Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Presents Tap Kids 4/25
By: Gabrielle Sierra Apr. 02, 2010
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College will conclude its 2009-2010 season with a high-energy performace by Tap Kids on Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 2pm. Eight of the nation's most talented young tap dancers take to the stage in this rousing, joyous celebration of American youth culture. Hip, contemporary, and uplifting, this electrifying performance takes tap to dizzying new heights with its passion and precision.
New York Stage Originals' Tap Kids tells the story of a group of teenagers during their last months at school as they come to terms with graduation and pending adulthood through a series of musical vignettes. Complete with dancing on lunch trays in the cafeteria, drama at the school dance, mischief in detention and finally graduation as they are launched into their futures with all their hopes and dreams ahead of them. The show features an extraordinary and diverse cast of eight rhythm tap dancers cast from around the country and an original score by Philip Stern with choreography by Lisa Hopkins.Since its debut at The Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center in 2002, the show has enjoyed tremendous success across the country and abroad, thrilling audiences of all ages with their dancer's incredible talent and fierce passion. Tap Kids earned rave reviews for their run at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland in August 2009 including the first 5-Star review of the entire festival. Other performance highlights include a star-studded gala for the Queen of Holland at The Royale Theatre Carre in Amsterdam, three tours of The Netherlands, a National television spot on the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon and working with children at Paul Newman's "Hole in the Wall Gang Camp".Founded in 1954, the mission of Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts is to present outstanding performing arts and arts education programs, reflective of Brooklyn's diverse communities, at affordable prices. Brooklyn Center's presentations explore both the classical traditions and the boldest contemporary performances, embracing the world culture that defines Brooklyn. Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts welcomes over 70,000 people to the 2,400 seat Walt Whitman Theatre each season, and boasts one of the largest arts education programs in the borough, serving schoolchildren from over 300 schools annually with its SchoolTime series.In recognition of its commitment to quality family programming, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts was voted as Brooklyn's Best Theater or Theatre Group for Kids as part of Nickelodeon's 2009 ParentsConnect Parents' Picks Awards. This is the second consecutive year that Brooklyn Center has been recognized by Nickelodeon - they were selected as Brooklyn's Best Place for Family Bonding in 2008.
Walt Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn College, 2900 Campus Road, Brooklyn
(2 train to Brooklyn College/Flatbush Avenue)
Sunday, April 25, 2010 at 2pm, all tickets: $6
Running time: approx 60 minutesOnline orders: BrooklynCenterOnline.org
Box Office: (718) 951-4500, Tuesday - Saturday, 1pm - 6pm
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Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts' 2009-2010 Target FamilyFun Series is sponsored by Target.
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts' programs are made possible in part with public funding from the City of New York Department of Cultural Affairs and the National Endowment for the Arts. Funding for the 2009-2010 season is provided by: Target; JP Morgan Chase; Brooklyn Community Foundation; National Grid; TD Bank; Macy's; The Harkness Foundation for Dance; Air Jamaica; the Carnegie Corporation of New York; and the Lila Acheson Wallace Theater Fund, established in the New York Community Trust by founders of The Reader's Digest Association. Additional support provided by CNG Publications, The Brooklyn Eagle, and WBGO. Marriott New York LaGuardia Airport is the official hotel of Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts 2009-2010 season. Backstage catering is graciously provided by Applebee's.
Brooklyn Center acknowledges the support of Assemblymembers Karim Camara, Steven H. Cymbrowitz, Rhoda Jacobs, Alan Maisel, Joan L. Millman, N. Nick Perry, Annette Robinson, and Helene E. Weinstein, members of the Brooklyn Delegation to the New York State Assembly, and New York State Senators Martine Malavé Dilan, Kevin S. Parker, and John L. Sampson. Special thanks to Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn, Councilman Domenic M. Recchia, Jr. Councilmembers Kendall B. Stewart and Albert Vann, and Cultural Affairs Commissioner Kate D. Levin.Videos