Penguin Tappers

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Penguin Tappers
Surname Penguin Tappers
society TV Hemsbach 1891 e. V.
Head of department Klaus Schollmeier
Andrea Mayer
founding year 1988
Seat 69502 Hemsbach, Germany
Club colors Red Black

The Penguin Tappers from Hemsbach are the dance sport department of TV Hemsbach 1891 e. V.

The main focus of the department is tap dancing . But there are also other dance styles, such as B. ballet , jazz or oriental dance are offered. Within the tap dance the focus is on the formation dance , with which the Penguin Tappers were able to achieve international success. With 88 German championships and 11 world championship titles (across all classes), the Penguin Tappers are the most successful German dance ensemble in the field of tap dance (as of November 30, 2019).

history

In 1986 a dance group was founded at the Hemsbach Education Center by the sports teacher Marianne Heinrich. In the course of time, the success of this working group exceeded the purely school work. The TV Hemsbach 1891 then founded the tap dance department in 1988, which from then on appeared under the name Penguin Tappers and took part in national and international championships.

In order to take part in the German Championship for Formations, she had to be a member of the General German Dance Teachers Association (ADTV). That is why the Penguin Tappers joined the ADTV Tanzschule Nuzinger in Heidelberg in 1991, but remained a department of TV Hemsbach.

Since the German Championships existed (1992), the main class formation has always been among the top three and thus qualified for the World Championships that have been taking place since 1995.

In 1996 they switched to the Hammersdorf dance school in Weinheim in order to continue participating in the championships.

Since 2008 the Penguin Tappers have been performing regularly at the world dance gala in the Kurhaus in Baden-Baden . In 2013 the Penguin Tappers took part in the TV show Got to Dance and reached the finals.

The Penguin Tappers are a registered association, in which - and this is unique - all age groups from schoolchildren to main class II, as well as popular sports as well as international top-class sports are represented at a professional level. You compete against professional dance schools, as well as national teams and the like. a. from USA, Canada and other nations.

Age groups and groups

In tap dance , different classes are formed depending on age, which then start in the areas of solo, duo, trio, small group (4 to 7 dancers) and formation (8 to 24 dancers). Production has a special position . All age groups are mixed here and there is no upper limit to the number of dancers. In the solo area there is a distinction between male and female, all other groups are mixed. The Penguin Tappers usually start in all age groups and groups at the championships.

The age groups in the area of ​​the formations are made up as follows:

group Age
children up to 12 years
Juniors 13 to 16 years
Adult 1 17 years open to the top
Adults 2 31 years open at the top
Seniors 50 years open to the top

Success in tap dancing

Formations

formation title Year of success
Main class 1 World Champion 2009, 2015
German champions 1993, 1994, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2013 to 2017
Main class 2 World Champion 2010, 2013 to 2017, 2019
German champions 2003 to 2005, 2010 to 2017
Juniors 1 World Champion 2013
German champions 2009 to 2011, 2013 to 2016, 2018, 2019
Student 1 World Champion 2019
German champions 1999 to 2002, 2008, 2011 to 2013, 2015 to 2019
Production German champions 2018

Small groups

group title Years of success
Main class 1 German champions 2002
Main class 2 German champions 2013
Juniors 1 German champions 2009, 2013 to 2015, 2017 to 2019
Student 1 German champions 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017 to 2019

trio

trio title Years of success
Main class 1 German champions 2015
Juniors 1 German champions 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014
Student 1 German champions 2008, 2011 to 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019

duo

duo title Years of success
Main class 1 German champions 2012, 2013
Juniors 1 German champions 2012 to 2014
Student 1 German champions 2008, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018

Solo (female)

soloist title Years of success
Juniors German champions 2019
student German champions 2008, 2010, 2011, 2015

Awards

June 11th, 2018 - Badischer Sportbund - Winner club "Talent promotion in sport"

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ TAF regulations (age groups from page 11). In: TAF Germany. Retrieved January 8, 2020 (German).
  2. ↑ IDO Competitions results 2009. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b IDO Competitions results 2015. Accessed April 25, 2018.
  4. ↑ a b c d e Penguin Tappers until 2007 (TAF Germany only lists the results from 2008). Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  5. ↑ a b c d e TAF Germany results 2008. Retrieved on April 25, 2018.
  6. ↑ a b c d TAF Germany Results 2009. Retrieved on April 25, 2018.
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j TAF Germany Results 2013. Accessed on April 25, 2018.
  8. ↑ a b c d e f g h TAF Germany results 2014. Accessed on April 25, 2018.
  9. ↑ a b c d e f g h i TAF Germany results 2015. Accessed on April 25, 2018.
  10. ↑ a b c d e TAF Germany Results 2016. Accessed on April 25, 2018.
  11. ↑ a b c d e f g TAF Germany results 2017. Accessed on April 25, 2018.
  12. ↑ IDO Competitions results 2010. Accessed April 25, 2018.
  13. ↑ a b IDO Competitions results 2013. Accessed April 25, 2018.
  14. ↑ IDO Competitions results 2014. Accessed April 25, 2018.
  15. ↑ IDO Competitions results 2016. Accessed April 25, 2018.
  16. ↑ IDO Competitions results 2017. Accessed April 25, 2018.
  17. ↑ IDO Results 2019. In: https://www.ido-dance.com . https://www.ido-dance.com , accessed November 30, 2019 .
  18. ↑ a b c TAF Germany results 2010. Retrieved on April 25, 2018.
  19. ↑ a b c d e f g TAF Germany results 2011. Accessed on April 25, 2018.
  20. ↑ a b c d e TAF Germany results 2012. Accessed on April 25, 2018.
  21. ↑ a b c d e f TAF Germany Results 2018. Accessed on October 16, 2018 .
  22. ↑ a b c d e f TAF German Tap Dance Championship 2019. Accessed on October 14, 2019 .
  23. ↑ IDO Results Tap Dance 2019. In: https://www.ido-dance.com . International Dance Organization (IDO), accessed November 30, 2019 .
  24. ^ Badischer Sportbund Nord: Winning clubs promoting talent in sport 2018. In: https://www.badischer-sportbund.de . June 11, 2018, accessed September 24, 2018 .