A History of Tap Dance Practice in the Dance Studio: Examining the Buddy Bradley Method A paper based on chapter 1 of my PhD thesis presented at 3 conferences in 2025.
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Conferences in 2025
Tagged with: 2025, buddy bradley, education, phd research
Posted in All News & Announcements, Awarded Funding & Scholarships, Education & Teaching, Events, Past, Phd: Buddy Bradley, Presentations, Projects, Research & Publications
Posted in All News & Announcements, Awarded Funding & Scholarships, Education & Teaching, Events, Past, Phd: Buddy Bradley, Presentations, Projects, Research & Publications
Jazz Dance Collective: Launch Event
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.
Tagged with: 2024, authentic jazz dance, dance, education, event, jazz, JDC, tap dance, uk jazz dance
Posted in All News & Announcements, Dance Classes, Education & Teaching, Events, Other Workshops, Past, Projects, Tap dance
Posted in All News & Announcements, Dance Classes, Education & Teaching, Events, Other Workshops, Past, Projects, Tap dance
Buddy Bradley: PhD Research with LAHP funding
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.
Tagged with: 2023, 2024, 2026, funding, news, phd research
Posted in All News & Announcements, Awarded Funding & Scholarships, Events, Past, Phd: Buddy Bradley, Projects, Research & Publications, Research projects
Posted in All News & Announcements, Awarded Funding & Scholarships, Events, Past, Phd: Buddy Bradley, Projects, Research & Publications, Research projects
Contextualising Buddy Bradley’s work in British Film
Annette Walker presents a follow up to her initial March 2021 presentation about a forgotten choreographer of British musical stage and screen, Buddy Bradley.
Tagged with: 2023, buddy bradley, online, TDRN UK
Posted in All News & Announcements, Education & Teaching, Events, Past, Phd: Buddy Bradley, Presentations, Projects, Research & Publications
Posted in All News & Announcements, Education & Teaching, Events, Past, Phd: Buddy Bradley, Presentations, Projects, Research & Publications
Changing Times Tap Dance Initiative (2022-2023)
Tagged with: 2022, 2023, class, tap class, tap dance, USA
Posted in All News & Announcements, Awarded Funding & Scholarships, Education & Teaching, Projects, Tap dance
Posted in All News & Announcements, Awarded Funding & Scholarships, Education & Teaching, Projects, Tap dance
Rhythm Tap Tales – Chapter 1: Remembering bebop hoofer Will Gaines
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.
Tagged with: 2023, gig, rhythm tap tales, rhythmaticians, tap, tap dance, the albany, will gaines
Posted in All News & Announcements, Awarded Funding & Scholarships, Events, Past, Projects, Tap dance
Posted in All News & Announcements, Awarded Funding & Scholarships, Events, Past, Projects, Tap dance
Rhythm Tap Workshop Monthly
The Rhythm Tap Monthly Workshop is a series brought to you by the Annette Walker Tap Dance Programme, for learning tap dance through a foundation of jazz and rhythm with an understanding and appreciation of its historical context and lineage.
Tagged with: class, tap dance
Posted in All News & Announcements, Dance Classes, Education & Teaching, Events, Projects, Tap dance, Upcoming
Posted in All News & Announcements, Dance Classes, Education & Teaching, Events, Projects, Tap dance, Upcoming
Pizza and Pitches Party
Tagged with: 2022, rhythm tap tales, tap dance
Posted in All News & Announcements, Awarded Funding & Scholarships, Events, Past, Projects, Tap dance
Posted in All News & Announcements, Awarded Funding & Scholarships, Events, Past, Projects, Tap dance
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
