Claire Miller

Claire Miller is a tap dance performer, choreographer and educator from London, UK.  She is the founder and director of London Tap Academy and it passionate about authentic jazz dance education for children and adults. 

Claire performs improvised work with live jazz music and can be seen at various jazz festivals, jams and lindy hop events across London and the UK.   Her credits include Love Supreme Jazz Festival, The Southbank Centre, Britain's Got Talent (Diversity Break Free), BBC Sounds (Oti Mabuse's Dancing Legends) as well as regular performances at the London Tap Jam and the SOFF music jam.

In 2016-17 Claire had an apprenticeship with Tapestry Dance Company in Austin Tx where, under the direction of Acia Gray, she performed in productions of ‘Just Tap’ and ‘Of Mice and Music: A Jazz Nutcracker’.  She is an alumnus of the Jacob’s Pillow Tap Dance Programme (2021), directed by Michelle Dorrance, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards and Derick K Grant, and has studied with dancers such as Josette Wiggan, Heather Cornell and Roxane Butterfly.

Claire is interested in the historical context of tap dance and its connection to jazz dances such as blues, charleston, and lindy hop.  She also likes to make short dance films!

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