Kendrick Jones
Flint Mi. native is a soloist and choreographer for the New York City Tap Company, touring national and appearing in New York at the Joyce and Duke theatre. His credits include Bubbling Down Sugar at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, Looking for Josephine at the Opera Comique in Paris, France. Dance Spirit magazine named him one of the top upcoming hoofers of his generation.
Frances Bradley
Frances Bradley, a native of Flint, Mich., began her training under the guidance of her father, Bruce Bradley, at Creative Expressions Dance Studio. She served as an instructor and choreographer for the Bradley’s Flintstone Hoofers. A 2006 graduate of Philadelphia’s University of the Arts with a BFA in Illustration, she worked recently for the world-renowned Mural Arts Summer Program in Philadelphia. Other notable performances include: “Tap Masters Honorarium” in Oklahoma City, Savion Glover’s “Footnotes” in Detroit, the 2000 National Tap Dance Day “Tap Extravaganza” in New York, “Bubblin’ Brown Sugar” in Atlanta, and the West Oak Lane Jazz and Arts Festival in Philadelphia.
Brian McCollum
Brian is a graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia and a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. - Alpha Rho Chapter. As an accomplished stepper, Brian has led step teams to national championships and is a featured artist in The Human Hambone and Soul Stepping. Brian has also preformed on BET's "106 and Park" and the NBA's Championship Finals. Brian joined Step Afrika! in 2002. He recently earned a master's degree in Divinity at Princeton Theological Seminary.
Maurice Chestnut
Maurice Chestnut thrilled audiences at the Zurich “Theater Spektakel” in August 2010 when he performed together with Savion Glover and Marshall Davis Jr. with “Bare Soundz.” He is often invited to perform or tour a's a special guest with such prominent jazz musicians as Christian McBride, Cyrus Chestnut and Thelonius Monk III. A New Jersey native, Chestnut began dancing at age 5. He became an original member of the New Jersey Tap Ensemble under the direction of Mrs. Deborah Mitchell at age 9. As one of tap's brightest young stars, he was featured in "My Kid's a Star" and was a gold medalist in the NAACP Act-So competition.
Events
Date: October 28th to October 30th
2011 Summer Tap Intensive Flyer
2011 Concert Flyer
2011 Festival Flyer
