The Tap Project Tour is back!

The Tap Project Tour travels Australia's leading tap dancers and choreographers around the country to engage local students in a learning experience. Students partake in a day of workshops, learning exercises, working on routines, and improvising.

There will be a variety of mentors over the tour, so please read the information below carefully to find out who will be in your location and where the workshops will be held.

This year we will also be adding an adults session! This is appropriate for beginners and and will run for 1 hour. Please check below to see which cities this will be available.

What can you expect?

Students will start with a group warm-up and then split into groups for classes. There will be 2-3 mentors and the whole day will conclude with a performance from the students and the mentors. We allow the day to be quite free and less structured. This allows for us to cater to the students that are present, rather than "one size fits all". The adults session will run after the performance, starting at 2pm. Adults are welcome to come and watch the performance which commences at 1:30pm.

We have an additional day for Sydney and Melbourne! This second day will have all new material and would be great if you're interested in getting a second day with the mentors. Melbourne will have two seperate mentors for each of the days.

Why is this unique?

The Tap Project Tour is one of only a handful of workshops that are solely dedicated to tap dance, in Australia. We place an importance on delivering tap dance to regional areas as well as the major cities. The director selects the highest calibre of mentors with experience in teaching and on stage. The Tour team is all about creating an environment that is non-competitive with a focus on learning and inspiring. Our hope is to grow the community of tap dancers in Australia.

What else?

Lunch is from 12pm-12:30pm. If you're a parent and wish to take your child for lunch you're welcome, otherwise lunch could be brought. Students below the age of 13 will need to be signed in and signed out. Please wear comfortable clothing that you can move in. Ballet tights, buns, and leotards are not encouraged, but If this is what you are truly comfortable with, then go for it.

We advise that this event is 10 years +. Those that are slightly below this age may be suitable but enquire with us first.

Adults

After so many years of interest, we are excited to offer an adults class this year. The class will be for Beginner/intermediate. If you have never, ever done a tap class before then it is probably not suitable for you but you would only need a little bit of knowledge to partake. The choreography will accomodate for those less mobile also, so that any dancers in the category of “wise and experienced” can feel comfortable. Please note that the Adults sessions are only available in a limited amount of locations, so check the information for your desired location!

On The Tap Project tour, we welcome and celebrate differences. We are proud to make opportunities available for anyone and everyone that is passionate about tap dance. The Tap Project is committed to making an event that will be inspiring for anyone regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, or gender identity.

The Tap Project firmly note tap as an African American art form for which it is important to engage in its rich history. We endeavour to teach in a less formal format as tap was historically taught, speak the names of lesser known tap dancers, promote the significance of improvisation and, keep musicality at the forefront of choreography.

Contact: Thomas Egan

E: Thomas@thomasjegan.com.au

ph: 0410601890

"Testimony to the program, some of Tom’s students travel 2 hours to come to class from Wollongong and The Central Coast because it is so unique and valuable. The program sparks a light in them that you can’t find anywhere else. My hope is that in the future more children will be able to experience this great program and benefit as mine have" - Ingrid Rihanni

WOLLONGONG 5th of January

Mentors: Lexie Mavromatis and Tommy Egan

Address: VPA - 1 Oneil St Wollongong

ALL AGES (10+)

10am - Mentor Class

11am - Mentor Class

12:00 lunch

12:30 - Further Class and Rehearsal

1:30pm - Performance from Mentors and Students.

2:00pm-3:00pm - Adults class with Tommy Egan (Beginners, see above for more info)

SYDNEY 6th of January

Mentors: Lexie Mavromatis and Tommy Egan + TBC

Address: Village AMPA, 85 O'Riodan St Alexandria (CAUTION! There are two "Villages" in similar suburbs - double check that it is "VILLAGE AMPA").

ALL AGES (10+)

10am - Mentor Class

11am - Mentor Class

12:00 lunch

12:30 - Further Class and Rehearsal

1:30pm - Performance from Mentors and Students.

2:00pm-3:00pm - Adults class with Tommy Egan (Beginners, see above for more info)

NEWCASTLE 7th of January

Mentors: Lexie Mavromatis and Tommy Egan + TBC

Address: Tap Pups - 65 Parry St, West Newcastle

ALL AGES (10+)

10am - Mentor Class

11am - Mentor Class

12:00 lunch

12:30 - Further Class and Rehearsal

1:30pm - Performance from Mentors and Students.

2:00pm-3:00pm - Adults class with Tommy Egan (Beginners, see above for more info)

COFFS HARBOUR 8th of January

Mentors: Sam Marks and Tommy Egan

Address: JRDS

Bookings may only made with our host school

Please contact: jrdsnews@julierossdance.com.au

GOLD COAST 9th of January

Mentors: Sam Marks and Tommy Egan

Address: Dynamite Studios - 3 Dalton St, Upper Coomera

ALL AGES (10+)

10am - Mentor Class

11am - Mentor Class

12:00 lunch

12:30 - Further Class and Rehearsal

1:30pm - Performance from Mentors and Students.

BRISBANE 10th of January

Mentors: Sam Marks and Tommy Egan

Address: Alchemy Studios -127 Sandgate Rd, Albion

ALL AGES (10+)

10am - Mentor Class

11am - Mentor Class

12:00 lunch

12:30 - Further Class and Rehearsal

1:30pm - Performance from Mentors and Students.

2:00pm-3:00pm - Adults class with Tommy Egan (Beginners, see above for more info)

BUNDABERG 13th of January

Mentors: Sam Marks and Tommy Egan

Address: ENCORE STUDIOS

Bookings may only made with our host school

Please contact: sophie_capuzzo@outlook.com

CASINO 14th of January

Mentors: Sam Marks and Tommy Egan

Address: McCauliffe School of Dance

Bookings may only made with our host school

Please contact: mcauliffeschoolofdance@gmail.com

SYDNEY 17th of January

Mentors: Sam Marks + TBC

Address: Village AMPA, 85 O'Riodan St Alexandria (CAUTION! There are two "Villages" in similar suburbs - double check that it is "VILLAGE AMPA").

ALL AGES (10+)

10am - Mentor Class

11am - Mentor Class

12:00 lunch

12:30 - Further Class and Rehearsal

1:30pm - Performance from Mentors and Students.

MELBOURNE 18th of January

Mentors: Garry Stocks, Jack Egan + TBC

Address: Minsitry Of Dance, Sutton St.

ALL AGES (10+)

10am - Mentor Class

11am - Mentor Class

12:00 lunch

12:30 - Further Class and Rehearsal

1:30pm - Performance from Mentors and Students.

CANBERRA 20th of January

Mentors: Sam Marks and Tommy Egan

Address: Legs Dance Academy - Sheppard St Hume

ALL AGES (10+)

10am - Mentor Class

11am - Mentor Class

12:00 lunch

12:30 - Further Class and Rehearsal

1:30pm - Performance from Mentors and Students.

GRIFFITH 21st of January

Mentors: Sam Marks and Tommy Egan

Address: 105 Banna Ave, Griffith

Bookings may only made with our host school

Please contact: jodisdanceco@hotmail.com

MILDURA 22nd of January

Mentors: Sam Marks and Tommy Egan

Address: Mildura Ballet Guild

Bookings may only made with our host school

Please contact:milduraballet@bigpond.com

ADELAIDE 23rd of January

Address: 593 Port Rd, West Croydon - TIDC Performing Arts

Mentors: Sam Marks and Tommy Egan

Address: TBC

ALL AGES (10+)

10am - Mentor Class

11am - Mentor Class

12:00 lunch

12:30 - Further Class and Rehearsal

1:30pm - Performance from Mentors and Students.

Warrnambool 25th of January

Mentors: Sam Marks and Tommy Egan

Address: Lighthouse Theatre -185 Timor St, Warrnambool VIC 3280

Bookings: www.lighthousetheatre.com.au

Please contact: light@warrnambool.vic.gov.au

MELBOURNE 26th of January

Mentors: Sam Marks, Jack Egan and Tommy Egan

Address: Ministry Of Dance Sutton St, Melbourne

ALL AGES (10+)

10am - Mentor Class

11am - Mentor Class

12:00 lunch

12:30 - Further Class and Rehearsal

1:30pm - Performance from Mentors and Students.

2:00pm-3:00pm - Adults class with Tommy Egan (Beginners, see above for more info)

Bathurst 2nd of February

Mentors: Lexie Mavromatis and Tommy Egan

Address: JLD Dance, Vale Rd Bathurst NSW

Bookings: baldwij@internode.on.net

Please contact: baldwij@internode.on.net

The Tap Project Tour 2025

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