"The Oscar Peterson of hoofing"
Heather Cornell's
20th Anniversary
NYC Rhythm Tap Intensive Workshop
with live music
"Back to our roots - Jazz"
Dates: July 12 - 23, 2010
Location: Flamenco Vivo, 4 West 43rd Street, 8th Floor
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Or to download a registration form
The 20th Anniversary Celebration - 20 Students only
In honor of the 20th year of this event, Heather has decided to make the intensive more intense, by limiting the enrollment to 20 grand slam participants. The goal, as always, is to create a learning environment that nurtures individual development while at the same time developing strong community. Registration is open now for any past participants. If the 20 slots are not filled by April 1st, then enrollment will be offered to the general public.
If you are ready to get serious about your career in tap, then you need to spend some serious time at this workshop with Heather Cornell, Artistic Director of Manhattan Tap. Heather is one of the foremost rhythm tap teachers in the world today and she teaches only once a year in NYC. This is it: a 60 hour intensive over 2 weeks featuring individualized tap instruction and collaboration with live musicians. Heather has a teaching philosophy that challenges dancers to experience the creative process and to explore and mature their own artistic style. Her classes are not about imitation, they're about creation.
An intensive workshop is different than a festival. Festivals offer limited exposure to several dance instructors, who may or may not pick you out of the crowd. At Heather Cornell's Rhythm Tap Intensive you will get the same individual attention that Heather offered her company members and dancers in her professional training program for two decades. Heather's students and company members have gone on to further professional careers with shows such as Stomp, Noise/Funk, Riverdance, Tap Dogs, Beat the Donkey, and Imagine Tap. Others have gone on to create their own companies such as Rumba Tap (Max Pollak), Tapage (Olivia Rosenkrantz), Urban Tap (Tamango), Worldbeats (Roxanne "Butterfly") and Tapaholics (Michael Minery).
"Living and working in Ireland can be very isolating . . . Heather's courses are a great way to re-establish the link into the tap family. I came home with a renewed sense of confidence and that feeling of 'anything's possible'." Diane Richardson, Director of Tapestry, Ireland
2010 INTENSIVE SCHEDULE
Back to our roots - Jazz" (Professional Performance Workshop)
Heather has over 20 years of experience in collaborating with world reknowned musicians on original music for tap. Her most notable full evening collaborations were with bassist Ray Brown, drummer Lewis Nash, Keith Terry & Crosspulse, Bob Telson and Chango Spasiuk, Leon Parker, and for 15 years with Manhattan Tap's music director, Keith Saunders. Heather premiered her solo show Finding Synesthesia, a collaboration with pianist/composer Andy Milne with Rufus Cappadocia (cello) and Malika Zarra (persian and jazz vocals) at the London Jazz Festival in November, 2007 and repeated that show at the Salzburg Jazz Festival in Nov. 2008. The review in the UK publication "The Stage" said, "Most dancers and choreographers find inspiration in music, but not many commune with it as intensely as Canadian tapper Heather Cornell." Don't miss this opportunity to work with her.
Back to Jazz: Heather cut her teeth on jazz collaborations. In honor of this anniversary, we will revisit the many faces of jazz by collaborating with some of the best musicians in NYC. Heather will teach this course in collaboration with these musicians so that you discover the skills necessary for improvising, choreographing and performing with live music. Heather is expert at moving dancers from the classroom and readying them for the stage.
"This experience was life-changing for me. We learned to speak "jazz". It was much different from any class I had ever taken. Heather pushed us to focus our dancing in a new light. Suddenly, creating our own rhythms was no longer intimidating, but simply part of what we do - as tap musicians. Heather created a path to another level of improvisation and tap dancing. It was really fun to work at this level - comfortably." -Jenefer Miller, Phoenix, AZ
Monday-Friday, 3 hours per day, 4 hours on Friday.
Morning Technique Class
A solid two hour class each day to develop basic tap skills for working with music both improvisationally and choreographically. You will learn music and tap vocabulary and explore new and traditional choreographic ideas. You will be challenged to develop an individual style by exploring weight shifts, musical phrasing, aural and visual dynamics, intonation and counterpoint. As always in Heather's classes, the course will be tailored to you and your needs. In this class you will go back to the basics, both by tapping and by playing percussion.
"I think the most memorable thing for me was the opportunity to experiment in a nonjudgmental environment with the support of teacher, musician, and student. Being in a setting where we could ask so many questions made for great learning." Dayna Szyndrowski, Canada
July 12 - 16, WEEK ONE, Monday-Friday, 2 hours per day.
Eddie Brown "Lost Routine #5" - premiere
Eddie Brown was a very important friend and mentor to Heather. She spent many years studying privately with him and he created a solo for her entitled "Eddie's Sounds". Eddie performed with Manhattan Tap at the Village Gate Jazz Club in NYC in 1990, marking the first NYC performance for him in almost half a century. Heather assisted Eddie in workshops around the world including Paris and Portland, OR.
Heather has about 50 hours of video tapes of her private sessions with Eddie Brown. She is constructing routines from the "lost steps", those steps that went by in the sessions but never landed in a dance, assisted in this process by Canadian dancer Dayna Syzndrowski. In this class you'll be the first to learn our "Lost Routine #5". We will work patiently, enthusastically and specfically to give each individual a chance to enrich their own artistic path with the wisdom of a great master. This work is guaranteed to change your technique and phrasing!
"Her dancing is a visual and aural link to some of the great tap masters." (The Sunday Mercury, Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
July 19 - 23, WEEK TWO, Monday-Friday, 2 hours per day.
Music Worshops
Get a chance to speak directly to the musicians and to ask all those questions you've always thought were too stupid. Sometimes we talk, sometimes we dance, sometimes we play....depends on you and your questions, and on the musicians and how you inspire them to share their knowledge and creative thoughts.
Teacher: TBA
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1 1/2 hours per day.
2010 Class Schedule
Tap Classes: Heather Cornell Music Classes: TBA
| Mon | Tues | Wed | Thurs | Fri |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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July 12 10:00-12:00 Technique 3:00-6:00 Workshop |
13 10:00-12:00 Technique 12:30-2:00 Music 3:00-6:00 Workshop |
14 10:00-12:00 Technique 3:00-6:00 Workshop |
15 10:00-12:00 Technique 12:30-2:00 Music 3:00-6:00 Workshop |
16 10:00-12:00 Technique 2:00-6:00 Workshop |
|
July 19 10:00-12:00 EB Lost Routine #5 3:00-6:00 Workshop |
20 10:00-12:00 EB Lost Routine #5 12:30-2:00 Music 3:00-6:00 Workshop |
21 10:00-12:00 EB Lost Routine #5 3:00-6:00 Workshop |
22 10:00-12:00 EB Lost Routine #5 12:30-2:00 Music 3:00-6:00 Workshop |
23 10:00-12:00 EB Lost Routine #5 2:00-6:00 Workshop |
2010 Location...
Studio: Flamenco Vivo, 4 West 43rd Street, 8th Floor, Manhattan
A Note About Registration...
There will be only 20 grand slam slots available and no single class participants. Because of this, there will be no discounts or refunds. If you commit to a spot, and find that you need to cancel, your spot will go to a dancer on the waiting list. If there is no waiting list then you will be responsible to fill your spot. No drop-ins.
All registered participants will receive email confirmation of registration by July 1, 2010. Please give a phone or email address where you can be reached up to one week prior to the start of the workshop. You will be contacted in the event of a change of schedule or studio.
Registration Information
You can print out a registration form and send it with payment to:
Rhythm Tap Intensive Workshop with Heather Cornell
P.O. Box 571
Valley Cottage, NY 10989
Private Salons Available!
First Salon Sept. 13 - 17, 2010
Registration now open
Student limit: 5
Throughout the year, week-long private "salons" with Ms. Cornell are available for
selected students in groups of 1 - 5 dancers. This year the residencies can take place at Heather's studio 30 minutes north of Manhattan.
You will work intensely for a minimum of 20 hours. You know how you learn best and so you can take this opportunity to set up your optimum learning environment - small group, privates, duet? Either way, you come ready with your own questions and ideas. The focus is on you!
For Workshop or Private session Information:
Email: hcornell@manhattantap.org -- and please leave your phone number, in case we can't reach your email!
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PO Box 571
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