Sam Weber is one of the few tap dancers in the world currently performing Morton Gould's "Tap Dance Concerto" and was the first tap dancer to receive a "Bessie," presented in New York City in 1993 in recognition of outstanding creative achievement. In addition to his solo tap dancing career, Sam has toured internationally since 1986 as a principal dancer and choreographer with the Jazz Tap Ensemble. Sam Weber performs and teaches at tap dance workshops and festivals worldwide. These include Chicago Human Rhythm Project, St. Louis Tap Festival, New York City Tap Festival, Seattle Tap Festival, Los Angeles Tap Festival, Vancouver Tap Festival, Atlanta Tap Festival, Heidelberg Steptanz Festival, Berlin Tap Festival, Duesseldorf "Tap Ahead" Festival, Helsinki Tap Festival, Houston Tap Festival, Minneapolis Tap Festival, Colorado Dance Festival, Portland Tap Festival, The Jazz Tap Ensemble Christmas and Summer workshops, Southern California Tap Festival, Santa Fe Community College Dance Festival, Rio Tap Festival and the San Francisco Tap Festival, for which he was nominated for the 2005 Isadora Duncan award. Sam has taught in the dance departments of Cal State L.A., Long Beach City College and Cal State Fullerton. Sam appears as guest artist in residence with Sierra Nevada Ballet, and can also be seen in Rudolf Roth's company "Tapstick" and in "A Tribute To Great Jazz Pianists" with Musical Tap Company Freiburg. Sam Weber frequently performs the work of German composer/violinist/tap dancer Andreas Daenel -. The two dancers have performed Daenel's compositions for tap dancers and orchestra "Kontralog" and "SignADiapunktur," which premiered in the U.S. with the San Francisco Bay Area's Peninsula Symphony Orchestra in 2005. Beginning in October, 2007, Sam Weber will appear as a principal dancer in Jazz Tap Ensemble's "Tap Masterpieces: The Hollywood Journey," for which he will also serve as choreologist. |