sabine hasicka

sabine ranks about contemporary tap´s most intriguing artists. currently working out of her native vienna, austria, she has incorporated a number of folkloric and contemporary idioms into her special blend of rhythm tap. she draws on inspiration from argentine tango, bebop, contemporary chamber music as well as italian and persian folkmusic.

trained in new york, buenos aires and vienna, sabine has collaborated with numerous dancers and musicians all over the world, bringing her signature dance percussion to a great variety of formations ranging from classical string quartet, jazz trios & quartets to intimate dialogues with tuba, bass, piano and other instruments.

sabine has been dubbed "a living drumset" (radio saarbrücken) with "stunningly airy grooves" (salzburger volkszeitung) and "steps of virtuosity and magic" (gazzetta di parma), or as the austrian magazine tanzaffiche put it: "finest rhythm tap"