Tap Fusion
Hannah Playhouse, Cnr Courtenay Place & Cambridge Terrace, Wellington
13/02/2026 - 14/02/2026
Production Details
Creators Brandon & Cameron Carter-Chan, Director and Co Director of Tap NZ
Tap NZ
New Zealand's leading Tap Dance Company that specializes in staging high energy percussion based performances. We are a collective of some of our countries best Tap Dancers, Street Dancers and Musicians passionate about staging innovative works that fuse Tap Dance, Street Dance and Live Music. Since launching our Company, we have achieved national and international success with events such as World of Dance in Los Angeles and Grounded Battle of the Arts Melbourne.
Tap Fusion is a a high energy, percussive Tap Dance show that fuses with Street Dance and Live Original Music. Directors Brandon & Cameron Carter-Chan have created a show designed to push the creative boundaries of Tap Dance through a concept known as ‘Sound Communication’, by fusing with famous street styles such as Popping, Breaking and Hip Hop.
We will take the audience on a journey through the concept known as ‘Sound Communication.’ This simply means to communicate with our feet. A well-known concept that defines what it means to be a Tap Dancer. Famous Tap Dancer John Bubbles famously quotes, “Listen to my feet and I will tell you the story of my life.” We intend to express this concept in a way that has never been done before. By fusing with famous styles of dance such as Hip Hop, Popping, Breaking and Lindy Hop, we will push the creative boundaries of ‘Sound Communication’ as a way to communicate and collaborate with different artists
Hannah Playhouse, 12 Cambridge Terrace, Te Aro, Wellington
Friday 13th & Saturday 14th February, 7.00pm
Adult $35
Student $30
Child $25
Booking Link: https://tickets.fringe.co.nz/event/446:8251/
Creators Brandon & Cameron Carter-Chan, Director and Co Director of Tap NZ, are some of New Zealand’s top Choreographers having taught and choreographed in the dance community winning awards across New Zealand, Australia, United States and Europe for over 10 years. Their Tap Dance Company Tap NZ focuses on Tap Innovation and has recently been invited to perform in Los Angeles and Melbourne to stage their creative works.
Brandon Carter-Chan is the Founder of Tap NZ and has been a Tap Dancer for over 20yrs winning the PACANZ New Zealand Tap Nationals in 2014. Since then, Brandon has been teaching young dancers for the past 10yrs towards National and International Competitions. Brandon has also taught across Australia including working alongside original Tap Dog Darren Disney in staging creative works in Sydney. Brandon’s students have won many competition titles around the world including Showstopper USA, Tap Vibe Arizona and the IDO World Tap Dance Championships. Brandon’s students continue to succeed, having recently taken out 1st and 2nd at the PACANZ Tap Nationals. Brandon also engages in Architecture having won four World Architecture Awards presented at the famous Guggenheim building in Spain. In 2025 Brandon attended the Stockholm Tap Festival in Sweden alongside 40 other countries where he battled some of Europe’s best Freestylers and learnt from the Masters of Tap Dance including the legendary Savion Glover.
Cameron Carter-Chan is the Co-Founder of Tap NZ and has been a competitive Street Dancer for over 15yrs representing New Zealand at World Street Dance competitions such as Dancers Paradise and WSB International taking home silver and bronze medals. Cameron has worked as a choreographer and teacher for the past 10yrs training and mentoring students work towards prestigious competitions such as Hip Hop International, WSB and Hip Hop Unite. Cameron is also an accomplished screen actor appearing various TV shows and movies where he was given the opportunity to act alongside Academy Award Nominee Charlotte Rampling.
Brandon Carter-Chan
Co-Director of Tap Fusion
Tap Dancer
Cameron Carter-Chan
Co-Director of Tap Fusion
Tap Dancer and Hip Hop Dancer
Brigid Carter-Chan
Company Manager
Jackson Chan
Media & Marketing
Russell Fox
Graphic Design & Branding
Tap Dancers
Shania Carter-Chan
Bethany Hendrikse
Amelia Irwin
Kate McLeod
Emily Cooper
Yigu Ye
Daisy Insley
Celina Lee
Ana Vincent
Jonathan O'Connor
Street Dancers
Andy Choi
Dale Sasis
Daniel Bispo
Jesse Peeters
Ana Bogdanovic
Musicians
Dale Sasis
Nick Rowsby
Shobhan Malhotra
Brendan Bosch
Dance , Music ,
Approx 90min
Rhythms speaking volumes with exhilarating fusions and slick ensemble
Review by Deirdre Tarrant 15th Feb 2026
The Fringe Festival bursts into life in Wellington with this exuberant and high-octane performance! A full house of enthusiastic supporters and a queue out into Courtenay Place announces that the Fringe – with over 180 shows coming up – is here and happening! Twelve items take us on a journey in which tap dance with its rhythm and percussion is the essence. 12 tap dancers, 6 Street dancers, and 4 musicians each take their part as tap dance history adds in Lindy Hop, Break, Hip Hop, and Bopping styles.
Loud and relentless, the sound could use a little more light and shade, but these dancers are strong and accomplished and clearly love their dancing. It is fun to be a part of and to really see dance actively in conversation with sound. The rhythms speak volumes.
Brandon and Cameron Carter-Chan are the directors and key choreographers, and their delight in their dancers is palpable. There are many stages in the items and a continuous play in the relationships between each dancer. The opening and closing solos by Brendan Carter-Chan are expressive and personal. The Street Dancer duo and the Bop Soloist are charismatic highlights.
The competitive edge associated with tap is ever present – “anything you can do I can do too” or “better“ and the repartee certainly ricochets from foot to foot to feet as ensemble work takes over and exhilarates. Production values are high, and some quirky moments lighten the intensity. The drummer exiting to answer his phone and the HMV gramophone are moments of wry smile and music nostalgia for me. Choreographically, the vocabulary is steady, and the technique is strong. The phrasing is a little predictable and could use a wider variety of structures, but when this does happen, it is slick, sophisticated and effective.
Tap Fusion is entertaining and well done to all. Don’t be afraid to adventure even more to really spark the highs and lows in the storyline. Look for the nuances to guard against sounding angry and loud all the way and to communicate out to us in the audience so we feel included… we may be overwhelmed by the expertise and steps, but it is lovely to relate our much more mundane rhythms to the excitement of the dancing and feelings present in the show. There is real magic onstage.
Life is a roller coaster, and dance as an art form can really bring that alive and help us travel along the road! Tap Fusion is a great concept and all credit to Brendan and Cameron Carter-Chan for their talent, creativity and energy.
WOW is the word as we tap our way out of the theatre into our lives. Thank you.
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