{"id":7135,"date":"2025-03-10T09:48:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-10T09:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luthiertapfestival.com\/?post_type=teachers-2023&#038;p=7135"},"modified":"2025-09-15T09:11:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T09:11:51","slug":"mark-mendonca","status":"publish","type":"teachers-2023","link":"https:\/\/www.luthiertapfestival.com\/ca\/teachers-2023\/mark-mendonca\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Mendonca (2024)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3925\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luthiertapfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mark-Headshot-2016-08_2-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luthiertapfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mark-Headshot-2016-08_2-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.luthiertapfestival.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Mark-Headshot-2016-08_2.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/>Mark Mendonca<\/strong>\u2019s extensive career as a <strong>performer and choreographer<\/strong> includes <strong>performances for three U.S. Presidents<\/strong>, as well as performances on <strong>Broadway, television, and concert stages around the world<\/strong>. Mark&#8217;s dancing was motion captured for the animated feature film, <strong>&#8220;The Polar Express&#8221;<\/strong>, directed by <strong>Robert Zemeckis<\/strong> and starring <strong>Tom Hanks<\/strong>. Mark was chosen to perform the solo opening sequence for <strong>Barbra Streisand&#8217;s &#8220;Timeless&#8221; concert tour<\/strong> with performances at <strong>Madison Square Garden<\/strong> in <strong>New York<\/strong> and <strong>the Staples Center<\/strong> in <strong>Los Angeles<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>On Broadway, Mark danced in the <strong>Tony Award<\/strong> winning production of <strong>&#8220;Bring in &#8216;da Noise, Bring in &#8216;da Funk\u201d<\/strong>, and has performed at <strong>Carnegie Hall<\/strong>, <strong>The Kennedy Center<\/strong>, <strong>Davies Symphony Hall<\/strong>, <strong>the Biennale de la Danse<\/strong>, <strong>the Joyce Theater<\/strong>, <strong>Jacobs Pillow<\/strong>, <strong>The Tiger Palast<\/strong> in <strong>Frankfurt, Germany<\/strong> and <strong>the ApolloTheater<\/strong>, among many others. He has had the honor of sharing the stage with the late tap masters the <strong>Nicholas Brothers<\/strong>, <strong>Jimmy Slyde<\/strong>, <strong>Charles &#8216;Honi&#8217; Coles<\/strong>, <strong>Eddie Brown<\/strong>, <strong>Steve Condos<\/strong>, <strong>Chuck Green<\/strong>, <strong>Bunny Briggs<\/strong>, <strong>Jeni LeGon<\/strong>, <strong>Lon Chaney Buster Brown<\/strong>, <strong>Arthur Duncan<\/strong>, and <strong>Lavaughn Robinson<\/strong> and has made numerous appearances with friend and mentor <strong>Gregory Hines<\/strong>, appearing with him in <strong>&#8220;A Gala for the President at Ford&#8217;s Theatre&#8221;<\/strong>, and in <strong>&#8220;The Kennedy Center Honors,&#8221;<\/strong> both televised on <strong>ABC<\/strong>. Mark&#8217;s dancing was featured in the <strong>Emmy Award nominated documentary, &#8220;Juba: The Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance,&#8221;<\/strong> aired on PBS, and in <strong>\u201cThe Summit of the Americas,\u201d<\/strong> which aired in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Mark worked with <strong>Lynn Dally&#8217;s Jazz Tap Ensemble<\/strong> and went on to form his own company, <strong>The Steps Ahead Tap Trio<\/strong>, which toured both nationally and internationally.<\/p>\n<p>As an educator, Mark has taught and performed at dance festivals across the US including the <strong>Colorado Dance Festival<\/strong>, <strong>Florida Dance Festival<\/strong> as well as festivals in <strong>Stockholm<\/strong>, <strong>Sweden<\/strong>,<strong> San Francisco<\/strong>, <strong>Seattle<\/strong>, <strong>Chicago<\/strong>, <strong>Minneapolis<\/strong>, <strong>Boston<\/strong>, <strong>Portland<\/strong>, <strong>Anchorage<\/strong>, and <strong>Atlanta<\/strong> among others. He has been on the faculty at <strong>Loyola Marymount University<\/strong> and <strong>Santa Monica College<\/strong>, and has also taught classes at <strong>UCLA<\/strong>, <strong>Cal State LA<\/strong>, <strong>Cal State Long Beach<\/strong>, <strong>Los Angeles County High School of the Arts<\/strong> and<strong> Orange County High School of the Arts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Mark has also worked with director <strong>James Brooks,<\/strong> choreographer <strong>Twyla Tharp<\/strong>, composer <strong>Marvin Hamlisch<\/strong> and fellow tap dancers <strong>Bill Irwin<\/strong>, <strong>Catherine Zeta-Jones<\/strong>, <strong>Elizabeth Berkley<\/strong>, and <strong>Christopher Walken<\/strong>. Mark was the first person to receive a <strong>Princess Grace Foundation Award<\/strong> for tap dance and was the winner of the 1997 <strong>Lester Horton Dance Award<\/strong> for outstanding achievement in individual performance in Los Angeles. Mark has also received a <strong>Brody Art Fund Artists Fellowship<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, He is <strong>Co-Director of VAM Studios<\/strong> a multidisciplinary dance school for all ages based in Seattle, Washington. This season, with Artistic Director\/Founder, V<strong>eronica Mendonca<\/strong>, Mr. Mendonca established <strong>Suitcase Dance Theater<\/strong>, a traveling troupe that brings theater to the most unexpected spaces. 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