ACIA GRAY

MASTER CLASSES WITH  ACIA GRAY Saturday, June 27th Technique 12:30pm - 1:45pm Combination 2:00pm - 3:15pm $25 per single class $40 for both Classes will be held at DJ's Dance Studio 1219 Brumlow Ave., Southlake

As soloist, choreographer and master teacher, Acia Gray has toured extensively across the U.S. and abroad to include England, Ireland, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Spain, Brazil, Canada and Austria. In 1989, she co-founded Tapestry Dance Company in Austin, TX with Deirdre Strand and currently serves as Executive/Artistic Director as well as the Artistic Director of The Soul to Sole Tap Festival. A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts/NYC, Ms. Gray has shared the stage with such tap greats as Lon Chaney, Chuck Green, Steve Condos, Brenda Bufalino, Donald O’Connor, Fayard Nicholas, Buster Brown, Savion Glover, Gregory Hines, Jimmy Slyde, Sarah Petronio, Dianne Walker and many others. Ms. Gray was inducted as a premiere member of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame and was nominated for a prestigious Alpert Award in the Arts as well as being a choreographer chosen for the 2003 NEA National College Choreography Initiative. Her critically acclaimed book and Amazon.com category bestseller The Souls of Your Feet – A Tap Dance Guide for Rhythm Explorers is available at all major bookstores and has been translated in the Czech Republic.  Ms. Gray also served on the NEA funded Steering Committee for the National Tap Plan, recognized as a leader in the field in Lynn Dally’s UCLA event Women In Tap and is the current Board President of the International Tap Association.  Ms. Gray is currently touring her work The Souls of Our Feet – A Celebration of American Tap Dance through the National Endowment for the Arts American Masterpieces: Dance Initiative and was recently awarded the Third Coast Rhythm Project’s “Legacy Award” and honored as the “2008 Texas Tap Legend”  by the Dallas Dance Council.

Inspired by the ideas of Dianne Walker, the not for profit Legacy Tap Project was established for the purpose of preserving historical tap choreography and technique through education, documentation and performance.  Everyone in the tap community is welcome to join us each Wednesday as we explore further the historical tap pieces that we have brought to the D/FW area.