Sam Weber is an award winning artist who has gained an international reputation as a tap dancer and is in demand throughout the world as a performer, master teacher and choreographer. He has appeared with such tap luminaries as Charles “Honi” Coles, Jimmy Slyde, Steve Condos, Gregory Hines and the Nicholas Brothers. A protege of tap master Stan Kahn in San Francisco, he was a principal dancer and choreographer with the Jazz Tap Ensemble from 1986 to 2009 and has received acclaim in the U.S. and abroad touring with the company. Mr. Weber is one of the few tap dancers in the world currently performing Morton Gould’s “Tap Dance Concerto.” Sam was the first tap dancer to receive New York’s “Bessie” award, presented in recognition of outstanding artistic achievement. Sam is also the recipient of the Legacy Award from the Third Coast Rhythm Project, the Giant Steps Award from the San Francisco Tap Festival and the Juba Award from the Chicago Human Rhythm Project. Sam has been teaching and performing at international tap festivals since the first Colorado Tap Festival in 1986. He has taught at UCLA, Cal State U. Fullerton, Cal State U. L.A., and currently teaches at San Francisco State University.