Mission Statement
The company is dedicated to the development of a tap dance form that incorporates native dances and dancers from around the globe. The MGTC's repertoire encompasses a wide variety of music, movement and styles brought together to prove that rhythm has no limits. Our mission is to create a hybrid dance form that both educates and entertains while increasing awareness and appreciation. The MGTC aims to reach an expanded and more diverse audience of patrons.

Artistic Director
Innovative tapper, choreographer, and master teacher Mark Goodman is the artistic director of the dance company that he founded in 1999. Mark's innovative choreography blends powerful dancing, percussion, storylines, original music and rhythm. His sense of humor and belief that dance and performance ought to be about fun -- for both dancer and audience -- also influence his work. Click Here to read his biography.

Company Home
The company is based at The Performing Arts Center, 7932 Haskell Avenue, Van Nuys, CA 91406. Phone: (818) 779-0428.

Classes
Mark is on staff for Shock the Intensive, The Performing Arts Center, Van Nuys, CA. He also choreographs shows and performance specials and teaches master classes nationally and internationally.

Media Reviews

"The super talented man who made the whole evening a wonderful experience, Mark's sense of theatre makes his approach to a "tap show" an emotional as well as entertaining piece of theatre. They definitely left you wanting more!"
-- Dance and Fitness Magazine

"Mark Goodman's dancing represented a different kind of flight as he skimmed across the front stage, coattails and legs fluttering."
-- The New York Times

"I haven't seen anything like this since Greg Hines!"
-- Dance and Fitness Magazine

"Mark Goodman burst onto the stage like Donald O'Connor athletic and funny with and without his jump rope tricks."
-- The News and Observer Raleigh, N.C.

Mr. Applebaum and Mark Goodman dance a fast-tapping duet with jump ropes that is one of the evening's high points."
-- The New York Times

"Goodman is the tapping prince of the show, truly an exciting hoofer."
-- The Advocate Hartford, Connecticut

"Goodman and Dennis Stowe take turns showing off spectacular tap routines that recall the legendary Nicholas Brothers. It's terrific..."
-- The Republican American Waterbury, Connecticut

"Goodman's sense of humor added to the engaging quality of his moves."
-- The Herald-Sun Durham, N.C.

"Goodman's a dancing mime as he glides and slides, teasing us with near prat-falls and lightning blurs... when not oozing he's hurling himself about like some demented, but oh so controlled, reptile in heat. The rhythmic changes are enchanting."
-- The Hour Norwalk, Connecticut

"Goodman is an agile tap dancer with a fresh faced smile that could melt ice in Antarctica.
-- The Courier Journal Louisville, Kentucky

"Mark Goodman... tall, lean, graceful and wonderfully witty."
-- Fair Press Bridgeport, Connecticut