Gene Medler is founder and director of the highly acclaimed North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble (NCYTE) founded in 1982 and director of the NC Rhythm Tap Festival.
His teaching credits include:
• Elon University (currently)
• Duke University
• Meredith College
• St Louis Tap Festival
• American Dance Festival
• Tap Encontro (Rio de Janeiro)
• The Hot Shoe Show (Vienna, Austria)
• Feet Beat (Helsinki, Finland)
• Berlin Tap Festival (Germany)
• Saratov Music Conservatory (Russia)
• Heidelberger Steptanz-Festival (Germany)
• NY City Tap Festival
• Chicago Human Rhythm Project
Selected performances include:
• Squirrel Nut Zippers (vintage jazz band)
• Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker
• Ellington’s “David Danced” from his sacred music
• Rising Stars of Tap (Colorado Dance Festival)
• Great Tap Reunion (Boston)
• World Dance Festival (duet with tap legend Brenda Bufalino, Town Hall Theater, NY)
Awards and honors include:
• Indy Award (contribution to the arts, Independent Magazine, 1998)
• Featured in Dance Teacher Now Magazine, 1998
• Tar Heel of the Week (News and Observer, Raleigh, NC)
• Can be seen in the PBS special JUBA, Master of Percussive Dance, 2000)
• Featured in Southern Living, 2001
• NC Dance Alliance annual award, 2003
• Legacy Award (Third Coast Rhythm Project, 2009)
• JUBA Award (Chicago Human Rhythm Project, 2010)
email: NCYTE@mindspring.com