Where the Music Lives

From the Press Release...
Where the Music Lives is a reinvention of a classic tap dance program. A 12 piece band including five tap dancers present music of all genres from classic standards and bebop, to funk and fusion, while paying tribute to some of music's greats from Duke Ellington to the recently departed Joe Zaminul. Mentored by Gregory Hines, Nemr draws from the lineage of tap dancers John Bubbles, Jimmy Slyde, and Savion Glover as the music becomes the dance and the dance becomes the music.

Where the Music Lives debuted January 2008 to critical acclaim.

"Andrew J. Nemr has built a disciplined, likable ensemble in CPD Plus (the initials stand for Cats Paying Dues). Its “Where the Music Lives,” at the Julia Miles Theater, features five tap dancers and seven musicians, including the ridiculously cool musical director Tommy James, a longtime collaborator of Savion Glover's"
- Claudia LaRocco, The New York Times

"You want to stick around for the ride"
- Claudia LaRocco, The New York Times

"Mr. Nemr pays homage to tap and jazz masters"
- Claudia LaRocco, The New York Times

"Nemr was a protégé of the late Gregory Hines and it shows in the way he manages to combine a jazzy, laid back, seemingly effortless attitude with conspicuous speed, precision, and complicated footwork"
- ExploreDance.com

"Andrew J. Nemr marks a welcome return to the elegance of simplicity and the tap dancer as maker of aural magic."
- ExploreDance.com

"Most impressive throughout was the way in which the tap dancer actually became the musician"
- ExploreDance.com

"Even if you don't know a buck from a wing you can tell Nemr and his troupe are something special."
- Financial Times

"Swiftly moving, stylish numbers"
- Financial Times