An intimate look at Tap Dance through the lens of one of the movers and shakers of the tap dance renaissance. During each show, Heather Cornell will invite a guest to join her for a lively discussion on Instagram at noon EST. Then shell hold a community gathering on Zoom where she will show private footage and hold a Q&A, joined by the guest of the week. Come ready to learn about this uniquely North American art form and ask all those questions that youve always been dying to ask. The first show will be Sunday, May 31st with Anthony Morigerato.Footage will include 20 years of Manhattan Tap, including shows with mentors Charles Cookie Cook, Chuck Green, Buster Brown, Eddie Brown, Steve Condos and internationally acclaimed musical collaborators, most notably bassist Ray Brown and the Manhattan Tap group, The Hardbop Trio. Heather will also be showing selections from her shows Finding Synesthesia (with Andy Milne and Malika Zarra), CanTap (with Travis Knights, Matt Shields, Dayna Szyndrowski, Tasha Lawson and Danny Neilson), Conversations (various casts), and Making Music Dance (with Andy Algire, Antonio Vilchez, Bobby Moses and Tony Romano) as well as clips from Manhattan Taps annual radio appearances on Around NY. She may even throw in a few cuts from her CD. Dont miss this incredible opportunity to engage in living tap history.About Anthony MorigeratoAnthony Morigerato is a tap dancer, producer, director, content creator, writer, and Emmy nominated choreographer. Anthony is the executive producer and artistic director for AM Dance Productions which has produced live theatrical performances and film in NYC since 2006. AM Dance Productions, short films includeThe Text(2015),The Subtext(2018),When Snow Falls(2020), andGreen Riot(2020). AM Dance Productions live theatrical shows includeAM Dance Project(2006-2008),Matt and Anthony(2009), andflood (in the dark corner)(2017).In 2019, Anthony was the creator and current content curator ofCODA, Break The Floors online dance competition scoring system that provides dancers with genre specific score sheets, homework video content to improve their performance, and data analytics. In 2014, Anthony founded and is currently the co-director, and content creator ofOperation: Tap, an online forum that is dedicated to immersing tap dancing into the publics consciousness. Anthony has worked as a tap dance teacher, performer, and adjudicator forNUVO Dance Conventionfrom 2010-2020, having worked over 300 tour dates and adjudicating over 75,000 dance routines.As a performer, Anthony was a soloist and member of Michael MinerysTapaholics(2002-2012), a soloist and associate choreographer for Stacey TookeysStill Motion, and a soloist for various tap dance festivals, benefits, industrials, seminars, and performances since 1999. He has appeared as a choreographer and/or a performer on television shows includingThe Tony Danza Show(2005),Americas Got Talent(2009),The Arsenio Hall Show(2013),So You Think You Can Dance(2013-2018- Emmy Nomination 2016).Anthony holds the world record for most tap sounds in one minute having made 1,163 sounds. Anthony is an accomplished dancer in all disciplines, having trained at Marymount Manhattan College, where he performed the works of Robert Battle, Elizabeth Higgins, Jiri Kylian, David Parsons, Katie Langan and William Soleu. Anthony currently serves as an adjunct professor at Marymount Manhattan College. He has recently done choreographic residencies at Marymount Manhattan College (2014, 2016, and 2019), Pace University (2019), and is an artist in residence at the American Tap Dance Foundation (2020). Anthony is currently the co-artistic director forAmerican Tap Festivaland continues to travel as a teacher and choreographer for dance organizations, festivals, competitions, theater schools, and dance studios all over the world.About Heather CornellHeather Cornell is a Canadian artist based in Valley Cottage, NY. She is Artistic Director of a number of music/dance companies, most notably Manhattan Tap and CanTap. Recent projects: Making Music Dance with Andy Algire, Finding Synesthesia with Andy Milne (commissioned by London Jazz Festival), "Tap & Traps" with Jessie Stewart and Conversations (commissioned by Capilano Univ). A leader of the rhythm tap renaissance in NYC in the 80s and 90s; dubbed the Oscar Peterson of hoofing Globe & Mail, Toronto; known for her collaborations with world-class musicians; mentored by jazz icon Ray Brown; choreographed for Broadway and numerous shows and companies worldwide; featured internationally at jazz, music festivals, theaters, clubs, TV, annual live radio on WNYC; her love is to teach artists to be bilingual in music and dance. Heather is grateful for her mentors who inspired her with their living history and their passion, keeping them vulnerable in a difficult world. If music is the universal language, then improvisation is the conversation that heals.
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