Of Haitian origin, born and raised in Switzerland, Tatiana is the director and choreographer of Passion Fruit Dance Company, a street dance theater and educational company she founded in 2016. The company has performed in venues such as The Guggenheim, The Apollo Theater, Summerstage, Jacob’s Pillow, the New Victory Theater, BAAD!, Ladies of Hip-Hop Festival, and 92NY and has toured abroad.
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, the Five Colleges, Hunter College, Connecticut College, American University, Keene University, etc.) She is currently adjunct professor at Springfield College and is also a faculty member of 92NY.
Tatiana was selected as one of the 2020 Dance Magazine “25 to Watch” and was featured in The New Yorker and Harper’s Bazaar magazines in 2021. In 2022 she was awarded the Vilcek Foundation Prize for Creative Promise in Dance and won a Bessie Juried Award.