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Annette
On 18 June 2022, our 130 participants came to Brindleyplace, Birmingham, for a mass extravaganza of tap dance!
– tappinin2022.com
Part of the Birmingham 2022 Festival and Birmingham International Dance Festival
In the summer of 2022 I joined the Tappin’ In team in the West Midlands as one of the professional tap dancers and assistant to the choreographer. A memorable experience.
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Confirmed: Sir Bruce Forsyth CBE trained at the Buddy Bradley Dance School
Finally, I’ve found the details that confirm what I’d suspected that, like many other British film and television stars of the mid-twentieth century, Bruce Forsyth had trained at the Buddy Bradley School of Dance in London. Other stars who were coached by Buddy include Jessie Matthews, Jack Buchanan, John Mills and Audrey Hepburn. Many ballet dancers were also coached by him, including Dame Alicia Markova, but I’ll come back to that another time.
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Happy to announce that I’m the Musical Director and Band Fixer for the 2022 swing dance theatre tour of Swing Sister Swing
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In 2020 I teamed up with Artistic Directors, Lindy Hop/jazz and swing dancers Nancy Hitzig and Cat Foley of Swing Sister Swing and we partnered with Young Music Makers on Feel That Rhythm, an exciting jazz dance and music project commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War.
On Saturday the 5th December 2020 we streamed a live performance of our final piece – Covid restrictions did not stop us! You can still watch it on the Young Music Makers Facebook Page.
As of December 2021, I’m on a PhD Postgraduate Research in Performing Arts programme… Once again, I’m a student!
I’ve started full time doctoral research on a studentship from the University of Wolverhampton as part of the Black History of British Musical Theatre project led by Dr Sarah Whitfield and Sean Mayes (the book: www.bhbmt.co.uk/ and the blog: bhbmt.org). The focus of my research will be on uncovering the choreographic work of Buddy Bradley and finding out, in what way his dance practice was significant to the development of dance in the UK.
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Sunday 10th October 2021 – Marsden Jazz Festival
Accompanied by her wonderful band, Annette brings the exciting, improvisational atmosphere to the performance stage.
I brought my new, one hour jazz tap set to life on the stage at Marsden Jazz Festival with my new quartet and closed the festival with a bang!
Note: band renamed Annette Walker and the Rhythmaticians in 2023
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Mark Friday 11th June 2021 in the diary!
I’m happy to announce that after more than a year of the entertainment industry being largely shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, things are not only looking brighter with things starting to opening up but I have my first gig of 2021!
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PUTTING TAP DANCE RESEARCH IN THE SPOTLIGHT
I’ve been a steering committee member since its inception in 2019. Below are abstracts for the TDRN UK panel discussions I’ve presented in for conferences:
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I’m pleased to announce that I’m on the Advisory Panel for the Review of Jazz in England commissioned by the All Party Parliamentary Jazz Appreciation Group (APPJAG).
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