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Faculty
Gene Medler
Gene Medler is founder and director of the highly
acclaimed North Carolina Tap Ensemble (NCYTE), founded in
1982, and director of the N.C. Rhythm Tap Festival. His
teaching credits include Elon University NC (currently),
Duke University, Meredith College, St. Louis Tap
Festival, American Dance Festival, Ballet School of
Chapel Hill, the Saratov Music Conservatory in Russia,
the Chicago Human Rhythm Project, and the largest
international tap festival in Europe held in Vienna,
Austria. Gene recently taught in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil),
Helsinki (Finland) and the NY City Tap Festival "Tap
City, 2001" in conjunction with NCYTE's
performances. Selected performance experience includes
performances with the Squirrel Nut Zippers, solos in Duke
Ellington's Nutcracker, Ellington's David Danced
from his sacred music, Rising Stars of Tap (Colorado
Dance Festival), and the Great Tap Reunion (Boston). Gene
has received grants from the Durham Arts Council, the NC
Arts Council, and the Orange County Arts Commission. He
is featured in the March, 1998 Dance Teacher Now
magazine, is a recipient of the News and Observer
(Raleigh, NC) "Tar Heel of the Week," won the
1998 "Indy Award" for contribution to the arts
awarded by the Independent Magazine. He performed a duet
with tape legend, Brenda Bugalino, at the World Dance
Festival (March, 99) held at the Town Hall Theater in New
York City. Gene was also profiled in the
September/October Carolina Alumni Review, can be seen in
the upcoming PBS special "JUBA, Masters of
Percussive Dance" (WUNC-TV) and was featured in the
Spring 2001 issue of Southern Living.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill —
class of 1972 - undergraduate degree in Psychology -
graduate work in Physical Education - graduated first in
class from the U.S. Olympic Coaches College in Fencing
(Lake Placid, NY)
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