CROSS-RHYTHMS – An Evening of Tap Dance

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CROSS-RHYTHMS - An Evening of Tap Dance

June 8, 2012, 8:00 pm, Performance Garage, 1515 Brandywine Street, Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA (May 3, 2012): CROSS-RHYTHMS – An Evening of Tap Dance, will be presented one night only on June 8, 2012 at the Performance Garage, 1515 Brandywine Street, Philadelphia, PA.  Produced by tap dancer and choreographer Pamela Hetherington, the concert will feature professional tap dancers Michele Dunleavy, Germaine Ingram, and Darrell Williams, along with Philadelphia-based modern dancer Leah Stein and London-based Bharatanatyam dancer, Suparna Banerjee.  Live musical accompaniment will be provided by the Jon Katz Quartet and other special musical guests.  Tickets are $20.

A cross-rhythm is a simultaneous use of two contrasting rhythmic patterns which cannot be separated without compromising the song.  The evening performance is organized around intricate pairings – both of dancers and of art forms.  Interdisciplinary duets will demonstrate the connections between tap, modern dance, and Bharatanatyam dance.  The evening will also celebrate the interplay between tap dance and jazz music with a restaging of Manhattan Tap’s seminal 1986 piece, “Scrapple from the Apple,” choreographed by Manhattan Tap founder, Heather Cornell.  

“CROSS-RHYTHMS will showcase the dynamic possibilities of tap dance for Philadelphia audiences,” Hetherington notes.  “The idea for the show originated after I saw Michele Dunleavy’s and Suparna Banerjee’s innovative duet of tap and Bharatanatyam dance.”  ”From there, I brought together evening-length pieces which exemplified the themes of ‘cross,’ ‘pair,’ and ‘contrast.’ 

The performance will also feature up-and-coming saxophonist Jon Katz, a graduate of Temple University and a fixture on the Philly jazz scene. Appealing to jazz lovers across the Delaware Valley, Katz’s quartet will also perform original pieces and jazz standards throughout the evening performance.

Hetherington, a Philadelphia native, performed with Tap Team 2 from 1996-2011 and is the founder of Philadelphia Tap Teaser, a bi-yearly tap dance and jazz music performance series which gives tap dancers and jazz musicians opportunities to experiment and collaborate in open mic style performances.  Pamela Hetherington and Kat Richter founded The Lady Hoofers in 2011 and went on to produce two sold-out revues for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival in 2011.  The Lady Hoofers were recent featured performers at the City Hall Presents series.  

To purchase advance tickets, please visit  http://ladyhoofers.weebly.com/tickets.html.

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Name of show:  Cross-Rhythms – An Evening of Tap Dance
Date: June 8, 2012
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Performance Garage, 1515 Brandywine Street, Philadelphia, PA
Tickets Info:  Tickets are $20.   To purchase advance tickets, please visit  http://ladyhoofers.weebly.com/tickets.html. 

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Bio: Pamela Hetherington, a Philly native, trained under local tap masters Delphine Mantz, Rita Rue, LaVaughn Robinson and Robert Burden. She performed with Tap Team 2 from 1996-2011; she has also worked with choreographers Alexandria Bradley, Keila Cordova, and Anna Rubio.  Pam is the founder of Philadelphia Tap Teaser, a bi-yearly tap dance and jazz music performance series, and has produced 8 shows featuring over 80 tap artists and 10 jazz musicians since 2008. In 2011, Philly Tap Teaser was awarded a grant from Dance/UP & the Barra Foundation to participate in the “Dance in Public Places” residency.  Also in 2011, she and Kat Richter co- produced TOO DARN HOT, an all-female tap revue which premiered at the Philly Fringe Festival to two sold-out crowds. Pam has hosted tap jams at the CEC and Chris’s Jazz Cafe since 2010 and finds great joy in teaching tap to students of all ages.  She holds a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, an MA from University of Virginia, works full-time in publishing, and is a mom to Violet, 6 and Callie, 2.

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