Adam Koplan (48) talks to his friend Andrew Nemr (41) about Andrew's life and career as a tap dancer.

SUBJECT LOG / TIME CODE

:50

AN talks about how his parents met and fell in love in Beirut.

8:23

AN talks about how his parents left Beirut and made it to Paris, France.

13:03

AN talks about some memories from childhood and how he got into dance classes.

16:58

AN talks about seeing the movie Tap and being so influenced by it he decides to focus on tap dancing.

22:49

AN talks about being in a workshop led by Savion Glover and auditioning with him later that year.

30:02

AN talks about the difficulty he's faced being a white dancer in a predominantly Black dance world.

39:30

AN talks about the complexity of seeing tap through an oral tradition lens.

PARTICIPANTS

• Andrew Nemr
• Adam Koplan

RECORDING LOCATION

Atlanta History Center

VENUE / RECORDING KIT

• ATLANTA STORYBOOTH

TIER

• BOOTH INTERVIEW

PARTNERSHIP

• ALIF INSTITUTE (2022)

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