New Tap Teachers Classes with Ellie Sciarra

Ellie Sciarra, the artistic director of Taps Are Talking:
Women in
Tap, will lead teachers through the amazing process and
exploration of
tap and their bodies. Supported by her dance captain
Danielle Heller,
this workshop will open up new concepts for teaching tap in
today's
dance field.


Saturday & Sunday, January 5 and 6 2008

Cost $375

Listen to the Language of the Body(Sat 10:00 - 12:30)

· weight shifting, letting go

· tap technique concepts taught from a full-body
perspective

· Dancing in the Living Room - get the body moving

Rhythm and Soul (Sat 1:30 - 4:30)

· creating rhythm possibilities outside the box

· improvisation: easy class formats to teach from

· counterpoint: good ways to explore overlaying
rhythms


Toss Salad (Sun 10:00 - 12:00)

· African Full-Body Warm-Up

· time and musicality: how to teach it!

· important repertoire to know


Swing with Ella(Sun 1:00 - 3:00)

· Experience the choreographic process as Ellie
Sciarra
creates a new work to the legendary music of Ella
Fitzgerald.


Rap it Up(Sun 3:00 - 4:00)

· open tap forum

· Women In Tap presentation

· feedback


For Info* Peak Academy of Dance 303.838.5556 or Ellie
Sciarra
303.443.5612