Tappers Get a New York ‘Sound Check’
Brenda Bufalino, Barbara Duffy, and Tony Waag will be among the choreographers pitching in for the second annual “Sound Check” concert, staged by the American Tap Dance Foundation to show the breadth of tap in the United States. “Sound Check” will run for six performances April 14 to 18 at Dance Theater Workshop, 219 West 19th Street in New York.
The show is co-directed by Bufalino and Waag (who’s also the foundation’s founder and director), with musical direction by drummer Bernice “Boom Boom” Brooks. Performers will include the New American Tap Dance Orchestra, Harold Cromer, Barbara Duffy and Company, Cartier Williams, Middle Eastern dancer Ranya Renee, and flamenco dancer Aurora Reyes.
Tickets are $25 ($15 for students, seniors, and children). To order them, call
212.924.0007 or visit the venue’s website, www.dtw.org. (Tickets are $125 for the April 15 show, a benefit performance; for reservations call ATDF at 646.230.9564.) For more information, visit the foundation’s website, www.atdf.org.




