Aug 15 - Aug 18
Beantown Tap Conservatory (ages 13 - 18) is a 4-day intensive training program designed to educate the serious tap student in a multidisciplinary environment. Students will learn to train their bodies, to interpret and incorporate rhythm, all for the purpose of enhancing future tap classes they take, choreography they perform, and improvisations they create. Selected by video audition, students will be given the opportunity to work in a small class setting with seven distinguished faculty throughout the week. BTC students will perform pieces by Michelle Dorrance and Lauren O‘Donnell at the 4:30 Saturday Studio Showcase. All classes listed below are included in the program. All classes take place at Boston Percussive Dance/Green Street Studios, 185 Green Street, Cambridge, MA
Please print and complete the BTC application and mail with video or video link to:
Beantown Tapfest, PO Box 300609, Boston, MA 02130. Or email to jb@juliaontap.com
Application deadline: applications must be received by August 12.
We will contact all applicants via email. Those accepted to the BTC program will receive complete registration information.
When approved for BTC, you will be given the code to register. Questions? Email jb@juliaontap.com
VIDEO should be an American format DVD or an accessible online link (YouTube, Vimeo, Google). On the video please state your name, age, where you're from, how long you've been tapping and why you'd like to participate in the BTC. Please include two to three minutes of a piece of choreography (with music, or a cappella) danced by you with choreographer/teacher credit. We're looking for proficiency of performance, technique, musicality and timing. Also include a one-to-two minute demonstration of paddle & roll sequences, rhythm time steps, flash steps (pull-backs, wings etc.) and one or two your own favorite steps.
| Time | BPD | Studio 1 | Studio 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM - 9:30 AM | Pre-Tap Warm-up | ||
| 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM | Tap Technique | ||
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Music & Improvisation | ||
| 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM | Flamenco | ||
| 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM | Tap Repertory |
9:00 AM - 9:30 AM : BPD
Mishay Petronelli
(Youth II)
Pre-Tap Warm-up - a unique blend of exercises designed to enhance performance and prevent injury
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM : BPD
Barbara Duffy, Michelle Dorrance, Joshua Hilberman, and Max Pollak
(Youth II)
Tap Technique - the essential tap technique of four leading performing artists
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM : BPD
Max Pollak
(Youth II)
Music & Improvisation - an in-depth look at the dancer's relationship to music and approach to improvisation
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM : BPD
Lauren O'Donnell
(Youth II)
Flamenco - an introduction to flamenco footwork, arm movements, and body technique, focusing on the 12-count rhythm of Bulerías.
2:30 PM - 4:30 PM : BPD
Michelle Dorrance and Dianne Walker
(Youth II)
Tap Repertory - students work Monday-Wednesday with Michelle Dorrance on a piece of choreography for presentation at Saturday Student Showcase.
| Time | BPD | Studio 1 | Studio 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Student Showcase |
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM : BPD
Michelle Dorrance and Lauren O'Donnell
(Youth II)
Student Showcase - BTC students will perform pieces by Michelle Dorrance and Lauren O'Donnell at the 4:30 Saturday Studio Showcase.
Price for program: $485.00