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Article: Tap City.(tap dance performances)(Dance review)
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- Dance Magazine
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- October 1, 2007
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Tap City The Duke on 42nd Street, NYC July 11-14, 2007
Let tap be tap. This season brought us Savion Glover weirdly hell-bent on pairing his superior tap dancing with inferior modern dance and ballet (Invitations to a Dancer recently at the Joyce). And the zippy Tap City fest hit a few cultural-fusion speed bumps during its Tap Internationals show, reaching its nadir with Brazilian Christiane Matallo's inept, interminable Carmen Miranda act. But on the bright side, Tap City's Tap Forward evening--a showcase for fresh choreographic ideas--rocked like never before. The lineup of artists dialed down the trendy multi-culti and put skill, musicality, and heart front ...
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Article: A Festival of Learning and Joy: Tap City 2003
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... ... the host to dancers from around the world at the third annual Tap City festival, produced by Tony Waag of the American Tap Dance ... Dickens called Master Juba "the lively hero," and at Tap City people met present-day lively heroes. In future columns ...
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