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DocuSign Envelope ID:06711178-0E3F-4541-A834-A91 FC422F4D1 <br /> w w A w w w w w A A w w <br /> Z l <br /> NCYTE's artistic director, Gene Medler <br /> 1 Gene Medler is founder and director of the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble 1 <br /> 1 (NCYTE) and director of the North Carolina Rhythm Tap Festival. He teaches in 1 <br /> 1 the Department of Performing Arts at Elon University. Mr. Medler's previous 1 i. <br /> Nteaching credits include Duke University and Meredith College. He is on the 1 <br /> faculty at The Ballet School of Chapel Hill and has taught master classes at the 1 <br /> 5 tap festivals in the U.S. and worldwide. 1 <br /> 1 1 <br /> S Gene was an athlete for most of his life, playing baseball, basketball, and track in 1 <br /> 1 middle and high school and then fencing at the University of North Carolina. <br /> Between undergraduate and graduate school he got interested in acting which 1 <br /> S led to dance classes and ultimately tap dance class. Loving movement for its 1 <br /> 1 own sake and having always wanted to learn to play an instrument, tap dancing 1 <br /> S was the perfect art form for him. He was fortunate to be learning when many of <br /> 1 the old masters were starting to teach again. Gene worked with masters like 1 <br /> 5 Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates, Charles "Honi" Coles, Cholly Atkins, Bunny Briggs, and 1 <br /> 5 contemporaries like Brenda Bufalino, Sam Weber and Savion Glover. His passion 1 <br /> Sfor tap dancing coupled with his desire to teach led to the creation of NCYTE. 1 <br /> 1 Selected career highlights include: 1 <br /> • Appearance in Duke Ellington's Nutcracker at 1 <br /> 5 �` Page Auditorium, Duke University & Memorial 1 <br /> S w °""' Hall, UNC 1 <br /> 1 $ • Appearance in Ellington's David Danced, <br /> Duke Chapel 1 <br /> 1 t • "Poor Butterfly" soft shoe choreo-graphed by 1 <br /> 5 Brenda Buffalino at Colorado Dance Festival 1 <br /> ' • Appearance in Great Tap Reunion (Boston), 1 <br /> 1 Charles 'Honi" Cole choreography 1 <br /> • Appearance with the Squirrel Nut Zippers 1 <br /> Z • Appearance with Brenda Bufalino, World 1 <br /> 5 • Dance Festival New York City 1 <br /> Grants from the Durham Arts Council, the 1 <br /> 1 North Carolina Arts Council and the Orange 1 <br /> 1 County Arts Commission 1 <br /> • Featured in Dance Teacher Now magazine 1 <br /> 1 • Featured in Southern Living magazine 1 <br /> S • Received the 1998 Indy Award for contribution to the arts from 1 <br /> Independent Magazine 1 <br /> 5 • Profiled in the September/October 2001 Carolina Alumni Review 1 <br /> 1 • Named Tar Heel of the Week by the News and Observer 1 <br /> >• Seen nationwide in PBS special,Juba! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance 1 <br /> S 1 <br /> S North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble- Guide for teachers 5 1 <br /> r .r►. ►. r►."/•∎••■r•.r*.i►.r •∎∎•• **/** ►, ►,r►.A"""∎•∎ . ► ,,•∎••∎•∎••••. .■•.■•,■•.■• ••.■►J <br />