New York City's Most Sought After Duo, DeWitt Fleming Jr. and Jared Grimes, bring you A Comical Night of Song and Dance.
DeWitt Fleming Jr and Jared Grimes, from the critically acclaimed Broadway Underground, bring you a fun night of laughter, song, and tap dance. These two have been held as two of the premier tap dancers of their time. Together they seamlessly bridge the gap between the song and dance men of the 20's and 30's and the vibrant contemporary dance world of today. The two have danced on stages around the world in musicals such as "Riverdance", " Scottsboro Boys", " Stormy Weather", " Sophisticated Ladies", and at the Marciac Jazz Festival, Aspen Jazz Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, and NYC City Centers Fall for Dance to name a few. They have danced as a duo and soloist with such artist as Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride, Wycliffe Gordon, Marvin Hamlisch, and with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks among others. This night is sure to leave audiences happily laughing and tapping their feet. ...
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New York City's Most Sought After Duo, DeWitt Fleming Jr. and Jared Grimes, bring you A Comical Night of Song and Dance.
DeWitt Fleming Jr and Jared Grimes, from the critically acclaimed Broadway Underground, bring you a fun night of laughter, song, and tap dance. These two have been held as two of the premier tap dancers of their time. Together they seamlessly bridge the gap between the song and dance men of the 20's and 30's and the vibrant contemporary dance world of today. The two have danced on stages around the world in musicals such as "Riverdance", " Scottsboro Boys", " Stormy Weather", " Sophisticated Ladies", and at the Marciac Jazz Festival, Aspen Jazz Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, and NYC City Centers Fall for Dance to name a few. They have danced as a duo and soloist with such artist as Wynton Marsalis, Christian McBride, Wycliffe Gordon, Marvin Hamlisch, and with the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks among others. This night is sure to leave audiences happily laughing and tapping their feet.
Here's what been said about DeWitt & Jared:
"Mr. Grimes and Mr. Fleming, who know how to clown with each other; how to loosen up the audience; how to build a basic climate of comedy." ~ NY Times
"There wasnโt a moment when musical rhythm became coarse or tedious." ~ NY Times
"Mr. Fleming and then Mr. Grimes began to dance. Each one proved an amazement." ~ NY Times
"(Broadway Underground) ...one sweet show: very funny, very happy." ~ NY Times
"Both men are part of that unofficial, fast-moving band of post-Savion tap masters who are putting a whole new spin on the tap classics..." ~ Dance Magazine
โUnarguably one of the most skilled talents in the world of dance on stage today. He brings an amazing style, grace and athleticism as well as rhythmic patterns that [a soloist would be] hard pressed to duplicate.โ ~ Choreographer Debbie Allen
More Reviews on DeWitt:
โa non stop source of rhythmic variety and surpriseโฆ.sparks seem to fly from those shoes!โ ~ NY Times
"astounding because he was always changing his inflections, his meter, his shading." ~ NY Times
"I remember getting happily lost in the constant changes of his rhythm and the drastic contrasts of his dynamics." ~ NY Times
"..exciting as ever.......Dynamite." ~ Chicago Tribune
"... the highlight once again... a spectacular cutting contest......Amazing stuff!" ~ StageandCinema.com
"... doubled as vocalist and tap dancer, practically stealing the show with his dazzling moves and his interplay with the musicians, who quoted his steps and rhythms with their instruments." ~ CabaretScenes.com
More Reviews on Jared:
"Mr. Grimesโs solo was a dazzlingly long and brilliantly sustained tour de force" ~ NY Times
"Jared Grimes (an excellent Tapper)" ~ Variety
"Jared Grimes lives up to the title of โGoinโ Nutsโ for his ferocious tap dancing routine." ~ NY Post
โTap Mathematician,โ a dance solo choreographed and executed by Jared Grimes, brought down the house." ~ NY Times
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