This tap dancing REALTOR had a really amazing time on Tuesday night. There is an awesome Jazz Workshop every Tuesday at Page’s Loft in Northampton and this week it was a tap dance jam, too!
Morriss and I had gone to the workshop a few weeks ago and while signing an email form I mentioned to the organizer that I wished there was a wood floor because their music made me want to sit in as a tap dancer. I was so excited when he told me that there was a tap workshop coming up.
This Tuesday Morriss and I excitedly arrived at the venue in time to see most of the headliners, Tap and Tray and the Fool (their performance name) made up of two tappers from Germany, Kurt Albert and Klaus Bleis and Josh Hilberman of Boston. They were fantastic, smooth and fun and oh so cool in their complicated rhythms. Here they are performing “Buck and Wing”:
After their performance the workshop jam began and the floor was opened to other performers. I was really intimidated and scared to tap, but I also knew that I would really regret it if I didn’t. I was chatting with Sharon Arslanian and she brought me to the floor and next thing I knew I was performing!
It has been a very very long time since I danced in public, much less performing improv, but what a rush! I shared the song with Stefanie Weber (my maiden name!) and we took turns sharing our renditions. She is an amazing performer and has some really cool projects going on.
We didn’t get any video of me dancing on Tuesday, but here is a short video I posted awhile ago:
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