Friday, August 1st, 2025

12:00-1:00pm: Tap Class | Brent McBeth | Adv. Beginner

1:00-2:00pm: “Polyrhythms” | Jenna Roe | Intermediate

In this class we are creating intricate tap patterns while exploring multiple rhythmic layers simultaneously.

2:00-3:00pm: “Musical Theater” | Emily Jones | Beginner-Adv. Beginner

Musical Theater tap class will consist of a light-hearted combo set to a classic musical theater standards.  Class will focus on dynamics, arms, upper body, and traditional stylizations.

3:00-4:00pm: “Dance Crafting” | Danielle Heller | ALL Levels

Crafting a Tap Dance may seem like a daunting task, but with some tools in your tool box, even beginning students can create something beautiful. Join me as I share some different approaches to help you craft a soulful and intentional combination that can become a dance or can just be used for fun.

4:00-5:00pm: “Musical Theatre” | Brent McBeth |  Adv. Beginner-Intermediate

5:00-6:15pm: Tap Class | Barbara Duffy | Intermediate

6:30pm-7:45pm: Tap Class | Bril Barrett | Intermediate-Advanced

9:00-10:00am: “Progressions & Traveling” | Emily Jones | Adv. Beginner

This class will focus on some center and traveling combinations that will move gradually through steps that build upon other steps while executing clean rhythmic phrases.

10:00-11:15am: Tap Class | Barbara Duffy | Adv. Beginner

11:30-12:45pm: “1 Simple Combo-3 Different Styles” | Karen Kleber | Adv. Beginner-Intermediate

 In this class we will learn a simple combination and work it three different ways, incorporating the whole body and connection to the music. 

ADVANCED Classes

ADVANCED classes are small, intimately sized classes for more of a one-on-one tap class experience with our guest faculty. Class size is limited.

10:00-11:15am: “Pullbacks & Wings” | Brent McBeth | Advanced

11:30-12:45pm: Tap Class | Bril Barrett | Advanced

1:00-2:00pm: FEARLESS IMPROVISATION | Barbara Duffy | ALL Levels

If you’re afraid of trying tap improvisation, or not confident when improvising, this is the class for you! Barbara Duffy guides beginners through advanced dancers with tools and techniques to help them to start improvising and/or improve their improvising skills in a supportive space. Learn new ideas to approach improv, expand your artistry AND have FUN! 

2:00-3:00pm: Jam & Performance | Barbara Duffy & Faculty | ALL Levels

Come one, come all!!! Join in the fun as we dance and exchange rhythms with each other in an open jam, hosted by Barbara Duffy. ALL level dancers are encouraged to particpate in a supportive setting with the intention of having FUN!! Observers welcome! Bring your lunch!

3:00-4:15pm: Tap Class | Bril Barrett | Intermediate

4:30-5:45pm: “Leon Collins Reperatory” Class | Barbara Duffy | Intermediate-Advanced

This is a unique opportunity to learn some Leon Collins’ choreography from Barbara, who studied with the master himself. Barbara feels strongly about passing on this unique and historical material. Leon Collins performed at the Apollo Theater with his wife, Tina Dixon, a jazz singer, and the Jimmy Lunceford Band in the early 1940s. He also worked with the Count Basie Orchestra in Chicago and New York, and with the bands of Erskine Hawkins, Earl “Father” Hines, Glen Gray and Tito Puente. He developed a unique style of rhythm tap that focused on creating melodies with his footwork.

Sunday, August 3rd, 2025

9:30-10:30am: “Eddie Brown’s B.S. Chorus” | Brent McBeth | Intermediate

Eddie Brown’s classic BS Chorus (as much of it as possible), set to “Tip Light”. Join us for this rhythmically intricate and fascinatingly exciting tap repertory piece.

10:30-11:45am:  “Time Step Progressions” | Danielle Heller | Adv.Beginner

Timesteps are a fundamental aspect of Tap Dancing’s roots. In this workshop, we will explore the development of Times Steps from a Drag based Timestep to a traditional Broadway Timestep. We will also explore different rhythmical formats.

ADVANCED Classes

ADVANCED classes are small, intimately sized classes for more of a one-on-one tap class experience with our guest faculty. Class size is limited.

10:30-11:45pm: Tap Class | Karen Kleber  | Advanced

12:00-1:00pm: TAP TALK with Faculty Ι Lunch Break Ι FREE EVENT

Join us for a chat with the faculty. Bring your lunch while we all talk TAP!

1:15-2:30pm: Tap Class | Bril Barrett  | Adv. Beginner

1:15-2:30pm: Tap Class | Barbara Duffy | Advanced

2:45-4:00pm: “It’s Not How Much You Know” | Bril  Barrett | Intermediate

It’s not how much you know, it’s how well you work with what you know.