Tatiana Desardouin

From Switzerland and of Haitian origin, Tatiana Desardouin is a professional dancer, dance instructor, dance consultant, choreographer, organizer, curator, lecturer, and jewelry maker (“Istwa Fe”). With a master’s degree in adult education and a bachelor in psychology, Desardouin has won several competitions and is regularly invited to give workshops and judge competitions internationally.

Desardouin is the director and choreographer of Passion Fruit Dance Company, a street dance theater and educational company that she founded in 2016. The company has performed at venues such as The Guggenheim, Mass Moca, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn, The Apollo Theater, Summerstage, Jacob’s Pillow, the New Victory Theater, BAAD!, Ladies of Hip-Hop Festival, 92Y, ADF, and abroad in Canada and Switzerland.

Teaching and mentoring since 2005, she developed her teaching method, “Technique Within Your Groove”. She taught as adjunct professor and guest artist in several universities (Harvard, Mount Holyoke, Hunter College, Connecticut College, American University, Keene University etc.). She is currently a faculty member of 92NY.

Desardouin was selected as one of Dance Magazine’s 2020 “25 to Watch” and was featured in the New Yorker and Harper’s Bazaar magazines in 2021. She was awarded the Vilcek Foundation Prize for “Promise Creative in Dance 2022” and win the Bessie Juried Award 2022.

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