The distinguished tap-dancer and tap-dance historian Jane Goldberg has had several residencies at Wassard Elea, together with partner Owen Gray (see separate blog entry), most recently in the Autumn of 2025.
As artistic director of Changing Times Tap Dance Company Inc., a non-profit preservation, promotion, and performing entity, begun in 1979, Goldberg began teaching at New York University for twenty years. She also brought tap for the first time to Jacob’s Pillow and the American Dance Festival, where tap hadn’t been seen in 37 and 18 years, respectively. Her company produced the first international festival, By Word of Foot in 1980, at the renowned NYC Village Gate. Her acclaimed memoir, “Shoot Me While I’m Happy: Memories from the Tap Goddess of The Lower East Side” with introduction by Gregory Hines, comes with a bonus DVD which highlights this celebration of teaching.
Photo copyright 2025 Jane Goldberg, used by permission.
Since 1979, Changing Times Tap Dance Company’s artistic director Jane Goldberg has worked to fulfill the company’s mission: to develop, produce, and present the creation of new tap dancing work, entertain and educate the public about tap dance history, and preserve and maintain one of America’s only indigenous dance forms. In 2022, Changing Times Tap Dance Company began a new initiative to fund small tap-dance projects related to the company’s mission called the Changing Times Tap Dance Initiative (CTTI).
See more info about Jane: https://janegoldberg.org/about/
and https://www.instagram.com/itsjanegoldberg/
Photo copyright 2025 Jane Goldberg, used by permission.
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Jane