Symphony Space (Venue Partner)
2537 Broadway
212.864.5400
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Roxane
- When
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Friday Apr 16, 2010 (8:30pm)
Saturday Apr 17, 2010 (7 & 9:30pm)
- Where
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Directions: Subway: 1,2,3, B, C trains to 96th Street (two stops from Times Square on 2,3 trains). Bus: M104 up- or downtown to 94th Street; M96 crosstown to Broadway
- Price
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$25; Day of Show $30; Members $20
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Underground tap-dance icon Roxane Butterfly is joined by a stellar cast of tap artists, including French Guiana native and Urban Tap founder Tamango, to pay homage to her mentor, tap-master Jimmy Slyde. The performasnce will also include excerpts from Butterfly's film Hoofalogies. While you watch the show, enjoy a glass of wine and a light evening meal in the intimate cabaret atmosphere of the Leonard Nimoy Thalia.
Ms. Butterfly has been an instrumental force in helping transform the stereotypical presentation of tap in the contemporary performing arts world. Linking her performances with social justice issues such as domestic violence and immigration, her uncommon career has led her across North and South America, Canada, all around Europe, West and North Africa, Asia and the Middle-East, Russia, and the Indian Ocean.
From busking in New York City, to hoofing with Bartabas' horse at the Theatre de Suresnes in France, to the Teatro Zinzani spiegeltent show in Seattle, her north-african tap-fusion has been internationally acclaimed by both the music and dance critics. She was selected as one of the "25 Best" by Dance Magazine in 2002, and her company's repeated appearances at Symphony Space owed her to be mentioned among the five most innovative dance artists of the 2004 season by Backstage Magazine. She is the only woman tap dancer to have received a Bessie Award.
