North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble

Rhythm…funk…innovation…excitement: that’s the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble (NCYTE). One of the best youth tap ensembles in the world, NCYTE features 40 dancers, ages 8 to 18, who hail from throughout North Carolina. Don’t let the word “youth” fool you. These dancers tear up the
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Percussive Dance Review with NCYTE

Program description
K – 12th: North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble Presents Percussive Dance Review
This non-stop percussive dance review carries student, family and adult audiences into a wide world of percussive dance. The performance is peppered with stories, history, and facts about the forms presented. The performance includes pieces ranging historically and geographically from traditional rhythm tap, South
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Program Detail
Year-round
Day or evening; weekends okay
Hardwood surface, preferably at least 30′ x 30′; company can offer Lecture Demonstration in smaller space and provide hardwood surface
Theater and school
$850 per performance when in area; $750 per performance for multiple performances, same day, same site when in area
EDUCATION STANDARDS
Integrate and evaluate information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend more fully when reading or listening.
Use a variety of thinking skills to analyze and evaluate dance.
Understand cultural, historical, and interdisciplinary connections with dance.
Understand how to use performance values (kinesthetic awareness, concentration, focus, and etiquette) to enhance dance performance.
Qualifications
References
Brian Bemel, Performances To Grow On, 805-646-8907, bbemel@sbcglobal.net
St. Thomas Moore School, 919-929-1546
Martin Middle School, 919-8814970