From November 22nd to 24th, the heart of Milan will be enriched by a new beat: Tap, better known as Tap Dance (or Tip Tap).
The Tappers Family (the name for tap dancers) will reach the studios of the well-known dance space Area Dance, a point of reference for professional dancers in Milan, to give life to a mix of rhythms and dance steps.
Six teachers from Spain, France and Italy are ready to share tap dance techniques and styles.
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Rubén Sánchez teaches regularly at the Luthier Professional Tap Program at Escola Luthier Dansa.
He started working as a professional dancer at the age of 21, with the Barcelona company Camut Band, performing in Hong Kong, Barcelona, Madrid, Italy, The Netherlands, London and Dubai. Since 2007, he has been invited to teach and share his passion for Tap Dance in festivals in many countries such as France, Spain, Switzerland, Holland, Croatia, Singapore, Malaysia, South Africa, Mexico, Egypt, United States, United Kingdom, Poland, Ukraine, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Belgium and Czech Republic.
In 2012, started working Rachid Ouramdane, the director of the Théâtre National de la Danse de Chaillot in Paris, and was part of the shows: Sfumato (2012); Tenir le Temps (2015); Franchir La Nuit (2018) and Variations (2019), that were also performed in South Korea, Germany, France, Russia, Italy and Spain.
As guest teacher, was part of the faculty team of important tap festivals such as Tap On Barcelona, Taptastic, Turin Tap Festival, KL Tap Festival, Pilsen Tap Festival, Tip Tap Run, Dance United/Tap United, No Feet Tap Fest, Odessa Tap Festival, among others.
Rubén is part of the Faculty of Luthier’s Professional Training Program for tap dancers.
Aurélien Lehmann (tap teacher) a virtuoso tap dancer and multidisciplinary artist, redefines
the art of tap dancing by seamlessly blending classical elegance with jazz improvisation.
Renowned for performances at prestigious venues worldwide and collaborations with
international brands and institutions such as HERMÈS, LA SAMARITAINE, LE LOUVRE, he has
received acclaim for his innovative style, earning recognition from the “Changing Times Tap
Dance” foundation in 2024. Aurélien Lehmann’s clip “Tap Virtuoso” has achieved international
acclaim, winning eight awards, including “Best Music Video” at esteemed film competitions
like Venezia Shorts (Italy) and Paris Film Awards.
In 2022, the Théâtre du Châtelet opens its doors for his show “ Tap Virtuoso ”. In this show, he
performs the greatest works of classical piano, from Bach to Gershwin, in duo with the
international pianist François-René Duchâble. In 2023 he made his debut in New York on the
legendary Birdland Jazz Club stage. He regularly performs abroad as part of international
tours and festivals (Festival de las Ideas, Jazz in Macau, etc.)
Aurélien Lehmann performs for major French brands and brands (La Samaritaine, Le Lutetia,
Automobile Club de France, Airbus etc.) during prestigious events , filming and original
creations. In 2024 he is chosen by the Hermès brand to close the prestigious Saut Hermès
dinner bringing together the brand’s best global clients. He is frequently a guest of
the media (TF1, FR2, Canal +, M6, Europe 1, NRJ…). In 2024 he received support from the
American foundation “Changing Times Tap Dance” for his creative work and his vision of
excellence in tap dance.
“Its diversity of steps, full of nuances, associated with the dancer’s momentum, take
Broadway tap dancing into unsuspected territories.” (Théâtre du Châtelet).
He received several grants from the Generalitat de Catalunya to study tap dance in New York
with dancers such as Brenda Bufalino, Barbara Duffy and Savion Glover, among others. In
1993 he won the first prize at the World Tap Dance Championship in Switzerland, organized by
the IDO (International Dance Organization).
He has been part of the best tap dance companies in the United States, such as the American
Tap Dance Orchestra, Manhattan Tap and The Tap Collective (New York), as well as Steps
Ahead (Los Angeles), with whom he has performed throughout the United States and Europe.
In Spain, he has danced in the shows ‘Keatoniana’, ‘New Orleans Jazz Tap’ and ‘Sax Tap’. He
has danced and choreographed ‘El Nas Vermell’ and ‘Scandal’, and has performed at the 1999
Goya Awards ceremony with Rosa M. Sardà.
During the 2000-2001 and 2001-2002 seasons he was a solo tap dancer in the show ‘Fire Of
Dance’ with which he toured around Poland, Germany, Austria, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland,
Norway, Holland, Slovakia, Hungary and Belgium. During the month of September 2001 he
performed on Broadway at the New Victory Theatre (New York) with the show ‘La Vida Es
Ritme’, which he co-created with the company Camut Band. This same show has toured the
festivals of Edinburgh (Scotland), Toronto (Canada), New Haven (USA), Greenwich (Great
Britain) and Tàrrega (Spain). He has also choreographed and danced in the shows “Tap Olé”,
premiered in Chicago, and “Boogie Woogie Tap” with the “Lluís Coloma trio”. He is the director
of the company “Barcelona Rhythm Tap”.
He is one of the few dancers who practice sand dance, with which he has gained international
prestige and recognition. Guillem Alonso has been, as a teacher and organizer, the promoter
of a new generation of tap dancers in Barcelona. Currently, he directs the Escola Luthier
Dansa (Barcelona), where he organizes his Professional Tap Training open to dancers from all
over the world. He has won the 2010 Dansacat Award in recognition of his professional career
and in 2023 the Claqueta Award.
Davide Accossato is a tap dance performer, teacher and choreographer.
Trained at “Steps On Broadway”, “Broadway Dance Center” in New York, and at “Escuela de
Dansa LUTHIER” in Barcelona.
He performed in the musical “Gloria pax in terra” by Mario Restagno, in Verdi’s operetta “Ballo
in maschera” and in several shows with the company Paolo Ravera’s Dance Session Group.
He performed at the opening of the Paralympics in 2006 in Turin and in the opening ceremony
of the “Fencing World Championships” in 2006.
He performed in a solo tap dance “Singin in the rain” in the transmission of Raffaella Carrà
“Gran Concerto” aired on the Main Italian National Television channel RAI 3.
He is the organizer of the “Turin Tap Festival”, the first international Tap Dance festival in Italy.
Tap Dance teacher at “M.A.S. Music Art & Show” in Milan and “Carma Academy” and “BIT
Academy” in Turin.
Tap Dance choreographer for the Bit Company” of Turin and Neverland Company of Fano.
In 2017 he was awarded Best Dancer by “FINI dance Festival High Jonio Dance Award”.
In 2017 he was tap dance teacher for the Escuela Luthier in Barcelona
From 2017 to 2019 teacher and performer for Ajkun Ballet Theatre in New York
From 2020 performer and Director of European Projects for Ajkun Media Arts in New York
Guest Teacher for “Steps on Broadway” and for “Broadway Dance Center” in New York.
Giuseppe Galizia is a Tap and Musical Repertory teacher in many musical academies in Milan.
At 16 he began studying TAP with teachers Tata & Chuck Wider in Milan and immediately
undertook numerous trips abroad to study with several iconic teachers of International Tap
Dance (Derrick Grant, Jason Samuel Smith, Michela Marino, Andrew Black, Charles Godderz,
Ray Hesselink).
His career is divided between work as a performer on stage and teaching.
He is one of the longest-running performers of Italian musicals: in Italy he has performed
more than 20 musicals working with all the productions present on the Italian market. He
graduated in Computer Science, but soon realized that his life would have to take an
unexpected direction and so in 1999 he finally landed in the theater which he discovered was
his true passion. He began a successful career that saw him involved in highly successful
musicals: “Grease”, “Hello Dolly!”, “Eppy”, “Sketch”, “Dance”, “Saturday Night Fever”,
“Promesse Promesse”, “Annie”, “Sweet Charity”, “Il giorno della tartaruga”, “A Chorus Line”,
“We will rock you”, “Flashdance”, “Cats”, “Priscilla, Queen of the Desert”, “Sette spose per
sette fratelli”, “Billy Elliot”,
“Kinky Boots”, “A Chorus Line”, “Legally Blonde” and “Sapore di Mare”. He choreographed the
bis show “The Christmas show” with the collaboration of a great modern choreographer Anna
Rita Larghi.
As a director, he directed the Italian version of the Broadway musical “Cinderella” taking care
of the translation and adaptation on stage at the Teatro Nazionale in Milan during the
Christmas period.
He is the creator of a series of musical-themed campuses for kids: Musical for Kids, Musical
Week and Musical Winter.
In Milan he manages the dance space Area Dance, the reference point for professional
dancers and entertainment workers, which hosts lessons in Ballet, Pointe, Pas de deux,
Modern Jazz, Contemporary Modern, Musical, Floorbar, Heels and Tap Dance.
He teaches Tap Dance and Jazz Broaway Style in some musical academies BSMT (Bologna),
MAM (Milan) and MTM Litta (Milan) and in some Tap Dance festivals around Italy (Turin Tap
Festival, Siracusa Tap Festival, Milan Tap Festival).
He collects programs and mugs (the famous MUGS) from the theaters where he has been to
see a musical: he has more than 100!
He fell in love with Tap Dance at 18 and as soon as he could he ran away to America to study
with Sarah Reich (Broadway Dance Center), Jason E. Bernard, Charles Renato, Hannah
Frederick and William Cartier, Mary Beth Griffith, Barbara Duffy. He graduated from the
musical academy “MTS – Musical! The School”. Performer and dancer for several musicals
“Newsies”, “Mary Poppins”, “The Jungle Book”, “Snow White and the Seven Seven”, “Tangled”.
Acrobat for “The Abduction from the Seraglio” (Teatro alla Scala Milano) and “Ben Ten Live”
(tour). Member of the “Tappers” company, street artist and acrobat at the Scala in Milan. He
performed with several dance companies and reached the semifinals of “Italia’s got talent” in
2015. He teaches Jazz Dance and Tap Dance in several schools in Milan.
“The strength of a human being is not in never falling. But from the times he manages to get up
and laugh again.”