About
Dorrance Dance is an award-winning tap dance company based in New York City celebrating its 10th Anniversary! Led by Michelle Dorrance, the company supports dancers and musicians who embody and push the dynamic range that tap dance has to offer. The company’s mission is to engage with audiences on a musical and emotional level, and to share the complex history and powerful legacy of this Black American art form through performance and education. The company’s inaugural performance garnered a Bessie Award for “blasting open our notions of tap” and the company continues its passionate commitment to expanding the audience of tap dance, an original American art form.
Founded in 2011 by artistic director and 2015 MacArthur Fellow, Michelle Dorrance, the company has received countless accolades, rave reviews and performed for packed houses at venues including The Joyce Theater, New York City Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Lincoln Center Out of Doors (New York, NY), Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival (Becket, MA), The Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), Vail Dance Festival (Vail, CO), Carolina Performing Arts (Chapel Hill, NC), Cal Performances (Berkeley, CA), Spoleto Festival (Charleston, SC), among many others colleges and universities across the US, and including international venues in Canada, France, Germany, Russia, Spain, England, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
