Event

Unlocking the TAPestry

Unlocking the TAPestry is an original tap show created by Tap 24.7's Artistic Director, Suzy Guarino-Hall. With a cast of 70 dancers, it features performers from Arizona's tap company Tap 24.7, special guests Gregg Russell and his company from Tap Sounds Underground, World Tap Dance Champion Kyle Van Newkirk, Kelsey Rose Young and the Detroit Tap Repertoire, and tap dancers from all over the country with ages ranging from 9 through adult. Choreographers for the show include, Suzy Guarino-Hall, Jenefer Miller, Kyle Van Newkirk, Kelsey Rose Young, Leah Silva, and Gregg Russell.

The show is about 3 groups of tap dancers competing in a video game called The TAPestry. They choose a song to perform to based upon the category chosen for them by a computer named Roberto. The dancers have 3 levels by which they are scored: Timing, Accuracy, and Performance (TAP). The first group to reach the highest score on all 3 levels wins! But, there are a few challenges that Roberto creates along the way which prove to be tricky, and some deviations by the groups make this game very unpredictable.