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Already having a great weekend with @titn_tapdance 🥳
Nothing is better than having students who ask if you can teach them something in their own free time!!!

🎶: “When Doves Cry” by Prince
🕺🏽: Me

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TITN Minneapolis ‘26 💖

Love and miss these people already! I had a BLAST this weekend. See y’all in charlotte! 🥹🤍

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it’s that time of year again where I’m in awe of just how lucky I am! it’s been one week since tonality and we are one week away from tour and my heart is so full♥️

@angelacarter.co @tapman83 each year spent with this family you’ve built changes me for the better. to be challenged and pushed by people who believe in me, while surrounded by people I’m inspired by is an opportunity I will never take for granted. @titn_tapdance is so special and I truly believe nothing like it exists anywhere else. I’m humbled to be a piece of it, and indescribably grateful for your guidance, your mentorship, and your love. there will never be enough “thank you”s for all that you both have done for me these past 4 years.

apprentices, I hold so much love for each and every one of you and I am honored to share the stage with you all. I am so inspired by your passion and dedication to this art form, what a gift it is to be among people who love tap dance as much as I do! thank you for spending your week laughing, dancing, and making memories with me. I can’t wait to see you all again soon!!

@unitedtaps @ryanvettel @dae_dae__ @jensen.free @tay.nun @midwest_rhythms @jtodddodd I am endlessly grateful to learn from each of you, and I’m so excited to grow more this year. I would not be the dancer, teacher, or choreographer I am today without your classes and mentorship. thank you for everything!!

@clairepenning1 you. are. my. hero. you hold this week down like no one else, and how you manage to function and run things so seamlessly while carrying the weight of 100 people’s anxieties blows my mind. I love you so very much and am so excited to dance with you next week

@dustinmsilva thank you for always pushing me out of my comfort zone, for bringing so much joy and knowledge to titn, and for being the backbone of putting on this show. your hard work all season is so appreciated by all of us!!

youth co!! wowowow I love watching y’all perform and dance your heart out, so glad we could spend tonality together🫶

@erineisis mama, thank you for always being my biggest cheerleader in the audience no matter how far away the show is, I love you very much

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how to even start. my first tonality. 💿🪩 what an amazing experience. this past week especially but my whole season with @titn_tapdance as an apprentice has taught me so much it’s impossible to articulate.

i’ve been attending titn for years now but becoming an apprentice was always a goal of mine. something always kept me from auditioning but now that i’ve finished my first season i don’t think there would’ve been a better time.

apprentices: thank you for welcoming me with open arms into your family. i am so proud of each and every one of you. the joy i get from watching everyone just party together on stage is unlike any other

@angelacarter.co and @tapman83 : words can not express my gratitude for the environment and opportunity you have worked together to create. thank you for seeing my potential and continuing to work with me to achieve it.

@jensen.free @ryanvettel @tay.nun @dae_dae__ @unitedtaps @jtodddodd : thank you for all your on tour guidance and love. your expertise and dedication to your craft is never overlooked. i can’t wait to continue to learn from you.

@dustinmsilva @officialdacoisa : you truly are the unsung hero of this week. a thank you is not enough for all you do. i appreciate all your late nights and hard work to make this week run smoothly for all of us.

@clairepenning1 : claire. now where to even start. thank you for being such a stunning support system for all of the apprentices. you mean the absolute world to me and this week would be 10000% harder without you. i couldn’t ask for a better pilot. can’t wait to hug you again.

my last thank you goes to Gregg Russell who without this would not be possible. thank you for leaving us with your knowledge, love, and power to work together to create this show.

next stop: tour ✨

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tonality 2026 🪩💿🩶 no words can truly express how amazing this past week was!

to all the apprentices, i absolutely LOVE getting to share the stage with you all. everyone is so ridiculously talented and some of the coolest people ever! i’m so thankful to be friends forever and to keep shuffling with each other! WE DID THE DANG THING!!!

@angelacarter.co and @tapman83 i can’t say thank you enough. this program you have created is life changing for me and many others! thank you for bringing all of us together and putting together a show that is like nothing else. you guys are the best!! thanks for all the love and support ❤️

@ryanvettel @jensen.free @tay.nun @dae_dae__ and @unitedtaps thank you for sharing all your knowledge and wisdom with me throughout tour and tonality week. i love training with you guys and learning from you! big love for all of you!

let’s go szn 6 🔥

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gonna miss this🫶🏻

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Another show done and again with amazing group of people!! So grateful to Angie and Ryan for all the hard work put in to make this show happen. Can’t wait to see what’s in store for next year!!✨💗 #wedidashow

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tonality 2026!!!

i am truly grateful beyond words to be a part of the @titn_tapdance apprentice program. the amount of love and support that i experienced over the past week is unlike anything i’ve ever known, and i’ve never before met so many beautiful souls in one place. the love they have for eachother and for the amazing style of tap dance that we know and cherish is one of the best things i’ve ever been a part of and i’m so incredibly thankful to know all of these wonderful people and call them my friends. there is definitely some people i missed getting pictures with, but know that i have so much love in my heart for each and every member of this company!

thank you endlessly to @angelacarter.co and @tapman83 for continuing this incredible program and providing all of us a space to not only be ourselves but to create and find others who love tap just as much as we do. i wouldn’t be the tap dancer that i am without the TITN program. thank you as well to our amazing choreographers, @ryanvettel @dae_dae__ @jensen.free @tay.nun @unitedtaps for pouring your creative energy into the program and the show. thank you to @clairepenning1 for keeping all of us somewhat sane during this chaotic week and being our amazing camp counselor! i am endlessly grateful for your support throughout tonality.

i could write for hours and hours about all of the ways that this program has made me a better dancer and a happier person but nobody wants to read all of that so i’ll just leave it here. thank you TITN for an incredible week, until next time 🫀

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tonality 26’ ❤️

how lucky am i to have something that’s so hard to leave. i could never put into words how much this company and these people mean to me. they are truly family that i never want to lose. i have an immense amount of love for them from the people ive known for years to the people i met this week.

i am forever grateful to @angelacarter.co and @tapman83 for giving me this opportunity and truly being “mom and dad” to us. they have done so much for me always but especially this week. thank you thank you thank you 🫶🏻

to the amazing faculty @tay.nun @dae_dae__ @ryanvettel @jensen.free thank you guys as well for also making this week and this company possible. it wouldn’t be the same without you ❤️

lastly, i could go on and on about @clairepenning1 she truly is the reason we are all alive at the end of the week and i along with everyone else can say she’s just the best ❤️

can’t wait for next season 🫶🏻

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TONALITY 26 🧡💜
Genuinely one of the best weeks of my life. Thank you @titn_tapdance and everyone there who made this week happen. I am so very grateful to have a community like this and so happy I can get to do one of my favorite things with them!

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wow what a week.
tonality 2026 was everything i could of imagined and more!! i am so so grateful to be apart of the apprentice program and for all of my friends that’ve come from it 🩷

a huge thank you to @tapman83 @angelacarter.co and the whole @titn_tapdance faculty for making this show happen and for allowing me to be apart of it, i am so thankful for everything you guys do for us! 🫶🏼

i love tap so much but especially when it’s with this group!! i miss everyone so dearly already and cannot wait till next time 🪩👞

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Such an amazing week at Tonality! One of the best dance environments that I have ever been involved in and just an amazing tap intensive overall. I loved getting to meet new people and make new friends throughout the whole week. I am truly grateful that I got to go and hope I can return again. Thank you so much Tap Into The Network!! ❤️❤️#tapintothenetwork #TITN

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