Chicago Human Rhythm Project presents JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance August 1, 2 & 4 at MCA

Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP), in association with MCA Stage, presents JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance, three distinct programs featuring a host of extraordinary foot drummers and percussive arts masters. Tickets go on saile Monday! You can purchase tickets here.

JUBA! is the culminating event of Rhythm World, the oldest and most comprehensive summer festival of tap and percussive dance in the world.

Aug 1: Solitary Soles & New WorksOpening night features solos by the masters and monsters of American tap including Lane Alexander, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Jason Janas, Derick K. Grant, Sam Weber, Yuji Uragami, and more. Program and performers subject to change.

Aug 2: The Growing Circle
Tap dance is a global phenomenon with some of its greatest practitioners centered in Tokyo. Yukiko’s Misumi brilliantly recreates and re-imagines many American tap classics through her ARTN Tap Dance Company while Yuji Uragami has transformed the art form aesthetically and technically. These pace setters are joined by BAM!, FootworKINGZ, Jump Rhythm Jazz Project, MADD Rhythms, and more. Program and performers are subject to change.

Aug 4: Juba - Masters of American Tap
An evening of new works, new concepts, and new collaborations. This program will feature some of the tops in tap including Derick K. Grant, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Sam Weber, Michelle Dorrance, Jason Janas, Yuji Uragami, and more. Program and performers are subject to change.

Upcoming Chicago Human Rhythm Project Events

If you're up for some unusual entertainment, check out the Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP). CHRP is our country's premier organization specializing in concert tap and contemporary percussive dance, and it's based in Chicago. Kurman's president has long been a fan and supporter. A former tap dancer (and tap teacher!), Cindy thinks that everyone in Chicago (and beyond) should experience CHRP often. Here's their lineup.

Winter Tap JAMboree!
Come take classes with CHRP’s world class faculty from Feb. 5 – 7, 2010 at the Fine Arts Building (410 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago). The weekend event offers three days of masterclasses as well as classes designed just for teachers.

All tappers 18 years and younger should consider auditioning for the Leo Harris Tap Scholarship Program. $20,000 in scholarships to CHRP’s summer festival will be rewarded.

Events for the weekend include a Tap Jam Friday night, a tap video talk and student showcase on Saturday and a faculty panel discussion on Sunday.

You Be The Judge
Closing out the weekend JAMboree on Sunday Feb. 7, you can help judge in the Leo Harris Tap Scholarship Audition. Come and vote for one winner to receive a $1,000 scholarship to attend CHRP’s summer festival, RHYTHM WORLD, from July 26 – August 8, 2010.

Billy Elliot in Chicago
BILLY ELLIOT the Musical is back in Chicago. The musical begins performances at the Ford Center/Oriental Theatre (24 West Randolph Street, Chicago; 312-902-1400) on March 18. Billy Elliot has been named “Best Musical of the Decade” by Time Magazine.

CHRP is honored to have the dance captain from the Chicago production of Billy Elliot be a guest judge for the Leo Harris Tap Scholarship Audition.

For more information about these events, please visit http://www.chicagotap.org/ or call (773) 281-1825.

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