Tap City, the NYC Tap Festival, will celebrate jazz legend Duke Ellington and his contribution to the world of tap dance at \u201cTAP ELLINGTON,\u201d on Friday, April 14 at 7pm, The Appel Room at JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER, 10 Columbus Circle. The evening, presented in association with Mercedes Ellington, will celebrate Ellington\u2019s music as well as his unique legacy of introducing, promoting and presenting tap dancers to audiences all over the world. TAP ELLINGTON is a highlight event of the American Tap Dance Foundation\u2019s Tap City Festival week (July 8-15).<\/p>\n
Master of ceremonies Tony Waag and the Duke Ellington Center’s Big Band conducted by Eli Yamin will join together in honor of this icon of American Jazz with tap dance performances by emerging raw talent, contemporary soloists and leading tap masters including Brenda Bufalino, Ayodele Casel, Mercedes Ellington, Lisa La Touche Ensemble, Caleb Teicher, Sarah Reich, Sam Weber, Josette and Joseph Wiggan, the New American Tap Orchestra and others. VIDEO<\/p>\n
Duke Ellington composed a number of songs specifically for tap dancers, and many of America\u2019s greatest tap dancers worked with Duke Ellington. Ellington wrote tunes such as Bojangles and the Tap Dancers Blues (to be performed at TAP ELLINGTON by Mercedes Ellington and Tony Waag), and incorporated the seminal tap dance solo David Dance Before the Lord into his Concert of Sacred Music, often performed by tap dance virtuoso Bunny Briggs and the elegant rhythm tap dancer Buster Brown (1960\u2019s to 1980\u2019s). The Library of Congress \u201cTap Dance in America\u201d Database, created by Constance Valis Hill, lists 195 records in their search engine under Ellington\/Tap Dance.<\/p>\n
\u201cTap is a form of music, and tap dance has inspired numerous jazz musicians throughout history and can claim a partial creative credit and ownership to the development of jazz music,\u201d said Tony Waag, ATDF Artistic Director. \u201cTAP ELLINGTON\u201d celebrates a marriage of jazz music and tap dance, and Duke Ellington is a key figure in the perpetuation of the idea that tap dance IS music and tap dancers are indeed musicians that create music with their feet.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth the late Tap master Charles “Honi” Coles and the late legendary jazz drummer Max Roach have been quoted as saying that tap dancers contributed to the invention and development of Bebop. Throughout history, tap dance has influenced jazz, and jazz certainly influenced tap dance,\u201d said Mr. Waag.<\/p>\n
\u201cTap grew up next to its kissing cousin Jazz. Tap and Jazz are undeniably attached at the hip\u2026\u201d \u2013 Tony Waag<\/p>\n
\u201cTAP ELLINGTON\u201d
\nJazz at Lincoln Center – The Appel Room
\n10 Columbus Circle
\nNew York, NY 10023
\nTICKETS: General $75; Children 17 & under\/Student\/Senior: $50 http:\/\/www.jazz.org\/events\/t-6400\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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