2006 Bay Area Tap Festival
August 13 - 20, 2006

Aug. 14th - 20th: 
Workshop Classes, Tap Jam, and Panel Discussion at San Francisco Dance Center

Aug. 19th:
Concert Performance at Herbst Theatre

2006 Featured Artists
Arthur Duncan
Ayodele Casel
Channing Cook-Holmes 
Edward Jackson 
Jerry Kalaf 
John Kloss
Robert L. Reed

Marcus Shelby
Sam Weber
and more...

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2006 Bay Area Tap Festival (Archive)
The Bay Area Tap Festival, now in its fourth year, celebrates the traditions and new directions of the uniquely American art form of tap dance, and features Festival artists in a week of instructional workshop classes and a free panel discussion hosted by San Francisco Dance Center. The Festival culminates with the Bay Area Rhythm Exchange – a production which features Festival artists in a concert performance with live jazz accompaniment at San Francisco’s historic Herbst Theatre.

“Top Ten Dance Performances of 2005”
— Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle, December, 2005

“Although San Francisco is a great dance town, few would think it one of the hot spots of tap dance in the world today. Nevertheless, the 2005 Bay Area Rhythm Exchange Concert, hosted by STEPOLOGY and showcasing our tap virtuosi at the Herbst Theatre August 20th, made us see that tap is looking pretty good around here.”
—Paul Parish, IN DANCE, October, 2005

“What was most unforgettable about this subtly structured, non-structured event was the momentary moments between the artists – timing, gesture, the warmth, affection, and genuine respect with which they embraced each other and their art form which splits apart rules and hammers new ones before one’s delighted eyes. STEPOLOGY…, let’s see more of this!”
— Renee Renouf Hall, Ballet.co.uk, 8/23/05