The Lads From TAP DOGS
The show originally started with six men from Newcastle, New South Wales, a steel town north of Sydney, Australia. Olivier Award-winning choreographer Dein Perry headed the team with designer/director Nigel Triffitt, and composer Andrew Wilkie and created TAP DOGS.
The show is now a well known reinvention of tap for the New Millennium.
TAP DOGS was the instant hit of the Sydney Theatre Festival where it had its world premiere in January 1995 – it caused an equal sensation at the Edinburgh Festival later that year.
The dance spectacular went on to play to packed houses at Sadler's Wells in London; return tours of Australia; a West End engagement, for which Dein won a second consecutive Olivier Award in 1996 for his choreography; and an off Broadway, New York season in 1997. So far the company have won 11 International Awards including a Pegasus Award at the Spoleto Festival in Italy and an Obie in New York.
Some of the better known members of the cast include: Dein Perry, Sheldon Perry, Ben Read, Adam Garcia, Nathan Sheens, Ben Mayne, Drew Kaluski, Chris Horsey, Gil Stroming, Jeremy Fullam, Anthony's Blog Jeremy "the Rocket" Kiesman, Latty Cooper, Jason Kalish, Dean Margi, Nigel Long, Aaron Sweetman, Chris Ernest, Grant Turner, Pat Kaluski, Shane Preston, Matt Pappa, Tim Varney, Joshua Allen Cyr, James Doughtfire and Joll love.
Read more about this topic: Tap Dogs
Famous quotes containing the words lads, tap and/or dogs:
“Though lads are making pikes again
For some conspiracy,
And crazy rascals rage their fill
At human tyranny;
My contemplations are of Time....”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Anna who was mad,
I have a knife in my armpit.
When I stand on tiptoe I tap out messages.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“He turns agen and drives the noisy crowd
And beats the dogs in noises loud.
He drives away and beats them every one,
And then they loose them all and set them on.
He falls as dead and kicked by boys and men,
Then starts and grins and drives the crowd agen;
Till kicked and torn and beaten out he lies
And leaves his hold and cackles, groans, and dies.”
—John Clare (1793–1864)