African Heritage Cultural Arts Center Celebrates The Roots Of Tap Dance With "Revelations In Rhythm" – A Free Virtual Concert
MIAMI —The African Heritage Cultural Art Center and its dance company, Winds of Heritage Dance Company, celebrate the roots of tap dance with “Revelations in Rhythm,” a virtual tap dance concert featuring Miami’s own Marshall Davis, Jr. and world-renowned tap dancer and choreographer Savion Glover. The live concert will be held Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 7 p.m. online. Viewing is free and can be seen on the Facebook Live page.
Revelations in Rhythm is a production anchored in the sounds of tap as expression, communication, and musicality. The dance concert will provide a stimulating experience for the audience, as well as enlighten them about the traditions of tap as a language and its origins from Africa's Diaspora. Special guests also include dancers Maurice Chestnut, Adriana Ogle, and April Nieves.
Marshall Davis, Jr. is a former student of the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center who began dancing at the age of 10. He trained under the late Steve Condos and also received guidance from James “Buster” Brown, Edwin Holland, Paul Kennedy, Ted Levy, LaVaughn Robinson and Sam Weber. He was a member of the Tony-award winning cast of Bring in Da' Noise Bring in Da' Funk, choreographed by Savion Glover. Davis is now a professor at Queens College in New York City.
A premier arts training institution in Liberty City, the AHCAC is nationally-recognized for developing hundreds of outstanding artists in all arts disciplines for nearly 34 years. Known as the artistic home of alumnus Tarell Alvin McCraney, co-creator of the award-winning movie Moonlight, the Center's other distinguished alumni include Robert Battle, Artistic Director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Bianca Brewton, dancer for Janet Jackson and Beyoncé; and Shareef Clayton, a Grammy-nominated Jazz trumpeter; along with Marshall Davis, Jr., the featured tap dancer in the online event and associate choreographer of the Tony-nominated play Shuffle Along.
Viewing is free and can be seen through the Center’s Facebook page here. For more information about the concert, contact the African Heritage Cultural Arts Center at 305-638-6771 during business hours, Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. or visit www.ahcacmiami.org.
