The Jazz Dance Collective is an organisation that is making JAZZ HISTORY the foundation of its practice. Jazz was created by African Americans, emerging at a period to liberate the people from the pain and inequality of the New World. It was born out of oppression but gave great freedom to the wider African diaspora, working through pain and hardship using skill and joy. Jazz enriches and frees the soul.
News about Annette’s AHRC-LAHP scholarship for PhD research on Buddy Bradley at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama from October 2023.
The Improvisers’ Workshop is a Guildhall School group focusing on creative jazz improvisation, approaching the jazz ensemble as a malleable vehicle for contemporary composition. This performance will feature tap dancer Annette Walker. Walker’s invitation to feature in this concert is inspired by Geri Allen’s composition ‘The Dancer’, and a live performance with Allen’s trio and tap dancer Maurice Chestnut in 2009 (Geri Allen & Timeline Live).
Annette Walker presents a follow up to her initial March 2021 presentation about a forgotten choreographer of British musical stage and screen, Buddy Bradley.
August 2023: 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 to Brecon Jazz
DATELEAP (2021): 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.
Annette’s new solo tap show debuts at the Albany on 6 July 2023! Free-flowing storytelling about Will Gaines with improvised tap dancing by Annette accompanied by Alex Ho on piano, followed by a tap jam with live music by The Rhythmaticians.
Annette presents a talk about the history of tap dance with footage. This is the final day of a programme of Tap Dance Day events curated by Petra Haller from 19 to 25 June.
2nd TDRN UK Research Festival: There will be a programme of online events on Wed 21 & Thu 22 June 2023 as well as an in-person event on Sat 24 June 2023 at Dancehouse in Manchester, UK
An evening of jazz-inspired sacred music by Duke Ellington and Michael Tippett, including instrumental standards performed by Phoenix Big Band.
