Brenda Bufalina

Brenda Bufalino  is a mixed-genre artist: Dancer, Choreographer, Author, and Ceramicist. Ms. Bufalino performs, lectures, and teaches master classes throughout the United States, Europe, and  Asia. As a performance artist, monologist, singer and tap dancer, her one-person shows, “Cantata & The Blues”,  “Journal of a Woodpecker,” “Unaccompanied,” and “Tapping Against the  Wind,” have been performed in prestigious venues, Nationally and Internationally from l983 to the present. In l975 she produced and  directed the award-winning documentary, “Great Feats of Feet…portrait of  the jazz tap dancer,” featuring Charles “Honi” Coles and the  Copasetics. In l986 Ms. Bufalino created The American  Tap Dance Orchestra. The ATDO’s concert, stage and film highlights  include among others: The PBS special “Great Performances/ Tap Dance in  America with Gregory Hines,” “NYC Town Hall,”  “The Joyce Theater,” and  “Dance Theater Workshop.”  International appearances include  performances in Germany, Rome, and a State Department tour of Eastern  Europe.   The National Endowment deemed two of her choreographies, “Buff  Loves Basie Blues,” and “The Haitian Fight Song” American Masterpieces.

Source: American Tap Dance Foundation