"An intriguing company to watch is Mark Yonally's experimental Chicago Tap Theatre. Yonally, in particular, excels at solo Improvography, a combination of improvisation and composition set to Astor Piazolla's slow tango rhythms. Yonally plays his feet as if they are a castanets and bandoneon duo. If audiences close their eyes they will clearly hear a sensual trickling of his taps, which have the ability to whisper while emitting heart-pounding power."

"The enlightening evening, with works choreographed by Chicago Tap's artistic director Mark Yonally and Tapage's leader, Valerie Lussac, demonstrated each company's distinctive yet complementary qualities. Yonally's soft, lilting dance style is well suited to Lussac's delicate intricacy. And, because both ensembles break free of standard face-front tap structure rooted in pure-rhythmic interpretation, they have an affinity for acting, embrace the idea of meaningful stillness and draw unexpected sounds form their shoes.

"Imagine some 20 tap dancers performing in a room that's, oh, maybe 30 feet by 30 feet. The floor was bouncing so hard during the rehearsal I watched I couldn't keep my pen on the paper. But the experience was undeniably thrilling Tapage's Tango Suite, like much of Yonally's choreography, is surprisingly sexy: who knew the effect a dragged toe could have."