The upcoming workshop in the 'Tradition In Tap - Series' will be dedicated to the work of 'Hollywood Tap Star' Ms. Miriam Nelson. The workshop is scheduled to take place in New York City on the weekend of November 9-11 2007. This workshop will feature original choreography taught by the master herself - Ms .Miriam Nelson, and honorary Tap Master Classes by leading tap artists: Ofer Ben, Karen Callaway Williams, Debbi Dee, Rusty Frank, Ray Hesselink, Melba Huber, Avi Miller, Germaine Salsberg, Prof. Hank Smith, Shea Sullivan & Dianne "Lady Di" Walker. The workshop is sponsored in part by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs & Dance Spirit / Dance Teacher Magazines, and will take place at Nola Studios in midtown Manhattan. The Participants Showcase will take place on Saturday Nov. 10, at The Theatre at St. Peter's Church, Citigroup Center. See the website for guidelines and application form. The workshop includes: - Three days of intensive tap experience. - Original Choreography created and taught by the 'Master' herself. - Honorary Master Classes by leading tap artists. - Participants Showcase. - Tradition In Tap - Award Presentation. - Tap History Talks. - Video Presentation. - Tap Technique. - 'Dance Teacher Recognizes' certificate (For Teachers Only). The workshop consists of: - Two separate adult programs for intermediate, advanced and professional levels. - Youth program for tappers age 10-13, exposing them to the genius of the masters. Tradition In Tap is proud to announce an expanded scholarship program, so that more aspiring tap dancers may attend The Miriam Nelson Tap Experience. Scholarships are made possible by funds granted by, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, 'Sponsor A Tap Dancer' program & Tradition In Tap - Advisory Committee. Please refer to the web site for more information and an application form. If you are interested in becoming a personal sponsor to a tap dancer in need, join our 'Sponsor A Tap Dancer' program and provide additional dancers with the partial or full tuition for a workshop in the Tradition In Tap Series. Extensive information and an online registration form is available now on the web site: www.TraditionInTap.org The workshop's poster will be sent out in few days - please be sure to update us with your current mailing address. Space is limited - register early! ------------------------------------------------------------------- Miriam Nelson - bio: The following Biography is from Larry Billman's book: Film Choreographers and Dance Directors An Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia With a History and Filmographies 1893 Through 1995 MIRIAM NELSON (née Franklin, later Meyers) b. Chicago, Illinois, September 21, 1922 Miriam began dance studies in her native Chicago and when her family moved to New York, she studied tap with Ernest Carlos at the age of 14. In a borrowed pair of toe shoes, she auditioned for Billy Rose's Casa Mañana, but instead made her professional debut with an act playing Troy and Schnectady. She eventually played the Casa Mañana and next, the Mayfair Club in Boston. After making her Broadway debut in 1938 in Sing Out the News, she went on to appear in Yokel Boy and Very Warm For May ('39), Higher and Higher and Panama Hattie ('40) and Let's Face It ('41), working with choreographers Robert Alton, Billy Daniel and Charles Walters and often selected to be line-captain. When her husband, Gene Nelson, joined the Signal Corps, Miriam went to Hollywood, where she signed an acting-dancing contract with Paramount and was featured in Double Indemnity and Here Come the Waves ('44), Duffy's Tavern and Incendiary Blonde ('45) and Naughty Nanette (a '46 short) and in Cover Girl ('44) and The Jolson Story ('46) for Columbia. First assisting Paramount dance director Danny Dare, she began choreographing and when Gene was signed by Warner Bros. to star in a series of musical films, she co-created many of his solo routines and coached Doris Day and his other female costars. Divorced from Nelson, she continued as one of Hollywood's busiest TV and film choreographers (along with her tap expertise, she specialized in staging party sequences), as well as being one of the pioneers of spectacular Arena show staging with Disney on Parade in 1969. As one of the founders of SHARE, she has staged and produced their annual fund-raising Boomtown shows for decades and, as a member of the Professional Dancer's Society (PDS) Board of Directors, she also co-produces and stages their annual tributes to dancers and choreographers. Widowed after her second husband's, producer Jack Meyers, death, she returned to the stage in longtime-friend Marge Champion's production of Ballroom at the Long Beach CLO in 1992. Juggling the roles of choreographer, tap instructor and lecturer, director and producer (as well as mother and grandmother), she is in the process of writing her autobiography. Additional information including a list of stage, movies, commercials and TV appearances is on Miriam Nelson's bio page. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Questions or comments: e-mail: MiriamNelson@TraditionInTap.org phone:1-646-383-4949 Tradition In Tap, Inc. www.TraditionInTap.org Postal Address: P.O.Box 1050 New York City, NY 10276, USA Phone: (646) 383-4949