Make Rhythm, Make Music, Make a WELLMADENOISE!
Simeon Weedall has over 27 years of performing and teaching experience in Rhythm Tap. This website is a culmination of everything he has created along the way and is intended to guide you on your journey towards becoming the best tap dancer you can be.
"Around 5 years ago I started getting the idea for sharing my passion online. One of my students at the time (who shall remain nameless) fell gravely ill. I remember feeling very helpless and so the only thing I could think of was to get into a studio and record some very gentle tap exercises in the hope that the student would see them and then be able to work on them during the recovery period. I am happy to say that the student made a full recovery and if you are reading this and you know who you are I am very proud of you!
After that, I started thinking about who else could I reach with this idea? I wondered if I could help somebody over the other side of the world who cannot afford to fly to the Big Apple or to a Tap Festival to take classes with all the biggest names out there? I wanted to share my ideas with everybody. I wanted the world to understand my thoughts and feelings about Tap and I wanted to provide people with the opportunity to really learn at there own pace. Every step and every exercise or subject I can think of I wanted to share, because life is short and so sharing is important."
The Creator
Simeon Weedall
Simeon Weedall has over 25 years experience performing and teaching rhythm tap. His students and followers fly from miles around to visit him and learn from him in New York City. Simeon began tap dancing at the age of 10 yrs old. By 14yrs old he had won every competition he could enter and decided he would try to pursue tap not only as a career but as a way of life. Having spent time studying all forms of theatre Simeon landed his first big job in Chicago the musical West End, but finding little or no fulfillment in musical theatre he quickly moved on and begun drumming and percussion. He worked with world renowned musicians including Mark Mondesir, Paul Booth, Theseus Gerard and Liam O'Conner. Simeon worked as a tap soloist across the globe performing his rhythm in every corner of the world. Simeon mentored and taught several Tap Dance Groups in the UK and his patronage stretches to multiple Dance schools across the world. Joining with Lee Payne, together they formed About Time which played the Tristan Bates Theatre London and toured the UK. Lee and Simeon moved forwards and never looked back starting another group with Theseus Gerard which came to be known as Percussive Feet - forged through 4 years of nightly jam sessions in Brighton the group focused entirely on the sound and rhythm of tap dance. Simeon joined the cast of STOMP London then toured with the show and is now resident in the New York production. Simeon and Lees continuing partnership came together once more to form the online school Well Made Noise which is an anagram of Simeon Weedall. Their goal is to reach out and help people find themselves through the art form. Opening doors for people who would otherwise not be able to.
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