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Brecon Jazz Festival 2023

Annette Walker presents Jazz Tap Dancing featuring Gary Crosby on bass

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

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DateLeap (2021)

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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.

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Changing Times Tap Dance Initiative (2022-2023)

MOVE IT 2023 Call and Response Tap Dance Workshop group photo with teacher Annette Walker

Funding announcement for Annette Walker’s Tap Dance Programme, Autumn 2022

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Rhythm Tap Tales – Chapter 1: Remembering bebop hoofer Will Gaines

Poster: Annette Walker's 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.

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Annette Walker TAP NEWS

Launching Annette Walker TAP NEWS, a brand new e-newsletter for updates on my tap classes, workshops, shows, talks and more!

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LDIF23 Dance Inside the Music – World Premier

Soweto Kinch, Lee Payne and Annette Walker - Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage

Catch Annette Walker holding her own on stage with Soweto Kinch, Lee Payne, Freddy Houndekindo and Cameron McKinney for the world premiere of Dance Inside the Music at launch of the Let’s Dance International Frontiers 2023 on 29 April 2023.

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Rhythm Tap Workshop Monthly

Pineapple Rhythm Tap Workshop April-July 2023

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.

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Annette Walker and the Rhythmaticians

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Accompanied by her wonderful band, the Rhythmaticians, Annette Walker brings the exciting improvisational atmosphere to the concert stage

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Goldsmiths Performance Research Forum: Restoring the story of Buddy Bradley

and his contribution to British dance practice Presenting my PhD research about the previously popular but now unacknowledged Black choreographer, Buddy Bradley, at Goldsmiths Performance Research Forum Wednesday 2 November 2022 6.45pm George Wood Theatre, Goldsmiths, University of London, New…

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Pizza and Pitches Party

I won the Albany’s Pitches and Pizza Party £1000 for my Rhythm Tap Tales project pitch.

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