SANDRA KLUGE is an internationally sought-after tap percussionist/composer/producer born in Bremen (Germany), based in Brooklyn (NY). She is known for her unique approach to tap as a music instrument.

She writes, records, and performs her own original music, in which tap is the exclusive percussive instrument, in both solo and ensemble contexts. Sandra is deconstructing the classic tap vocabulary in order to be a full member of the rhythm section, rather than just the cherry on top. Working both on stage and in the studio, her tap-based music can be listened to on any major streaming platforms.

Sandra's performance highlights include various collaborations with Thomas Marek, the tap ahead festival, Swiss Tap Days, Düsseldorf Photo Weekend, Symphony Space, Judson Church, Festival de Musique Improvisée de Lausanne, Basilica Hudson, and many more.

Sandra has been invited to teach at renowned institutions such as the legendary tap ahead festival, tap club Cologne, and Soundspace Philadelphia, and to be a teaching artist in residence at Thomas Marek's Studio Footprints. She is currently on faculty at Tap Central (former American Tap Dance Foundation) and Mark Morris Dance Center. In addition, Sandra teaches private lessons in person and virtually, working with students from around the world.

Her work has been featured on the Tap Love Tour Podcast, German Tap Magazine, Dance Advantage, Dance Writer Australia, Canvas Rebel, Vocalo Radio, the Relative Rhythms Podcast, The Other Side Reviews, Spinning Platters, and others.

Sandra is the only tap percussionist to be an alumna of the Art Omi Music Fellowship Program and was commissioned by the International Contemporary Ensemble for her composition "Anything = Everything". She has also been an artist in residence at the American Tap Dance Foundation.

She was first introduced to tap at the age of 10 by her Mom. In the following years, she studied with greats such as Barbara Duffy, Sebastian Weber, Pia Neises, Derick Grant, and Heather Cornell, to only name a few, as well as forming a deep relationship with the art form through endless hours of historic video footage and daily self-study. She has been part of Tap City's Pre-Professional Program twice, once with Michelle Dorrance, and once with Sarah Petronio, and graduated from Daniel Luka's tap apprenticeship S.O.N.T.I. with magna cum laude.