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DeWitt Fleming Jr. is an acclaimed tap dancer/actor and has performed and taught throughout the world. Currently he can be seen on Broadway in A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical where he is also the tap dance choreographer. See the Good morning America Performance here. He has danced as a soloist with Grammy award winning artist such as Alicia Keys at the world famous Apollo Theater, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby Mcferrin, and Christian McBride to name a few. DeWitt has also danced with the Charleston Symphony, ](https://2023.jazz.org)[Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra](https://2023.jazz.org), [Princeton Symphony](https://princetonsymphony.org), and the [New Jersey Symphony](https://www.njsymphony.org). He was also seen in [New York City Center’s ](https://www.nycitycenter.org)The Tap Dance Kid as Daddy Bates, [Signature Theater’s ](https://www.sigtheatre.org)After Midnight, [National Black Theater Festival’s](https://ncblackrep.org/nbtf-2022/) Jelly’s Last Jam (Jelly Roll Morton), [Bucks County Playhouse's](https://bcptheater.org/) Last of the Red Hot Mamas (Bojangles) [Signature Theater’s](https://www.sigtheatre.org/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw2a6wBhCVARIsABPeH1tdphVWmt3GZDpAmRNp2J8WLSPG_wlQWB6DH-SuzRpHBS0pjLjoOtUaAm_oEALw_wcB) Scottsboro Boys (Ozie/Ruby), [Alliance Theater’s ](https://www.alliancetheatre.org)Sophisticated Ladies(Lead), [Alpine Theater Project’s](https://atpwhitefish.org/#imagine-create-inspire) Jesus Christ Superstar (Simon). On Tour in [Riverdance](https://riverdance.com) (Lead Tapper, Baritone Soloist), [Cirque Du Soleil’s](https://www.cirquedusoleil.com) Banana Shpeel (Ensemble, featured tapper), and various other productions. He was seen on TV in [Boardwalk Empire](https://www.hbo.com/boardwalk-empire) , [America's Got Talent](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lzhxdXECkU), Smash, Limitless and in the Movie How to be Single. DeWitt is also a Choreographer. His choreography can be seen in Boardwalk Empire season 4 (HBO tap Choreographer), A Wonderful World (tap Choreographer), An Evening with Phyllis Hyman, Dorothy the Musical, Jelly’s Last Jam (Tap Choreographer), Signature Theater’s Scottsborro Boys(Assistant Choreographer), Aint Misbehavin (Assistant Choreographer), and After Midnight (Assistant Choreographer). DeWitt is also a drummer. As a drummer DeWitt has played drums for the [Hot Sardines](https://hotsardines.com/) at the Bluenote Tokyo, [Jennie Harney Fleming](https://www.jenharney.com) at [Carnegie Hall](https://www.carnegiehall.org/?sourceCode=43473&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5f2lBhCkARIsAHeTvlh1Yiwki8SN3tXl6VipdlCEKPP6gac4sVUHOgxcRqiOa_A2vi5DR-AaAjROEALw_wcB), [Brandon Victor Dixon](https://www.brandonvictordixon.com) on [MTV](https://www.mtv.com), with [Angela Birchett](https://www.angelabirchett.com) at the [Kennedy Center](https://www.kennedy-center.org), with [Jared Grimes](https://www.jaredmgrimes.com) at the [National Auditorium](https://mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx/venues/auditorio-nacional/) in Mexico City, and with [Daniel J Watts](https://www.wattswords.com) at Lincoln Center. [or more on](https://www.dewittflemingjr.com/bio) [DeWitt click here.

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