All About Tap

Avalon Rathgeb graduated from Bird College in 2009 after receiving a full-time scholarship for three years. She received two internships with the American Tap Dance Foundation (2009-11), Grant Swift's TeAyPe (Melbourne, Australia) 2009-10, a scholarship to the 2012 Los Angeles Tap Festival, winner of the 2013 Cutting competition at the Stockholm Tap Festival, invited to take one of 25 places reserved for outstanding dancers in the 2014 Tap program at the School at Jacob's Pillow in Massachusetts, USA were. Highlights of her career include performing at the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics, the closing ceremony of the 2015 European Games (Baku, Azerbaijan), artistic direction of "Old Kent Road" (since 2014) and the role as principal dancer in the "Tapestry Dance Company" under the direction of Acia Gray (2017-2019). Avalon is supported by Ruben Sanchez DanceWear. Avalon founded the London Tap Dance Festival in 2024.