Matt originally hails from Canberra but when he's not touring with the show, he now calls Sydney home. It just keeps flowing and the audience comes on board," said Matt. Another good thing about the show is that it doesn't stop, there's no break in the show. We all do the same thing tap dance like maniacs for 80 minutes. There are six different characters in the show.
He's a little bit dopey, bosses everyone around a little bit. Lindsay, together with a second drummer Noriko Terada, provides the rhythm for the six tap dogs that all have individual characters. This is an amalgamation - Dein liked that I had a rock and roll background and that I wasn't just in an orchestra," said Lindsay. I studied classically and then unlearnt it all and toured with loads of pop people and formed my own rock band and did that for a bit. I play drums I play quite a lot of different drums from the kit to Latin percussion and also vibes and piano. "The show itself is best described as being part theatre, part construction site, part rock concert. Despite the production's age, the show looks and feels as relevant today, as it did when it was devised. There are no top hats and tails here - just boots, rugby balls and metal saws. This is just six knockabout Aussie blokes who happen to be tapping on an industrial construction site. This was the production that made performing cool long before the television shows So You Think You Can Dance and Glee, and before the movie Billy Elliot and its subsequent musical incarnation.
A world-wide television audience of 3.4 billion people cheered on the Dogs when they appeared in the Opening Ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Since then, the show has toured continuously, delighting more than 12 million people in over 330 cities across 37 countries. Tap Dogs is arguably one of Australia's greatest performing arts success stories - Dein Perry created the dance phenomenon 18 years ago with its premiere at the Sydney Theatre Festival in January 1995. But it is true, that's what Christmas is about," echoed Lindsay. "It really is for everyone, the whole family thing.
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