Flynn Center for the Performing Arts :: 2007/2008 Season

Tap for Kids I & II
Grades 4-8 • Tuesdays • Session I: Sept 16-Oct 21; Session II (just added): Nov 18-Dec 16 (no class 11/25) • 4:40-5:40 pm • Lisa Hopkins • $75/6 wks • Limit: 18
Come join Lisa Hopkins, director of the acclaimed NYC touring show TAP KIDS, for a six-week class like no other! This fun, high-energy tap class gets kids moving in rhythm and working both individually and as a team. Students can look forward to fun combinations, improv circles, and getting their feet tapping! Please wear comfortable clothes with foot and ankle visibility.

Beginner Tap I & II: Rhythm-Style Hoofing
Teens & Adults • Saturdays • 10:15-11:30 am • Joan Derry • $85/6 wks • Limt: 18
Beginner I: Sept 20-Oct 25 • Beginner II: Nov 1-Dec 13
OPTIONAL CLASS TRIP: Savion Glover’s Bare Soundz • Thu, Oct. 9 • 7:30 pm • Flynn MainStage • $35 (major discount on a hot show!)
What’s more American than apple pie? Tap dance! An exciting and challenging art form that developed out of African poly-rhythms in America’s jazz age, tap is highly energetic and fun. We teach “hoofing,” or rhythm tap made popular by artists like Savion Glover and Gregory Hines, as opposed to Broadway-style tap. The form’s musicality and rich percussive traditions are emphasized through fundamental skills and increasingly intricate progressions. Level II is faster-paced, and explores more complex rhythms and choreography. Tap shoes required.

Tap II: Tap/Funk! I & II
Teens & Adults • Wednesdays • Session I: Sept 24-Oct 29; Session II (just added): Dec 3-17 • 7:15-8:30 pm • Lisa Hopkins • $90/6 wks • Limit: 18
OPTIONAL CLASS TRIP: Savion Glover’s Bare Soundz • Thu, Oct. 9 • 7:30 pm • Flynn MainStage • $35 (major discount on a hot show!)
Get ready to groove in this high-energy class that fuses the urban feel of hip-hop with traditional percussive tap steps. Perfect for hip-hoppers and tappers who want to try something a little different, this class is inspired by the funky moves and rhythms of the latest popular music and videos. Best of all, it’s taught by Broadway choreographer and director of the acclaimed touring show TAP KIDS: Lisa Hopkins! Low-heeled, Oxfordstyle tap shoes and basic tap experience recommended (flaps, shuffles, etc.). Don’t miss out.

JOAN DERRY has been tapping for over 30 years, and has studied with many of the greats including Gregory Hines, Honi Coles, Leon Collins, Brenda Buffalino, Sarah Petronio, and more. She specializes in rhythm tap, the percussive and improvisational root of the form.


LISA HOPKINS is a distinguished member of The New York City Dance Alliance who is billed as “one of New York’s leading choreographers.” She has directed and choreographed for Lincoln Center, Broadway and off-Broadway productions (including coaching the leading man in the 2001 revival of Stephen Sondheim’s Follies), and national tours including the smash TAP KIDS which is currently touring worldwide.