Tap virtuoso Andrew Nemr will present his solo show “Rise to the Tap” at Theatrical Outfit this weekend.
His parents were from Lebanon and escaped from war-torn Beirut in order to travel to Canada. Nemr was born in Canada, but grew up some in New Jersey and in the suburbs of Virginia.
He said he felt very lonely and secluded by his peers due to his ethnicity. In Nemr’s one-man show, he demonstrates the struggles he underwent and how tap dancing was his outlet for inner peace.
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