<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><head></head><div><div><div><b><i></i></b></div><div><b><i><br></i></b></div><div><b><i><br></i></b></div><div><br></div><div>For questions or further information contact Saratoga Jazz Tap @ 518-581-1791 or <a href="mailto:tfbtap@nycap.rr.com">tfbtap@nycap.rr.com</a></div></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="color: rgb(166, 121, 69); white-space: pre; "> </span><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><b><i>ABOUT BRENDA BUFALINO: </i></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><b><i><br></i></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b>Brenda Bufalino, a mixed genre performer is best known for her mastery of Tap Dance. As a soloist, and choreographer/director of The American Tap Dance Orchestra, she has performed and taught Internationally for over 25 years. Her collaborations with her partner and mentor the great Charles ‘Honi’ Coles, and her many performances with Gregory Hines, The Nicholas Brothers, and the many giants of tap dance has infused her with the essence of the form that she now shares, with her stories, teaching, and dances. Her own experimental work has influenced the next two generations of tap artists and she is still creating new experimental and traditional tap works and performances. She has performed solo and with her company “The American Tap Dance Orchestra” at all the major venues; Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Joyce Theater, The Kennedy center and major theaters across America and Europe. For the State Department the ATDO toured Eastern Europe introducing the newly democratic theaters to the world of Tap Dance. As an international Master Tap Teacher, Mentor and Lecturer she was instrumental in the creation of Tap Festivals, which are still thriving throughout the world. </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b>An author and playwright, vocalist and recording artist Ms. Bufalino is also a ceramicist creating hand built art and functional pieces.</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b>Ms. Bufalino has been awarded several National Endowment for The Arts Awards. In 2009 the NEA deemed two of her choreographies for the ATDOO “American Masterpieces” These two works “Buff Loves Basie,” and “The Haitian Fight Song,” were performed by Ms. Bufalino and “The New Tap Dance Orchestra” at Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center, and Symphony Space, NYC. She has been awarded: The Flobert Award, The Tapestry Award, The Tap City Hall of Fame Award, all for outstanding achievement and contributions to the field of tap dance.</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b>She has created many DVD’s, and CD’s, which along with her memoir and her poetry book “CIRCULAR MIGRATIONS,’ published by Codhill Press, are all available on her website: <a href="http://theuncommonimage.net/">theuncommonimage.net</a> Brenda Bufalin0</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 108px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b>RECENT REVIEW EXCERPTS:</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b>Middletown Press Nov 5, 2012 excerpted Review by Justin Pottle</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b>“DANCING QUEEN: TAP LEGEND VISITS MIDDLETOWN LIBRARY”</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b>“Bufalino’s fluid phrasing and technique lent an uncanny musicality to her performance, showcasing the chops that have made her a super star in the world of tap dancing” “Bufalino’s career has left her with no shortage of stories to tell. She recounted her early trials and tribulations, making a name for herself with wry humor and honesty.”</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; min-height: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b>ENV MAGAZINE Sept. 18, 2012 excerpted Review by Linda Diamond </b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b>“BUFALINO-AN UNSUNG NATIONAL TREASURE”</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>“Brenda, tap dancer par excellence spreads the word about American indigenous dance at Mohonk Mountain House.” ”While speaking of important tap dance legends and history, Brenda shared with the audience many exciting facts with eloquence, joie de vivre, and a warm presence. She also spoke through song as well as with her delightful tap dances flavored with diversity and true American culture.”</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Times; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><b>…………</b></font></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>
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