Los Angeles Tap Master Class Series!

The Debbie Allen Dance Academy presents:

The Los Angeles Tap Master Class Series!!!

This event will occur every Thursday for the month of
September @ the
Debbie Allen Dance Academy at 8:00 pm. The class is an hour
long. There
will be a different tap teacher every week... and a tap jam
following
the class!

This master class series is created for the LA Tap
community! Please
come and support, take a class from the hottest tap dancers
in LA, and
enjoy this art form that we all love so much!

Any questions please contact Sarah Reich: 310- 963- 3165 or
sourtaps@yahoo.com

Class Schedule:

*Gabe Copeland Thursday, September 6, 8pm*

Gabe Copeland has studied with many tap greats including
extensive
training with Joy Hewitt, Chance Taylor, and Linda
Sohl-Ellison. He has
recently had the honor of sharing the stage with Dianne
Walker and is
currently working with the legendary Chester Whitmore in
various
projects. Gabe currently performs professionally with
Rhapsody in Taps,
a Los Angeles based touring company. He is a choreographer
and
performer for Tap Overload and has also danced with KIN
Dance Company.
Gabe has performed in many musical theater and dance
productions
throughout LA and Orange County and in 2005 was nominated
for a Lester
Horton award for best male dancer.

*Josette Wiggan Thursday, September 13, 8pm*

Josette Wiggan started dancing at the age of 12 at Paul and
Arlene
Kennedy’s Universal Dance Designs in Los Angeles. Along
with the
Kennedy Tap co, Josette has been a member of Jazz Tap
Ensemble under
the direction of Lynn Dally. For several years, she has
traveled the
world performing with both companies. Currently, Josette
has graduated
from University of Los Angeles obtaining a BA in World
Arts and
Cultures. The highlights of her career have been being
granted as the
2001 winner of the Spotlight awards in Non-classical dance
category,
2002 1st National Tour of 42nd Street, 2003
RocketteChristmas
Spectacular, Idlewildin 2005, and studying with Germaine
Acognyin
Toubab Dielaw, Senegal at the Ecoledes Sables studio in
2006.

*Hiroshi Hamanishi Thursday, September 20, 8pm*

Hiroshi Hamanishi has toured nationally and internationally
with the
production of Caution: Men at Work, Tap. He has had the
pleasure of
dancing with Alfred Desio, Dianne Walker, Arthur Duncan and
Gregory
Hines. Hiroshi currently dances with Tap Overload, Dance
Spectrum, KIN
Dance Company, and recently joined Rhapsody in Taps. In
choreography,
he has won the North American Tap Dance Festival
Choreography Award. An
active teacher, Hiroshi is on faculty at the Colburn
School, El Camino
College, and CalStateLA.


*Kristian Nelson Thursday, September 27, 8pm*

For the last five years Kristian Nelson has worked as a
music producer
and audio engineer in the music industry for numerous
artists and
groups. Before that he spent three amazing years as a
professional tap
dancer performing in multiple shows and touring with many
different
production companies. He is very happy and proud to have
the
opportunity to teach within the Debbie Allen Dance Academy
Thursday,
September 27, 8pm.


Classes will be held at:
Debbie Allen Dance Academy
3623 Hayden Avenue Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 280-9145
Classes are $15 each