Artist ID: 16550
Mentored by Gregory Hines, and now artistic Director and lead dancer of CPD PLUS (Cats Paying Dues), featured on the 2006 Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon and Celebrate Booklyn. Nemr and CPD PLUS' 2008 season "Where the Music Lives" was described as "a welcome return to the elegance of simplicity and the tap dancer as maker of aural magic" by exploredance.com.
An experienced soloist, Andrew has performed in various venues nationally and internationally including the PNC Bank Arts Center, NJ, La MaMa, Etc., NY, the Blue Note Jazz Club, NY, Town Hall Theatre, NY, The Duke Theatre, NY and the Bloomsbury Theatre, London, England. Andrew was featured alongside Jazz greats lark Terry, Jimmy Heath, Hank Jones, James Carter and John Faddis in A Great Night in Harlem at the Apollo Theatre, NY, in support of the Jazz Foundation of America and, additionally on Harry Connick Jr.'s Only You Tour at Proctors Theatre, Schenectedy, NY. He most recently has been the featured tap dancer with the Duke Ellington Orchestra presenting Duke Ellington: The Sacred Concerts.
As a founding member and dance captain of Savion Glover's TiDii, Andrew was featured in the critically acclaimed Improvography at The Joyce Theatre (NYC), the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival, the Jerry Lewis MDA, the Winter Olympics Arts Festival, and the Nijinsky Awards in Monaco. Andrew was also the only tap dancer to be featured in La Nuit Du Hip Hop (A Night of Hip Hop) in Grenoble, France, as part of the dance collective World Soul.
Andrew has been blessed to receive the guidance of many of the great tap dancers including Eddie Brown, Harold Cromer, Dr. Bunny Briggs, Dr. Jimmy Slyde, Dr. James "Buster" Brown, Le Roy Myers, Ernst "Brownie" Brown, Henry "Phace" Roberts, Dr. Henry LeTang, Marble Lee, Tina Pratt, Dianne Walker, Savion Glover, Ted Levy, and Gregory Hines.
Andrew performs regularly with the legendary Les Paul at the Iridium Jazz Club, NYC, and is on the faculty of Steps on Broadway, NYC.
"Andrew J. Nemr has built a disciplined, likable ensemble in CPD Plus (the initials stand for Cats Paying Dues). Its "Where the Music Lives," at the Julia Miles Theater, features five tap dancers and seven musicans, including the ridiculously cool musical director Tommy James, a longtime collaborator of Savion Glover's"
Claudia LaRocco
The New York Times
"...a lanky, moody-looking trickster who wears his Gregory Hines-patented easy going butchness well"
Eva Yaa Asantewaa
The Village Voice
"Andrew is a young version of the late Steve Condos"
Kelly-Marie Berry
Washington New Observer
"Andrew Nemr is not only a wonderful dancer, but an exceptional 'musician' enhancing every ensemble in which he participates with a musicality that goes beyond mere virtuosity."
Jack Kleinsinger
Producer, Highlights in Jazz
"Nemr was a protege of the late Gregory Hines and it shows in the way he manages to combine a jazzy, laid back, seemingly effortless attitude with conspicuous speed, precision, and complicated footwork."
ExploreDance.com
"Mr. Nemr pays homage to tap and jazz masters"
Claudia LaRocco
The New York Times
"Andrew Nemr is one of the tap dancers who will help move the form forward into the New Millennium. His skills are true and richly expressive."
Gregory Hines
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