MINNEAPOLIS (Nov. 14, 2011) - The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts is excited to bring Buckets and Tap Shoes to The Goodale Theater December 9-11, 2011. The group, formed on the streets of downtown Minneapolis, will hit the stage for three electrifying performances!

Created by brothers Rick and Andy Ausland, Buckets and Tap Shoes has evolved into a unique ensemble of musicians, percussionists and rhythm tap dancers, who transfer the innovation and spontaneity of street performance to the stage. Their family-friendly show is always an audience favorite. Utterly brilliantvirtuoso percussive players on, yes, BUCKETS, and extraordinary tap dancers, as capable of channeling Hip-Hop as Astaire-like suavity! The New York Times

Buckets and Tap Shoes delivers an energetic and electric collection of high-quality tap dance and musical jams that include banging on 5-gallon paint buckets just like you see on street corners around the country. This intrepid group of performers features an explosive, high energy, rhythmic journey that has astounded audiences worldwide!

Dont miss out on this thrill ride of a performance! Go to www.thecowlescenter.org or call 612.206.3600 for tickets! Performances are December 9 & 10 at 8:00pm and December 11 at 7:00pm. All tickets are $24.

About The Cowles Center

The Cowles Center for Dance and the Performing Arts is the Twin Cities' newest arts center and the flagship for dance in Minnesota. Centrally located in downtown Minneapolis, The Cowles Center includes the newly refurbished 500-seat Goodale Theater; the Hennepin Center for the Arts, home to 20 leading dance and performing arts organizations; the state-of-the-art Target Education Studio, housing The Cowles Centers distance learning program; and the new U.S. Bank Atrium. The Cowles Center fills the need for a place that is a catalyst for the creation, presentation, education, enjoyment and celebration of dance and the performing arts in the Twin Cities. www.thecowlescenter.org.

Buckets and Tap Shoes

Friday, December 9 8pm

Saturday, December 10 8pm

Sunday, December 11 7pm

Location: The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts

528 Hennepin Avenue South at 6th Street, Minneapolis

Tickets: The Cowles Center Box Office

612.206.3600

11:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday Friday and Saturday & Sunday two hours prior to performances

Online anytime at www.thecowlescenter.org

Single tickets - $24 (group discounts available)

DECEMBER AT THE COWLES CENTER

Minnesota PerformDance

All Wrapped Up Featuring the Starettes

Friday, December 2 7:30pm (Opening Night)

Saturday, December 3 2pm

Single tickets - $15-19

Zenon Dance Company

The Nutcracker According to Mother Goose

Saturday, December 17 1pm & 5pm

Sunday, December 18 1pm & 5pm

Single tickets - $15-20

Cantus

Christmas with Cantus

Thursday, December 22 7:30pm

Single tickets - $10-25

Minnesota Dance Theatre

Loyce Houltons Nutcracker Fantasy

Friday, December 23 7pm (Opening Night)

Saturday, December 24 12pm

Monday, December 26 4pm

Tuesday, December 27 2pm

Wednesday, December 28 2pm

Thursday December 29 4pm

Friday, December 30 7pm

Saturday, December 31 4pm

Single tickets - $36

Location: The Cowles Center for Dance & the Performing Arts

528 Hennepin Avenue South at 6th Street, Minneapolis

Tickets: The Cowles Center Box Office

612.206.3600

11:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m. Tuesday Friday and Saturday & Sunday two hours prior to performances

Online anytime at www.thecowlescenter.org

Contact: Andrea Tonsfeldt

612.206.3631

atonsfeldt@thecowlescenter.org