The Other Tap Festival
October 24 – October 26 2025
Join us in Oslo in October for the third instalment of The Other Tap Festival. Enjoy a weekend in Norway’s capital together with other tap dancers and great tap teachers!
More info coming soon!
Faculty
We are excited to announce our faculty soon
Venue
The venue for The Other Tap Festival 2025 will be announced soon.
Previous venues:
2024: Høyskolen Kristiania, Campus Urtegata
2023: West End Studios
Levels
Level 1: Beginner
You have been tap dancing for a short while and have been introduced to shuffles, flaps and paddles. You can pick up simple choreography when it is not too fast and is taught with a bit of patience. Or you have not been tap dancing at all, want to try something new and hang on as best you can.
Level 2: Intermediate
You have been dancing for some years and your technique is shaping up. You master a good amount of steps, timesteps and other combinations in various tempos. Improvisation is not new and scary and you can use a bit of musicality in your dance.
Level 3: Advanced
You have been dancing for many years and tap is in your bones. Your technique is fluent, and you can execute timesteps and other combination at rather spicy speeds. Improvisation comes naturally and you can pick up choreography quickly.
Schedule
Example schedule based on the 2024 schedule
The Other Showcase & Jam
In the evening of October 25th, there will be a showcase and jam with live music. In the showcase you’ll get to see some of the best tap dancers in Norway, including the teachers from the festival.
Should you be interested in performing in the show case, we have som spots available. E-mail us at contact@theothertapfestival.com, or use the form at the bottom of the website to let us know if you want to participate.
After the showcase, everyone is welcome to participate in the open jam, so bring your shoes!
The showcase & jam is included in your festival pass. Tickets can be purchased separately to the showcase & jam through TicketCo or in the door (VIPPS only).
Prices
To be announced
About
The Other Tap Festival is Norway’s only tap festival and aims to be a friendly and fresh tap festival bringing together dancers from near and far to Oslo in the early autumn. The festival is the love child of two tap companies, the amateur The Other Tap Company and the professional Offbeat Entertainment company. Emphasis is on growing the community both for professionals and amateurs and having a good time with tap.
The organizers
Offbeat Entertainment began as a passion project for Kamilla Skallerud in 2015 and did some smaller projects in the beginning. In 2021 we decided to really kick things off and gathered nine professional musical theatre performers and dancers in the company. Since then we have committed ourselves to develop our members as tap dancers, as well as contributing to strengthening the Norwegian tap dance community.
The Other Tap Company was started in 2021 and consists of a bunch of enthusiastic tap dancers who like to dance together. We are a mix of professionals and amateurs and the age of the members range from just over 20 to over 60. Common to us all is that we love tap. We are not necessarily here to be the best. We are here to have fun with tap and to strengthen the Norwegian tap dance community by arranging small and large tap dance events.
The Other Tap Festival has previously received funding and support from
Contact us
Don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions, concerns, feedback or just feel like it. Use the form below or e-mail us at contact@theothertapfestival.com
