Ricky Esposito

Ricky Esposito is a tap dancer, musical theatre performer, and classical pianist from New York City. He has performed as a soloist and in ensemble at Symphony Space, the 92Y, Long Beach Public Library, Curtain Call Stamford, Flushing Town Hall, Bronx Community College, the Church of the Holy Rosary, and more. He teaches tap at Broadway Dance Center and other NYC studios, as well as in Eastchester and New Jersey. Ricky also teaches piano privately in Manhattan, Westchester, and virtually.

Ricky has trained at Broadway Dance Center and other NYC studios in tap, ballet, theatre jazz, and voice. He studied the piano at Bronx Conservatory of Music, beginning at the age of eight, and later at Belle Arti Center for the Arts, learning and performing repertoire in classical, baroque, modern, and ragtime styles, and earning Belle Arti’s awards in highest achievement annually. His favorite composers to play are Frederic Chopin and Scott Joplin.

As a dancer, and as a person, Ricky is eternally grateful to many people, but most of all to his teachers Jill Kenney, Brent McBeth, Deanna Doyle, and Adriana Pierce, who have shown him that to dance is to live magically. His classes focus on musicality, rhythm, and technique, and on gilding both training and performance with one’s own personal style. He loves to teach both adults and children, and is especially dedicated to helping adult beginners learn that even without an extensive background in music or dance, they can still learn, develop, and polish truly impressive skills – and they can still create beautiful moments on stage, whether they are performing for twenty people or for twenty thousand.