Chan is a Black Sicilian rhythmic phonic musical artist from the city of Chicago who specializes in improvisation, taps, and contralto/baritone phonation. Chan strives to investigate the unending capabilities taps have as a percussive form and contributor to the rhythmic fabric of music.

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It is Chan’s lifelong passion and pursuit to heal the inherently anti-Black scars that have been branded into the perception of tap dance on the larger American cultural zeitgeist.

Chan’s work strives to educate and highlight the African/Black American relation between Jazz and Tap as siblings, having been born together and raised together, who were subsequently tragically separated by cultural erasure and divisive racist tactics.  It is my mission to help reunite this cultural family, to heal these generational wounds, and move on to larger and higher pastures together, hand in hand.

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Chandler’s life long  background in rhythmic improvisation, devised theatre, creative writing, jazz, and taps all inform Chandler’s vision to reinstall tap dance as a core part of the vernacular in jazz music.

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Chan is forever grateful to be able to say they have been mentored and/or taught by some of the best in the literary, film/tv, music, tap dance, and theatrical fields. This list includes but is not limited to: Savion Glover, Dianne “Lady Di” Walker, Chloe and Maud Arnold, Jumaane Taylor, Derick Grant, Jamey Haddad, Dave Eggers, Caroline Jackson Smith, PJ Paparelli, Marc Platt, Adam Siegel, and Jared Laboff.

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Look out for Chandler’s original works at @chanchantaps on Instagram and all around Chicago.