The Philadelphia Dance Class Calendar
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As part of our mission to contribute to the revitalization of Philadelphia’s tap community, The Lady Hoofers holds a weekly company class, which is open to the public on a drop-in basis.
Class is limited to advanced/professional level tap dancers ages 16 and up. Dancers under 16 need advance permission from the company’s directors to attend class. All minors must have a parent or guardian sign an injury waiver.
Taught by a rotating roster of First Company Members
Women and Men welcome
As part of our mission to contribute to the revitalization of Philadelphia’s tap community, The Lady Hoofers holds a weekly company class, which is open to the public on a drop-in basis.
Class is limited to advanced/professional level tap dancers ages 16 and up. Dancers under 16 need advance permission from the company’s directors to attend class. All minors must have a parent or guardian sign an injury waiver.
Taught by a rotating roster of First Company Members
Women and Men welcome
Angelica Spilis – Artistic Director of Equilibrium Dance Academy is teaching an 8-week session of Adult Intermediate Tap. Angelica’s intense tap dance training began at the Young Performers Theater Camp where she took tap class every day for six weeks during the summer. She attended this dance program for six years. Her training continued with such notable teachers as Jacob Guzman and David Guzman, who both starred in the Broadway musical Newsies. Angelica has showcased her tap skills at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival and for the Garden State Festival. She has also choreographed dances that were featured at Temple University, Disney World, Carnegie Hall, Spring UP Dance Festival and the ETC Performance Series.
As part of our mission to contribute to the revitalization of Philadelphia’s tap community, The Lady Hoofers holds a weekly company class, which is open to the public on a drop-in basis.
Class is limited to advanced/professional level tap dancers ages 16 and up. Dancers under 16 need advance permission from the company’s directors to attend class. All minors must have a parent or guardian sign an injury waiver.
Taught by a rotating roster of First Company Members
Women and Men welcome
Angelica Spilis – Artistic Director of Equilibrium Dance Academy is teaching an 8-week session of Adult Intermediate Tap. Angelica’s intense tap dance training began at the Young Performers Theater Camp where she took tap class every day for six weeks during the summer. She attended this dance program for six years. Her training continued with such notable teachers as Jacob Guzman and David Guzman, who both starred in the Broadway musical Newsies. Angelica has showcased her tap skills at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival and for the Garden State Festival. She has also choreographed dances that were featured at Temple University, Disney World, Carnegie Hall, Spring UP Dance Festival and the ETC Performance Series.
Angelica Spilis – Artistic Director of Equilibrium Dance Academy is teaching an 8-week session of Adult Intermediate Tap. Angelica’s intense tap dance training began at the Young Performers Theater Camp where she took tap class every day for six weeks during the summer. She attended this dance program for six years. Her training continued with such notable teachers as Jacob Guzman and David Guzman, who both starred in the Broadway musical Newsies. Angelica has showcased her tap skills at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival and for the Garden State Festival. She has also choreographed dances that were featured at Temple University, Disney World, Carnegie Hall, Spring UP Dance Festival and the ETC Performance Series.
Angelica Spilis – Artistic Director of Equilibrium Dance Academy is teaching an 8-week session of Adult Intermediate Tap. Angelica’s intense tap dance training began at the Young Performers Theater Camp where she took tap class every day for six weeks during the summer. She attended this dance program for six years. Her training continued with such notable teachers as Jacob Guzman and David Guzman, who both starred in the Broadway musical Newsies. Angelica has showcased her tap skills at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival and for the Garden State Festival. She has also choreographed dances that were featured at Temple University, Disney World, Carnegie Hall, Spring UP Dance Festival and the ETC Performance Series.
Angelica Spilis – Artistic Director of Equilibrium Dance Academy is teaching an 8-week session of Adult Intermediate Tap. Angelica’s intense tap dance training began at the Young Performers Theater Camp where she took tap class every day for six weeks during the summer. She attended this dance program for six years. Her training continued with such notable teachers as Jacob Guzman and David Guzman, who both starred in the Broadway musical Newsies. Angelica has showcased her tap skills at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival and for the Garden State Festival. She has also choreographed dances that were featured at Temple University, Disney World, Carnegie Hall, Spring UP Dance Festival and the ETC Performance Series.
Angelica Spilis – Artistic Director of Equilibrium Dance Academy is teaching an 8-week session of Adult Intermediate Tap. Angelica’s intense tap dance training began at the Young Performers Theater Camp where she took tap class every day for six weeks during the summer. She attended this dance program for six years. Her training continued with such notable teachers as Jacob Guzman and David Guzman, who both starred in the Broadway musical Newsies. Angelica has showcased her tap skills at the Philadelphia Fringe Festival and for the Garden State Festival. She has also choreographed dances that were featured at Temple University, Disney World, Carnegie Hall, Spring UP Dance Festival and the ETC Performance Series.
Join The Lady Hoofers Tap Ensemble for a Master Class with Robyn Watson. This class is open to Intermediate and Advanced level tap dancers ages 12 and up. Women and men welcome. Space is limited, and pre-registration is required.
Robyn Watson, a Philadelphia native, began dancing at the age of five, training at La-Cher-Tari Dance Studio and later at Wissahickon Dance Academy. At the age of ten, Robyn was asked to join the Philadelphia based Tap Team Two and Company where she served as a member and choreographer until 2002. In 2005, Dance Spirit Magazine listed Robyn as one of the “20 Hot Tappers, 20 and Under.” In 2016, Robyn served as the tap instructor for the Broadway sensation Shuffle Along. Recently, she has had the opportunity to collaborate and perform with the wonderful singer/musician, Rhiannon Giddens in addition to working, studying, and performing under the direction of the amazing tap dancer Savion Glover for the past eight years. Robyn has also performed with noted artists in the discipline including, Dianne Walker, Germaine Ingram, and the legendary Mabel Lee.
Robyn received her B.A. in Theater from Temple University and is currently a resident artist at the Painted Bride Art Center, where she is creating “The Blackbirds’ Suites,” a trilogy of tap dance narratives that address Black women’s identity throughout American History. In addition to being a professional dancer, Robyn Watson is a theatre and dance educator and costume designer, designing for several high schools and production companies in the Philadelphia region.
