The festival's annual concert --On Tap!-- showcases an incredible stylistic range of tap, from
traditional jazz soloists to evocative contemporary tap dance choreography.
This year's On Tap! features recent Bessie Award nominee Michelle Dorrance,
contemporary dancer Mishay Petronelli, and Dorrance Dance fresh from Jacob's
Pillow Dance Festival; "local tap maverick" (Boston Globe) Josh Hilberman with his recently
commissioned Green Street Studios Emerging Artists work, "Square Dances";
as well as Noise/Funk veteran Sean Fielder, with new work from his Boston Tap
Company.
Also headlining On Tap! are a pair of decorated New York artists, jazz-tap
dynamo Barbara Duffy and Afro-Cuban tap virtuoso
Max Pollak; Riverdance veteran and New England favorite Aaron Tolson;
Flamenco dancer Lauren O'Donnell; and more. A mix of recorded and live sound
accompanies the evening's dances, with live music provided by the outstanding
Yoko Miwa Trio.
To purchase tickets call the Arsenal Center for the Arts Box Office, 617-923-8487, or order online at arsenalarts.org.
Boston Globe review On Tap! 2007