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MUSIC AND DANCE CALENDAR

COMING UP IN 2009...

TAP CITY 2009
Events include:
July 6 at 9:30 PM:
"Jam at Joe's with Tap City," a kick-off to Tap City 2009, at Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette
July 8 at 8 PM:
"Tap City Awards Ceremony," Bruno Walter Auditorium/NY Public Library at Lincoln Center, 111 Amsterdam Avenue
Program will include a recreation of Brenda Bufalino's "Buff Loves Basie Blues," for a company 11 tuxedoed dancers performing Bufalino's tribute to Count Basie and to her mentor, Charles "Honi" Coles.
July 9 at 2 PM:
"Adult Student & Faculty Showcase" at Symphony Space, Broadway & 95th Street
July 9 at 7 PM:
"Tap Youth/Tap Future," young tappers from around the country at Symphony Space
July 10 at 8 PM:
"The Main Event,"a great line-up of major tap artists, at Symphony Space, including Jason Samuels Smith, Chloe Arnold, Michelle Dorrance, Barbara Duffy and Company, Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards, Derick K. Grant, Kazu Kumagai, Tony Waag, and many more. A highlight of the evening will be the recreation of Brenda Bufalino's "The Haitian Fight Song," her most celebrated work and a seminal piece in the canon of tap, set to a score by Charles Mingus. Recreations of "Buff Loves Basie Blues" and "The Haitian Fight Song" were made possible by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius."

GOTHAM ARTS EXCHANGE presents SUMMERDANZ
July 6-18 at Dance Theater Workshop, 219 West 19th Street
All performances at 7:30 PM
6 Different Programs - 12 Nights of Dance.
Participating companies are
July 6&7: Emerging Artists, t.b.a.
July 8&9: Koresh Dance Company
July 10&11: Nicholas Andre Dance
July 13&14: PARADIGM
July 15&16: Corbindances
July 17&18: Colleen Thomas Dance

LYDIA JOHNSON DANCE
Thursday-Saturday, July 16-18 at 8 PM
Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55 Street
The choreographer presents her company in the premiere of a new work to the music of Henryk Gorecki, for whom she has a special affinity. Program also features "Lament" to Gorecki; "In Conversation (...like breathing...like flying)" music by Philip Glass; and the mellow sounds of Dean Martin, whose songs accompany "Dream Sequence," inspired by dance numbers on early TV shows.