Audrey Chan.

Since moving back to Los Angeles, I’ve been re-learning tap at the Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Baldwin Hills‘ Crenshaw Plaza. All of the combinations that we learn are structured around beat counts of 8, further broken down into 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 beats, etc. Choreography in tap usually starts on the 8th beat. My Achilles heel as a tap dancer is that I’m still learning how to count rhythm, the 1-and, 2-and, 3-and, etc. My grandmother exercises her reflexes every morning by clapping her hands, keeping a beat as regular as a metronome. By concentrating on my grandmother’s steady beat, I hope my tap dancing will steadily improve.

- Audrey Chan

Location: NW corner of W. Washington Blvd. and Crenshaw Blvd. (next to Universal Car Seat Cover, Lock & Key), Mid-City, Los Angeles, California
Time: 3:40-4:00 pm

For more information and inspirational tap videos, please see my blog post at http://washblvd.blogspot.com.

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WHERE: The entire length of Washington Blvd., from Whittier to Venice Beach
WHEN: October 11, 2009 12PM-6PM

“A Day in L.A.” shows work from over sixty Los Angeles artists and non-artists in unused public outdoor spaces along the entire length of Washington Boulevard’s 27 miles, from Whittier to Venice Beach. For one day artists will perform works, create installations, facilitate happenings, and make music in unexpected spaces, such as on the sidewalk, between dumpsters, along railroad tracks, as well as inside the audience’s cars as they traverse one of LA’s most iconic boulevards.

Curated by Stephen Van Dyck