'Tap Dogs' The Most Successful Tap Show Of All Time To Click At Arsht Center

A SIZZLING SUMMER SENSATION!
TAP DOGS
The most successful tap show of all time!

Featuring new choreography, brand new cast members, and veteran tappers!

June 30 - July 10, 2010
Tickets $40 to $50
Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House

TAP PUPS COMPETITION on June 19 --
Miami youth tap for a chance to perform on the Adrienne Arsht Center stage!

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County announced the special summer engagement of TAP DOGS, the high-voltage stage show that has wowed audiences worldwide with tap dancing and raw energy. TAP DOGS will take to the stage of the Adrienne Arsht Center June 30 - July 10, 2010 in the Sanford and Dolores Ziff Ballet Opera House. Tickets range from $40 to $50 and may be purchased through the Adrienne Arsht Center box office by calling (305) 949-6722, or online at www.arshtcenter.org.

On Saturday, June 19 the Adrienne Arsht Center will host a special TAP PUPS COMPETITION. Young tappers from throughout South Florida are invited to compete for the opportunity to perform onstage with the TAP DOGS on opening night! All dancers under the age of 18 are eligible to enter the competition, and should email tapdogs@arshtcenter.org for more information.

"The fierce and ferocious TAP DOGS ensemble combines the artistry of fabulous tap dancing with the thrill of a rock concert and has wowed audiences from down under to London's West End," said M. John  Richard, president and CEO of the Adrienne Arsht Center. "This newly revamped version will take South Florida's breath away with a spectacle for all ages!"

(M. John  Richard)

A rejuvenated TAP DOGS production is currently taking the world by storm in the unprecedented tap show that combines the strength and power of workmen with the precision and talent of tap dancing. The current production features several new dance numbers, new additions to the cast, plus veteran tappers for this special Miami engagement. The cast for the Adrienne Arsht Center engagement includes: Sheldon Perry, TAP DOGS veteran and brother of creator Dein Perry; Dean Magri and Nathan Sheens, also show veterans; and new additions Ryan Gifford, Mackenzie Greenwell, Travis Knights, and Dominic Mortezedah. Created by two-time Olivier Award-winning choreographer Dein Perry, with a construction site set by eclectic designer/director Nigel Triffitt and a driving score by composer Andrew Wilkie, TAP DOGS is rocking theatrical entertainment. Part theater, part dance, and part rock concert, TAP DOGS has been hailed as a rough, tough and rocking reinvention of tap.

Australian Dein Perry, creator and choreographer of TAP DOGS, has come a long way from the make-shift dance school in Newcastle, a steel town north of Sydney, where, as young boys, he and the future dogs learned how to tap. At the age of 17, with no opportunities in sight for a dancing career, he earned his union papers and worked as an industrial machinist for six years. He then moved to Sydney where he tried to break into show business. Small chorus parts in Broadway-style musicals led to Perry's big break when he was cast in the long-running Sydney production of 42nd Street. When it closed, Perry decided to create a contemporary show around the themes of his industrial experience with his Newcastle tap dancing mates.

With a small government grant, Perry contacted his old friends, who had also taken up various "real" jobs by this time, and formed Tap Brothers, an early incarnation of TAP DOGS. With this creative start, Perry was offered the chance to choreograph the West End musical, Hot Shoe Shuffle, which brought the group to London and earned Perry his first Olivier Award in 1995. A subsequent offer from the Sydney Theatre Company led to the collaboration with designer and director Nigel Triffitt, which resulted in the creation of TAP DOGS.

TAP DOGS was the instant hit of the Sydney Theatre Festival, where it had its world premiere in January 1995, and caused an equal sensation at the Edinburgh Festival later that year. Since then, TAP DOGS has become an international sensation, playing to more than 12 million people in 330 cities worldwide.

For more information, visit www.tapdogs.com.

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