Contact:
Pamela Hetherington
267-273-6937
pam@philajazztap.org

A new work about two Philadelphia jazz legends combines
tap dance, jazz music, original poetry, and vocussion.

In-person tickets now on sale for April 23-24 at Christ Church Neighborhood House.
The concert will also be broadcast live on PhillyCAM
(Xfinity 66/966/967 | Verizon 29/30 | Roku & Apple TV | PhillyCAM.org)

Philadelphia, PA – The Philadelphia Jazz Tap Ensemble presents Tyner and Timmons (TNT) on April 23 and 24 at Christ Church Neighborhood House as a part of the city’s Jazz Appreciation Month celebration. TNT is a new evening-length piece that blends tap dance, jazz music, original poetry, and vocussion to observe the legacy of these two legendary jazz composers. The hour-long concert also includes two recent works by artistic director, Pamela Hetherington: “Blue Rondo ALT,” which dives into the odd-metered composition by Dave Brubeck, and “Rolling Down a Hill,” which is set to an original composition by bassist Jim Donica. A limited number of in-person tickets are available on www.philajazztap.org and the concert will also be broadcast live on PhillyCAM during their “Live Culture” program hour. 

Contact:
Britt Fishel
Britt Fishel and Artists
7178751930
opinedancefilmfestival@gmail.com
https://www.brittfishel.com/opine-dance-film-festival

Opine Dance Film Festival is an annual event that celebrates dance film makers nationally and internationally who are creating work with meaning. March 25-28, 2021 will mark the 6th year of the festival, and the second year online, due to Covid-19. Celebrating dance filmmakers nationally and internationally, the festival boasts four categories this season: Professional, The Newbie Filmmaker, In The Time of Covid, and Student.

Contact:
Terry Fox
Philadelphia Dance Projects
215-546-2552
info@philadanceprojects.org
http://www.philadanceprojects.org
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Choreographer Tommie-Waheed Evans will be featured in October in the new Philadelphia Dance Projects online series.

Evans will discuss his new choreographic project HOME.  Evans describes HOME, as “a meta-narrative choreographic work that is centered on liberation and about being black and brown, openly becoming, being visible, and being included through a complex and socially charged spectrum of gender.”

Contact:
Tyra Jones-Blain
Take It Away Dance
267-273-6937
takeitawaydance@gmail.com
http://www.takeitawaydance.com

With indoor venues closed, outdoor crowds discouraged and audiences encouraged to stay home, Artistic Director, Pamela Hetherington, saw new opportunities to present her work that just were not feasible before COVID-19. “Producing a live tap dance and jazz music concert for longer than a two-show run is extremely cost prohibitive. Another side effect of that is: a short run doesn’t give us the chance to explore new material fully or feel comfortable to take risks. Since I already own a dance space with wood floors, the dancers and the band can easily set up there, once a week, and we can dive into an open format that allows for flexibility, improvisation and virtual audience interaction, still in the moment,” says Hetherington. One more bonus: “this will be the biggest amount of space we have ever had to dance in! Usually, we perform in jazz music settings or venues that aren’t exactly set up for tap dance.”

Contact
Kimberly Davidow
The Lady Hoofers Tap Ensemble
267-241-2187
kimberly@ladyhoofers.org
http://www.ladyhoofers.org
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The Lady Hoofers Tap Ensemble’s newest project is #HoofersAtHome, a weekly series of short dance films designed to keep their roster of professional dancers rehearsing remotely while offering audiences some much-needed levity during the pandemic.

With dance performances across the country postponed until further notice, The Lady Hoofers Tap Ensemble based in Philadelphia has launched #HoofersAtHome, a weekly series of short dance films designed to keep their roster of professional dancers rehearsing remotely while offering audiences some much-needed levity during the pandemic. The brainchild of Managing Director Katie Budris and longtime ensemble dancer and videographer Meg Sarachan, #HoofersAtHome films have been shared around the world, and many of the ensemble’s Facebook fans are now asking where they too can get their own tap boards. Continue reading →