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Thinking On Their Feet Premiere

  • Women of the Tap Renaissance
    Thinking On Their Feet premiered at the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, OH on April 19, 2009. Five women featured in the movie, Brenda Bufalino, Heather Cornell, Lynn Dally, Acia Gray, and Lynn Schwab were able to attend, along with director Jenai Cutcher and producers Victoria Uris, Candace Feck, Janet Parrot, and Susan Heimburger. These photos document the sold-out screening, panel discussion, and reception.

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Jenai_colsalive  Jenai Cutcher just completed her MFA in Dance at The Ohio State University. She tap dances, writes about dance, teaches dance, and makes dance movies. While based in New York, she performed with Brenda Bufalino, Barbara Duffy, Savion Glover, Derick Grant, Lynn Schwab, Rumba Tap, Ritmico, and Tap City, among others, in venues such as The Joyce Theatre, Symphony Space, City Center, and the Duke on 42nd Street. In Columbus, she has collaborated with many dancers and musicians including Brian Casey and Honk, Wail and Moan, dance professor John Giffin, and percussionist Joe Krygier in Drums Downtown. She is currently an Artist In Residence at The Shoebox in the South Campus Gateway Arts Alley. Thinking On Their Feet is Ms. Cutcher’s first documentary film.