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dancer/musician: @subjectmattertap
alum: @maddrhythms @berkleeglobaljazzinstitute
@bostonconservatory
educator at: @tuftsuniversity
@emersoncollege

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"With Far Hand" is out on all streaming platforms now!! Let us know your favorite songs by tagging us in your stories! by @ianberg67

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july 5th/@jacobspillow w my team @subjectmattertap and the friends @mgxvranken @johnkohmusic @aqldrum/last time on this song i promise taken in Jacob's Pillow by @ianberg67

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from my master thesis at berklee by @ianberg67

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Join us every Monday night for Advanced Tap Dance class with @ianberg67!!

$25 or pay what you can (cash prefered)

7:30-9pm at @dmpac.cydp

Clip from "With Far Hand" at @totapfest 2026

Produced by Toffan Rhythm Projects
Lighting Design & Production: Sharon DiGenova
Videography: UV Studio
Photography: ES Cheah Photography by @ianberg67

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Tap and jazz share the same rhythmic roots. This residency is bringing them back together.

Boston-based tap dancer and composer Ian Berg is a recipient of a 2026 Jazz Road Creative Residency grant. Over three retreats in Vermont and Massachusetts, he and his ensemble, Subject:Matter, are exploring new tap textures and recording a full album built to bridge the tap and jazz communities.

The project carries lessons from mentors Danilo Perez, John Patitucci, and Joe Lovano, and it’s driven by a simple hope: that tap dancers and jazz musicians can share the bandstand again, the way they did at the start of jazz. @subjectmattertap @ianberg67

This is what a Creative Residency grant makes possible: time, space, and trust for an artist to follow a new sound wherever it leads.

Follow along as the project unfolds, and visit JazzRoad.org to learn more about Jazz Road Creative Residency grants and Jazz Road Tour Grants, supporting mid-career jazz artists nationwide.

🎶 Jazz Road is a program of @SouthArtsOrg funded by @DorisDukeFdn with support from the @MellonFoundation Creative Content by @StoneHouseCreativeStudio

#TapDance #Jazz #JazzMusicians #ArtsFunding #ArtistGrants by @ianberg67

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one year since the best day ever! 🫶🏻 by @ianberg67

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confirmation head/collecting material for fall festivals/catch this (and my rant about learning bop lines) at @maddrhythms summit this weekend by @ianberg67

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from @tapmusicproject in la in july/i'll remeber april/thanks again @sourtaps for having me!! taken in The Mint LA by @ianberg67

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Boston-based tap company @subjectmattertap has made bold musical choices since its inception in 2015, choreographing to music by everyone from Fela Kuti to Herbie Hancock. But its latest offering, a studio album entitled “With Far Hand” (out now on music streaming platforms), features songs that no one has ever heard before. That’s because director @ianberg67 co-composed and arranged them alongside drummer @andresudol. The two met at the @berkleeglobaljazzinstitute, where Berg earned his master’s in music in 2023.

Notably, Berg is the first tap dancer to graduate from @berkleecollege of Music. But the Chicago native isn’t the first tap artist to produce a jazz album. It’s a genre that includes the legendary Baby Laurence’s 1977 record “Dancemaster,” and 2018’s “New Change,” by tap standout @sourtaps. “With Far Hand” is Subject:Matter’s sophomore album, following last year’s “Songbook,” and also exists as a full-length show, in which Berg performs with longtime dance collaborators @jaxxonclayton and @samithajo.

Learn more at the link in our bio. 🎶

📸: Ian Berg in Subject:Matter’s “Blowout.” Photo by Bradley Wakoff, Courtesy Berg.
📝: @ryancaseydance

#tapdance #jazzmusic #rhythm

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1) A male tap dancer performing on stage in front of a live band. His weight is in his left leg and his arms extend side. Text: Tap dancer Ian Berg Explores the Musical Potential of Tap Sounds in a New Jazz Album
2) Text: “I always wanted to make stuff that, if you could just watch it, it would be great to watch, and if you could just listen, it would be great to listen to. People go to concerts and they know all the words. Wouldn’t that be so cool if people showed up to a tap dance show and knew all the rhythms?” —Ian Berg, tap dancer and musician by @ianberg67

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from @luthiertapfestival in Barcelona recently/we were working on listening to and responding to oneself in class/hopefully some of that here/thank you so much @guillemalonso_tap for having me!

reference: a little @dianne_walker138 at the beginning, Lon Chaney and Four Step Brothers by @ianberg67

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lunch break today with accents #yakostyle taken in Emerson College by @ianberg67

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before class stuff by @ianberg67

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