Tapestry 2010 pays tribute to Heather Cornell

Friday, May 21
Jazz Club at the Regent Underground

Doors open: 7:30 - $12 (advance) $15 at the door
Register on-line or call 781-863-5360 for tix.

You are invited to experience the deconstruction and reinvention of an old tradition, the jam session. First premiered at the Jazz Cellar in Vancouver, this group of Canadians. Led by Artistic Director Heather Cornell, like to challenge the status quo. The club show is an opportunity to push the envelope musically, one that is diverse, inclusive and innovative, creating an atmosphere of pure communication through music and movement. Come and watch the first set at 8:00, learn the rules, then grab your tap shoes, your instruments and jump in for the second set which will start at about 9:15. Advanced Reservations are strongly encouraged. Seating is limited. 

Regent Theatre – www.regenttheatre.com for tix
Tix: $30 priority seats (includes facility fee)
$25 reserved seats (includes facility fee)
$20 students/seniors/groups of 6 or more (includes facility fee)

Join the Boston tap community as we celebrate International Tap Dance Day with one of the world’s most innovative and creative tap artists. Dancer, choreographer, musician, founder/director of Manhattan Tap, mentor to many of the successful artists in our community today, Heather Cornell brings her newest collaboration, "Finding Synesthesia" to the Regent stage as well as her newest ensemble, Can Tap. The presentation of the Tapestry Award will add Heather’s name to a distinguished list of artists that Dance Inn Productions has honored. Among them are Dianne Walker, Buster Brown, Brenda Bufalino, Jimmy "Sir Slyde" Mitchell, LaVaughn Robinson, Sue Ronson, Dean Diggins, Sarah Petronio, Jimmy Slyde, Paul Arslanian, and, posthumously Rosemarie Boyden.

» Watch videos of "Finding Synesthesia" «       

Saturday & Sunday Workshops
May 22 & 23 - all day

Regent Studios – 7 Medford Street, Arlington, MA 02474

Ryan Casey, Heather Cornell, Tasha Lawson, Danny Nielsen,
Matt Shields, and Dayna Szyndrowski !!!   » read their biographies «

Click here to register on-line or

download the registration form and deliver by person, mail or fax to:

The Dance Inn
1403 Mass. Ave.
Lexington, MA 02420

Fax: 781-861-2981

Workshop Schedule

Tapestry 2010 Workshop Descriptions
[click on name for their biography]

Heather Cornell

Eddie Brown's "Lost Routine #2" – The Blues

Saturday, May 22 and Sunday, May 23 – 11:00 – 12:15
Teens/Adults – Advanced/Intermediate

Eddie Brown was a very important mentor to Heather Cornell. Eddie performed with Heather’s company, Manhattan Tap, at the Village Gate Jazz Club in 1990, making his first appearance in NYC in almost half a century.  Heather spent many years studying privately with Eddie, most of which is documented on video.  Heather is constructing routines from the “lost step,” those steps that went by in a session but never landed in a dance.  She will be premiering Lost Routine #5 at her NYC Intensive in NYC in July, 2010.  Come and learn part of this 6 chorus blues, which includes some of Eddie’s signature, “Scientific Rhythms.”

Musicality

Sunday, May 23 – 12:30 – 1:45
Teens/Adults – Advanced/Intermediate

Grooving jazz by divisions of the beat.  Learn to FEEL the music by focusing on solid musical concepts.

Tasha Lawson

Body Shop: The Physical Groove!

Saturday, May 22 – 12:30 – 1:45
Body Shop Kids
Sunday, May 23 – 2:00 – 3:15
Body Shop Teens/Adults

This class will explore body percussion through rhythm exercises, vocals and grooves…Class will culminate in a “Human Orchestra” where Tasha will have you creating your own music, jamming to your very own body beats.  Get ready to connect and play!

Matt Shields

Slide and Glide

Saturday, May 22 - 12:30 – 1:45
Teens Advanced

With Raymond Windfield, Jimmy Slyde and Chuck Green in mind, let’s slide and glide in time.  Leading this class with pride; Matt Shields will be  your guide.

Times Steps Remixed

Sunday, May 23 – 12:30 – 1:45
Kids Adv/Int

A fun and challenging class with a fresh look at time steps.  Knowing their function and form, we can create our own!

Danny Nielsen

Back to Basics

Saturday, May 22 – 11:00 – 12:15
Teen/Adult, Adv. Beg/Int.

Fun and challenging warm-up exercises lead to combinations that will have you dancing in swinging rhythms.

Dayna Szyndrowski

Beginner Tap

Sunday, May 23 - 11:00 – 12:15
All ages

Absolute beginners welcome!  If you can walk you can dance.  Basic moves and great music will have you grooving like a pro.

Ryan Casey

Fancy Footwork

Saturday, May 22 – 2:00 – 3:15
Teen/Adult Adv.

Learn the secrets to funky “flash steps” and complex rhythm-making with wings, pullbacks, slides and more – some steps don’t even have names!  Through warm-up, across the floor, exercises and a culminating combination, we’ll be challenging our feet to make every sound – and there will be lots of them!