Northwest Tap Connection

My children have been training at Northwest Tap Connection for over 10 years, as a single parent of two daughtets, it is imperative I keep my girl occupied and around positive children and adults. This studio is very unique it truly is a villiage type stuio, they reach out encourage and build the the youth. Oh let’s not forget the many performances around the city and their opportunity to participate in intentensive workshops in different states once they reached a certain age/​skill level. They are exposed to so much, as a student of Northwest Tap Connection.
If you have a child or children who may be interested in dance (tap, ballet, hip hop, modern, adult tap), I highly recommend Northwest Tap Connection.
If you do not have a child, please consider donating to Northwest Tap Connection to sponsor a child whose parent my not be able to afford to send their child (ren).
Go to their website to check the day/​time of the next event, buy a ticket or two and enjoy the show!

I recently saw this performance at Seattle Public Library. I thought it was great and would definitely recommend seeing it. I think they said the school has been doing versions of it for twenty years.

Like the other commenter, I attended one of the NTC shows at Rainier Beach HS auditorium — a Tribute to James Brown — and was caught completely off-​guard. That night, I was coming down with a cold and grouchy and not at all looking forward to what I expected to be a bunch of little kids irritating my aching head with ceaseless tapping on hardwood floors. II could not have been more wrong. I was so thoroughly entertained and impressed with the experience that I cant wait to attend another. What a fantastic and empowering celebration of dance, history, music and community! I cant emphasize enough what a treasure this company is, and any chance to catch one of their hilarious, energetic and highly skilled performances should be grabbed with both hands at first opportunity. I look forward to watching my son come up through the ranks.

I attended a Tap recital at Paul Robeson Performing Arts Center for Northwest Tap Connection on Saturday.
I was thinking, ok a tap recital… BORING. But I was SO WRONG!
This was one of the best performance pieces I have seen by youth and young children (4 – 18 y/​o) that are part of the South Seattle community.
The recital was called «An African American Odyssey,» and told the history of African Americans through tap and African Dance pieces.
Northwest Tap Connection is under the direction of Melba Ayco, and «Is dedicated to building the whole dancer through a love of dance, personal discipline, respect for the community, respect for fellow dancers, and knowledge of the history of the art form.»
During the regular hours, NWTC operates a dance studio with classes that boasts 100 children from the South Seattle Community.
This is a positive enriching community program that I was proud to witness!
What a gem this program is… I will be donating $$ and sending my future children to NWTC.