JOSH HILBERMAN’S “HEELING POWERS: RHYTHMS OF THE LEFT BRAIN” COMING TO ARLINGTON’S REGENT THEATRE SATURDAY MARCH 1 AT 8PM FOR ONE SHOW ONLY

Retrospective Solo Performance From Internationally Acclaimed Tap Dancer To Include Selected Works From The Past Along With Brand New Pieces Staged For The First Time

Dance Inn Productions continues its 2007-2008 season of tap dance with local tap dancer extraordinaire Joshua Hilberman and pianist Paul Arslanian in an all-new concert,  “Heeling Powers:  Rhythms of the Left Brain,” Saturday, March 1, 8pm at The Regent Theatre, “Arlington’s Show Place of Entertainment.”

In his first solo show since the critically acclaimed “White Jew Blues”, Hilberman mounts a retrospective of his first 25 years in tap dance.  Josh has chosen pieces to represent his eclectic approaches to tap, including straight ahead improvisation on a medley of tunes by Charlie Parker, choreographed solo work by the late ballet-tap legend Paul Draper, vaudeville-inflected character pieces such as Pedestal Man and the One Man Band, and his risqué and ridiculous piece of tap history, The Warrior.

Several new pieces round out the bill, including a historical first:  master tap artist Brenda Bufalino has set her famous Bebop solo on Hilberman.  Lastly, fascinated by the NYC post-feminist wave of high-heeled tap dancers, Hilberman will be making his world premiere in character shoes.  Musings about life as a middle-aged hoofer, along with original video, complete the show.

Hilberman, who settled in Boston in 1988, works as a performer, producer, teacher, and choreographer.  His 1990’s jazz club shows at Ryles and Scullers earned “Best of Boston” from the Boston Globe.  A principal dancer for three years with NYC’s Manhattan Tap, he has shared the stage with most every tap dancer of note, including friends and mentors Brenda Bufalino, as well as the late James “Buster” Brown, Charles “Honi” Coles and Gregory Hines.  In 2001, Josh created a concert for the Canadian ensemble, Decidedly Jazz Danceworks, and in 2005 was awarded a NEA/Dance USA grant for choreography.  Josh has taught at the Leon Collins Dance Studio, the Boston Conservatory, and at more than 50 tap festivals worldwide.

Paul Arslanian, pianist and founding member of the pioneering Jazz Tap Ensemble 30 years ago, specializes
in composing, arranging, and playing for tap dancers.  He is the musical force behind “Clara’s Dream: a Jazz Nutcracker” and is Josh’s number one collaborator on almost every New England performance for the last two decades. The all-original Barhoppers open the show, featuring blues woman Little Rose, and Dr. Venus the
Tap Dancing Neuropathologist.

The historic Regent Theatre—located at 7 Medford Street (off Mass. Ave.) in Arlington, Massachusetts, just minutes from Cambridge and Boston—is wheelchair and MBTA accessible with free parking across the street.  Reserved seats for the March 1, 2008, 8pm performance of Heeling Powers:  Rhythms of the Left Brain are
$20 in advance or $25 at the door. For tickets, directions, and more info call 781-646-4849 or visit www.regenttheatre.com.
  
In conjunction with this show, workshops will be held at the Regent, featuring Hilberman, Arslanian, and Bufalino, on Saturday & Sunday, March 1 & 2.  For workshop information, visit www.danceinnproductions.org or contact Thelma Goldberg at 781-863-5360 or office@thedanceinn.com. For more information on Josh Hilberman, visit www.Hilbermania.com.