Tapestry Dance Company

Tapestry Dance Company was founded in 1989 by rhythm tap dancer Acia Gray and ballet/jazz artist Deidre Strand in Austin, Texas. Begun as a performing company that included the founders and French tap artist Fred Moritel, Tapestry’s vision was to present different dance forms in unison with each other. The group’s work resulted in the choreographic development and presentation of a collaboration of modern, jazz, rhythm tap, contemporary ballet, and other dance forms.

In 1990 the Company expanded by opening a training facility and rehearsal studio. Adhering to its mission, dancers are “cross-trained” by professionals in ballet, rhythm tap, modern, and jazz. This unique Strand/Gray syllabus has produced a generation of students now performing as professional dancers in the United States and abroad. The Academy, the organization’s training arm, offers classes to dancers of all ages and levels of experience. Visions in Rhythm is a youth apprentice group within which serious young dancers can work towards professional career. The Founders’ Scholarship gives cash awards to students unable to afford dance lessons. Another outreach program, Rhythm, Dance, Music and You, enlightens students about dance in local schools through performance and discussion.

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