Tap

Jason Samuels Smith is an established leader for Tap with accolades as Choreographer, Performer and Humanitarian. He received an Emmy, Dance Magazine Award, and American Choreography Award as well as grants/residencies supporting the development of new work. 

DeWitt Fleming Jr. is an acclaimed tap dancer, and has performed and taught throughout the world. He has danced as a soloist with Grammy award winning artist such as Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Mcferrin, and Christian McBride to name a few. New York Times says he is, “a non stop source of rhythmic variety and surprise….sparks seem to fly from those shoes!”  

Joseph C. Wiggan, native of Los Angeles, began tap dance with Paul and Arlene Kennedy. He is a 2003 Music Center Spotlight Award winner, 2004 Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and winner of the 2005 Princess Grace Award for outstanding artistic achievement.

Joseph performed in the american tour of Riverdance, tap dance musical Imagine Tap! (choreographed by Derick K. Grant), and toured France and abroad in Jerome Savary's musical comedy À la Recherche de Joséphine.

Bettye Morrow began performing at nine years of age in USO shows, and continued with extensive performing credits on Broadway, at Radio City Music Hall, in film and New York City night clubs.

Bettye has worked with noted choreographers Hanya Holm, Eugene Loring, and Robert Alton to name a few. She has worked with film great Gene Kelly and has danced and performed with Sammy Davis, Jr. before becoming a protege of "Bubba" Gains, famed Copacetics member.

Famous tap dancer, choreographer, and actor Savion Glover is the epitome of a living legend. Born in 1973, the tapping marvel has graced the stage since childhood. He set a record as the youngest person ever to receive a scholarship in the Newark Community School of the Arts. Before he was a teenager, Savion made his mark starring in the leading role in the Broadway musical The Tap Dance Kid.

Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Lisa LaTouche’s recent credits includes original cast member of Shuffle Along on Broadway choreographed by Savion Glover and directed by George C. Wolfe.

With the cast of Suffle Along, she appeared at the 70th annual TONY Awards, and Maya & Marty on NBC. She was the recipient of the Fred Astaire award for Outstanding Ensemble in a Broadway Show and the A.C.C.A. Actor’s Equity Award for Outstanding Broadway Chorus.

Melinda Sullivan is a highly sought out tap dancer and choreographer based in Los Angeles. Her mentors include the Jazz Tap Ensemble, Jason Samuels Smith, and the late Harold Cromer.

Best known from FOX’s So You Think You Can Dance, Melinda has a diverse career in dance, television, and theatre. After being the first tap dancer to make Top 10, Melinda went on appear as the first tap All-Star in Season 10.

Bob Boross is known internationally for his artistic excellence in jazz, tap, and musical theatre dance. Bob's theatre jazz dance teaching is influenced by his training with jazz dance pioneers Matt Mattox and Michael Owens, while his tap dance technique draws from a mix of a light, off of the heels Broadway style with an enhanced syncopation.  His classes impart a high level of technique, sensitivity to musicality and nuance, theatre dance style, and encouragement of personal expression and performance qualities.