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15 year old Matthew Hill was recently crowned Junior Male World Tap Champion at the 2011 IDO World Tap Championships.Matt from West Sussex was one of 31 dancers in the Tap Attack England Team, who competed in various categories at this year’s championships, held in Riesa, Germany from 29th November – 3rd December 2011.
This was the fourth consecutive year that England has been represented at the Championships which featured over 3000 tap dancers from 33 countries including Canada, USA, China and host country Germany.
Head coach and Guinness World Record Breaker, Jo Scanlan commented “After just four months of preparations the Tap Attack England Team achieved excellent results, including 30 medals, 9 trophies, and a world title for Matthew Hill in the Junior Male category. Other stand out results include silver medal in the Adult Small Groups, bronze medals in the Adult formation and Junior Duo’s and Trio’s”.
The team are a true representation of England with dancers travelling up to 4 hours to attend training sessions. The team have had a busy year seeing them reach the live semi finals for series 2 of Got to Dance and making their US debut in “United We Tap” in Boston.
Auditions will commence in February for tap dancers to join the company and associates.
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Edited: Thu, 19 Jan 2012
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Tokari School of Theatre Arts will be moving to Castle Street Centre, Kendal from Saturday 8th January.
Amici are looking to start there Adult Tap classes in the Autumn of 2010. 
Dancercise Kids, a leading provider of pre-school and early childhood dance curricula, has completed its first licensing of its curriculum to a dance school in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania. Confirming the globally accepted nature of this curriculum, this now extends the Dancercise Kids family across three continents, including multiple licensees in North America, and one in Malaysia.
Come along and select from a wide range of dance classes. No cost, just the opportunity to try before you buy. Under no obligation 
If the answer’s “No”, now’s your chance to give it a go. During November, borders based Appalachian Dance Group ‘Raise the Dust’, are running a series of free beginners’ dance workshops throughout Shropshire. In the current economic climate anything that’s free is a bonus and Appalachian dance is great fun to learn too. The dance style hails from the Appalachian Mountains of the USA and is a percussive form of dance using tap shoes that is performed to traditional fiddle music.
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