Tappin' Soles of Detroit

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We are a family of advanced tap dancers ranging in age from 12 years old to 17 years old. Individually we have studied dance from 9 to 15 years. As group members we have danced all over the state of Michigan as well as around the country and the world. In March 2004 many of us were invited to travel to Germany to perform at the Step Tanz Dance Festival 2004. While in Germany we were invited to help conduct several dance workshop as well as perform in other venues.In February we competed in the 2005 Chicago Human Rhythm Project Winter Intensive Competiton. We we blessed to win 1st, 2nd and 3rd places. In addition to winning the competition, we all auditioned for Summer Festival scholarships. We were all awarded scholarships to that Summer Festival and were honored to be featured in the culminating performance.In August 2007 we were honored to attend the Debbie Allen LA Tap Festival. We had the pleasure of studying with such greats as Ms. Debbie Allen, Mr. Jason Sameuls-Smith, Chloe Arnold, Lady Diane Walker, Harold Cromer and Dick Van Dyke.May 2006 we held our Spring Intensive. Our guest artist was world reknown dancer Sam Weber. LA Tap Festival 2007. While in LA we had the honor of taking class with the legendary Mr. Dick Van Dyke. He wowed the class with clips from his movies and with stories of his fabulous career.Following the culminating performance, we were honored to attend a birthday celebration for the ledgendary Dr. Jeni LeGon.Fall of 2007 we held our Fall Intensive with guest artist Lisa LaTouche and Tre Dumas! We also traveled to Chicago to work with them.January 2008 we held our Winter Intensive with guest artist Chloe Arnold!