Heather Cornell / Manhattan Tap
Toronto, Canada

Performer and a teacher of the following courses:

• Tap with a Swing
• Tap improv & Music Structure
• Secrets of Rhythm Tap
• The Walk Around/Coles Stroll
• Tribute to Eddie Brown
• Lecture: Tap Legends

A master teacher, artistic director and choreographer of Manhattan Tap, one of the leading tap ensembles active in New York for many years. Ms. Cornell has been credited with pioneering a new style of tap choreography for the concert stage. She has been featured in shows with many of her mentors: Charles "Cookie" Cook, James "Buster" Brown, Chuck Green and Eddie Brown and has also worked with Jimmy Slyde, Honi Coles and Gregory Hines among many. Dancers in Bring in Da Noice Bring In Da Funk, Cool Heat Urban Beat, Tap Dogs and Stomp have studied in her professional training program She will expand your view of tap dancing. The performances by Ms. Cornell are visual music, as demonstrated by her breathtakingly smooth performance accompanied by the renowned Finnish Jarmo Savolainen trio in Helsinki 2001.

Fall 2004 the company Manhattan Tap had an extensive tour in Europe presenting a Tribute to the late bass player Ray Brown. We will have a great pleasure to see a part of that repertoire at the Beat City masters tap concert this year

HEATHER CORNELL on New Yorkilaisen Manhattan Tap- ryhmän taiteellinen johtaja ja koreografi. Cornellin esityksiä on kutsuttu visuaaliseksi musiikiksi. Hänen esityksensä Jarmo Savolainen trion kanssa Helsingissä 2001 oli henkeäsalpaava elämys.