ADA – The acclaimed Chicago Tap Theatre will bring the Chicago Jazz Club experience to East Central University’s Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts on Friday, Jan, 24 at 7:30 p.m., by recreating the sights and sounds of a smoke-filled Chicago supper club with internationally acclaimed dance works and music.
Chicago Tap Theatre was founded in 2002 by Artistic Director Mark Yonally, an internationally acclaimed dancer with experience with the Bill Evans Dance Company and E.T.C. Yonally believed that the time was right for tap dance to expand its artistic horizons and formed a company with a mission to innovate tap dance while simultaneously helping preserve its rich history.
Chicago Tap Theatre performed as a guest in numerous Chicagoland productions while also self-producing five full-length shows during its first three years, and produced its first three-show season in 2004. Since then, CTT has toured cities in the south of France, worked with Bill Evans, told the stories of Edgar Allan Poe, performed numerous secular holiday shows and appeared at events including Lollapalooza, the Jazz Dance World Congress and the Ravinia Festival. The company's works have included Changes, a science fiction tap dance opera set entirely to the music of David Bowie; Mixology, which incorporates a mixture of tap dance to live music; and a collaboration with comic book artist Andrew Pepoy (Superman, X-Men, Fables) for The Hourglass in the Stop-Time Chronicles, a tap opera with a comic book/superhero theme.
While on ECU’s campus, Chicago Tap Theatre will conduct a master class for local students.
Tickets are $18 and may be purchased online at tickets.ecok.edu or at the box office the night of the show. For more information about the performance, contact the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center Box Office, 580-559-5751 or visit tickets.ecok.edu. This event is sponsored in part by the Oklahoma Arts Council.
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