International artists make tap their own

From: International Herald Tribune | Date: July 12, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Claudia La Rocco
International Herald Tribune
07-12-2006
When Alexander Ivashkevich arrived in New York in 1993 from Estonia, he had no money, no job and no place of his own. His English consisted of ''yes,'' ''no'' and ''Coca-Cola.''It didn't matter. He had come to tap. And tap dance he did, studying with Barbara Duffy, Brenda Bufalino, Tony Waag and other members of the American Tap Dance Orchestra. Now, back home in Tallinn, Ivashkevich is an esteemed actor; he has his own tap studio, his shows sell out and his students win competitions. Estonian tap is on the verge.So is European tap in ...

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