RAG UND STEPP (RAG AND STEP)

Feet play an important role – not only in classic film clips of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Even legends need teachers – the tap dance icon took her first steps with John Bubbles, while Bill “Bojangles” Robinson served as a major stylistic influence.
We will all learn a few steps too! (Please choose shoes with good-sounding soles)
All kinds of combinations will be heard: “Pom Pom Redux” – a duo for piano and tap dance composed by Alexander Lackner – is featured alongside Dana Suesse’s “Jazz Nocturne” for solo piano, celebrating the renowned Gershwin contemporary. Also included are two movements from Igor Stravinsky’s 1924 Sonata, dedicated to the influential patron Winaretta Singer-Polignac. Mitra Kotte and Sabine Hasicka perform and dance to standards from Gershwin’s “American Songbook” as well as “Black Diamond” – a ragtime piece by Grace Bolen.