CAROL EFRON-FLIER
Tap Faculty
A tap dance instructor for the Musical Theater Division at The Boston Conservatory since 1994, Efron-Flier has performed with tap-legend Dianne Walker, Broadway-veteran Sue Ronson, as well as with tap soloists Barbara Duffy and Derek Grant. Her professional credits include a series of concerts entitled Let’s Dance that were sponsored by the Massachusetts Cultural Council; A Tribute to Jimmy ‘Sir Slyde’ Mitchell (Jimmy Slyde’s former dance partner); Dianne Walker and Friends at the Boston Center of the Arts Cyclorama; The John C. Zacharis Memorial Forum, a Dianne Walker “Tappin’ in Boston” event; numerous First Night events in Boston; and a Boston Conservatory Faculty Performance. She also appeared in PBS’s tap-documentary JUBA, and performed with Sue Ronson in a Dance Inn production entitled Tapestry ’99 – a celebration of National Tap Dance Day. In March, 2005 Efron-Flier co-directed a tap workshop at Massachusetts Institute of Technology with Dianne Walker, and in July of 2004 she taught at The Brookline Community Center for the Arts (BCCA). Previous teaching experience includes serving as an Artist-in-Residence at The Boston Arts Academy; The Jeannette Neil Dance Studio’s scholarship program “Boston Youth Moves;” and creating an after-school tap dance program for young children at The Pierce School located in Brookline, Massachusetts. Having served on the Board of the former Leon Collins Dance Studio, Efron-Flier has also provided pro-bono public relation services for the BCCA, The Dance Inn’s production of Tapestry ’99, and a Skating Club of Boston production of Ice Chips.