Heather Cornell A master teacher, artistic director and choreographer of Manhattan Tap, one of the leading tap ensembles active in New York for many years. Ms. Cornell has been credited with pioneering a new style of tap choreography for the concert stage. She has been featured in shows with many of her mentors: Charles 'Cookie' Cook, James 'Buster' Brown, Chuck Green and Eddie Brown ? and has also worked with Jimmy Slyde, Charles 'Honi' Coles and Gregory Hines among many others. She will expand your view of tap dancing. The performances by Ms. Cornell are visual music, as demonstrated by her breathtakingly smooth performances accompanied by the renowned Finnish Jarmo Savolainen trio in Helsinki 2001 and 2005.
Max Pollak Mr. Pollak began his career as an actor, singer and jazz-drummer. He has toured with, among others, Manhattan Tap, Cool Heat Urban Beat and his own company, Rumba Tap. Mr. Pollak has created a highly unique style, choreography and teaching method by fusing Afro-Cuban folklore with Afro-American rhythm tap and Body percussion. His classes have inspired many students long after. He is a versatile, interesting performer melding folk traditions with tap, in an artistic way.
Steven Harper Of American nationality he has been living in Rio de Janeiro since 1991. After the success of of "Preto E Branco from 1992 to 1995. He performed with “jungle Tap” in the Montreux Jazz festival in 200 and in the New York Tap dance Festival in 2001. Since 2002 Steven has been directing his own company, where he mixes jazz, funk and Brazilian music in his own personal style and dancing with a diverse presence, while incorporating musical quality, sound contrasts, dynamic and the “colouring” of sounds.
