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Madison Hilligoss is a NYC-based multi-hyphenate artist with roots in Minnesota. Their personal and professional interests converge around music-making, identity, education, and language, manifesting in their pursuit of choreography and performance for stage and film, as well as their pursuits through writing, acting, teaching, filmmaking, and creative direction....Read more
Madison Hilligoss is a NYC-based multi-hyphenate artist with roots in Minnesota. Their personal and professional interests converge around music-making, identity, education, and language, manifesting in their pursuit of choreography and performance for stage and film, as well as their pursuits through writing, acting, teaching, filmmaking, and creative direction. Madison is an alumna of the tap dance program at The School at Jacob’s Pillow (Dormeshia, Michelle Dorrance, Derrick Grant, Jason Samuels Smith), a Summa Cum Laude University Honors Alumni of NYU Steinhardt (with NYS Teaching Certification), and faculty member at Broadway Dance Center. Madison is deeply grateful to Jared Grimes for his continued mentorship in performance, choreography, teaching, and creating. Madison considers both teaching and learning to be essential, lifelong commitments in their life.
Highlights include: MACHINAL (Choreographer/MTC Off-Broadway), Lights Out: Nat King Cole (Assistant Tap Choreographer/NYTW), Anything Goes (Associate Choreographer, Swing/The Muny), CBS 60 Minutes (Greta Gerwig’s Tap Dance Instructor), The Tap Dance Kid (Ensemble/New York City Center Encores!), Yuletide Celebration (Solo Performer/Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra), Dance Lab New York Tap Dance Labs (Rehearsal Director, Dancer), White Christmas (Associate Choreographer/Bucks County Playhouse), Funny Girl (Tap Dance Pre-Production Lab/Broadway/Ayodele Casel), and 42nd Street (Ensemble/The Ordway/Jared Grimes).
See www.madisonhilligoss.com or @madisonhilligoss for additional info
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Class Descriptions
My classes are all rooted in the premise that as tap dancers, we are musicians, so our responsibility is to make and respond to music with intention and curiosity. Class will typically begin with a warm up to build strength, coordination, and muscle memory, followed by a series of call-and-response exercises in the center with a focus on rhythmic accuracy and alignment/technique. The remainder of class includes a combination of across-the-floor exercises, technique drills, sometimes improvisation, and typically the last section of class is dedicated to learning a combination to practice retaining and performing choreography. I strive to create a welcoming class environment that is conducive to learning, experimenting, and growing. All are welcome in my class.