If your Broadway dreams include improving and refining your tap skills, The NYC Tap intensive  is the place to make those dreams come true. Tap, a uniquely American art form honing both the musicality and movement skills of the dancer. Joffrey’s NYC Tap  program has been curated to connect the past to the present and delve  into the future of this art form. Classes will include tap fundamentals and historic forms , contemporary techniques, and the cutting-edge new styles. Artistic Director Jo Matos  brings more than 35 years of dance instruction and choreography experience, 12 of those with the Joffrey Ballet School. 

Students will learn the history of tap, as well as gain insight into its future. Daily classes are designed to perfect tap technique, and expand the student’s knowledge of tap repertoire. A tap improvisation class will encourage students to experiment with their own movement and sound ideas. The NYC Tap  intensive is designed to give the serious tap student the full picture of what tap was and has evolved into in the 21st century. Small classes will provide the students individual, personal attention, directed corrections and the opportunity to pick the brains of the Tap Masters.