Pop Tap Festival: Scholarship Winners Announced
News
Edition 2024
12.03.2024
It's time to reveal the names of the dancers who have won the scholarships awarded for this eighth edition of the Pop Tap Festival. Here they are:
POP TAP FESTIVAL 2024 SCHOLARSHIPS
Sarah Reich Tap Music Project 100% GRETA RIZZOTTI
Sarah Reich Tap Music Project 100% MARTINA MAZZIERI
Riff Dallas Tap Festival 100% TOMMASO MARIA PARAZZOLI
Hollywood Tap Fest 100% FEDERICO PICCHI
Hollywood Tap Fest 100% MATTEO LO PICCOLO
DC Tap Festival 100% MATTEO PEROZZI
DC Tap Festival 100% DANIEL ALFANDARI
Maadrhythms Tap Festval Chicago 100% TOMMASO MARIA PARAZZOLI
Tap United Boston 100% LAURA MARINI
Tap United Boston 100% GAIA MONTAGNESE
Stockholm tap festival 50% GIULIA PERA
Dubrovnik tap festival 50% ANDREA CASSONE
Dubrovnik tap festival 50% FRANCESCA DE ANGELIS
Dubrovnik tap festival 50% MATTIA DUSATTI
Dubrovnik tap festival 50% OTTAVIA BORGO
Dubrovnik tap festival 50% GIULIA PERA
Dubrovnik tap festival 50% CHIARA RECINE
Dubrovnik tap festival 50% SARAH NORRITO
JAZZ&CO DANCE STUDIO SCHOLARSHIPS
MATTIA DUSATTI for 4 lessons 100%
Gruppo TAP TEAM for 4 lessons 100%
Gruppo CANTALOOP ISLAND for 4 lessons 100%
Gruppo ALLY for 4 hours of TECHNICAL and CHOREOGRAPHIC lessons with  Graziella Di Marco
FEDERICO PICCHI World Admission to Tap Dance Training  “HEY PACHUCO”


Contact: JAZZ&CO DANCE STUDIO
+39 06 95595257
+39 3518317642
[email protected]
 

BORSE DI STUDIO POP TAP FESTIVAL 2024
Sarah Reich Tap Music Project 100% GRETA RIZZOTTI
Sarah Reich Tap Music Project 100% MARTINA MAZZIERI
Riff Dallas Tap Festival 100% TOMMASO MARIA PARAZZOLI
Hollywood Tap Fest 100% FEDERICO PICCHI
Hollywood Tap Fest 100% MATTEO LO PICCOLO
DC Tap Festival 100% MATTEO PEROZZI
DC Tap Festival 100% DANIEL ALFANDARI
Maadrhythms Tap Festval Chicago 100% TOMMASO MARIA PARAZZOLI
Tap United Boston 100% LAURA MARINI
Tap United Boston 100% GAIA MONTAGNESE
Stockholm tap festival 50% GIULIA PERA
Dubrovnik tap festival 50% ANDREA CASSONE
Dubrovnik tap festival 50% FRANCESCA DE ANGELIS
Dubrovnik tap festival 50% MATTIA DUSATTI
Dubrovnik tap festival 50% OTTAVIA BORGO
Dubrovnik tap festival 50% GIULIA PERA
Dubrovnik tap festival 50% CHIARA RECINE
Dubrovnik tap festival 50% SARAH NORRITO


BORSE DI STUDIO PRESSO LA JAZZ&CO DANCE STUDIO
MATTIA DUSATTI for 4 lessons 100%
Gruppo TAP TEAM for 4 lessons 100%
Gruppo CANTALOOP ISLAND for 4 lessons 100%
Gruppo ALLY for 4 hours of TECHNICAL and CHOREOGRAPHIC lessons with  Graziella Di Marco
FEDERICO PICCHI World Admission to Tap Dance Training  “HEY
PACHUCO”

Contact: JAZZ&CO DANCE STUDIO
06 95595257
3518317642
[email protected]


BORSE DI STUDIO AL 100% PER 10 LEZIONI DI JAZZ E MUSICAL THEATRE NEL CORSO DI FORMAZIONE PROFESSIONALE DI EVOLUZIONE PERFORMING ARTS ASSEGNATE A:
VERONICA MAGGIO
LAURA MARINI
GRUPPO US AGAIN
EMANUEL ENZO CASO


BORSA DI STUDIO AL 50% PER LE QUALIFICAZIONI ITALIANE DEL GLOBAL DANCE OPEN DELL'11 MAGGIO A ROMA (CATEGORIA TAP) ASSEGNATE A:
VERONICA MAGGIO
GIACOMO CASSONE
DUO UPTOWN FUNK
TRIO CAN'T HOLD US
GRUPPO STEP IN TIME

Contact: Evoluzione Performing Arts
+39 06 5121782
[email protected]
[email protected]


CLOVER DANZE IRLANDESI DIRETTA DA MIRKO PELUSO. 
7 full scholarships for a Special Course in Choreography and Performance in Irish Step Dancing (light & heavy), available from September 2024 to June 2025 - valued at 250 euros each. Awarded to:
- n. 10 (Giacomo Cassone)
- n. 23 (Mattia Dusatti)
- n. 24 (Daniel Alfandari)
- n. 35 (Trio Can't Hold Us)
- n. 39 (Argana Rosa Sbisà)

Contact: Mirko Peluso
President of ASD CLOVER Irish Dance School
(+39) 3384707338
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.cloverdanzeirlandesi.it


MATTIA DUSATTI
Two private lessons and one group improvisation lesson with live music.


PUTTIN ON THE RITZ
Two group lessons and one private lesson for a pair.


TRASHIN THE CAMP
Private lesson for the group
Participation in "Tocca a Te"
April 6, 2024

Contact:
Michela Bianco
040 2411274
[email protected]


SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED BY ALESSIO GUERRA:
ALICE ARTUSO (Hit the road - solo junior 1 intermediate - Pop Tap Dif24)
STEP IN TIME (formation under 10 open - Pop Tap Dif24)
VERONICA MAGGIO (Love - solo Junior 1 intermediate - Pop Tap Dif24)
ALICE PERCODANI (Prince of Bel Air - solo Junior 1 intermediate - Pop Tap Dif24)
GIACOMO CASSONE (Come together - solo Junior 1 advanced - Pop Tap Dif24)
ILENIA CASTAGNOLA (Bam Bam - solo Junior 2 intermediate - Pop Tap Dif24)
STEPPING OUT (Formation over 30 - Pop Tap Dif24)
TOMMASO MARIA PARAZZOLI (Something Big - solo over 17 advanced - Pop Tap Dif24)
MATTEO LO PICCOLO (Foreplay - solo over 17 advanced - Pop Tap Dif24)
MATTIA DUSATTI (Ohne dich - solo over 17 advanced - Pop Tap Dif24)
DANCING FOOL (Formation under 17 open - Pop Tap Dif24)
KEEP DRIVING (trios junior 2 intermediate - Pop Tap Dif24)
CHIARA CAPELLO e VALENTINA CAPELLO (I'm still standing - duo junior 1 intermediate -
Pop Tap Dif24)
CAN'T HOLD US (trios over 17 intermediate - Pop Tap Dif24)
SPLAT (small group under 13 open - Pop tap Dif24)
MADE YOU LOOK (small group under 13 open - Pop tap Dif24)
TAP TEAM (small group over 17 open - Pop tap Dif24)
MOULIN ROUGE (small group over 17 - Pop Tap Dif24)

Contact: Dreaming Academy
+39 329 777 72 43
[email protected]
The Pop Tap Festival is a choreographic event by Jazz&Co. Dance Studio for tap dance enthusiasts. During the last edition of Danzainfiera, it introduced a competitive section, offering scholarships for the world's most prestigious tap dance festivals.
More than just a competition, the eighth edition of the Pop Tap Festival also featured high-quality workshops and presented top international dancers such as Anthony Morigerato, known for several Broadway shows and appearances on major television programs, earning him an Emmy nomination in 2016 as a choreographer, and guest teachers like the D'Angelo Brothers, world champions, and globally renowned instructors and performers.

The desire for quality, doing well, commitment, and collaboration: according to Graziella Di Marco - President of Jazz&Co. Dance Studio, who oversaw the artistic and organizational direction of the project - these are the elements that characterize the Pop Tap Festival and make it a unique project in its field. "It's an excellent example of what we Italians can achieve when cooperation is put at the service of quality," Di Marco continues. "Cooperation brings well-being, and for us teachers, it translates into hope."