POP UP Class with Luke Hickey

Name: POP UP Class with Luke Hickey
Start: 2026-06-15T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-15T19:30:00-04:00
Location: The Barrymore Hotel Tampa Riverwalk

Schedule

Mon Jun 15 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

The Barrymore Hotel Tampa Riverwalk | Tampa, FL

Luke Hickey will be popping in to Tampa! Don’t miss your chance to dance, June 15th 6:00-7:30pm. We are hosting an open tap class for intermediate to advanced dancers with the incredible Luke Hickey!
This class is open to the public and will accept walk ins, $25 at the door.
📍 located at The Barrymore Hotel in Downtown Tampa
⭐️Luke Hickey, “never unmusical” (New York Times), is a NYC based tap dancer, choreographer, teacher and actor hailing from Chapel Hill, NC, and was named by Dance Magazine among their “25 to Watch” in 2020. Hickey began studying at the age of seven with his lifelong mentor, Gene Medler. Hickey spent 10 consecutive seasons studying and touring with the internationally acclaimed North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble (NCYTE). In addition to the his study with Medler, he is also an alumnus of the School at Jacob’s Pillow and Pace University NYC (BA Film & Screen Studies, BA Communications Studies, cum laude). Since 2018, Hickey has been a company member of MacArthur Fellow, Michelle Dorrance’s acclaimed company, Dorrance Dance.
His choreographic career began with the debut of his evening-length work, “A Little Old, A Little New,” which premiered at the world famous Birdland Jazz Club. The work later traveled to Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Battery Dance Festival, the Joyce Theater’s season at Chelsea Factory and headlined the American Dance Festival’s fall series in 2022. Hickey’s newest solo project is “Strike,” his percussion ensemble which has played The Glade at Little Island and Birdland Jazz Club. With Dorrance Dance Productions, he and longtime collaborator Elizabeth Burke are currently touring their work, A Swing Suite, now into 2026 across the United States.
Hickey is very passionate about teaching and educating the next generation of tap dancers. He has been on faculty at Harlem School of the Arts, guest faculty at STEPS on Broadway, and tap dance festivals around the world. ⭐️