FIVE DAYS OF CONTEMPORARY TAP DANCE - AMERICAN TAP DANCE FOUNDATION’S "RHYTHM IN MOTION" - Renowned Tappers/Emerging Talent/New Work in Two Programs - Six Performances – April 13-17 – 14Y

Choreographers to include Chloe Arnold, Michelle Dorrance, Felipe Galganni, Kazu Kumagai, Max Pollak, Leonardo Sandoval, Caleb Teicher, more…

Contemporary tap dance at its best will be on view this spring at the American Tap Dance Foundation’s Rhythm in Motion shows, April 13 through 17 at the Theater at the 14th Street Y. Premiere choreographers and emerging talent will stretch boundaries to present groundbreaking choreography and innovative tap dance technique in two different programs, with six performances over five days. Michelle Dorrance, Leonardo Sandoval, Chloe Arnold and Caleb Teicher will be among the top tap talent presenting new choreography this year (choreographers and presentation dates below). See promo video here.

Rhythm in Motion is a theatrical platform enabling the art form to present, move forward and grow. The American Tap Dance Foundation has been lauded for preserving the history of tap dance as well as inspiring its evolution, presenting the forward thinking choreography driving the art form today.

“As recipient of the Dance Magazine Award for contributions to the art form, I feel obligated to keep presenting work that is literally fresh off the presses so that tap dance continues to expand, evolve and move into the future,” said Tony Waag, Artistic/Executive Director of ATDF and the show’s director and curator. “There is so much new work being created right now that needs to be seen and shared with audiences. Rhythm in Motion is a window into a family of voices, reactions, comments, celebrations and explorations of what is going on in the tap dance field today,” he said.

The American Tap Dance Foundation’s Rhythm in Motion production is produced in association with the Dance Series at the 14th Street Y.

“…a vindication, a triumph, a knockout show.” (Brian Seibert, NY Times)

"…all-the-way live tap designed with 21st Century tastes in mind…  each making a case for tap's continued relevance as hardcore skill and art" (Eva Yaa Asantewaa/InfiniteBody)

“…an infectious dance celebration” (Siobhan Burke, NY Times)

AMERICAN TAP DANCE FOUNDATION PRESENTS "RHYTHM IN MOTION"

APRIL 13 THROUGH APRIL 17, 2016 - Directed and Curated by Dance Magazine Award winner Tony Waag

Program A:

Wednesday, April 13 (8pm)

Thursday, April 14 (8pm)

Friday, April 15 (8pm)

Choreographers: Warren Craft, Rokafella, Sean Jackson, Samara Seligsohn, Caleb Teicher,  Joseph Webb & Gabe Winns.

Program B:

Saturday, April 16 (3pm)

Saturday, April 16 (8pm)

Sunday, April 17 (3pm)

Choreographers: Chloe Arnold, Michelle Dorrance, Felipe Galganni, Kazu Kumagai, Max Pollak & Leonardo Sandoval.