Jeffrey Dawson
TAP
Jeffrey Dawson is a tap dancer from Vancouver, BC. An alumnus of the Vancouver Tap
Dance Society's youth company TapCo, he has performed on both the local and the international
stage. In 2019, he performed in the award-winning show "The Souls of Our Feet" with Tapestry
Dance Company in Austin; with Jason Janas's Co.MMIT at the Chicago Human Rhythm Project;
and in Danny Nielsen's production "On Foot" in Vancouver. Jeffrey is also an alumnus of the
2019 Tap Program at Jacob's Pillow, and as part of the program was given the opportunity to
present his own choreography in a show at the prestigious Ted Shawn Theatre. Jeffrey was
commissioned to create a 35-minute set of choreography for the Vancouver Tap Dance Society’s
show “Let Us Dance” in the summer of 2021, and was commissioned by the Vancouver Tap
Dance Society to create another original work in the summer of 2022. Most recently, he was
invited to be the Artist-in-Residence at the 2023 OC Tap Festival, and premiered an original
25-minute work at the festival in July of 2023.
