"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. Chicago Tap Theatre showed off its relaxed virtuosity in the Broadway-esque story piece, Torch Trio and featuring an emotionally raw solo of heartbreak by Heidi Malnar. The concert proved taps countless possibilities for expansion. Liaison illustrated that, essentially, tap is a language of shared human emotions."