Andrew J. Nemr
Mentored by Gregory Hines, and now Artistic
Director and lead dancer of CPD PLUS (Cats Paying Dues),
featured on the 2006 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon
and 2007 Celebrate Brooklyn. Nemr and CPD
PLUS' 2008 season Where the Music Lives was
described as "a welcome return to the elegance of
simplicity and the tap dancer as maker of aural magic"
by exploredance.com.
An experienced soloist, Andrew has performed in various
venues nationally and internationally including the
PNC Bank arts Center, NJ, La MaMa,
Etc., NY, the Blue Note Jazz
Club, NY, Town Hall Theatre, NY,
The Duke Theatre, NY, and the
Bloomsbury Theatre, London, England.
Andrew was featured alongside Jazz greats Clark Terry,
Jimmy Heath, Hank Jones, James Carter, and John Faddis in
A Great Night in Harlem at the Apollo
Theatre, NY, in support of the Jazz
Foundation of America and, additionally on
Harry Connick Jr.’s Only You Tour at
Proctors Theatre, Schenectedy, NY. He most
recently has been the featured tap dancer with the Duke
Ellington Orchestra presenting Duke Ellington: The Sacred
Concerts.
As a founding member and dance captain of Savion
Glover’s TiDii, Andrew was featured in the critically
acclaimed Improvography at The Joyce
Theatre, NY, the opening ceremony of the
Cannes Film Festival 2001, the Jerry Lewis MDA
Telethon, the 2002 Winter Olympics Arts
Festival, and the 2002 Nijinsky Awards in
Monaco. Andrew was also the only tap dancer to be featured
in La Nuit Du Hip Hop (A Night of Hip Hop) in
Grenoble, France, as part of the dance collective World
Soul with Brian Green.
As a host Andrew’s sense of humor and giving nature have
made his appearances more than enjoyable. He has been the
host for Walking in Time at the Historic
State Theatre, Ithaca, NY, in addition to a number
of appearances as the host of the legendary Buster
Brown Tap Jam at Swing 46, NYC.
Andrew also co-hosted his own ongoing session Dance
Attacks, along with Hayes Greenfield, at
Teddy’s in Williamsburg, NY.
In his efforts to continue to champion the art form of tap
dance, Andrew co-founded, along with Gregory Hines, the
Tap Legacy™ Foundation,
Inc., which produces The Annual Finger
Lakes Tap Dance Festival. Andrew is an Advisory
Board member of the New York Committee to Celebrate
National Tap Dance Day and is a card-carrying member of
the original Copasetics, Inc.
Andrew has been blessed to receive the guidance of many of
the great tap dancers including Eddie Brown, Harold Cromer,
Dr. Bunny Briggs, Dr. Jimmy Slyde, Dr. James “Buster”
Brown, LeRoy Myers, Ernest “Brownie” Brown, Henry “Phace”
Roberts, Dr. Henry LeTang, Mable Lee, Tina
Pratt, Dianne Walker, Savion Glover, Ted Levy, and
Gregory Hines.
Andrew holds a BFA in Computer Art from the School of
Visuals Arts and is certified in the Active-Isolated
Flexibility System by the Wharton Performance Group. Andrew
performs regularly with the legendary Les
Paul at the Iridium Jazz Club,
NYC, and is on the faculty of Steps on Broadway, NYC.