Chicago Tap Summit 2024

M.A.D.D. RHYTHMS’ CHICAGO TAP SUMMIT RETURNS OCTOBER 4 - 6 WITH A WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMANCE BY ANDREW CARR AND ADDITIONAL EVENTS

The 2024 Chicago Tap Summit Offers Three Days of Dance, Discussion, Classes and Performances and Celebrates The Tap Dance Community

CHICAGO -, Chicago’s premier tap collective, is proud to announce the return of the and concludes with the world premiere from Company Member Andrew Carr, “To Love You All Ways,” October 4 - 6 at the Harold Washington Cultural Center, 4701 S. King Dr. (47th Street entrance) and additional events and appearances. Tickets go on sale for the Chicago Tap Summit and “To Love You All Ways” Tuesday, Sept. 3 at MADDRhythms.com.

The 2024 Chicago Tap Summit welcomes participants from Chicago and around the world for three days of dance, discussion and classes celebrating the tap dance community with instructors Ian Berg, Nora Clark, Megan Davis, Ja’bowen Dixon, Martin ‘Tre’ Dumas III, Jay Fagan, Reggio ‘The Hoofer’ McLaughlin, Carmen Paquette, Nico Rubio, Sarah Savelli, KJ Sheldon, Molly Smith, Mr. Taps, Karen Callaway Williams, Pamela Yasutake, Mark Yonally plus the entire M.A.D.D. Rhythms’ family including Ivy Anderson, Bril Barrett, Andrew Carr, Starinah “Star” Dixon, Alexandrya Fryson, Sterling Harris, Caleb Jackson, Donnetta ‘Lil Bit’ Jackson, Case Prime, Davon Suttles and William Wims.

This weekend also includes a world premiere performance of “To Love You All Ways,” choreographed by Company Member Andrew Carr, Saturday, Oct. 5 at 7:30 p.m.

Andrew Carr’s world premiere, “To Love you All Ways,'' is a deep dive into the

intersecting and interchangeable nature of love by way of expression through the outlet of percussive dance and music. “Every number in the show represents a new story being told, each taking a closer look into the countless avenues of love and human interaction that we observe in our everyday lives,” said Carr. “Whether it is the young, playful love that we encounter at the beginning of our lives, the shared love expressed within a community over mutual interests or the infatuation

that we experience with a partner or even a crush. Everyone has given or received love at one point in their life and this show is about taking the concept of love and turning it into a journal entry with the stage and the dancers becoming the pen and paper. Even though the end of each piece may symbolize the end to one story on the surface level, the stories and authentic interactions that we experience as humans will allow these stories to live on forever.”

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