Friday, October 2, 2009
8 pm
Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium, San Rafael

Tap Dogs, the international dance-theater sensation from the Australian steel town of Newcastle, will bring their sexy, industrial-strength, heavy-metal version of tap dance to Marin County.

The Tap Dogs, who perform on a high-tech construction-site set, were an immediate hit when they premiered at the 1995 Sydney Theatre Festival. They caused a sensation at the Edinburgh Festival later that year, and then played to standing-room-only crowds in London’s West End, where Time Out magazine called them “the hottest show on legs.”

When they stormed into America, a USA Today cover story headlined “Tap Dogs unleash genre” described them as looking “untamed enough to bark.” They clomped away from New York with an Obie Award and a Drama Desk Award nomination for “Best Choreography.”

Dancing in unexpected ways and places — like on I-beams in heavy boots, to the counterpoint of sparks from power tools — the Tap Dogs put on a relentless, high-decibel, sweaty, sexy show that the British press dubbed “testosterone tap.”

“It’s not top hat, tie and tails; it’s torn jeans, t-shirts and work boots — ferocious, raw, high-energy rhythms and sounds blended together for an explosive non-stop 90 minutes of sheer joy,” KIRO-TV in Seattle proclaimed, calling the show, “a marvelous inventive use of sound and rhythm that has to experienced live.”

More information:
http://www.tapdogs.com.

$50 / $35 / $25
Premium Seats - $65
Students 18 and under - $20

Tickets to this event can be purchased through the Box Office and ticketmaster.