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Tap Dance Performer
Tap dancing is an integral part of Patrice's artistry. Not only does she perform with other dancers, and a as part of her Jazz band, Shuffling time, but she also passes her love of tap dancing to her students in her tap classes.
Mentors and Training:
- Sue Ronson of Boston Conservatory
- Jimmy Sir Slyde Mitchell of the Slyde Brothers
- Boston dancers Julia Boynton, Josh Hilberman and Diane Walker
- From NYC, ever inspiring Brenda Bufalino.
Performance Opportunities and Venues:
Patrice incorporates tap dance in her band Shufflin'Time often featuring Valery Marcantonio on tap. They have performed at Amazing Things Arts Center in Framingham, Ryles Jazz Club in Cambridge and were a hit at Roslindale's Farmers Market. In 2010, Patrice performed improvisational tap interpretation to the film "Spiral Staircase” with Ran Blake's NEC Film Noir class at Jordan Hall.
Patrice along with Eve Agush, Flamenco artist, created RapAtaPtaP and All That a World Jazz Ensemble featured this spring at Boston Jazz Week sponsored by bostonjazz.org.
Gypsy Spirit -
RapAtaPtaP "And All That" with Eve Agush (10/2015)
Patrice loves improvisation.
Here she is improvising with bassist Lenny Bradford at Little Rose and the Boston All Stars spring's blues concert.