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

Thu 6 July 2023, 7-9pm
The Albany and Annette Walker present,
Rhythm Tap Tales: Chapter 1 – Remember Bebop Hoofer Will Gaines
The Albany, Douglas Way, London, SE8 4AG
£Pay-What-You-Decide

Produced by Annette Walker & the Albany

Annette is the most recent winner of Pizza & Pitches, which provides funding to projects pitched (and voted for) by our local community.

–the Albany (2022)
Screenshot of The Albany listing for Annette Walker's Rhythm Tap Tales - Remembering Bebop Hoofer Will Gaines, 6 July 2023
Trailer for Rhythm Tap Tales – Chapter 1: Remembering Bebop Hoofer Will Gaines

Video clips from the event

Improvised tap dancing to Shiny Stockings accompanied by Alex Ho. The Frank Foster composition was made popular by Count Basie Orchestra who Will Gaines performed with.
Annette with her students perform Bojangles’s Doin’ the New Low Down at the Rhythm Tap Tales Tap Jam. Tap dance repertoire classes by Annette Walker’s Rhythm Tap Workshop 2023 were supported by Jane Goldberg’s Changing Times Tap Initiative 2022-2023
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