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Tap Attack Bristol 7th December 2008

Tap Attack will return to Bristol for the day on 7th December, a great way to finish of the dance year. Experience 4 different classes with 4 of the UK's top dancers.

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 09:19:16

Tap dance workshops 2008 UK Teaching faculty

Junior Laniyan
Junior Laniyan has appeared on stage as Pete Spivy in Blues for Mr Charlie for the Tricycle Theatre and Dinner with Bono in the London Eye, the UK tour of Master Juba. As a guest dancer he has appeared in New York on Tap and Cross Currents Turned on Tap at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Robbie Williams Live at the Royal Albert Hall, Feet Fusion Tap Concert in Finland as well as Riverdance.
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Tarik Winston
Tarik Winston trained at the Professional Children's School in New York and has been a professional performer since the age of seven when he appeared in New York at Radio City Music Hall in "Porgy and Bess".

Tarik went on to be featured in the Tony Award winning revue "Black and Blue" and "High Rollers Social Pleasure Club" on Broadway, he also played the title role in the ''The Tap Dance Kid". Tarik choreographed and appeared in London as the tap dancing star of the internationally renowned production of "Riverdance".
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Bret Jones
Bret Jones has worked extensively as dancer and actor. Theatre Credits include Hot Shoe Shuffle, Fred Astaire – His Daughter’s Tribute, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Half A Sixpence, Shall We Dance and Astaire/Rogers Tribute Show.

Bret also performed in An Evening with Harold Nicholas, starring the legendary Harold Nicholas of the Nicholas Brothers.
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Dean Magri
Dean Magri has been a professional tap dancer and choreographer for twelve years. He has worked extensively in TV and theatre; theatre credits include Hot Shoe Shuffle, Tap Dogs and Tap Dogs Re –Booted.
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Jo Scanlan
Jo Scanlan completed her training at The Centre of Performing Arts obtaining Fellowship status with the ISTD. Jo has continued to study tap in America training in residence and privately with Heather Cornell, Dr Henry Le Tang and Dr Bunny Briggs, as well as master classes with Arthur Duncan, Dick Van Dyke, Fayard Nicholas and Jason Samuels Smith.
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Graeme Henderson
Graeme trained as a dancer, worked mainly as an actor and has now become a choreographer.

He was in the orginal David Merrick version of 42nd Street at Drury Lane in 1984 as an ensemble member and later went on to play the leading role of Billy Lawlor opposite Catherine Zeta Jones. 
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Nick Yeoman
Nick Yeoman started performing at the age of six doing both television and stage work.

His stage work includes Christmas shows over the past nine years; acting and dance roles in shows like Mame, Showboat, South Pacific and Half a Sixpence. His television credits include Casualty, Bath Blitz, Paul Daniels, Nil by Mouth, Joking Apart, Vaulting Ambitions (documentary) and also radio work for various plays, and the Children’s Royal Variety Performance. He has toured internationally with Tap Dogs and was featured in the BBC’s tap dance ardent shown between programmes daily.
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James Doubtfire
James Doubtfire trained at North Hens College Hitchin, for 2 years. After leaving, he performed extensively across the U.K and Europe as Dancer/Dance Captain. He then went on to perform in musicals, including U.K tour of 42nd St , the first U.K tour of Me and My Girl with Gary Wilmot, An Evening with Gary Wilmot, An Evening With Sondheim, U.K and Australian tours of Hot Shoe Shuffle, playing the role of "Tip. James has toured with "Tap Dogs" for the past 9 years performing as Dancer/Dance Captain and also acts as Assistant Resident Director for the company.
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Jamie Read
Jamie Read has been teaching tap for over ten years, and has a style mixing American Tap with Irish and Spanish influences. As a performer he has played leading roles in Spirit of The Dance, Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Salad Days, Hard Times The Musical and many others. He has also appeared regularly on film and TV, including being the feet of more than 30 dancers in the movie The Boys From County Clare!
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Ian Waller
Ian Waller left Laine Theatre Arts in 1991. He can now be found in the cast of Spamalot (Palace Theatre). Other Theatre credits include Resident Choreographer on Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace). As dance Captain, Miss Saigon (UK Tour), The Full Monty (UK Tour), My Fair Lady (Drury Lane), West Side Story (Prince Edward and UK Tour), Tommy (Shaftsbury), Peggy Sue Got Married (Shaftsbury), Hot Shoe Shuffle (UK Tour), Eating Raoul (Bridewell), Me and My Girl (UK Tour), Scrooge (Manchester Opera House).
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Jason Di Mascio
Jason trained at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts, where he gained an Honours Diploma and the first of his teaching qualifications. During his final year at college he appeared in "42nd Street" at the Drury Lane before moving on to spend eleven years appearing in the West End and was an original cast member on many shows.
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