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Abstract
This Culminating Experience project was focused around two components. Firstly, the design of a first of its kind tap dance program and secondly the writing of new music that uses tap dance as its driving instrument. The former, took elements from both the Bachelor of Fine Arts Dance program at the Boston Conservatory and the Masters of Music program at the Berklee Global Jazz Institute to develop a tap dance program that is focused in both music and dance. This is aimed at developing well rounded tap dancers that are prepared to take on the artform in its totality as both a form of music and dance. The latter element is aimed at showcasing the skills that a student from this program would acquire and the type of work they would have the capacity to make. It is also an opportunity to explore writing and arranging original music with the timbre and qualities of the tap dance instrument front and center.
Publication Date
7-1-2023
Campus
Boston Campus
Recommended Citation
Berg, Ian. “The Tap Dance Institute.” Master's thesis, Berklee College of Music, 2023. https://remix.berklee.edu/graduate-studies-global-jazz/142.