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Posted on December 7, 2013 by Annette

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Dancing Jazz History: Black History Month 2024

Posted on October 4, 2024 by Annette

A Black History Month (UK) event celebrating Black women jazz dancers incorporating practice and theory with dance and music workshops, a panel discussion, and a jazz jam party. Featuring a keynote presentation about “resistance performance” by Constance Valis Hill.

Brought to you by Annette Walker, this event is supported by AHRC-LAHP, Coin Street, Jazz Dance Collective, Tap Dance Research Network UK and St John’s Waterloo

Saturday 26th October 2024

12 – 7pm (in person only)

At St John’s Church Waterloo and Coin Street neighbourhood centre, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain

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Who’s it for? Researchers, students, teachers, dancers, musicians, general public… anyone interested in jazz dance history!

Cartier Williams: Tap dance workshop in London

Posted on February 17, 2024 by Annette

Cartier Williams - 27 February 2024 - Annette Walker Tap Dance Programme - Jazz Dance Collective - Coin Street

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Whether you’re a hoofer or musical theatre tap dancer you’ll not want to miss this fantastic opportunity to attend a workshop in London with American hoofer, choreographer, filmmaker and actor, Cartier Williams!

Date: Tuesday 27 February 2024
Time: 1.30pm – 3.00pm
Price: £25 plus booking fee (limited places)
Venue: Colombo Centre, 34–68 Colombo Street, London, SE1 8DP

Brought to you by Jazz Dance Collective and Annette Walker Tap Dance Programme

Jazz Dance Collective: Launch Event

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Annette

The Jazz Dance Collective is an educational hub for Tap Dance, Authentic Jazz, and UK Jazz. The Collective brings together the knowledge of Jazz, encompassing both its history and practice. These three disciplines of Jazz dance link its foundation and evolution, providing a coherent line to educate the future generation. Members of the Collective join together in projects, sharing space and discussion.

Buddy Bradley: PhD Research with LAHP funding

Posted on January 6, 2024 by Annette

Outside view of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

(Posting this a few months late!) I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve been awarded an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded Research Studentship by London Arts & Humanities Partnership (LAHP) for PhD research at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama from October 2023. It’s for a project on Buddy Bradley.

AHRC-funded studentships are highly competitive awards and I’m super proud for making it through the intensive LAHP application process. I’m so grateful to have the support of supervisors, family, friends and generous acquaintances on what has so far been a very challenging journey.

I’m looking forward to a fresh start as a full time research student at Central which is where Judi Dench, Laurence Olivier, French & Saunders and Graham Norton attended amongst a long list of performers. Watch this space for news on my Buddy Bradley research.

Guildhall Improvisers’ Workshop: The Music of Geri Allen featuring Annette Walker

Posted on December 31, 2023 by Annette

Guildhall Improvisers' Workshop - Tuesday 5 Dec 2023

Tue 5 Dec 2023
7pm
Silk Street Music Hall, Guildhall School of Music and Drama,
Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DT

Guildhall Improvisers’ Workshop, directed by saxophonist and composer Trish Clowes, present a programme of Geri Allen compositions and newly devised music inspired by her distinctive versatility, exploratory musicality and educational legacy.

ARCHIVED EVENT

Tagged with: 2023, gig, improvisation, jazz, tap dance
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Contextualising Buddy Bradley’s work in British Film

Posted on August 29, 2023 by Annette

Online Talk Series - photo pf Buddy Bradley teaching in his studio

Other presentations and talks on Buddy Bradley and past events (2021-2022)

TDRN UK ONLINE TALK SERIES

Tuesday 29 August 2023

7pm – 8.30pm BST
Presentation and discussion on Zoom hosted by TDRN UK
By Annette Walker

In this visually engaging, online presentation, Annette Walker revisits and expands upon her original research on Buddy’s work and influence in musical theatre, film and television. She discusses the challenges of navigating racial tropes and stereotypes, shares the joy of meeting two of Buddy’s dance students (best friends now in their nineties), and reveals the journey from her first, 2021 presentation to a fully-funded, AHRC research studentship at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (2023-2027). The PhD project is titled, “Reclaiming Buddy Bradley: Black jazz dance and British musical theatre history”

Online recording available (below)

Brecon Jazz Festival 2023

Posted on August 12, 2023 by Annette

Annette Walker presents Jazz Tap Dancing featuring Gary Crosby on bass

Saturday 12 August 2023
5-6pm
St Mary’s Church in Brecon, Powys, Wales

Jazz tap dance & bass
Annette Walker (tap dancer, BBC Proms 2019) and the multi award-winning jazz bassist, Gary Crosby (Tomorrow’s Warriors) bring their eclectic blend of rhythms and jazz.

FULL REVIEW

Tagged with: 2023, festival, gary crosby, jazz, tap dance, wales
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DateLeap (2021)

Posted on August 6, 2023 by Annette

14 minutes

Starring Lee Payne, Annette Walker and Yvonne Campbell

Written, directed and choreographed by Jack Evans, DATELEAP has played at 13 film festivals around the world to bring tap dance to new audiences in cinemas. It’s now available to watch online FREE (best viewed on a big screen).

Tagged with: 2021, 2023, film, tap dance
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Changing Times Tap Dance Initiative (2022-2023)

Posted on July 29, 2023 by Annette

MOVE IT 2023 Call and Response Tap Dance Workshop group photo with teacher Annette Walker

The Annette Walker Tap Programme has been able to deliver tap workshops and apprenticeships to its young adult Tap Ambassadors and students with the support of the Changing Times Tap Initiative grant (2022-2023). Read the highlights below or the full report (on Google Docs).

Rhythm Tap Tales – Chapter 1: Remembering bebop hoofer Will Gaines

Posted on July 5, 2023 by Annette

Presented by The Albany & Annette Walker

Eeek! I’m so excited about my new solo tap show debuting in the Red Room at The Albany in Deptford, London, UK on Thursday 6th July 2023.

Part one: A relaxed sharing of the new solo storytelling tap show I’ve been developing accompanied by Alex Ho on piano

Part two: A jam with some of the top tap improvisers in the UK accompanied by my jazz quartet, The Rhythmaticians

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