‘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…
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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
Aeriella in Edmund The Learned Pig
Edmund the Learned Pig goes on a mini tour in 2015 starting with the Edinburgh Fringe. I play the role of Aeriella, an aerialist with vertigo (acting, dance, aerial silks, percussion).
Tagged with: 2015, acting, aerial-circus, shows, tap, theatre, tour
Posted in All News & Announcements, Events, Past, Theatre, Film & TV
Posted in All News & Announcements, Events, Past, Theatre, Film & TV
Gigs galore: Film, Circus, Music and Tap dance
Is it possible for me to learn a piano Latin jazz number, based on a Oscar Peterson version, and two songs in time for the debut performance of a new tap company? How about trying my hand at compering for a circus cabaret? Now seems like a good time to take on my first ever physically demanding, feature film job. And while I’m at it, why not throw in a couple of solo guest featured tap dance gigs? Let’s not forget about learning and playing the keyboard in a band for a music gig at the RFH. All in just over one month? Go!
Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concerts (2015)
February and March 2015 saw 2 Ellington Sacred Concerts just a week a part. Given that this is not a regularly performed concert and that I had only ever done one before it was a very unusual occurrence. Given that they fell in what became an insanely busy month here’s a little account of how they went.
A barrel of laughs: Part 2
On a European tour as one of the “American tap dancers” with the dance show, Magic of the Dance from 26 Dec 2008 to 24 Feb 2009.
A barrel of laughs: part 1
On tour across Europe as an “American tap dancer” with the Irish dance show Magic of the Dance from 26 December 2008 – 24 February 2009.
