About Andrew
Mentored by Gregory Hines, Andrew has cut his teeth as an international performer, educator, and speaker, teaching pre-professional and professional tap dancers.
Founder and director of Cats Paying Dues (2005-2015), Andrew guided the development of dancers who have gone to perform in some of the most well known tap dance companies and on Broadway.
Uniquely blessed to have learned at the feet of many recognized tap dance masters, one of Andrew's greatest joys is passing on what he has learned along the way with other artists on the journey.
Founder and director of Cats Paying Dues (2005-2015), Andrew guided the development of dancers who have gone to perform in some of the most well known tap dance companies and on Broadway.
Uniquely blessed to have learned at the feet of many recognized tap dance masters, one of Andrew's greatest joys is passing on what he has learned along the way with other artists on the journey.
Mentored by Gregory Hines, Andrew is a quintessential tap dance artist. His work spans the music, video, theatre, and visual art worlds. Andrew’s choreography and solo performances have been described as “a welcome return to the elegance of simplicity and the tap dancer as maker of aural magic” (exploredance.com) and “deeply touching” (Daily Gazette).
Andrew has performed nationally and internationally sharing the stage with the likes of Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Hank Jones, James Carter, John Faddis, and Harry Connick, Jr. He has also been the featured soloist with the Duke Ellington Orchestra presenting Duke Ellington: The Sacred Concerts, the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, and has played alongside the legendary Les Paul, Rashied Ali, Nat Adderley Jr., Dave Eggar, and grammy nominees Max ZT and House of Waters.
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.
In 2005 Andrew founded is own company, Cats Paying Dues/CPD PLUS presenting critically and popularly acclaimed work including All For Love (2005, Mainstage Theatre at Playwrights Horizons), Where the Music Lives (2008, Julia Miles Theatre, NY) and Echoes In Time (2009, LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, NY; The Egg, NY; Landmark on Mainstreet, NY). The company's other appearances include The QAS at Webster Hall (NYC), Jamaica Performing Arts Center (NY), The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (NYC), the Wesleyan University Center for the Arts (CT), Williams College (MA), and Celebrate Brooklyn (NYC). Return performances include Norte Maar’s Fete De Danse (NY) the Tap Extravaganza (NY), DUMBO Dance Festival (NYC), and the Jerry Lewis Telethon (National Broadcast). The company has also been in residence at BRIClab (NYC) and the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (NYC).
Education has been at the heart of Andrew's work, performing school shows, teaching at local studios seasonally and through workshops, at professional studios Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway (New York City), in higher education, and internationally at tap dance festivals. To support learners in smaller markets Andrew began teaching online in 2015, and continues that work through Tap Dance Freedom (for artists) and The Tap Dance Method (for teachers).
In his efforts to champion the art form of tap dance, Andrew co-founded the Tap Legacy™ Foundation, Inc., along with Gregory Hines. Tap Legacy™ has produced programming aimed at re-igniting the oral history through which tap dance has been passed down over the years, while championing and promoting the craft’s history including the 2011 Tap Extravaganza – New York City’s Celebration of National Tap Dance Day, and Tap Dance History: From Vaudeville to Film in partnership with DanceTime Publications.
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 is a card-carrying honorary member of the Original Copasetics, Inc.
Andrew has performed nationally and internationally sharing the stage with the likes of Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Hank Jones, James Carter, John Faddis, and Harry Connick, Jr. He has also been the featured soloist with the Duke Ellington Orchestra presenting Duke Ellington: The Sacred Concerts, the Lionel Hampton Orchestra, and has played alongside the legendary Les Paul, Rashied Ali, Nat Adderley Jr., Dave Eggar, and grammy nominees Max ZT and House of Waters.
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.
In 2005 Andrew founded is own company, Cats Paying Dues/CPD PLUS presenting critically and popularly acclaimed work including All For Love (2005, Mainstage Theatre at Playwrights Horizons), Where the Music Lives (2008, Julia Miles Theatre, NY) and Echoes In Time (2009, LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, NY; The Egg, NY; Landmark on Mainstreet, NY). The company's other appearances include The QAS at Webster Hall (NYC), Jamaica Performing Arts Center (NY), The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts (NYC), the Wesleyan University Center for the Arts (CT), Williams College (MA), and Celebrate Brooklyn (NYC). Return performances include Norte Maar’s Fete De Danse (NY) the Tap Extravaganza (NY), DUMBO Dance Festival (NYC), and the Jerry Lewis Telethon (National Broadcast). The company has also been in residence at BRIClab (NYC) and the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center (NYC).
Education has been at the heart of Andrew's work, performing school shows, teaching at local studios seasonally and through workshops, at professional studios Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway (New York City), in higher education, and internationally at tap dance festivals. To support learners in smaller markets Andrew began teaching online in 2015, and continues that work through Tap Dance Freedom (for artists) and The Tap Dance Method (for teachers).
In his efforts to champion the art form of tap dance, Andrew co-founded the Tap Legacy™ Foundation, Inc., along with Gregory Hines. Tap Legacy™ has produced programming aimed at re-igniting the oral history through which tap dance has been passed down over the years, while championing and promoting the craft’s history including the 2011 Tap Extravaganza – New York City’s Celebration of National Tap Dance Day, and Tap Dance History: From Vaudeville to Film in partnership with DanceTime Publications.
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 is a card-carrying honorary member of the Original Copasetics, Inc.
