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Instructor | Founder | Executive Director

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Alfred Bruce Bradley is a tap dancer, visual artist, actor, vocalist, educator, philanthropist, community activist and is a native to Flint, MI. He is a HBCU graduate of Alabama State University earning a Bachelor of Arts studying theater and visual art.  His passion in theater arts led his career towards Off Broadway shows such as One Mo’ Time, Staggerlee, A Raisin in The Sun and Rollin with Stevens and Stewart. Through his experience of working in musical theater he started learning tap dance from Mickey Costello, Lynn Gibson, Kevin Ramsey, and Lloyd Storey. Bradley eventually came off the road for a while to give back to the community of Flint teaching tap dance at Creative Expressions Dance Studio, performing in productions at the MCree Theatre, Buckham Alley Theatre, and to raise his four children.  As an educator, Bradley taught theater at Northwestern High School and was adjunct professor at the University of Michigan-Flint for 13 years. Through his mentorship with Detroit native Lloyd Storey, he landed a role as Storey’s dance partner in the Broadway hit Black and Blue European Tour in 1995. Five years later he created a non-profit organization called Tapology,Inc. In honor of the late Bunny Briggs, Bradley has performed David Danced Before the Lord with The Duke Ellington Orchestra, Greystone Orchestra, and the Michigan State Jazz Orchestra led by Rodney Whitaker. He has also played the role of Drosselmeyer in the Flint Institute of Music’s production of The Nutcracker. Bradley also directed Flint Youth Theater productions of Bud Not Buddy, and The Transformation of Malcolm X., the University of Michigan-Flint productions of Zooman and the Sign, He Who Endures and Buckham Alley Theater production of My Sweet Charlie.  Mr. Bradley serves on the board of Trustees at the Flint Institute of music, the Whiting Advisory Council, President of the Sunrise Rotary of Greater Flint and former board member of The Greater Flint YMCA. He is also the recipient of the American Tap Dance Foundation’s Tap Preservation Award.