Fans of Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Gregory Hines, Eleanor Powell, and other hoofers might disagree that last Saturday’s performances by the faculty artists of the 2016 NC Rhythm Tap Festival at The ...

Michelle Dorrance leads from behind. The 38-year-old tap wizard, superintending glorious dancing at the Joyce through the end of the year, often comes off as “just one of the girls,” a foot-soldier in ...

Michelle Dorrance’s new work, “Shift.,” honors Gene Medler, the teacher who founded the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble. By Brian Seibert Tap festivals have been pivotal in passing on tradition. But ...

Between the COVID-19 pandemic and this summer’s social protest movement, 2020 has been challenging for the live performer. Michelle Dorrance is a world-renowned tap dancer who is using this time of ...

Michelle Dorrance—dancer, choreographer and artistic director of Dorrance Dance—has a lot on her mind in her director’s note for “Shift.” Writing that the hourlong presentation of tap-dancing, with ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Michelle Dorrance makes a tap “Nutcracker” to Duke Ellington’s swinging riffs on Tchaikovsky’s classic score. By Marina Harss There are nostalgic ...

People often ask dancer and choreographer Michelle Dorrance when she knew she wanted to become a professional dancer. Her answer is simple: "I just knew I would never stop tap dancing," she tells ...

Between the COVID-19 pandemic and this summer’s social protest movement, 2020 has been challenging for the live performer. Michelle Dorrance is a world-renowned tap dancer who is using this time of ...

NEW YORK — There are nostalgic “Nutcrackers” and tongue-in-cheek “Nutcrackers” and burlesque “Nutcrackers” and hip-hop Nutcrackers. But the Joyce Theater, one of New York’s busiest dance stages, has ...