姓名：雷恩•亚力山大（Lane Alexander）
职务：美国踢踏舞教父
职称：美国踢踏舞教父
雷恩·亚历山大先生是“芝加哥人类节奏社”（Chicago Human Rhythm Project） 发起人之一并兼作总监20余年。在他30多年的丰富演出生涯中，亚历山大先生的作品遍及音乐会，音乐剧，电视及电影等多个方面。亚历山大先生同时是莫尔顿·古尔德“踢踏奏鸣曲舞团”（Morton Gould’s Tap Dance Concerto） 中最出色的专家之一，并曾获殊荣在许多著名场合与众多著名艺人同台演出，其中包括：
l 卡内基音乐厅与New York Pops 同台演出，该剧团的由诸多著名艺人领导，包括Skitch Henderson， Marvin Hamlisch, Nanette Fabret and Maurice Hines;
l 伦敦爱乐乐团（the London Philharmonic）与Rachel Worby；
l 圣路易斯交响乐团（the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra）与 David Robertson；
l 伊利诺伊州爱乐乐团 （the Illinois Philharmonic）与 Carmon DeLeone；
l 格林维尔交响乐团（Greenville Symphony Orchestra）与 Edvard Tchivzhel；
l Chautauqua Festival Orchestra；
l 科罗拉多交响乐团（Colorado Symphony Orchestra）；
l 昆士交响乐团（Queens Symphony Orchestra）与Stuart Malina；
l 长堤交响乐团（Long Beach Symphony Orchestra）与 Fred Strickler 和 Sam Weber；
l 捷克国家交响乐团（the Czech National Symphony Orchestra）；
l 达拉斯交响乐团（ the Dallas Symphony Orchestra）与Michael Krajewski
亚历山大先生的自创作品演出始于1992年，是在 the Chicago Sinfonietta 与Paul Freeman合作的；作为舞蹈家他还录制出版了“踢踏奏鸣曲舞团”作品，值得一提的是，这是自1952年Danny Daniels大师完成首次录制以来获此殊荣担纲的第一人。
在美国，亚历山大先生早期曾参与“踢踢踏踏奥斯汀“（Austin on Tap） 全国巡演，并在“42街”中担任过角色，该剧为百老汇著名“烛光晚餐剧院“保留剧目，久演不衰，由Bill Pullinsi 执导，Marc Robin 任编舞；亚历山大先生后于1987年加入”加拿大国家踢踏舞团“，在团内担任过独舞及团长，后被聘为特邀表演嘉宾，随该团亚历山大先生曾到包括中国在内的许多国家演出，并在赫赫有名的意大利Spoleto Festival 舞蹈节上参与首演。在此段时间，亚历山大先生还参与创立了“亚历山大-迈克尔斯/未来运动”（am/FM），身为芝加哥人的凯利·迈克尔斯是现代舞界著名的舞蹈大师和编舞， 他们二人一起将踢踏与摩登二种舞蹈有机地结合在一起，共同创立了一门新的舞种并致力于使美式踢踏成为一种公认的艺术形式。为了这个目标，二人还一起于1990年发起建立了“芝加哥人体节奏社”（the Chicago Human Rhythm Project），主办每年一度的夏季踢踏及击脚舞蹈节。而如今，该社在亚历山大先生的带领下俨然已成为全美国美式踢踏和现代击脚艺术的专业先锋，而他本人也已成为此运动的领军人物。
亚历山大先生曾为电影Outtakes（由Sell Film电影公司制作）和电视连续剧The Untouchables 编舞并出演，他还导演了PBS广播公司制作的纪录片JUBA！踢踏和击脚舞蹈艺术大师们的传奇故事（JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance），该片曾获“艾美奖“题名。2004年，亚历山大先生创立了一个名为BAM! 的剧团，此团当年代表美国参加了第5届北京现代舞节。亚历山大先生对踢踏舞的贡献包括编舞受到广泛认可，好评如潮，获得许多奖项，主要包括：
l ” 全美美国艺术优秀作品奖励计划“（the National Endowment for the Arts’ American Masterpieces）所颁发的奖项 ，该奖由伊利诺伊州艺术理事会举荐；
l 被芝加哥论坛报评为”芝加哥年度人物“
l “卢斯·佩奇卓越贡献奖“(the Ruth Page Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field)
l 由“芝加哥舞蹈音乐联盟“颁发的”优秀独舞表演奖“（the Chicago Dance and Music Alliance for Outstanding Solo Performance）
l 二次入选成为伊利诺伊州艺术理事会编舞分会理事（Illinois Arts Council Choreography Fellowships）
l “芝加哥舞蹈编导论坛奖“（Chicago Dancemakers Forum Award）
l “五月节学院“的首届”托米奖“，该奖项是为保护TommySutton 文化遗产而设立的
亚历山大先生还荣幸的被PBS广播公司安排成为首席大法官 Sandra Day O’Connor 与戴尔电脑公司Micheal Dell 的全国旅行随团人员。他新近获得的奖项是“2008年度芝加哥文化50名领军人物”是由“芝加哥新城市“ 主办的。
作为一名艺术家，亚历山大先生曾在许多国家表演和授课，其中包括雅典，北京，巴西利亚，就加拉加斯，赫尔辛基，慕尼黑，巴黎，布拉格，斯图加特，东京以及苏黎世，并参加过诸多北美艺术节， 像“第三届沿海地区社“（the Third Coast Rhythm Project），”踢踏之城“ （Tap City）， ”温哥华踢踏节“ （Vancouver Tap Festival）以及”灵魂与脚掌的对话“(Soul to Soles)等；他还曾与众多大家名师同台演出，包括Donald O'Connor, Gregory Hines, Maurice Hines, the Nicholas Brothers, Buster Brown, Prince Spencer, Peg Leg Bates, Jimmy Slyde, Savion Glover 以及 Luke Cresswell.
亚历山大先生目前在芝加哥踢踏舞学校常年执教，同时也在许多其它舞蹈工作室或学校任课，如the Lou Conte Dance Studio，Northwestern University， the Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Center，the Joel Hall Dance Studio， Columbia College， Stephen's College，the University of Nevada，Las Vegas。亚历山大先生目前还担任国际踢踏舞协会临时委员会会员，芝加哥舞蹈联合会常任理事，曾师从诸多大家名师如 ，Laine Johns,，Susan Beil Connally,，Steve Condos, LaVaughn Robinson，Fred Strickler，William Orlowski， Dianne Walker，Sam Weber 以及 Bobby Wells。他同时为“里奥舞鞋公司“ （Leo's Dancewear）设计了”奏鸣曲团“踢踏鞋并仍然担任其设计顾问。
附: 雷恩·亚历山大先生小传英文原文
Lane Alexander, Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s co-founder and director for 20 years, has a performing career spanning over 30 years that includes work on the concert stage, musical theater, television and film. He is one of the foremost experts on Morton Gould’s Tap Dance Concerto and has performed at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops led by Skitch Henderson and Marvin Hamlisch, Nanette Fabret, and Maurice Hines; the London Philharmonic (Rachel Worby), the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (David Robertson), the Illinois Philharmonic (Carmon DeLeone) and his first performance of the piece in 1992 with the Chicago Sinfonietta (Paul Freeman). He was the first artist to publish a recording of the Tap Dance Concerto since the original recording with Danny Daniels in 1952. Additional performances have included the Greenville Symphony Orchestra with Edvard Tchivzhel, Chautauqua Festival Orchestra, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Queens Symphony Orchestra (Stuart Malina), Long Beach Symphony Orchestra (with Fred Strickler and Sam Weber), the Czech National Symphony Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (Michael Krajewski).
Lane toured nationally with Austin on Tap and appeared in the Candlelight Dinner Theater’s long running production of 42nd Street (directed by Bill Pullinsi and choreographed by Marc Robin) before joining the National Tap Dance Company of Canada in 1987 as an ensemble member. He continued to perform with the company as a soloist, principal and featured guest artist in appearances throughout Canada, the United States, China - and the first tap performance ever at the prestigious Spoleto Festival in Italy. While still appearing as a guest artist with the NTDCC, Lane Co-founded alexander,michaels/Future Movement (am/FM) with Chicago native and noted contemporary dancer/choreographer Kelly Michaels. Together, they created a repertory of tap, modern dances that stretched the boundaries of both and worked for the acknowledgement of American tap as a recognized art form. They co-founded the Chicago Human Rhythm Project in 1990 as a summer festival of tap and percussive dance to further that mission. Subsequently, Lane led Chicago Human Rhythm Project to become the first dedicated presenter of American tap and contemporary percussive arts in the United States. As a result, he has been a leader in the move to insitutionalize American tap as a acknowledged art form.
Lane choreographed and appeared in the Sell Film production of Outtakes, the television series The Untouchables and directed the Emmy nominated PBS documentary, JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance. In 2004, Lane founded a new ensemble, BAM!, which recently represented the United States at the 5th Anniversary Beijing Contemporary Dance Festival. Lane's choreography and contributions to the field have been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts’ American Masterpieces program through the Illinois Arts Council, the Chicago Tribune as a “Chicagoan of the Year,” the Ruth Page Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Field, the Chicago Dance and Music Alliance for Outstanding Solo Performance, two Illinois Arts Council Choreography Fellowships, a Chicago Dancemakers Forum Award and the Mayfair Academy's inaugural "Tommy" Award for Preserving the Legacy of Tommy Sutton. He was honored to be a part of the PBS program, Road Trip Nation alongside Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor and Micheal Dell and was most recently recognized by Chicago’s New City as one of the city’s 50 cultural leaders in 2008.
Lane regularly teaches and performs in Athens, Beijing, Brasilia, Caracas, Florianopolis, Helsinki, Munich, Paris, Prague, Stuttgart, Tokyo, Zurich and at numerous festivals around the North America including the Third Coast Rhythm Project, Tap City, Vancouver Tap Festival and Soul to Soles. He has appeared with such greats as Donald O'Connor, Gregory Hines, Maurice Hines, the Nicholas Brothers, Buster Brown, Prince Spencer, Peg Leg Bates, Jimmy Slyde, Savion Glover and Luke Cresswell. Lane currently teaches at the Tap Studio in Chicago and has served on the faculties of the Lou Conte Dance Studio, Northwestern University, the Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Center, the Joel Hall Dance Studio, Columbia College, Stephen's College and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Alexander currently serves on the interim board of the International Tap Association and served on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Dance Coalition. He studied with Laine Johns, Susan Beil Connally, Steve Condos, LaVaughn Robinson, Fred Strickler, William Orlowski, Dianne Walker, Sam Weber and Bobby Wells. Lane designed the Concerto tap shoe for Leo's Dancewear and continues to serve as a design consultant.
