Upcoming Workshops
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Aug 4 - 6, 2025
Join us for a 3-day workshop, Aug 4-6, with Mark Yonally!
Invest in yourself as a tap dance artist over three days with the Artistic Director of Chicago Tap Theatre. In addition to technique, choreography, tap games and story time, dancers will also develop greater musicality, learn about jazz music and why it's not only important for tap dancers, but also FUN. Plus find a few songs that will make you want to tap dance in a deep and meaningful way!
Choose from Intermediate or Advanced levels. Cost: $220
10:00 am – 2:00 pm: Intermediate
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm: Advanced
Note: Classes will overlap for lunch, history session, games and improv.
Can't attend all 3 days? Contact us and we can pro-rate the session!
About the Instructor
Mark Yonally
tap dancer, educator, choreographer
Mark is the Founder and Artistic Director of Chicago Tap Theatre, a critically acclaimed dance company in Chicago, performing an annual three-show season and touring in America and Europe. Their performances have been recognized by the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, SeeChicagoDance, and Windy City Media, with the 2016 show “TimeSteps” named Best New Production by Dance Magazine Reader’s Poll.
Mark is renowned internationally, performing solo in cities like Chicago, Helsinki, Barcelona, New York, Amsterdam, and Paris, and has worked with mentors such as Sam Weber and Dianne Walker. He has performed with the Bill Evans Dance Company and Especially Tap Chicago at prestigious festivals, including the St. Louis Tap Festival and the Royal Opera House in Helsinki.
His choreography has been commissioned by various dance companies, and he collaborates with Valérie Lussac and Guillem Alcalay, teaching annually in Toulouse and Barcelona. Mark teaches and judges at dance conventions across the US and is an educator at Oklahoma City University and Hope College. He has published in Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher, and Dance Magazine, and hosts “The Tea on Tap,” featuring interviews with noted tap dancers.
He is sought after for his multidisciplinary approach to tap teaching, which includes history, basic music theory and an emphasis on jazz music, and has taught in France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain and the United States.
