "Anyone who thinks tap is a curiosity from Fred Astaire movies just hasn't been listening."

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These seasoned young professionals will jointly present the legendary works of the masters, such as Coles Walk Around, the Chair Dance, Shim Sham, and B S Chorus and commissioned choreography by such luminaries as Josh Hilberman, Keith Terry, Brenda Bufalino, Dianne Walker and many more.

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