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Tampa Bay Taps – Center for Tap Dance
Fostering tap dance culture and community in Central Florida
We are excited to announce the 2025 Festival!
This year’s event will be held June 4th-9th, 2025. The Festival show, “Copasetic” will take place on June 7th at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts. Full faculty and location information are below! We invite you to browse our registration options. Please inquire for à la carte class options and with any other questions!
Faculty this year include Derick Grant, Aaron Tolson, Sara Reich, Leah Silva, and Ashlyn Bolton with additional bootcamp instruction by Bella Boye and Jennifer Mehlig. Saturday classes will be held at the Barrymore Hotel and both the Friday performance track and Sunday classes will be at the Straz Center’s Patel Conservatory.
Classes this year are offered in a number of packages. Those with limited time can register à la carte, on a class-by-class basis, and we also have 1- and 2-day offerings as well as a performance track which provides students with additional choreography and stage experience. We have two Festival-themed shirts this year which can be reserved with an online purchase or bought during the Festival.
When adding Program tuition packages to your cart, please be sure to include the registration fee which is required of all participants.
Tampa Bay Tap Festival presents COPASETIC: June 7th, at 7:30pm. Jaeb Theatre at Straz Center
Under the direction of Ashlyn Bolton, experience COPASETIC. A night of honoring, showcasing, and growing the tap dance artform with some of the great masters of today. TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE NOW!
In this performance of Copasetic audience members will have the treat to witness Derick Grant, Sarah Reich, Aaron Tolson, and Leah Silva share their excellence. From Broadway to Television, New York to Barcelona these tap dance extraordinaires have a lifetime’s worth of credentials and awards. Also featured in Copasetic are the students of the Tampa Bay Tap Festival, Rhythm and Sole Tap Ensemble, Rhythm Theory, Project: Rhythm, and more! Come enjoy this spec-TAP-ular performance by a community that shares a common passion for the great art form of tap dance.