Thanks to your generous support, we have been able to create a 90 minute immersive tap dance performance piece, Tap..Rhythm…and Roll! which has toured to professional venues and in-studio conventions over the past year. The impact on audiences, particularly students, has been tremendous.

What is next?

Next steps -

1. To add live music! We are working with a fabulous drummer /vocalist to add this next component, and to create a second full length work which tells the trajectory of the tap shoe - from drums, to feet, to boots, to sand dancing, to bottle caps, to taps! Working title - Two on the Floor. As always, the goal is to educate and inspire and well as to entertain.

2.  To cast a wider net to presenters by joining the Association of Performing Arts Professionals and participating in their 2027 NYC conference.  This will enhance our visibility to presenters nationwide, and give us a huge boost in our availability to book our performances into professional venues.

How will the funds be used?

Funds raised will be used to commission live music to be composed and arranged, to rent studio space, and to pay some amazing tap dance artists, musicians, and videographers to create our second full length work - Two on the Floor.  And it will allow Measuring Time Dance Collective to join the Association of Performing Arts Professionals, get a space at their national conference, and showcase our performance to presenters from all over the country.

Singer and drummer RUBY LAKS has shared the stage with the likes of Edmar Colon, Chico Pinheiro, Mark Mothersbaugh, and Gerald Cannon.  Ruby has performed in intimate settings, like small jazz clubs and private events, along with world renowned venues, including Carnegie Hall, The Neuehouse Hollywood, 54 Below, and the Monterey Jazz Festival with the Women in Jazz Band.  She is currently studying at Oberlin Conservatory under the expertise of Billy Hart and La Tanya Hall.  She loves any and all opportunities to play music.

WARREN CURTIS is an artist and educator whose career has spanned Broadway National Tours to intimate performance venues.  His award winning tap choreography has been seen on stages across the U.S. Credits as a performer included the 1st National Tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 42nd Street, and numerous companies of A Chorus Line and West Side Story.  His primary focus is sharing the art of tap dancing - the one that has enriched his life the most.  He is committed to providing diverse and inclusive spaces for artists, educators, students and audiences to be enriched by immersing them in the art of tap dancing - creating new tap dance works which tell socially relevant stories.