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Pamela Hetherington

I am a jazz tap dancer, choreographer, educator, and artistic director working in Philadelphia. My work expands the boundaries of jazz tap.

My choreography for the Philadelphia Jazz Tap Ensemble has been presented by Jazz Bridge (Neighborhood Concert), Philadelphia Jazz Project (7x7 Series), Creative Philadelphia (City Hall Presents), The Barnes Foundation (1st Sunday Series), Allentown Art Museum (3rd Thursday Series), Dixon Place (8 in Show, 30-30-30), and Symphony Space (Stam-Pede).

I enjoy working in duo collaborations that fuse song, vocals, text and free jazz and permit me to direct the sound for my own voice.

I strive towards new projects in tap music composition. I have an original jazz composition published in the Philadelphia Real Book and I am a featured artist on the “Whitman Project” mixtape, published by The Philadelphia Jazz Project.

Since 2015, I have owned and directed Sound Space Performing Arts, an ever-expanding dance space in North Philadelphia, where the mission is to push students to seek and find.

I hold a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where I am an active member of the Performing Arts Council, and a Master's Degree from University of Virginia. I am a mother of three.

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Meet Pamela Hetherington: jny: Philadelphia native, jazz tap dancer, choreographer, dance educator; director of the tap and music collective Take It Away Dance. Instrument(s): Tap shoes, cajon, piano Teachers and/or influences? I grew up dancing with the best tap teachers in Philadelphia, including Rita Rue, Leon Evans, Delphine Mantz, LaVaughn Robinson and Robert F. Burden, Jr. I knew I wanted to be a musician when... I started studying jazz tap ...

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Location

Philadelphia

Willing to teach

Beginner to advanced

Credentials/Background

I have my own studio, Sound Space, at 2511 West Girard Avenue, 2nd Floor. I teach classes from beginner - advanced, and I also offer private lessons at very reasonable rates.

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