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| 2008 Bay Area Tap Festival Faculty & Performers
Channing Cook-Holmes (Music Director/Drums) -- An Inglewood, CA native representing the West Coast, Channing Cook Holmes is blessed with talents that have taken him around the world. His drumming ability, his syncopated rhythmic tap dance style, his singing, and his natural audience appeal, have taken Channing from dance company (Jazz Tap Ensemble), to stage (Riverdance, tour and Broadway), to small screen, (Bojangles), to big screen, (Gangs of New York). His is the consummate entertainer. Channing is adding directing and producing to his repertoire with the production of his current, award winning children's show Lil' Chan Can Tap Dance. Channing Cook Holmes is a "must watch" artist with more to come... Cookin' will incorporate a fast paced approach geared toward helping dancers move through advanced phrasing. Got Rhythm? will help students of all levels develop more ease with impromptu dancing and their own musicality. Says Channing, "It's not what is written, but what you'll experience."
John
Kloss started to tap inspired by early performances of tap on film, and
gained his first training in
Deborah
Mitchell proudly celebrates 13 years as Founder and
Artistic Director of New Jersey Tap Dance Ensemble.
This
photo: Eduardo Patino Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards has been a part of almost every major Tap movie or show that has appeared in the history of tap dance since the 80's. She was most recently nominated for the best actress and currently stars in the award-winning independent film "The Rise and Fall of Miss Thang" which continues to tour film festivals. In addition to opening the Harlem Tap Studio in NYC, Mrs. Sumbry-Edwards continues to appear as a special guest for shows and festivals around the world. She was also elected to the Advisory Board as the Tap Advisor for Dance Magazine and the official Tap Spokesperson for Capezio along with her family, as well as being featured in their international advertising campaign. Mrs. Sumbry-Edwards' career includes acclaimed runs on Broadway and off-Broadway in shows such as Black and Blue, the Tony Award Winning Bring in Da' Noise, Bring in Da' Funk, International Tour of Bring in Da' Noise, Bring in Da' Funk (dance captain/principal dancer/understudy to the lead role), and Imagine Tap! (featured soloist). Other performances include the national tour of Wild Woman Blues and Debbie Allen's SAMMY (the life and times of Sammy Davis Jr.). Film credits include "TAP" with Gregory Hines, Spike Lee's "Bamboozled" (Assistant Choreographer), and "The Rodgers and Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty". Mrs. Sumbry-Edwards' choreography has been featured in TAAP:The Art and Appreciation of Percussion and was also utilized in Michael Jackson's music video "Rock Your World". She was also spotlighted in a commercial for Tops and is currently filming for MTV's hit television series MADE. Old School will take a look at traditional tap material, New School will explore the sensibilities of tap dancing from today and beyond, and Fundamentals will be a timeless study of essential skills for students of all levels. Dormeshia's "Singular Sensation" Master Class will focus on developing an individualized approach and flair in your own dancing, and the "One Thrilling Combination" Master Class will build an exciting extended combination.
Sam Weber has gained an international reputation as a performing artist and is in demand throughout the world as a performer, master teacher, and choreographer. His versatility has led him to performances in musical theater and television, where he has worked with such stars as Burt Lancaster, Bob Hope, Andy Williams, Raquel Welch, Pat Boone, and Sara Vaughn. He can be seen often on the Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood television show. Mr. Weber is one of the few tap dancers in the world currently performing Morton Gould's Tap Dance Concerto and was the first tap dancer to receive a Bessie, presented in recognition of outstanding creative achievement. He has been a principal dancer and choreographer with the Jazz Tap Ensemble since 1986 and has received international acclaim touring with the company. In June 2003, the Tap Ahead Festival in Duesseldorf, Germany featured Mr. Weber in the world premier of SignADiapunktur, a new composition for two tap dancers and percussion ensemble, by composer/tap dancer Andreas Daenel. Rudiments begins the day with technical exercises inspired by the late Steve Condos, and Mixed Bag features an overview of common tap styles and grooves. This year's Classic Routine will be a study of the Copasetics' "Bill Robinson Routine" and will include 3 sessions devoted to following in the footsteps of this legendary dancer. Students will perform the routine in the Community Showcase on Sunday. Special Guests (additional Special Guests TBA):
The Barbary Coast Cloggers have toured in the United States and Canada, including performances at the New Orleans and Vancouver World's Fairs and C.L.O.B. Nationals in Nashville and San Diego, have opened for bluegrass legend Ricky Skaggs and country western superstars Brooks & Dunn, and have won an Isadora Duncan Dance Excellence Award (Izzy) for best ensemble performance. Got Clog? will be taught by Ian Enriquez and will get everyone in touch with some of the roots of tap dance -- clogging! Also known as American step dancing, clogging is America's first folk dance. Clogging is a combination of step dances from Scotland, Germany, Africa, Cherokee, and more, and is truly a celebration of the diversity of American culture!
Sista Kee (Piano) lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she spreads the Word of God through song. Also known as Kito Gamble, this multi-talented young lady is a pianist, rapper, composer, producer and a singer. Her father, the late Jim Gamble, began giving her piano lessons at the tender age of 3. He and her mother, legendary vocalist Faye Carol, provided a rich musical environment for the young musician to develop her craft. Although she began to make guest appearances to standing room only crowds when she was 10 years young, her music career officially began at the age of 16 - a pianist & composer gaining international recognition in primarily the blues & jazz genres. While performing with Faye Carol and leading her own group, she has also shared the stage with seasoned veterans Albert King, Pharaoh Sanders, Billy Higgins and Bobby Hutcherson, as well as young phenomenal musicians, Brandford Marsalis and Roy Hargrove.
Manu Smith teahces Lindy Hop at the 9:20 Special in San Francisco and many workshops around the globe, and has made Lindy Hop appearances on CBS's Good Day New York, NBC's Garth Brooks Christmas Special, and PBS's Swingin' With Duke with Wynton Marsalis. In Got Swing? students will learn a fun routine choreographed by Manu and based on vernacular dance shared by tap, swing, and jazz, while learning moves and styles developed by masters of swing Al Minns, Frankie Manning, and Leon James. |
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