Adult Tap – Holiday Pop-Ups
ADVANCED BEGINNER
Thursday, December 7 from 6 – 7 p.m.
Henry LaBrun Studio at the Wortham Center
Instructor: Anna Kimmell
$10
Tap into the holiday spirit in this fun, pop-up class led by Anna Kimmell! Perfect for tappers who know foundational steps (flaps, shuffles, paradiddles, etc.), dancers will learn up-beat, Broadway-style tap choreography that will leave them dreaming of a white Christmas. Festive clothing encouraged. Tap shoes required.
INTERMEDIATE
Wednesday, December 13 from 6 – 7 p.m.
Henry LaBrun Studio at the Wortham Center
Instructor: Anna Kimmell
$10
Tap into the holiday spirit in this fun, pop-up class led by Anna Kimmell! Perfect for confident tappers, dancers will learn up-beat, Broadway-style tap choreography that will leave them dreaming of a white Christmas. Festive clothing encouraged. Tap shoes required.
Anna Kimmell is an actor, educator, and theatre artist from Atlanta, GA. A graduate of Elon University with a BFA in Musical Theatre, she has performed in regional productions at RI’s Theatre by the Sea, CO’s Lake Dillon Theatre, VA’s Mill Mountain Theatre, NC’s Flat Rock Playhouse, AR’s Arkansas Repertory Theatre, GA’s Georgia Shakespeare and Theatre of the Stars, and on The Wizard of OZ National Tour, to name a few. As an educator, Anna specializes in musical theatre, acting, and dance curricula for students of all ages. She served as the Director of Education at Mill Mountain Theatre in Virginia, Arkansas Repertory Theatre in Little Rock, and Flat Rock Playhouse in North Carolina, where she developed and managed year-round theatrical training programs for all ages, designed and led theatre outreach initiatives, and directed and choreographed main stage, black box, and touring children’s productions. From 2018-2020, Anna performed as a company member of Untapped, Arkansas’ only professional tap dance company, and served as faculty member of the Little Rock Tap Festival. On a university level, Anna has served as an adjunct and guest professor at Hollins University and the University of Central Arkansas. In 2022, she assumed the role of Director of Education and Engagement at the Wortham Center for the Performing Arts in Asheville, North Carolina.
