Becky Bloom grew up dancing in the Pacific Northwest at Bothell Dance Studio with Ray Bussey (That's Jazz) and Cheryl Johnson and Anthony Peters (Tap Dance Seattle). At age 17, she was awarded a scholarship in honor of Honi Coles to the Portland International Tap Festival, selected for the award by Marion Coles and Cholly Atkins. At 18, she moved to Los Angeles to join Jazz Tap Ensemble, under the artistic direction of Lynn Dally and alongside dancers such as Sam Weber, Mark Mendonca, Channing Cook-Holmes, Steve Zee, and Roxane Butterfly. As a part of Jazz Tap Ensemble, she performed at the Joyce Theater (New York), Jacobs Pillow Dance Festival (Boston) with Jimmy Slyde and Diane Walker, The Hollywood Bowl (Los Angeles), The Ford Amphitheater (Los Angeles), the Louis Armstrong Theater (New Orleans), and many other locations throughout the United States. She was part of the original cast of "Groove", an original work by Gregory Hines for Jazz Tap Ensemble, and had the opportunity to perform it with him in Los Angeles. On tour she performed the famous Fred Astaire and Elanor Powell number "Begin the Beguine" with Sam Weber. She was the choreographer and master teacher for Jazz Tap Ensemble's youth program, The Caravan Project, from 1998 to 2007 and created several original works as well as reconstructions of dance on film (The Nicholas Brothers "Lucky Number" among others) and two tributes to Eddie Brown, based on film of his work. A true rhythm tap dancer and jazz fanatic, she owes a debt of gratitude to the many dancers and musicians she has collaborated with over the years, including Jazz Tap Ensemble's musical director, Jerry Kalaf. Prior to relocating back to the Pacific Northwest, she taught weekly tap classes at The Tap Academy in Santa Monica. Becky has a degree in Economics from UCLA and can be found reading the Financial Times and crunching numbers when she isn't tap dancing.

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