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Sydney Burtis, originally from central Florida, is a performer, choreographer, teacher, and multidisciplinary dancer based in NYC. At a young age, she discovered her artistic voice through tap dance and has been mentored by Michelle Dorrance, Derick Grant, Sarah Reich, Anthony Morigerato, and Danny Wallace. In 2017, Sydney was recognized as one of "Tap's Next Generation" in Dance Spirit Magazine, and was featured on the October 2018 cover....Read more
Sydney Burtis, originally from central Florida, is a performer, choreographer, teacher, and multidisciplinary dancer based in NYC. At a young age, she discovered her artistic voice through tap dance and has been mentored by Michelle Dorrance, Derick Grant, Sarah Reich, Anthony Morigerato, and Danny Wallace. In 2017, Sydney was recognized as one of "Tap's Next Generation" in Dance Spirit Magazine, and was featured on the October 2018 cover. Some credits include, The Billy Elliot National Broadway Tour, SYTYCD, Little Island, Dorrance Dance (understudy), Demi Remick & Dancers, and Max Pollak repertoire.
With a passion for choreography and gift of storytelling through movement, Sydney founded her tap company “Elements of Sound” in 2022, which performed at OC Tap Festival, Steps Beyond Foundation, Battery Dance Festival, and Arts On Site. She is an Artist in Residence at The American Tap Dance Foundation, a 2017 YoungArts Silver award winner, a 2018 Presidential Scholar in the Arts semi-finalist, an alumnus of the Jacob's Pillow Tap Program, and co-founder of the Orlando Tap Festival.
Sydney is a positive and dedicated teacher who loves connecting with dancers of all levels through private lessons and choreography. She travels throughout the United States and abroad choreographing and teaching for dance studios, tap festivals, and intensives. Sydney is on faculty at Broadway Dance Center, Steps on Broadway, tours with Adrenaline and Revive Dance Conventions, and is a guest teacher for Sarah Reich’s Tap Music Project. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Pace University with a BA in Communication Studies. Tap Dance has always been at the forefront of Sydney’s life inspiring her to present her honors thesis: “Tap Dance as a Form of Non-Verbal Communication for Autism Spectrum Disorder.”
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Class Descriptions
I strive to make my classes a safe place for exploration, discovery, and growth. We dive into our individual relationships to sound and movement, while continuing to honor the tap dance masters. I always begin class with a thorough warm up, introducing our bodies to a multitude of tap dance techniques. Immediately following, we will move through a couple of exercises ranging between technique drills, across the floor combinations, improvisation, musicality training, and/or hands and feet coordination. To finish, I will share a piece of choreography that encompasses everything we worked on. Here, dancers are encouraged not only to grasp the tap dance technique and rhythmic structure to the best of their abilities, but to also explore their approach to the floor, and how their bodies move through space. I absolutely love teaching at Broadway Dance Center, and hope you join me in the studio soon!