TAP SUNDAYS

NORTH SYDNEY TAP CLASSES Evolution Performance Centre- THE TAP PROJECT

10am-11am Adults Beginner/Intermediate

This is a fun class with a focus on dancing to Jazz music. This wouldn’t be suitable for someone who has never tap danced before but only a few weeks in an introductory class would be sufficient to reach the level. In the future I hope we can offer an introductory class at the start of each term. The class is also suitable for our more “experienced and wise” members -I can adapt choreography for your needs.

11am- 12pm: Intermediate 13+ years old

Perfect for young dancers (13+) looking to advance their skills and for adults eager to challenge themselves. This class emphasises musicality and technical development.

As our community grows, we aim to establish a performance team and offer opportunities for younger members to progress into the Tap Project Company.

If enrolment allows, we may split into two groups to better cater to various skill levels.

We are gathering Interest for these classes. Please email thomas@thomasjegan.com.au for full details.

THE TAP PROJECT TOUR

Save the date! - January 2025

Sydney, Melbourne, Bathurst, Coffs Harbour, Wollongong, Newcastle, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Adelaide, & Canberra

The Tap Project Tour travels professional choreographers and tap dancers around Australia to provide a unique tap dance experience. The experience offers the advancement of skills, access to the most high level of choreography, and a connection to a like-minded community of dancers.

The tour happens national wide every year in January. The mentors are different depending on the city, with Jack and Thomas Egan spearheading many of the venues. Workshops are for ages 9-17 with Adult classes available after the main event in only some locations. Students get split into groups based on level and they will take classes individually and together. The day will conclude with a performance by the students and the mentors! These workshops are designed for students who have done the basics of tap and wish to progress their skills but also for students that are very advanced who wish to be inspired and challenged.

As always there will be an emphasis on learning from Australian leaders in the art form of tap with a focus on musicality, technique, and appreciation for the culture and history.

Single Classes: $45.00

Full workshop: $80.00

MONDAY NIGHTS

NORTH SYDNEY TAP CLASSES - THE TAP PROJECT

8:00pm-9:00pm Intermediate Advanced

This is a class designed for the tap community, for aspiring young dancers or professionals.

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Jack Egan

Jack has been an influential member of the Australian tap community for over a decade, paving the way for the development of professional level tap dancing in Australia. His work with young Australian dancers has brought his choreography across the world for competitions and further training. He has achieved World Champion choreography for the IDO World Tap Dance Championships in Germany representing Australia but recently his passion for tap dance has extended into The Forge Tap Project, an initiative promoting youth tap dance and furthermore recent performances such as Alpha - a Forge Tap Company event.
He has been a part of tap groups such as The Tap Pack, Three Feet of Beat and One Big Blur performing internationally to audiences as well as on numerous prestigious cruise ship companies such as Royal Caribbean, Norwegian and Europa. He is also an accredited Judge for the International Dance Organization (IDO), judging at the prestigious IDO World Tap Championships in Riesa, Germany in 2014 & 2016.

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Nathaniel is thrilled to re-join the touring cast of Tap Dogs where he has performed in Europe, Asia, Bahrain, UAE, Australia and South Africa over the past 7 years. He is a founding member of Street Feet Entertainment and The Australian Tap Company and is an integral part of The Tap Tour. Nathaniel appeared in the animated film Happy Feet 2 as a featured tap dancer. He has also performed with Beat the Streets, Street Feet Entertainment and The Next Step alongside some of Australia’s best commercial dancers and tap dancers alike. His most recent performances with the Tap Dogs in Australia were: The Lord Mayor’s New Year’s Eve party at the Sydney Opera House, The NRL Dally M Awards and the Virgin Blue 10th Anniversary Celebration. Nathaniel has been teaching and adjudicating tap dance both nationally and internationally for the past 11 years and shows that he has a great passion for sharing his love and knowledge of tap dance. He has been a member of the faculty at the past two Australian Tap Festival’s and The Sydney Tap Festival in 2017 and has just finished teaching the advanced residency at the Sydney Tap Festival in April this year.

Thomas J Egan

Thomas Egan is a choreographer, creative and tap dance performer from Sydney Australia. Thomas is sought out as a soloist and his choreographic work. He has performed with Tap Dogs (touring France, Singapore, Hong Kong, UAE, China and Australia), Singing’ In The Rain, Fame The Musical, Baz Luhrmann’s ‘The Great Gatsby”, Kylie Minogue, Timomatic, X-Factor, Australia’s Got Talent, Young Peter Allen in The Boy From Oz, Charlie Bates in Oliver and TVC’s for So You Think You Can Dance. He is a creative on the show ‘The Tap Pack’, nominated for two Green Room Awards, Spirt Of The Fringe Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and a Dance Award. The show has had seasons on the West End in London, Beijing, Berlin, toured extensively in Australia and is about to embark on a U.S Tour with Columbia Artists. Thomas founded The Forge Tap Project, an initiative that creates projects including but not limited to workshops, masterclasses, choreography and dance films for youth. With The Forge he mentors a group of 20 youngsters based in Sydney growing their tap skills and creating material. He also founded The Australian Tap Dance Company, a professional tap company that collects inspiring Australian talent to present engaging works. He credits his training to Sharon Lawrence (his Mother), Barbra Lynch, Chris Horsey, Paul Davis, the Victorian College Of The Arts and the many instructors in the U.S in which he has traveled for training many times. Find out more on IG @TommyJTap and thomasjegan.com.au.

Emma Wickham

In 2016, Emma successfully auditioned for Sarah Reich’s Tap Music Project Summer Intensive, received a scholarship for LA Tap Festival and appeared in Chloe Arnold’s Syncopated Ladies ‘Run The World’ video. As a regular participant of the Australian Tap Dance Festival, Emma has had the opportunity to be trained and inspired by international tap dance performers such as Melinda Sullivan, Michelle Dorrance, Ayodele Casel, Sarah Reich, Jason Samuels Smith, Derick K Grant, Jessie Sawyers, Chloe Arnold and the one, and only, Ted Louis Levy. Whilst constantly working towards strengthening her own tap skills Emma’s goal is to create equal opportunities for female tappers within Australia. She founded Footnotes in 2015 and is continuing to inspire and create opportunities for current and future female tap dancers.

Michaella Mead

Michaella was a cast member of The Forge Tap Project's Industry Professional performance of Alpha, she has been a roaming performer in The Luna Park Tap Show, she was an assistant teacher with the very first The Tap Tour Australia, she did a year of weekly sessions with Girls on Tap and she is a current member of the Australian Tap Company. Michaella's other passion is working with children. She is currently studying to become a fully qualified Family and Community Services worker and down the track, she would love to combine her 2 qualifications and set up a programme that would enable her to share her love of dance with children that might not normally get the chance to dance due to circumstances out of their control.