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Michelle Dorrance

Dance Review: Dorrance Dance at Jacob’s Pillow — Stretching the Boundaries of Tap

Nicholas Van Young supplied an astounding display of virtuosity that seemed to amaze even the dancer himself.

By: Mary Paula Hunter Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: Dorrance Dance, Jacob's Pillow, Michelle Dorrance

Dance Review: Syncopations — Dorrance Dance in Concert

Dorrance’s partners dance jazz in the most basic way, for its propulsiveness and its amenability to individual imagination.

By: Arts Fuse Editor Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: Dorrance Dance, Marcia B. Siegel, Michelle Dorrance, Myelination, SOUNDspace

Dance Review: At Harvard Dance Center — Duet Variations

Featuring seven short dances by stellar choreographers of contemporary dance, the Harvard Dance Center’s spring program promised some rare enlightenment.

By: Marcia B. Siegel Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: Brian Brooks, Crystal Pite, Duetti, Francesca Harper, Harvard Dance Center, Jill Johnson, Marcia B. Siegel, Michelle Dorrance, William Forsythe

Dance Review: Dorrance Dance’s “Blues Project” — Keeping Tap Alive

Without being at all didactic, Michelle Dorrance reveres tap history by adapting traditional ideas, then resolving them unexpectedly.

By: Marcia B Siegel Filed Under: Dance, Featured, Review Tagged: BIGLovely, Dorrance Dance, Michelle Dorrance, The Blues Project, Toshi Reagon

Dance Review: Crackling Out The Blues

This is Michelle Dorrance’s break out year, or perhaps more accurately the year people outside the intimate tap community got to know her by sight and reputation.

By: Debra Cash Filed Under: Dance, Featured Tagged: Derick K. Grant, Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Dorrance Dance, Jacobs-Pillow-Dance-Festival, Michelle Dorrance, The Blues Project

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