Friday, January 6, 2023 (7pm)
First Friday Film Festival
Sound Check (a Tap Dance Journey)

American Tap Dance Center
154 Christopher Street #2B
Between Washington & Greenwich Streets

Sound Check was originally presented and premiered at DTW’s Bessie Schonberg Theater from April 14 to April 18, 2010.

A unique fusion of percussive dance and classic musical theater through a dynamic and whimsical composition blending music, percussion, text, imagery, improvisation, and choreography. Woven throughout the piece were excerpts from “The Last Rehearsal Hall” a new musical written by Brenda Bufalino that celebrates Tap, Middle Eastern, and Flamenco Dance and how their practice joins together as they share the rooms of their beloved yet broken down rehearsal hall.

It was co-written and directed by Brenda Bufalino and Tony Waag and featured the New Tap Dance Orchestra (Warren Craft, Shelby Kaufman, Tamii Sakurai, Danny Wallace & Xander Weinman), Brenda Bufalino, the late Harold Cromer, Barbara Duffy & Company (Barbara Duffy, Cintia Chamecki, Chikako Iwahori & Monifa Kincaid), Ranya Rene’e, Aurora Reyes, Tony Waag & Cartier Williams.

Bernice “Boom Boom” Brooks (musical director/drums), Cameron Brown (bass), Basilio Georges (gitar), Jonny Peiffer, (piano/melodica), & Charlie Tokarz (reeds).

The evening will be hosted by ATDF Artistic Director Tony Waag with an open discussion directly following. Popcorn and refreshments will be served!

First Friday Films revisit tap dance productions from the past direct from the ATDF archives! Open to the general public. Proof of vaccination is required and masks are optional.

Suggested Donation: $5:00
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