Director Allison Tratner. “SOPAC
is the perfect place to bring to-
gether this impressive, diverse
line-up of choreographers for an
eclectic, inspiring and entertain-
ing experience, and the Council
is proud to help make it pos-
sible.”
Recipient Hillary-Marie is the
Artistic Director of FutureSTEP
Tap Company, Sole Music Col-
lective and Grooves Unlimited
Dance Studio, and the only tap
dancer to be honored this year.
Ms. Marie states “My current
work challenges the notion that
tap dance is a dying, under-
ground, indigestible art form.
I’ve thrown aside the top hat,
tuxedo and cane of vaudeville to
bring to life my definition of the
modern day tap dancer because
I believe that rhythm is a univer-
sal language and tribal instinct
that all of us understand.”
Kyle Marshall has worked with
many prestigious companies
throughout the region, but since