Thomas Marek
Tap Dancer, Drummer, Choreographer & Photographer
UPCOMING SHOWS, WORKSHOPS ETC.
13.01.: The Monday Ride Quartet @ Hotel Ruby Lissi, Vienna
15.01.: Vienna Tap Jam @ The Black Sheep, Vienna
20.01.: The Monday Ride Quartet @ Hotel Ruby Lissi, Vienna
27.01.: The Monday Ride Quartet @ Hotel Ruby Lissi, Vienna
28.01.: Tap Dancer with Martin Breinschmidt & Band
10.02.: The Monday Ride Quartet @ Hotel Ruby Lissi, Vienna
17.02.: The Monday Ride Quartet @ Hotel Ruby Lissi, Vienna
Our first trio album is on the way...
Thomas Marek Trio featuring Patrick Bebelaar on piano and Jan Roder on bass
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Thomas Marek (*1972) is an Austrian tap dancer, drummer, choreographer, and multidisciplinary artist, regarded as one of the leading artists of modern tap dance in Europe.
Born in Ludwigsburg, Germany, he started tap dancing at 15 and later studied under legendary figures like Brenda Bufalino, Barbara Duffy, Cholly Atkins, Honi Coles and many more.
In 1994, Marek created his first full-length tap show, blending tap with live music.
Between 1994 and 1996 he was a dancer in Brenda Bufalino's American Tap Dance Orchestra.
In 1999, Marek moved to Hamburg, becoming a prominent figure in the local tap and contemporary dance scenes. Between 2006 and 2015, he conceived, choreographed and directed four major dance theater productions at Hamburg’s Kampnagel theater: About_Tap Vol No 2, Orchestra, DRAMA, and NOLA. He also founded Footprints, a tap dance studio that remains active today.
After decades of playing the drums of fellow band mates at rehearsals and soundchecks, Marek took up drumming seriously in 2020, making it a central part of his artistic expression. Since moving to Vienna in 2017, he has focused on combining tap dance and drumming in live shows. His music ranges from jazz to free improvisation and electronic music. In 2024, he recorded his debut trio album with Pianist Patrick Bebelaar, Bassist Jan Roder and Thomas on drums and tap dancing. The album features tap dance as an additional percussive instrument and will be released in early 2025.
Throughout his career, Thomas has performed and shared the stage with world-class musicians and dancers, including Frank Kimbrough, Ben Allison, Brenda Bufalino, Jarle Vespestad, Patrick Bebelaar, Sarah Petronio, Joe Fonda, Jimmy Slyde, Barbara Duffy, Jan Roder, Johannes Strasser, Kurt Holzkämper, Gregory Hines, and many others.
Check out my demo reel and body of work...
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Body Of Work / Video Archive
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Jazz Tap Quartet
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Thomas Marek Trio: ft: Patrick Bebelaar & Jan Roder
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"Caravan" TM & Band
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"Nola", Kampnagel HH 2015.
"Final Scene"
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Trailer "Nola", Kampnagel HH 2015.
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"Nola", Kampnagel HH 2015.
"Phoenix 2"
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"Nola", Kampnagel HH 2015.
"Phoenix 1"
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"DRAMA", Kampnagel HH 2011. "I am three". by Charles Mingus
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"DRAMA", Kampnagel HH 2011. "Jazz & Cocktails"
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"ORCHESTRA - expansions & dimensions", Kampnagel HH 2009.
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Thomas Marek Sextett, Live at Überjazz 2011,Kampnagel HH.
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"Tap&Bass" Premiere "Beats". Int. Jazztage 2017, Theaterhaus Stuttgart
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PromoVideo "New Thing" Thomas Marek & Octet. 1996
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ARD Sportgala 1996 : Thomas Marek & Friends
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