Thomas Marek

Tap, Rhythm & Swing

Save the Dates! I'm thrilled to announce our upcoming tour — running from November 25th to December 7th, 2026.

TAP, RHYTHM & SWING brings together Kurt Albert on tap, Joe Fonda on bass, Clemens Salesny on saxophone, and myself on drums and taps.
In partnership with Ruby Hotels, we'll be touring 9 cities across Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland — inviting local tap and swing communities to join us as guest performers and share the stage with the band.

All performances take place in the bars of Ruby Hotels.
26.11. Munich / 27.11. Frankfurt / 28.11. Cologne / 29.11. Hamburg / 02.12. Amsterdam / 03.12. Düsseldorf / 04.12. Stuttgart / 05.12. Zürich / 06.12. Geneva

ALBUM Footprints

Thomas Marek Trio

PRO TAP

TRAINING 2026

10 years anniversary special edition
In person and online coaching program

Online Classes

If you can’t join my classes in person — or if you simply want to train at home — I have three online options for you. The workshops are designed specifically for online learning and may, in fact, work even better that way. You can train in your own space, fully focused on your sound or touch and your tap dancing, without the distraction of a whole group.

ABOUT

Whether as a performer, musician, choreographer or teacher: for over 30 years, Thomas Marek has been blending traditional and modern forms of tap dance with contemporary musical and theatrical elements. The masters who taught and inspired him were and are innovators of their craft: Honi Coles, Cholly Atkins, Chuck Green, Buster Brown, Lon Chaney, Jimmy Slyde, and above all, Brenda Bufalino, with whose American Tap Dance Orchestra he toured Florida in the mid-1990s.

Deeply rooted in jazz, Marek experiments with the possibilities of sound, phrasing, touch and tone. He explores the space in which tap dancing moves, he shifts boundaries and discovers new forms of expression that tie in with the origins of tap and draw on his own cultural context - revealing new stories

Whether solo, in a duo with bass or piano, or in a jazz quartet: the narrative quality within abstract dance and musical forms drives Marek’s artistry—on large stages as well as in jam sessions and workshops. As a tap dancer and as a drummer.

Sold-out theaters testify to Marek’s ability to make the art of tap dance accessible to wider audiences through his productions—musical reflections on cultural traditions and individual expression, woven from jazz, choreography, and improvisation.
As a drummer, he is equally inspired by the art of tap: Marek taps like a drummer and drums like a tap dancer.

Encouraging musicality and personal expression is also at the heart of Marek’s work as a teacher. His aim is to foster creative development on the basis of a strong technical foundation. He is a regular guest at festivals and on stages across Germany, Europe, and the USA—with shoes and drumsticks.

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