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Max Pollak (born 1970) is percussive dancer and World Music expert. He was born in Vienna, Austria and became known for his work in percussive dance, World Music, tap dance, and choreography. He created "RumbaTap", which merged American Rhythm Tap with Afro-Cuban music and dance. He is the only non-Cuban member of the Afro-Cuban Rumba and folklore ensemble Los Muñequitos de Matanzas. == Early life == Max was born in Vienna, Austria on 1 September 1970. He has started tapping when, at the age of five, he watched Fred Astaire "finesse his way across the screen of the family television set." Tap lessons, however, were not available; in Austria, there was only classical ballet for a youth hungry to learn to dance. :"I however did some self-teaching. My parents bought me some shoes in a dance wear store. I also caught a little bit of an instructional TV show that was on just for a few months. So I would watch regularly whatever came on, whether it was Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire, and I would end up imitating whatever I saw on TV."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Innovative tap dancer Max Pollak joins ET Symphony )〕 At eleven, he started taking official dance lessons, and at 14, he learned to play the drums and percussion.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Compass Tap Fiesta )〕 He was first exposed to the African American style of rhythm tap when he was 17 years old and met 71-year-old (Carnell Lyons ). Lyons, a Kansas City-born childhood friend of Charlie Parker, became Pollak's mentor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Max Pollak」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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