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North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble

Founded in 1983 by Gene Medler, the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble is a non-profit company that represents all that is good about participation in the arts by young people. Selected by audition each year, the young dancers have risen to an unprecedented level of performance skill that has been lauded across the nation and abroad. The company serves to: entertain and inform audiences about the universal nature of percussive dance; preserve tap, an indigenous American dance form, and its cultural origins; embrace the percussive dance forms of other cultures; explore and support the cutting edge of contemporary choreography; give company members the opportunity to perform and be recognized for their contribution to the quality of our lives. The ensemble makes regular appearances at the Chicago Human Rhythm Project and was featured in the PBS documentary Juba! Master of Tap and Percussive Dance. They have also appeared at the New York City Tap Festival, the St.

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Tappers with Attitude 2/19/06: Tappers with Attitude

Tappers with Attitude, founded in 1991 by Yvonne Edwards and Renee Kreithen, and under the artistic direction of Victoria Moss, presents dancers ages 8 to 18 from Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. The group promotes tap dance as a percussive art with an emphasis on the jazz tradition.

Tappers with Attitude

Tappers with Attitude, founded in 1991 by Yvonne Edwards and Renee Kreithen, and under the artistic direction of Victoria Moss, presents dancers ages 8 to 18 from Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. The group promotes tap dance as a percussive art with an emphasis on the jazz tradition.

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