Hailing from Chicago, IL, Taquita is just what the Doctor ordered. With her expertise as a Registered Nurse, she prescribes and administers comedic relief for the soul through stand-up comedy, motivational speaking, and storytelling. Taquita has been featured on Funny or Die and Laughs on FOX. The former graduate of Second City LA and UCB LA ( Improv and Sketch Writing) takes you on a journey into her world, exposing her perspective on life as a nurse and growing up in a household with a mom in recovery. Her brilliant style of storytelling and play on words will leave you with withdrawals. She's not your average Nurse. She is not your average Comedian. She is just what the Doctor Ordered!
Known as one of "Tap's Leading Ladies" Maud Arnold is a member of the female tap band, the Syncopated Ladies, known for viral videos with the most successful being their tribute to Prince and their cover of Beyoncé's Formation, which Beyoncé shared on all of her social media and then hired Syncopated Ladies to perform at her Ivy Park active wear clothing line launch in London. Maud also performed live with the Syncopated Ladies on ABC's Good Morning America, the Ellen Show with Pharrell Williams and N.E.R.D. and sold-out concerts in Los Angeles, Dubai, New York City, and Washington, DC, receiving rave reviews in The New York Times and more. Mentored and trained by Debbie Allen, Maud has taught at Debbie Allen Dance Academy in Los Angeles and has taught tap dancing and Afro-Funk internationally. Maud can also be been seen on the Black Lady Sketch Show, BET Experience: 106 and Park, The Late Late Show With James Corden, HBO's Boardwalk Empire, Switched at Birth, Secret Talents of the Stars as a featured dancer with Mya, The Today Show and Syncopated Ladies winning Season 11 of FOX's So You Think You Can Dance: Dance Crew Battle.
Maud is a female entrepreneur that holds a degree from Columbia University. Further to teaching, she oversees Chloe and Maud Productions and their many entities, including their clothing lines: I LOVE TAP and UniLove as well as their tap dance workshops and after school programs. Maud exudes her passion for tap dancing with her high energy, fun, and action-packed dancing. Added to her list of talents, she is also a comedian.She has proven that the sky is the limit.