# Tap City > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tap_City > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tap_City.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tap_City > Source revision: 1322006892 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Festival celebrating tap dance}} {{Infobox film festival | name = Tap City: the New York City Tap Festival | image = | image_alt = | image_size = | caption = Tap City Logo | location = New York City (various locations) | founded = July 2001 | founders = Tony Waag | artistic_director = [Tony Waag](/source/Tony_Waag) | editor_in_chief = | selector = | play_type = | date = Held every year over 7 to 10 days in July | website = {{URL|http://www.atdf.org/tapcity.html }} }} '''Tap City, the New York City Tap Festival''', was launched in 2001 in [New York City](/source/New_York_City).{{cite web|url=http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/American-Tap-Dance-Foundation-Presents-TAP-CITY-Festival-Throughout-July-20120703|title=American Tap Dance Foundation Presents TAP CITY Festival Throughout July, Broadwayworld.com|date=July 2012}} Held annually for approximately one week each summer, the festival features [tap dancing](/source/tap_dance) classes, [choreography](/source/choreography) residencies, panels, screenings, and performances as well as awards ceremonies, concert performances, and Tap it Out, a free, public, outdoor event performed in [Times Square](/source/Times_Square) by a chorus of dancers. The goal of the Festival is to establish a "higher level of understanding and examination of tap’s storied history and development.” {{cite web|url=http://www.dance-enthusiast.com/features/view/TAP-CITY-IS-BACK-NYCS-DANCE-FESTIVAL-CELEBRATES-15TH-ANNIVERSARY-2015-06-30|title=Tap City is Back, The Dance Enthusiast|date=June 2015}} ==History== Tap City was designed to bring attention to New York City's tap community.{{cite web|url=http://www.mastersofamericantapdance.com/profiles/tony_waag.html|title=Masters of Tap Dance: Tony Waag}} Its first iteration was held from July 7 through July 15, 2001, at various studios and performance spaces around [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan). Chaired by [Hoagy Carmichael Jr.](/source/Hoagy_Carmichael), and [Gregory Hines](/source/Gregory_Hines), the Festival began with an open jam session at the [Broadway Dance Center](/source/Broadway_Dance_Center) in midtown Manhattan. Over the ensuing eight days, an international roster of over 90 performers appeared, which according to the ''[New York Times](/source/New_York_Times)'', writing the day before the event, was to include "well-known tapsters like [Jimmy Slyde](/source/Jimmy_Slyde), Prince Spender of the Four Step Brothers, [Brenda Bufalino](/source/Brenda_Bufalino), Jane Goldberg, Lynn Dally, the Silver Belles and Gregory Hines. Many of the performers will also teach classes."{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/06/movies/terpsichore-taps-to-town.html|title=Terpsichore Taps to Town, The New York Times, Jennifer Dunning|website=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=July 6, 2001}} Venues over the years have included The [Joyce Theater](/source/Joyce_Theater), the [Duke on 42nd Street](/source/Duke_on_42nd_Street), [Symphony Space](/source/Symphony_Space), Chelsea Studios, the Hudson River for a waterborne tap jam, and the amphitheater at the [Fashion Institute of Technology](/source/Fashion_Institute_of_Technology). ==Festival highlights== Highlights of the festival now include: ===Tap Awards=== Film presentations and performances honor recipients of the Hoofer and Tap Preservation Awards and inductees into the International Tap Dance Hall of Fame. ====International Tap Dance Hall of Fame==== '''2002''' * [Fred Astaire](/source/Fred_Astaire) * [Jeni Le Gon](/source/Jeni_Le_Gon) * Baby Laurence Jackson * [Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson](/source/Bill_Robinson) * [Eleanor Powell](/source/Eleanor_Powell) * [John W. Bubbles](/source/John_W._Bubbles) * [Steve Condos](/source/Steve_Condos) * The [Nicholas Brothers](/source/Nicholas_Brothers) '''2003''' * [Charles 'Honi' Coles](/source/Charles_Coles) * [Chuck Green](/source/Chuck_Green) '''2004''' * [Ann Miller](/source/Ann_Miller) * [Donald O'Connor](/source/Donald_O'Connor) * [Gregory Hines](/source/Gregory_Hines) '''2005''' * [Peg Leg Bates](/source/Peg_Leg_Bates) * [Sammy Davis Jr.](/source/Sammy_Davis_Jr.) '''2006''' * [Bunny Briggs](/source/Bunny_Briggs) '''2007''' * [Eddie Brown](/source/Eddie_Brown_(dancer)) * [Leon Collins](/source/Leon_Collins) '''2008''' * [Jimmy Slyde](/source/Jimmy_Slyde) * [Mable Lee](/source/Mable_Lee) * Two-Man Comedy Tap Team - [Cook](/source/Charles_Cook_(dancer)) & [Brown](/source/Ernest_Brown_(dancer)) * Two-Man Comedy Tap Team - [Stump and Stumpy](/source/Stump_and_Stumpy) '''2009''' * [Brenda Bufalino](/source/Brenda_Bufalino) * The Class Act '''2010''' * [Maurice Hines](/source/Maurice_Hines) '''2011''' * [Charles "Cholly" Atkins](/source/Cholly_Atkins) '''2012''' * Alice Whitman and the [Whitman Sisters' Legacy](/source/Whitman_Sisters) '''2013''' * James Buster Brown * [Paul Draper](/source/Paul_Draper_(dancer)) '''2014''' * Carnell Lyons * [Gene Kelly](/source/Gene_Kelly) '''2015''' * [Henry LeTang](/source/Henry_LeTang) * [Ray Bolger](/source/Ray_Bolger) '''2016''' * [Harriet "Quicksand" Browne](/source/Harriet_Browne_(dancer)) * [Master Juba](/source/Master_Juba) * [Original Copasetics](/source/Original_Copasetics) * [Ludie Jones](/source/Ludie_Jones) * The Apollo "Number One" Chorus Line '''2017''' * [Duke Ellington](/source/Duke_Ellington) * The Cotton Club Girls and the [Cotton Club Boys](/source/Cotton_Club_Boys_(chorus_line)) '''2018''' * Ralph Brown * Tap Happenings '''2019''' * [Ruby Keeler](/source/Ruby_Keeler) * [The Radio City Music Hall Rockettes](/source/The_Rockettes) * [Dianne Walker](/source/Dianne_Walker) '''2020''' * [Arthur Duncan](/source/Arthur_Duncan) * The [June Taylor](/source/June_Taylor) Dancers '''2021''' * Paul and Arlene Kennedy * [Hal Le Roy](/source/Hal_Le_Roy) ===Annual Copacetic Boat Ride=== The Festival officially kicks off every year on the [Circle Line](/source/Circle_Line_(New_York)) with performances and a tap jam accompanied by a live jazz band.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicalamerica.com/mablogs/?p=1996|title=The Copacetic Boat Ride, Musical America, by Rachel Straus|date=July 2011}} ===“Main stage” concert performances=== The festival includes at least one Mainstage event. Recent iterations include Tap Forward, which featured new work created and performed by soloists, contemporary tap ensembles, new talent and so-called "tap dance masters.”{{cite web|url=http://broadwayshowbiz.com/tap-city-is-back-interview-with-tony-waag/|title=Tap City is Back: Broadway Showbiz|date= July 2015}} ===Tap it Out=== The festival finale, which features hundreds of tappers dancing in tandem in a free public, outdoors event.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/arts/dance/new-york-city-tap-festival-climax-at-world-financial-center.html?_r=0|title= 150 Dancers and 300 (Count 'Em) Feet, The New York Times, by Brian Seibert|website= [The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)|date=July 2012}} ==References== {{Reflist}} == External links == * [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adria-rolnik/tap-city-new-york-celebration-of-tap_b_3480918.html|title= Tap City - A New York Celebration of Tap Dance This July, Huffington Post, by Adria Rolnick. August 2013] * [http://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/dance/new-york-city-tap-festival|title= New York City Tap Festival, The New Yorker. July 2013] Category:Arts festivals in New York City Category:Dance festivals in the United States Category:Festivals established in 2001 Category:Tap dance --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tap City](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tap_City) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tap_City?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.