Music Director for Swing Sister Swing’s Spring 2022 theatre tour
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Swing Sister Swing
Tagged with: 2021, 2022, band, dance, jazz, music, music director, Piano, theatre
Posted in All News & Announcements, Events, Piano, Projects, Theatre, Film & TV, Upcoming
Posted in All News & Announcements, Events, Piano, Projects, Theatre, Film & TV, Upcoming
Feel That Rhythm
In the autumn of 2020, I worked with Swing Sister Swing and 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.
Tagged with: 2020, class, dance, jazz, music, music director
Posted in All News & Announcements, Education & Teaching, Events, Other Workshops, Past, Projects, Tap dance
Posted in All News & Announcements, Education & Teaching, Events, Other Workshops, Past, Projects, Tap dance
Remembering Bebop Jazz Hoofer Will Gaines
Presentation and panel discussion remembering Bebop Jazz Hoofer, Will Gaines. With guests Andrew Nemr and Junior Laniyan.
Tagged with: 2020, dance, education, history, hoofer, improvisation, projects, tap, tap dance, TDRN UK, will gaines
Posted in All News & Announcements, Events, Past, Research & Publications, Research projects, Tap dance
Posted in All News & Announcements, Events, Past, Research & Publications, Research projects, Tap dance
Tap Dance Research Network UK (TDRN UK)
“TDRN UK provides a space for researchers, artists, academics, and practitioners to share knowledge, information, and research around Tap Dance.”
I joined the steering committee from its initial formation in May 2019.
Jazz Verse Jukebox
In February 2019 I was invited as a guest artist to Jumoké Fashola’s Jazz Verse Jukebox at Hoxton Hall (London, UK) and was thrilled to close a fabulous evening of poetry and jazz.
Swinging at the Cotton Club
‘Swinging at The Cotton Club’ is the action-packed show celebrating the music, dance, and songs of the Cotton Club – New York City’s legendary nightclub of the 1920s and ‘30s. I joined the cast as a guest solo tap dancer…
Old Kent Road Tap Dance Company
Watch the promo video of Old Kent Road’s Fall Out following our debut performance at The Place’s Resolution! in February 2015.
For more information about the company please visit Avalon Rathgeb’s contact page
Black Sheikhs
In 2016 I joined dancer/choreographer Jessica Murray and dancer Matt Coghill in a new live music and dance show. With music played by the pop and rock vintage jazz style band, The Black Sheikhs, there’s tap dance, Lindy Hop and comedy. For the show I’m excited to have dusted of my shiny silver, LaDuca Roxie tap shoes to pay homage to Ann Miller’s Too Darn Hot tap routine complete with a hot pink costume with tassels, a pair of long pink gloves and a fan!
Tagged with: 2016, dance, event, gig, shows, tap, tour, warner leisure hotels
Posted in All News & Announcements, Events, Past, Tap dance, Theatre, Film & TV
Posted in All News & Announcements, Events, Past, Tap dance, Theatre, Film & TV
Kicking The Mic
In 2016 I joined Kicking The Mic with Laura Kreifman of Guerilla Dance Project.
BITES: Remix
It was great to return to The Albany in Deptford for Upswing and The Albany’s BITES: Remix. Amongst the wonderful acts of Unusual Circus Fusions I performed a rhythmical collaboration with the talented percussionist and vocalist, Devaki Thomas, on a…
