Winter 2006 Faculty
Nancy Newell
Tap
Nancy Newell has been teaching dance for more than 40 years and has a background in theater from Northwestern University. She has taught internationally as well as throughout the United States. During her career, she has choreographed more than 30 musicals. In 1998 Ms. Newell was curator of the Smithsonian series, The Women of Tap with special guest Ann Miller. In 1999 she coordinated the Smithsonian series, The Legends of Tap with Rusty Frank, Fred Kelly, and special guest Baakari Wilder. She co-sponsored the 1999 DC MetroTap Festival and has sponsored the Washington, D.C.-area TAP FEST program for the past nine years. In 2002 Ms. Newell performed and taught Master Classes in the Czech Republic where she represented DC in the The Prague, DC, Philadelphia Tap Festival. In 2003 she returned to Prague to help celebrate National Tap Dance Day with tap dancers from around the world. In 2004 Ms. Newell traveled to Bergerac, France to teach workshops at Ecole de Danse Desha/Simone Moulin and then to Kyiv, Ukraine to teach master classes at Volodomyr Shpudeiko’s Jazz Tap Dance Studio. Ms. Newell is a driving force in the D.C. metropolitan dance community. She recently spearheaded the Metro-DC Tribute to Gregory Hines. In June of 1999, she opened DC Dance Collective as a center for creativity and collaboration.
| Day | Time | Class | Level | Instructor | Age Level | Enrollment Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue | 11:00am-12:00pm | Tap | Beg II/Adv Beg | Nancy Newell | A/T | D/E |
| Tue | 12:00pm-1:00pm | Tap | Adv Beg/Int | Nancy Newell | A/T | D/E |
| Tue | 1:00pm-2:00pm | Tap | Int/Adv | Nancy Newell | A/T | D/E |
| Tue | 6:30pm-7:30pm | Tap | Beg I/II | Nancy Newell | A/T | D/E |
| Tue | 7:30pm-8:30pm | Tap | Beg II/Adv Beg | Nancy Newell | A/T | D/E |
| Tue | 8:30pm-9:30pm | Tap | Int/Adv | Nancy Newell | A/T | D/E |
| Thu | 10:00pm-11:00pm | Tap | Beg I/II | Nancy Newell | A/T | D/E |
| Thu | 11:00pm-12:00pm | Tap | Adv Beg/Int | Nancy Newell | A/T | D/E |
| Thu | 12:00pm-1:00pm | Tap | Int/Adv | Nancy Newell | A/T | D/E |
| Sat | 12:00pm-1:00pm | Tap | Beg/Adv Beg | Burden/Newell | A/T | D/E |
| Sat | 1:00pm-2:00pm | Tap | Int | Burden/Newell | A/T | D/E |
| Sun | 12:00pm-1:00pm | Tap | Beg II/Adv Beg | Nancy Newell | A/T | D/E |
| Sun | 1:00pm-2:00pm | Tap | Adv Beg/Int | Nancy Newell | A/T | D/E |
| Sun | 2:00pm-3:00pm | Tap | Int/Adv | Nancy Newell | A/T | D/E |