The National Tap Day Story
Conceived by Saburo Nakagawa and originally produced in 1991 by Ken Ushimaru, National Tap Day Japan has grown to be the largest and most significant tap dance event in the nation. Held annually in the spring, National Tap Day Japan features a 2-hour tap extravaganza performed by the best of Japan's professional tap dancers as well as talented amateurs and dance teams from around the country.
National Tap Day Japan for 2008 brought more than 300 dancers to the stage including our NTD Ensemble Team and the very special NTD Kids Ensemble for which young Japanese hoofers audition every year. Their performance is backed up by a select group of live musicians that form an elementary school age jazz band. National Tap Day Japan also reaches out to other Asian countries and America to bring in guest dance teams and all-star guest performers.
National Tap Day 2011 is planned for April, 2011.
Will you be in Tokyo to join in the fun? How about joining us on stage? Interested international dancers, friends and fans are encouraged to be in touch.
Contact the NTDJ production team at ntd1991japan@yahoo.co.jp
