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About Us

About Us

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Our Awesome Story

 

The idea for e-Tap incepted from the desire to attend multiple tap dance classes that were all scheduled at the same times or held in different states or countries. We all want the opportunity to do as many tap classes as possible and to learn from as many people as we can but it isn’t always possible.

A lot of people find it daunting to learn in a class/studio scenario, especially when they’ve never learnt tap before.  e-Tap is a platform that eliminates that feeling with the comfort of learning in your own home. Whether you are someone who has always wanted to try tap or you are an advanced tap dancer wanting to fit in some extra classes, we are the answer for you!

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Testimonials

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Emma Wickham

Director

 

Emma trained in all styles of dance from the age of 4. She immediately gravitated towards tap and it continues to remain her passion. Emma was taught by numerous members of Tap Dogs during her childhood which strengthened and reinforced her love for tap.

She was accepted into the first full time course at Jason Coleman’s Ministry of Dance in 2009. She appeared on ‘Neighbours’ on several occasions during this time. Emma was also a member of ‘Rewind Dance Crew’ performing in gigs around Australia.

Emma continues to train and perform alongside other Australian tap greats including Grant Swift, Luke Alleva, Glenn Wood, Christine Denny, Thomas Wadelton and Tap Dogs, past and present.

In 2016, Emma successfully auditioned for Sarah Reich’s Tap Music Project Summer Intensive, received a scholarship for LA Tap Festival and appeared in Chloe Arnold’s Syncopated Ladies ‘Run The World’ video.

As a regular participant of the Australian Tap Dance Festival, Emma has had the opportunity to be trained and inspired by international tap dance performers such as Omar Edwards, Melinda Sullivan, Michelle Dorrance, Ayodele Casel, Sarah Reich, Jason Samuels Smith, Derick K Grant, Jessie Sawyers, Chloe Arnold and the one and only, Ted Louis Levy.

Emma has also been a regular faculty member at Australian Tap Dance Festival as well as teaching and mentoring younger tap dancers as part of The Forge Tap Project.

Whilst constantly working towards strengthening her own tap skills Emma’s goal is to create equal opportunities for female tappers within Australia. She founded Footnotes in 2015 and is continuing to inspire and create opportunities for current and future tap dancers.

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Patrick Cook

Teacher

 

Patrick Cook is a professional dancer, trained by top choreographers since the age of 11 to dance for various artists in Los Angeles as well as perform within the concert world in New York City.

Patrick has worked with huge artists such as Taylor Swift, Selena Gomez, Katy Perry, and Paula Abdul. He co-choreographed and danced in Justin Bieber’s music video “Life is Worth Living” with choreographer Emma Portner. Patrick has toured for Daniel Ezralow’s dance company Ezralow Dance and performed in the shows “Open” and “Pearl” across China and the United States. Patrick has toured with Taylor Swift on her Red Tour (2013-2014) and with Paula Abdul on the Total Package Tour (2017).

Aside from live performances, Patrick has performed on many television shows such as The Voice, Two and a Half Men, The Late Late Show with James Corden to name a few. Patrick continues to teach locally at Edge Performing Arts Centre in Hollywood, CA as well as through workshops and the dance conventions Manhattan Dance Project, Flow 40, and Dance Revolution.

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Winston Morrison

Teacher

 

A professional tap dancer and musician for over a decade, Winston founded and directs the annual Australian Tap Dance Festival now in it’s ninth year. He has has the pleasure of performing solo internationally at the Montreal Tap Festival, New York City Tap Festival (Tap City), Hong Kong Tap Festival and teaching masterclasses at New York’s Broadway Dance Centre, London’s Pineapple Studios as well as studios in Italy, France, Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Canada and New Zealand.

Winston has appeared on television and radio on shows like Channel 9’s Kids WB, ABC’s Studio 3 and Australia’s Got Talent. He has been tap columnist for Dance Train magazine and presented instructionals for Dance Informa magazine. He represented tap in Commonwealth Bank’s “You Can Tap” campaign, co-created a tap dance musical, and has entertained at many corporate events as a soloist and with his troupe Melbourne Tap Dance.

He attributes much of his growth as a tap dancer to improvisation sessions on the streets and jazz clubs, teacher and mentors such as Ted Louis Levy (Emmy Award Winner), Grant Swift, Dianne Walker, Derick Grant, Jason Samuels Smith, Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards, Ayodele Casel, Omar Edwards, Michelle Dorrance, Jared Grimes and Savion Glover, many of which he travelled overseas to take masterclasses with. He also spent years closely studying footage of past greats such as Gregory Hines, The Nicholas Brothers, John Bubbles and the Hoofers to name a few, and he encourages his dancers to become familiar with tap history and it’s pioneers.