Tapology Dance Festival for Youth Summer Tap Intensive Monday August 20 th thru Friday August 24 th , 2012 at Flint Institute of Music Tapology offers one week of concentrated training for serious tap dance students. Successful attendees will audition for places in Tapology’s Youth Ensemble and perform in the October 28, 2012 Tapology Concert at Whiting Auditorium in Flint, sharing the stage with Chester Whitmore, Dianne Walker, Deborah Mitchell and more! The Summer Tap Intensive is open to ages 8 – 19. Successful participants must commit to and attend ALL selected workshop sess ions. Attendance is FREE! Priority given to Genesee County students Register NOW for best class selection. Phone (810) 787-0197 INSTRUCTORS Alexandria Bradley : Currently performing with the “Stomp” touring company, Bradley won Best Short Play in the Downtown Urban Theater Festival for her one woman show “Steps” in 2011. Selected as an Evolving Choreographer in the Harlem Stage’s E-Moves 9; she worked professionally with Savion Glover’s tap company Tii Dii while attending Marymount Manhattan College. She’s also appeared on the Jerry Lewis Telethon in the Emmy Award® winning Gregory Hines tribute choreographed by Jason Samuels Smith in 2003. Through heredity and mentorship of her father, Bradley is a talented performer, trained in the performance arts through music, dance, and theater since the age of 3. Frances Bradley : A Flint, Mi. native, Frances began her training under the guidance of her father, Bruce Bradley, at Creative Expressions Dance Studio. She served as an instructor and choreographer for Bradley’s Flintstone Hoofers. Other notable performances include: Tap Masters Honorarium in Oklahoma City, Savion Glover’s Footnotes in Detroit, MI, the 2000 National Tap Dance Day, Tap Extravaganza in New York City, Bubblin’ Brown Sugar in Atlanta GA and the West Oak Lane Jazz and Arts Festival in Philadelphia, PA. A 2006 graduate of Philadelphia’s University of the Arts with a BFA in Illustration, she recently worked with the world renowned, Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and Black Girls Rock. Nico Rubio : This Chicago native has been tap dancing, teaching and choreographing for almost a decade. His is currently performing with Sour Apples Crew, Just’LisTeN and 3 Feet High. Nico is also a former member of M.A.D.D. Rhythms, where he attained most of his professional tap training. Since then, he has taught and performed in Los Angeles, Arizona, New Mexico, New York City and internationally in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Costa Rica and Switzerland. Maurice Chestnut: Performed and thrilled audiences at the Zurich, Switzerland Theater Spektakel in 2010 when he performed with Savion Glover and Marshall Davis, Jr. in Bare Soundz. He is often invited to perform or tour as a special guest with such prominent jazz musicians as Christian McBride, Cyrus Chestnut and Thelonius Monk III. WORKSHOP SCHEDULE ON REVERSE This activity is supp orted by the Michigan Coun cil for Arts and Cultural Aff airs through its Region 5 Regranting Agency, the Greater Flint Arts Coun cil and the Rotary Club of Greater Flint Sunrise Hosted by Flint Institute of Music Tapology is a 50 1 (c)(3) organiz ation | P.O. Box 5040 , Flint, Michigan 4850 5 TAPOLOGY SUMMER TAP INTENSIVE WORKSHOP SCHEDULE Flint Institute of Music | August 20 to 24, 2012 | 1023 E. Kearsley, Flint, Michigan 48503 Period Time Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 1 FB - INT 9:00am - N. Rubio N. Rubio N. Rubio N. Rubio N. Rubio INT- ADV 10:20am F. Br ad ley F. Br ad ley F. Br ad ley F. Br ad ley F. Br ad ley 2 FB - INT 10 :30am - A. Br ad ley A. Br ad ley A. Br ad ley A. Br ad ley A. Br ad ley INT - ADV 11:50am M. Che stnu t M. Che stnu t M. Che stnu t M. Che stnu t M. Che stnu t 12 :00 pm – LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH 1:00pm 3 FB - INT 1:00 pm - N. Rubio N. Rubio N. Rubio N. Rubio N. Rubio INT - ADV 2:20pm F. Br ad ley F. Br ad ley F. Br ad ley A. Br ad ley F. Br ad ley 4 FB – INT 2:30 pm - A. Br ad ley A. Br ad ley A. Br ad ley A. Br ad ley BREAK INT - ADV 3:50pm M. Che stnu t M. Che stnu t M. Che stnu t M. Che stnu t 2:30 – 3:00 4:00 pm – DINNER DINNER DINNER DINNER DINNER AUDITIONS 5:00pm 3:00pm – 5:00pm 5 FB - INT 5:00 pm - N. Rubio N. Rubio N. Rubio N. Rubio INT - ADV 6:20pm F. Br ad ley F. Br ad ley F. Br ad ley F. Br ad ley 6 FB - INT 6:30 pm - A. Br ad ley A. Bradley A. Br ad ley A. Br ad ley INT - ADV 7:50pm M. Che stnu t M. Che stnu t M. Che stnu t M. Che stnu t FB = FAST BEGINNER | INT = INTERMEDIATE | ADV = ADVANCED This activity is supp orted by the Michigan Coun cil for Arts and Cultural Aff airs through its Region 5 Regranting Agency, the Greater Flint Arts Coun cil and the Rotary Club of Greater Flint Sunrise Hosted by Flint Institute of Music Tapology is a 50 1 (c)(3) organiz ation | P.O. Box 5040 , Flint, Michigan 4850 5 .