DeWitt Fleming Jr
Entertainer Producer Instructor
About DeWitt
DeWitt Fleming Jr. is an acclaimed tap dancer/actor and has performed and taught throughout the world. 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, Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Princeton Symphony, and the New Jersey Symphony. He was most recently was seenin the Pre-Broadway tour of A Wonderful World where played Lincoln Perry and is the show's tap dance Choreographer. He was also seen in New York City Center’s The Tap Dance Kid as Daddy Bates, Signature Theater’s After Midnight, National Black Theater Festival’s Jelly’s Last Jam (Jelly Roll Morton), Signature Theater’s Scottsboro Boys (Ozie/Ruby), Alliance Theater’s Sophisticated Ladies(Lead), Alpine Theater Project’s Jesus Christ Superstar (Simon). On Tour in Riverdance (Lead Tapper, Baritone Soloist), Cirque Du Soleil’s Banana Shpeel (Ensemble, featured tapper), and various other productions. He was seen on TV in Boardwalk Empire , America's Got Talent, 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 at the Bluenote Tokyo, Jennie Harney Fleming at Carnegie Hall, Brandon Victor Dixon on MTV, with Angela Birchett at the Kennedy Center, with Jared Grimes at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, and with Daniel J Watts at Lincoln Center. or more on DeWitt click here.
Reviews
“a non stop source of rhythmic variety and surprise….sparks seem to fly from those shoes!”
NY Times
"DeWitt Fleming Jr. is the Killer tapper who plays Perry. He is woefully underused."
Chicago Tribune
Admirable played by Dewitt Fleming Jr, the Jelly in the musical is charming, troubled, infuriating, and pitiable.
Winston-Salem Journal
"...doubled as vocalist and tap dancer, practically stealing the show with his dazzling moves and his interplay with the musicians, who quoted his steps and rhythms with their instruments"
CabaretScenes.com
"Fleming, who turns out to be an excellent tap dancer as well as a drummer, joined them in a spiffy white blazer, showing off some truly impressive Broadway chops."
Charelston City Paper
"I remember getting happily lost in the constant changes of his rhythm and the drastic contrasts of his dynamics"
NY Times
"One specialty tap number designed and performed by DeWitt Fleming Jr. delighted the audience"
Theatrecriticism.com
"Rockin' in Rhythm," which was choreographed by Fleming, was a perfect blend of the best aspects of Broadway tap with the swagger and shine of the street-infused contemporary tap style.
Charelston City Paper