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Tappin' In 2025
The hugely successful tap dancing and storytelling experience Tappin’ In returned for 2025, this time in the East Midlands and beyond!
During the summer of 2025, eight groups of people from across the East Midlands and beyond took part in a 12-week programme of dance, exploring tap and body percussion.
Each group got the opportunity to perform in their local area, and will feature in a dance film and documentary to be premiered in Nottingham in September 2025.​​
The project elements
Sharings
As they near the end of their tap sessions, each group is hosting a Sharing session where they can show just how much they’ve learnt in a short time. Some will take to the streets in their home-town carnival, whilst others plan to give a private performance to friends and family.
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Each group is also offered a number of legacy sessions in the hope that we can kick start them continuing to meet as a group.
Performers in purple t-shirts perform outside under a grey sky
A group of dancers celebrating their performance by waving umbrellas
Two dancers hold their hands above their heads, mid-performance.
Performers in purple t-shirts perform outside under a grey sky
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Our participants
The Tappin’ In 2025 participants come from across the East Midlands and Staffordshire Moorlands, including Alford, Biddulph, Boston, Eckington, Mansfield, Nottingham and Ollerton. Most have little or no experience of tap dancing before. Each group has come together weekly in their local area, to spend an hour tap-dancing, listening to each other’s stories and enjoying creative activities. The emphasis is always on having fun.​
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Creative team
We have a skilled team of professional dance artists, musicians and film makers working on Tappin' In 2025 - meet the creative team.​
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Our partners
Tappin’ In 2025 brings together partners from the arts, community, health and wellbeing sectors.
Blackfriars Theatre and Arts Centre – Boston’s centre for entertainment and the arts.
Fabric - A strategic dance development organisation based in the Midlands, with sites in Birmingham and Nottingham.
Inspire Culture - Inspire Youth Arts supports young people aged 11 –25 years to participate and perform in dance, music and digital art projects across Nottinghamshire.
Live & Local - A not-for-profit arts organisation working with a network of voluntary groups across the East and West Midlands. It provides a range of support for arts activities that keep people in touch with their communities and enhance their quality of life.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - The Arts at NUH programme supports staff and patient wellbeing at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, supported by Nottingham Hospitals charity.
Outside Arts – A participatory arts programme, led by people in the Staffordshire Moorlands, working with professional artists.
The Dance Film & Documentary
The journey of each of our groups is being documented by our talented film-director Rachel Bunce from RB Films. Her and a number of filmmakers are capturing footage from the first session to the day they take to the stage and share their dancing!
Each group has also filmed a segment for our dance film both of which will be premiered at a special screening in Nottingham in September 2025.​ When they are available we will put links up here.
In this short film, the Tappin' In team explain our R&D process and thinking behind Tappin' In 2025:
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