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The Next Step &#; Meet the creatives

Craig Adams

Composer/Arranger and Musical Director.

New Work: ‘Therese Raquin’, Finborough Theatre/Park Theatre, London; ‘Soul Music’ Rose Theatre, Kingston; ‘Lift’, Soho Theatre, London/NY – WhatsOnStage nomination for Best Original Score (Lift is now being licensed all over the world, productions include: Mexico, New Zealand, Korea and California.) ‘Pinocchio’ & ‘ Dalmatians’, Castle Theatre, Wellingborough; ‘Defect’, Arts Educational, – still in development with a Korean production planned for ; ‘Othello’ and ‘The Tempest’ Stafford Shakespeare Festival, & ; ‘Pack’ and ‘Hindle Wakes’, Finborough Theatre. As an arranger and musical director Craig has worked on numerous concerts/musicals and albums. Some include: Kerry Ellis (Self-titled new album); No Space for Air & Rush of Life (Julie Atherton); The Franks; Lift – Original Concept Album; Therese Raquin – Original Cast Album. He is currently working on a commission for Theatre Royal Stratford East called ‘Sinking Water’, a new chamber musical about the life of Archibald MacIndoe – ‘The Guinea Pig Club’ with Andrew Doyle and ‘Shadowthief’, a piece of Dance Theatre for Children.

Shay Barclay

Choreographer

Shay trained at Bird College of Dance, Music & Theatre Performance, Musical Theatre & Performing Arts. Brit School of Performing Arts. Shay is a driven artist who seeks variety, with a focus on developing choreographically. Mixed with his passion, athleticism and originality, which he intends to bring to an ever-expanding and exciting theatre industry.

Shay Barclay is known for The Little Mermaid (), Cinderella () and Cats ().

Warren Carlyle

Choreographer

Warren is a Tony Award winning Director/ Choreographer: most recently choreographed the Tony Award Nominated revival of The Music Man starring Hugh Jackman and Sutton Foster at The Winter Garden Theater. Tony Award nomination for Best Choreography. Conceived, directed and

Our highly-skilled, caring, and professional staff has many years of dance and teaching experience. Our staff is committed to providing the best dance experience for the professional dancers and performing artists of the future.

DORMESHIA SUMBRY-EDWARDS  &#; TAP

Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards has been apart of almost every major Tap movie or show that has appeared in the history of tap dance since the 80&#;s. Accolades include an Astaire Award for Best Performance in After Midnight on Broadway, Bessie Award for Outstanding Performance, The Hoofer Award from The American Tap Dance Foundation, Best Actress nomination in the lead role in the award-winning Independent film &#;The Rise and Fall of Miss Thang&#;, and appearing as the cover story for Dance Magazine. In addition Mrs. Sumbry-Edwards continues to appear as a special guest for shows and festivals around the world. She was elected to the Advisory Board as the Tap Advisor for Dance Magazine and the official Tap Spokesperson for Capezio along with her family, with features in their international advertising campaign. Mrs. Sumbry- Edwards was also the private tap instructor to the iconic Michael Jackson over the course of 11 years.

Dormeshia’s career includes acclaimed runs on Broadway and off-Broadway in shows such as Black and Blue, the Tony Award Winning Bring In Da’Noise, Bring In Da’Funk, International Tour of Bring in Da’Noise, Bringin Da’Funk (dance captain/principal dancer/understudy to the lead role), and Imagine Tap! (featured soloist). Other performances include the national tour of Wild Woman Blues and Debbie Allen’s SAMMY (the life and times of Sammy Davis Jr.). Film credits include “TAP” with Gregory Hines, Spike Lee&#;s “Bamboozled” (Assistant Choreographer), and “The Rodgers and Hart Story: Thou Swell, Thou Witty”. Choreography credits include Michael Jackson&#;s music video “Rock My World”, Apollo Club Harlem (tap choreography) and the Sophisticated Ladies which is featured weekly at the world f

The Bessies: New York Dance and Performance Award Recipients

New York Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies
Produced in partnership with Dance/NYC

Monday, October 15, at 8 pm
Apollo Theater
West th Street

Hosted by Elizabeth Streb.

Special performances by Trisha Brown Dance Company and Souleymane Badolo.

Award Presentations by Marina Abramovic, luciana achugar, Ronald K. Brown, Brenda Bufalino, Archie Burnett, Stuart Hodes, Kevin McKenzie, Bebe Neuwirth, Charles Reinhart, Rokafella, David Thomson, Wendy Whelan.

"The scale and reach of this year's ceremony, and the range of artists represented, demonstrate the vitality and promise of dance in New York City," says Lane Harwell, Director of Dance/NYC and Chair of the Bessie Steering Committee.

AWARDS

NEW YORK DANCE AND PERFORMANCE AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

For his pioneering work as modern dance's original maverick, helping to re-imagine what was possible in dance; for creating a unique dance language that is both lyrical and muscular, dynamic and humane; for having the courage and commitment to follow his own compass, creating new works for six remarkable decades, the Bessie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance goes to PAUL TAYLOR.

The Bessie Selection Committee is thrilled to honor Paul Taylor with the Bessie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance. For nearly six decades Taylor has been inventing movement and creating dances which delight and challenge the audience. Starting in , Taylor was one of the early radicals reimagining the ways that that one might use dance to communicate ideas. The Bessies salute him as a pioneer who helped reshape the landscape of American dance.

Paul Taylor is the last living member of the pantheon that created America's indigenous art of modern dance. At an age when most artists' best work is behind them, Mr. Taylor continues to win public and critical acclaim for the

“Speak: Tap & Kathak Unite” is yet another in a growing list of entertaining shows conceived in an it’s-a-small-world spirit of togetherness — one that links kathak, the centuries-old classical dance of India, and tap, the fusion dance form created in America by Africans kidnapped into slavery.

Thanks to a smart concept and some exciting moments, the program running through Saturday at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica is a sunny break from our me-first fractured world.

India’s Hindustani classical music tradition and American jazz were equal partners at the performance Thursday, and the excellent musicianship was one of the best parts of “Speak.” The show updates an earlier kathak-meets-tap program, “India Jazz Suites,” which starred two indisputable masters of their art, Pandit Chitresh Das and Jason Samuels Smith.

“Speak” is rather lopsided. Tap dancers Michelle Dorrance and Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards are thrilling performers, full-bodied and muscular, imaginative with their tapping and extraordinarily nuanced musically. Kathak dancers Rina Mehta and Rachna Nivas were students of Das (who died in ) and are dedicated performers. They are not, however, at the same high level as their sister dancers.

While a shortcoming, this imbalance does not torpedo the show. Divided into seven sections, “Speak” is structured so everyone alternates in the spotlight. Jayanta Banerjee on sitar, vocalist Vaibhav Mankad and tabla player Satyaprakash Mishra performed sitting up on a platform stage left, while pianist Carmen Staaf, bassist Tabari Lake and drummer Allison Miller accompanied at stage right. In one section, they formed an ensemble for an imaginative original composition by Banerjee and Miller, with breaks for each to improvise. The musical focus was jubilantly tossed back across the stage.

The dancers leaned into this spirit of playful competition and cultural comparison. Sum