Upcoming Tap Events
This list shares TDC events AND outside events in and around NYC.
To participate in TDC in studio events & open houses, please RSVP to info@tapdancecentral.org and reach out to us directly if you have questions via email or call 646-921-9705.
For more info on each gig, click the link provided, or contact the artist for more info.
TDC Events
Bring a Friend Day
Saturday January 25th from 1:30-2:15pm​
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Tap Dance Central Inc.
154 Christopher St #2B
New York, NY 10014​​
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This event is especially geared toward current TDC adult program students that would like to BRING A FRIEND to introduce (or reintroduce) them to the magic of tap dance!
FREE to participate, please RSVP if you would like to attend: info@tapdancecentral.org
Rap a Tap Tap & TDCYE
Sunday January 26th from 2-3pm​
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Tap Dance Central Inc.
154 Christopher St #2B
New York, NY 10014​
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Our own Tap Dance Central Ensemble dancers will perform a live reading with Dance to "Rap A Tap Tap" storybook by Leo & Diane Dillon and share a few selections from our Repertory, and we'll do a bit of audiece participation too! Great for young dancers age 5-10.
Please RSVP if you would like to attend so we can save a place for you!:
Outside Events
Smalls Tap Jam
Hosted by Michela Marino Lerman
First Tuesday of every month
January 7th, Feburary 4th, March 4th
10:30pm and 12am
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Smalls Jazz Club
183 W 10th St
New York, NY 10014
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Open Jam Session following the 12am set.
All musicians welcome! No cover charge.
Michela Marino Lerman: Tap Dancer
Mathis Picard: Piano
Stanley Ruvinov: Bass
Ahmad Johnson: Drums
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Melissa Almaguer Trio
Trio composed of Tap Dancer Melissa Almaguer, harpist Charles Overton, and bassist Henry Fraser.
Thursday January 23rd, Doors open at 9 pm​
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The Public Theater
425 Lafayette Street
(at Astor Place)
New York, NY 10003
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Melissa Almaguer is a multidisciplinary tap artist, improviser and educator born and raised in Mexico now based in Brooklyn, NY. Using tap dance as her instrument, she creates communal spaces of sonic exploration that serve as rituals to heal and restore balance with Mother Nature/oneself. Through them she intends to inspire a higher awareness of the power we all have to heal and create our own realities.
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The Duo Series
Tap Percussion by Sandra Kluge and Electornic Guitar by Asher Kurtz
Saturday February 8th, 6:30 - 8:30 pm
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Commune
416 Classon Av,
Brooklyn, NY
(718) 970-0335
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This event is free!
The Duo Series is a live concert project in which Sandra Kluge plays a set of fully improved music with different duo partners. In this performance Asher Kurtz will be Sandra's Duo Partner.
There is both an in person and a Virtual component.
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Ayodele Casel
Solo Performance
Wednesday May 28th - Sunday June 8th​
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The Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Avenue
New York, NY 10011
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Rooted in expressions of selfhood, culture, and legacy, Ayodele Casel pushes tap forward while holding reverence for her predecessors and the African American roots of the form. Directed by long-time collaborator Torya Beard, this new work examines the transformative ties between tap dance and the dynamism of 90s Hip-Hop music.
