PRESS QUOTES
ABOUT HEATHER CORNELL. . .
Her signature style...musically sophisticated and deliciously languid...indolent and dazzling at the same time.- Village Voice, New York
Her dancing is a visual and aural link to some of the great tap masters.
- The Sunday Mercury, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Heather Cornell maintains a relaxed and low-key style that is beautiful. Totally unpretentious, her artistry and talent prevail.
- Banff Daily, Alberta, Canada
Cornell was another revelation-rarely does the eye meet the ear with such satisfaction.
- Edmonton Journal
Her solos are a rhythmic miracle.
- Michael Crabb, National Post, Canada.
Mighty original, absolutely breathtaking.
- Backstage, New York
The Oscar Peterson of hoofing.
- Dierdre Kelly, Globe and Mail, Toronto, Canada
[Heather Cornell is] one of the best tap teachers in the world.
- Buster Brown
ABOUT A BROADWAY COMEDY (The Play What I Wrote). . .
The impeccably out-of-sync choreography...artfully spastic soft-shoe- The New York Times
ABOUT THE CHOREOGRAPHY. . .
[Cornell's choreography] explores so many genres of music and movement that the result is her own, indefinable idiom. It strikes the ear as a true dance and musical phenomenon. Nothing before has been quite like it. Perhaps nothing to come will be either.- The Chieftan, Pueblo, Colorado.
[In Excursion Fare, Ms. Cornell] bridges the gap between old and new style tap dancing, with dancing as intimately involved with the music as any tap solost and instrumentalist.
- Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times, New York
ABOUT MANHATTAN TAP. . .
...Manhattan Tap concentrates on what counts - the sound of tap dancing...excitingly they are always in dialogue with their own musicians...- Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times
...Manhattan Tap is the best advertisement tap can have: youthful, vigorous, and pleased to be performing...
- Sally Sommer, The New York Times
...grand percussive tour, really a sophisticated jazz concert with gorgeously mobile visuals.
- Elizabeth Zimmer, The Village Voice
...one wild dance troupe. Give them an audience and they just please the pants off them.
- Diedre Kelly, Toronto Globe & Mail
I knew that I was in for a rollicking time from the opening number.
- Jeannie Schulman, Backstage
The dancers related so easily to one another, sliding in, through and around the beat of the band.
- Barbara Leverone, Sarasota Herald-Tribune
...engaging performers and strong dancers...and as for their feet, there's no end to the smart things they say...
- Deborah Jowitt, The Village Voice
I can't wait to see them again.
- Hilary Ostler, The Westsider
One of New York's leading ensembles.
- The New York Times
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Valley Cottage, NY 10989
Email: hcornell@manhattantap.org
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