A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts/NYC, Ms. Gray has shared the stage with such tap greats as Lon Chaney, Chuck Green, Steve Condos, Brenda Bufalino, Donald O'Connor, Fayard Nicholas, Buster Brown, Savion Glover, Gregory Hines, Jimmy Slyde, Sarah Petronio, Dianne Walker and many others in such productions as The Great Tap Reunion, Tap Do/Wop, Just Friends, Masters of Tap, The NYC Tap Festival, Chicago on Tap and The Soul to Sole Festival to name a few. Ms. Gray was chosen as one of 12 dancers to work with the late tap legend Charles 'Honi' Coles in America's first creative residency for tap at The Colorado Dance Festival in 1989 and again in l990 with Jimmy Slyde. Ms. Gray was also featured in the documentary A Class Act: The Magic of Honi Coles. Along with Tapestry Dance Company, she was a founding member and Managing Director of the touring company Austin on Tap in the l980's, served on the steering committee of The International Tap Association and was featured in the l990 Dance Magazine calendar. Ms. Gray's work has shared the stage with numerous international dance companies including NYC Ballet, David Parsons Dance Project and Doug Varone to name a few as well as collaborative works with such dance artists as Bill Evans, Lambros Lambrou and Stephen Mills among others. Ms. Gray has also danced, choreographed and taught for numerous dance and academic organizations across America and abroad including Columbia College, The Colorado Dance Festival, International Summer School/Cyprus, Dance Masters of America, TASIS/London, Tanzsommer/Austria, The St. Louis Tap Festival, The Chicago Human Rhythm Project, The NYC Tap Festival, The Encore International Dance On Tour/Canada and many, many others. In June/2002, Ms. Gray was inducted as one of the first members of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame chosen by the Austin Critics Table and was nominated for an Alpert Award in the Arts. Her critically acclaimed book and Amazon.com category bestseller The Souls of Your Feet - A Tap Dance Guide for Rhythm Explorers is available at all major bookstores and has been translated in the Czech Republic.
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