Choreography

Kat Echevarría Richter is the Founder and Artistic Director of The Lady Hoofers Tap Ensemble. She was also a principle dancer with the New Jersey Tap Ensemble and a featured performer at the London Tap Jam.

Writing for Broad Street Review, Camille Bacon-Smith named Richter to her "short list of favorite choreographers" and Lew Whittington of The Dance Journal has noted her ability to "tell great stories in tap and step idioms, less reliant on tricks and traditions and more innovative tap artistry.”

In 2018, Richter wrote, directed, and co-choreographed THE TAPCRACKER, an original, all-tap, all-women version of the holiday classic that is performed annually to sold out audiences at Philadelphia's Suzanne Roberts Theatre. Her choreography has been commissioned by Stockton University, Goucher College, and the Oxford University Dance Society in addition to numerous studios. Richter's work has been supported by the Bartol Foundation, the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.