Directors and Mission Statement

Co-Director: Monifa Kincaid-Coaxum

     Monifa Kincaid-Coaxum is an independent tap, contemporary dancer, and choreographer. She is also a  dance educator at South Junior High School, Newburgh, N.Y. She is the co-director for the New York based C3 Tap Dance Co-operative. Monifa’s performance credits include works created by; Andrea Del Conte and Barbara Duffy, Brenda Bufalino (for the New York Tap City Festival, Adult Showcase), Modern Boogie, MAK Movement Group, Camara Dance Unlimited, Ground Provision Movement, Mary Seidman Dance Group, Guido Tuveri/Sanza Nemo Collective, and Nia Love/Blacksmith’s Daughter Dance Theater. Her choreography has been shown at Van Wyck Junior H.S (production: The Wiz), Wappingers Falls, N.Y., The Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, N.Y., The Brooklyn Children’s Museum, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Beacon, N.Y. , Gowanus Arts, Brooklyn, N.Y., The Evolving Arts Theater at Dancespace, White Wave D.U.M.B.O. festival, Joyce Soho, and the Broome Corner Theater. She holds an M.A. in Education from Lehman University, an M.A. in Dance Studies from the Laban Center, U.K., and a B.F.A. from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.

Co-Director: Awoye Timpo

     New York credits include Rhinoceros (also translation), Meeting of the Minds, 45 Minute Hour, Fall of the House of Kate, and Founding Fathers at the New York Historical Society. Upcoming projects include a world premier translation of The Vanished by Belgian playwright Oliver Coyette. Ms. Timpo has worked at McCarter Theatre, the Public Theater, the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey and The Julliard School. She has a BA from Ohio Wesleyan University and an MA in Contemporary French Studies from the University of London (British Institute of Paris). She is a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab.

Mission Statement

·         To gather like minds to study the art form of tap dance and its practitioners.

·         To learn tap repertory in an effort to keep the tradition of tap dance alive.

·         To support tap artists to create new choreography.

·         To create and maintain a supportive and professional environment for each of the group's members to reach their highest level of technique and performance.

·         To challenge each member to become the best dancer they can be.

·         To seek out opportunities to perform the repertory of the co-operative.

For more information visit:

www.myspace.com/c3newyorktapcooperative

email:  c3tapcooperative@gmail.com