Tapestry Dance Company, North America’s only full-time, professional repertory tap dance company, presents its 20th annual festival of rhythm, Soul to Sole International Tap Festival (Online), June 9th-13th 2021. This one-of-a-kind festival brings alumni artists, from around the world, together for an online reunion. With guidance from leaders in the field, participants have the opportunity to discover what it is to be a tap-dance artist.

25 on demand films of archive footage that includes artist solos and Tapestry’s NEA American Masterpiece production of “The Souls of Our Feet”, 20 live panel discussions, 27 Mixed Level Master Classes and the festival premiere showing of the new documentary, American Tap – “At a time when America is struggling with its cultural identity, we are compelled to look inward to unpack what it means to be American.” (https://americantapmovie.com/about-us/)

International festival artists include Dianne Walker, Acia Gray, Sarah Petronio, Nicholas Young, Michelle Dorrance, Ayodele Casel, Anthony Morigerato, Jason Janas, Arthur Duncan, Linda Sohl Ellison, Brenda Bufalino, Jay Fagan, Nicole Hockenberry, Max Pollak, Keith Terry, Leela Petronio, Lynn Dally, Terry Brock, Heather Cornell, Jane Goldberg, Joshua Hilberman, Katherine Kramer, Mark Yonally, Roxane Butterfly, Skip Cunningham, Sam Weber, Chloe Arnold, Jeannie Hill, Fred Strickler, Monti Ellison, Siobhan Alexis, Tony Waag and Tapestry alumni including Travis Knights, Andrea Torres, Matthew Shields, Jeremy Arnold and Tony Merriwether.

Special tributes to the souls and past festival artists who are “spreadin’ rhythm around” in heaven and in our hearts: Dr. Fayard Nicholas, Dr. Harold Cromer, Dr. Jeni LeGon and Austin musical artists Rich Harney and Tina Marsh.