Nicole H. Garrett » tap http://www.nicolehgarrett.com The musings of a new archivist Tue, 15 Jun 2010 18:31:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Moter City Tap Fest http://www.nicolehgarrett.com/moter-city-tap-fest/ http://www.nicolehgarrett.com/moter-city-tap-fest/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:24:27 +0000 Nicole http://www.nicolehgarrett.com/?p=16 A few weeks ago, I attended the Motor City Tap Fest and there isn’t a word to describe it except awesome! It was such a great experience to learn from such amazing dancers and have the focus be on tap all day. I went for a day and a half this year, but next year I’lll be all four days! I hope my feet can handle it!

One of the major points of the teachers there was to learn the history of tap dancing. I have to say, I was quite embarrassed to hear kids 10 years younger than me naming off tap masters that I’d never heard of. After all, I’ve been tapping for about 20 years and now teach it! As soon as I got home, I went on YouTube and found some amazing clips:

I’d heard of the Nicholas Brothers, but only through a Vaudeville documentary. I didn’t realize they performed into adulthood and were so amazing!

After I saw this one of Peg Leg Bates, I realized I have no excuse for giving up on any difficult step!

YouTube is full of these amazing clips! It’s so nice to have somewhere to find these!

Now I’m planning a trip to Chicago to take some more master classes. Can’t wait!

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