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| Pia Neises was born in Cologne, Germany. She studied tap dance at Woodpeckers Tap Dance Center with Brenda Bufalino and Barbara Duffy who are her greatest inspirations.
Pia’s solo performance highlights include teaching and performing at the Düsseldorf and Heidelberg Tap Festivals, dancing with The Symphonic Orchestra of the Opera Dortmund to the music of Westside Story, Thomas Marek’s “about tap vol. 1”, which premiered at the Tanzhaus in Düsseldorf, Germany in 2005, “about tap vol 2”, with Thomas Marek, Brenda Bufalino, Sarah Petronio, Josh Hilberman and LeeLa Petronio, at the Hamburg “Kampnagel” and Stuttgart, Germany in February 2006. Pia also worked with “Tap It DeeP”, a tap dance show using midified tap sounds. Pia was a founding member of Susan Hebach’s “Tap Collective” and Thomas Marek’s “Funked Up! The New Power Of Tap”. Pia has also worked with the following companies: “Tap Express” directed by Robin Tribble, the all female group,” “Chili con Tap”, directed by Christina Delious, Brenda Bufalino’s “American Tap Dance Orchestra” and “International Tap Dance Orchestra”. She is currently a member of Barbara Duffy & Company. In Cologne, Pia teaches at her own studio and is on faculty at the High School of Ballet. She has taught workshops all over Germany, as well as in France and the Netherlands. “Sweet feet that can’t be beat, sugar and spices and everything Neises.” “Pia is one of the most dynamic tap dancers today. Her flashy footwork, musicality and joyful energy make her an incredibly exciting dancer to hear and to watch.”Barbara Duffy, New York “Pia Neises is a master of strong softness. She is dancing with soul, feeling and vitality.” >Check out Pia's teaching schedule
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