THE AMERICAN TAP DANCE FOUNDATION'S FIRST FRIDAY FILM FESTIVAL CONTINUES ON FRIDAY, MAY 5 AT 7PM ET WITH “A SALUTE TO THE COPASETICS”
In Honor of National Tap Dance Day - An ATDF Livestream Production

The American Tap Dance Foundation's First Friday Film Festival will return on Friday, May 5 from 7-9pm ET, with A Salute to the Copasetics - LIVESTREAMED. Registration and link can be found at https://www.atdf.org/eventshttps://www.atdf.org/events. Fee: $5.00.

A Salute to the Copasetics will be shown In honor of National Tap Dance Day which takes place annually on May 25, the birthday of tap legend Bill Bojangles Robinson. National Tap Dance Day was signed into law by President George W. Bush in November 1989. Produced by Tony Waag, A Salute to the Copasetics was produced and presented at Tap City, the annual New York City Tap Festival, in 2011.

The monthly ATDF First Friday Film Festival revisits tap dance productions from the past with rare footage, new work and other online content, direct from the ATDF archives. The livestreams will be available for 10 days post-premiere date. The First Friday Film Festival is produced by ATDF Artistic Director Tony Waag.

“Due to an overwhelming response to our online offerings we’ve decided to make the First Friday Film Festival a permanent livestream. We have so much online content to share! In fact, in the ATDF archives were recently donated to The Jerome Robbins Division of the NY Public Library for the Performing Arts, plus content of Brenda’s and my personal collection. With the Foundation’s streaming Film Festival, the public now has easy access to some of this extraordinary content every month,” said Mr. Waag.