ARTIST FACULTY | TAP PROGRAM
Sam Weber is an award winning artist whose reputation in the world of tap dance spans the globe. Sam is in demand internationally as a performer, master teacher and choreographer. A protege of tap master Stan Kahn in San Francisco, he was a principal dancer and choreographer with the Jazz Tap Ensemble from 1986 to 2009 and received acclaim at home and abroad touring with the company. Sam has appeared at international tap festivals since the first Colorado Tap Festival in 1986 and has taught and performed alongside such legendary tap masters as Charles “Honi” Coles, Jimmy Slyde, Steve Condos, Buster Brown, Gregory Hines and the Nicholas Brothers. Sam is one of the few tap dancers in the world who performs Morton Gould’s “Tap Dance Concerto.” He was the first tap dancer to receive New York’s “Bessie” award, presented in recognition of outstanding artistic achievement, and he is also the recipient of numerous tap dance awards, including Legacy Awards from the Orange County Tap Fest and the Third Coast Rhythm Project, the Juba Award from the Chicago Human Rhythm Project and the Hoofers Award from the American Tap Dance Foundation. He has taught at UCLA, Cal State U. Fullerton, Cal State U., L.A. and San Francisco State University. He teaches regular classes at City Dance School in San Francisco and at Stagebridge in Oakland, California.
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