ABOUT
We are NYU's Premiere Tap Dance Company. As a student-run organization, we aim to educate, inspire, and celebrate the art of tap dance through workshops, panel discussions, performances, and productions. The Tisch Tap Collective is dedicated to preserving the African American legacy of tap dance and honoring its deep connection to jazz music in all that we do.
TTC was founded in 2021 by NYU Tisch graduate, Tanya Bagnato.
meet the e-board
While our current Executive Board is comprised of Tisch students, our club is open to dancers of all schools and tap levels.
ABBY HRICIK
President
Abby Hricik (she/her) is a multifaceted artist, actor, writer, producer, and creative from Charleston, South Carolina. She is a rising senior studying at NYU Tisch, majoring in Drama at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting and minoring in Media, Culture, and Communication.
Abby has been tap dancing for over 10 years and credits her start tapping to mentor, Brad Moranz. Abby is coming up on her third year of being a member of the Tisch Tap Collective and cannot wait to start work on new ideas for this coming year. In addition to running TTC, Abby is currently rehearsing a tap rendition of Rite of Spring in New York City under the direction of Barry Blumenfeld.
KATELYNN HOLT
Vice President
Katelynn Holt (she/her) is an actor, playwright, dramaturg, and theatremaker from Birmingham, Alabama. She is a rising senior studying Drama at NYU Tisch and is entering her third year at Playwrights Horizons Theatre School.
Katelynn has been dancing for over 15 years, training in tap, ballet, jazz, and contemporary, and received the majority of her training from Backstage Dance Centre in Homewood, Alabama. Outside of dance, she runs a book review Instagram and spends way too much time on Pinterest. This is her third year on the Tisch Tap Collective e-board, and her first year as Vice President!
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MAKENZIE HAWKINS
Operations Manager
Makenzie Hawkins (she/her) is a playwright and a performer from Tampa, Florida. She is a sophomore studying Dramatic Writing at Tisch. She spent her first year in the Liberal Studies program studying abroad in Florence, Italy.
Makenzie is very new to tap dancing, she has been tap dancing for less than a year. Most of her training has come from videos online. She has taken a class with Michela Marino Lerman and hopes to take more classes to improve her dancing. In her free time she runs a book club with her friends back home.
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ARIANA KROEGER
Communications Liason
Ariana Kroeger (she/her) is a musical theatre performer from St. Louis, Missouri. She is a rising sophomore studying Drama at NYU Tisch's New Studio on Broadway, and plans to minor in Psychology and Business of Entertainment, Media and Technology.
Ariana has been dancing for over 8 years, training in tap, jazz, musical theatre dance, and ballet at Gateway Center for Performing Arts in St. Louis. She has an even longer history with singing and music theory, which is why she is drawn to tap dance's rhythmic musicality. This is Ariana's second year as a member of Tisch Tap Collective, and her first year on the E-Board!