A highly pedigreed performer who has appeared alongside
most every hoofer of note, Josh Hilberman has
been a featured soloist at New York's Lincoln Center; has appeared in
jazz festivals from Fremantle, Australia to Barcelona to Boston; and
is a popular teacher and performer at tap festivals including three years
at Tap City (NYC), two years at Finland's Feet to the Beat, and annual
engagements at The North Carolina Rhythm Tap Festival and The Portsmouth
Percussive Dance Festival. Hilberman spent the 2000-2001 season
as choreographer-in-residence with the Canadian dance company Decidedly
Jazz Danceworks, and his work can also be seen on companies in Germany,
Holland, and Spain, and on four nationally recognized youth ensembles:
The North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble, Washington DC's Tappers with Attitude,
the Jefferson Dancers of Portland, Oregon, and The Legacy Dancers of
Lexington, MA. Hilberman
continues to freelance internationally. Further
propaganda can be found on his website: www.Hilbermania.com.
Margaret Morrison is a rhythm tap soloist and choreographer. She has appeared in tap festivals in Brazil, Germany and across the United States, has performed her one-woman show in New York and Florida, and tapped in a nationally broadcast commercial for Seagrams. She is a founding member of the American Tap dance Orchestra, one of today's most innovative and exciting tap companies, directed by internationally renowned tap artist Brenda Bufalino, and co-created Pulsation,a feminist performance ensemble interweaving tap, percussion, poetry and humor.
The New York Times called Morrison an "exciting virtuoso dancer," and her choreography "a tour de force" and "the witty highlight of the evening." In her one-woman show: "Morrison...performs with great flair and artistry" (Sanibael Islander) and is "a bit of a national treasure" (Island Reporter). Margaret is a popular master teacher whose classes focus on swinging tap choreography, clean technique, musicality and the art of improvisation. She is on the faculties of Barnard College and NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
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