Legacy 36 Presents FOREVER LINKED Starring The Legacy Dancers

Legacy 36 presents 'FOREVER LINKED' starring THE LEGACY DANCERS, a line of former Rockettes in an evening that celebrates the art of precision dancing. Special Guest: MURIEL BRADSHAW, former Roxyette Directed and Choreographed by Mary Six Rupert Saturday June 9th at 6 PM Schimmel Center at Pace University, 3 Spruce Street (accessible by subway via the A,C,2,3,4,5,J or Z to Fulton Street (William Street exit), the R to City Hall (Broadway exit), the 4,5,6 to Brooklyn Bridge (Brooklyn Bridge exit). By bus: the M1, M9, M15, M22, M102 to Brooklyn Bridge/City Hall stop) Tickets: $30; $15 for students & children Reservations: 212.346.1715 or www.SchimmelCenter.org

Former Rockette Mary Six Rupert is proud to present "Forever Linked," a tap dance extravaganza that celebrates the history of precision dance from The Tiller Girls to The Rockettes, with special guest, 92-year old Muriel Bradshaw, a former Roxyette, the precision dance troupe at the Roxy Theatre. (The Roxyettes opened Radio City Music Hall in 1932 and later changed their name to The Rockettes.) The tap feast will also feature speaker Sandra Bryant, descendent of a Tiller Girl, the first precision dance troupe started in England in the late 1800s. Hosts for this 6th annual presentation of Legacy 36 are founder/director/choreographer Mary Six Rupert, who performed as a Rockette for thirteen years and is currently a professor of tap at Wagner College.

Ms. Rupert will co-host the show with Bruce Michael, former VP and Creative Producer of The Rockettes, and currently the Executive Director of The Space at Westbury. One performance only, Saturday June 9, 6 PM, at Schimmel Center at Pace University, 3 Spruce Street.

Former Rockettes Kimberly and Katherine Corp will once again act as co-dance captains and performers, joining a company of tappers and specialty dancers that includes: Tomlee L. Abraham, Mark Mindek (stilt dancer, often appearing in Metropolitan Opera productions), Maris Wolff (3-legged dancer), Sarah Litchty (toe-tap), Griff Braun, Mary Braun Rupert, and 5-year old Henry Braun in a new "family tap dance." They join the line of Legacy Dancers: the glamorous identical twin Corp sisters, Dottie Belle, Stephanie Bishop, Linda Bloom, Courtney Copper, Jennifer Lee Crowl, Mandy Evans, Mary Kane, Donna Kapral, Cassandra Palacio and Phoebe Pearl.

MARY SIX RUPERT created Legacy 36 because of her passion for preserving, choreographing,and presenting the art of precision dance. Mary performed as a Rockette for 13 years, was dance captain of the Radio City 60th Anniversary Show national tour, and assisted Joe Layton in directing and choreographing the Ann Margret show at Radio City and on tour.

A native of Dallas, Mary began performing at age 2 1/2 with a song and tap routine to "How Much is That Doggy in the Window." In addition to her 13 years as a Rockette, she performed in productions of "42nd Street," "Gypsy," "Singin' in the Rain," "My One and Only," and "Can Can" with Chita Rivera. She also had the great pleasure of performing a tap duet with Harold Nicholas at the London Palladium.

Mary has taught master classes in Vienna, Paris, Bayreuth, Fukuoki, Fairbanks, and in NYC at Steps, Broadway Dance Center, and Bridge for Dance. She is currently professor of tap and jazz at Wagner College. In 2016, Mary introduced a program that continues at Mount Sinai Hospital for disabled patients, and was the subject of an August 2017 feature article in the New York Daily News. In her program, called "Tap Dancing Hands Down," Mary teaches the students to tap with their hands, wearing special gloves with taps attached. The class is the first and only one of its kind in Manhattan. www.legacy36.com

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