Madison Hilligoss

Madison Hilligoss is a NYC based artist with roots in Minnesota. She is a musician at her core and a true multi-hyphenate most well known for tap dance and vocal performance. Madison is an alumna of the tap dance program at The School at Jacob’s Pillow where she studied under Michelle Dorrance, Dormeshia, Derick Grant, and Jason Samuels Smith. Most of her professional performing work has been motivated by the mentorship of Jared Grimes. She is also a recent graduate from NYU where she completed a B.S. in Teaching and obtained initial NYS teaching certification.

Madison is a passionate and dedicated teacher who teaches private dance lessons, choreography, and classes to dancers of all levels. She is an arts education tutor for A Free Bird where she teaches private vocal lessons to young people affected by cancer. In the ’21-'22 school year, she co-taught Spanish in various NYC public schools and tutored college-level writers at the NYU writing center. She considers both teaching and learning to be essential, lifelong commitments in her life.

Some of her favorite credits include; Off-Broadway: The Tap Dance Kid (New York City Center); Workshop/Lab: Funny Girl (Broadway), Dance Lab NY Tap Dance Project, The Performance (Film); Regional Theatre: 42nd Street (The Ordway); Concert Dance: Rhythm in Motion (Symphony Space), and Generation Dance! (Little Island). www.madisonhilligoss.com