NORTH ADAMS — Choreographer Michelle Dorrance primarily creates tap dances. Choreographer Ephrat Asherie, on the other hand, primarily creates work drawing on social and street dances, like breaking, ...

Trailblazing tapper Michelle Dorrance and celebrated b-girl Ephrat Asherie have known each other and periodically worked together for over 20 years. Both have their own New York-based companies, but ...

Michelle Dorrance is a MacArthur Genius Grant winning dancer hailing from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Born to a professional dancer and a professional soccer coach, Dorrance was formally trained as a ...

(Critic’s Pick): NEW YORK — Considering Michelle Dorrance’s virtuosity as a dancer — which in her medium, tap, is really a type of musician — perhaps it’s not surprising that she also sings and plays ...

Each year, the Vilar Performing Arts Center hosts at least one dance performance during the Vail Dance Festival. This summer, Michelle Dorrance returns on July 30 with a new production she and Ephrat ...

The Virginia Arts Festival’s 2026 lineup is crammed with top-notch and world-renowned entertainers. Check out who’s coming to ...

The Center Will Not Hold is an innovative Dorrance Dance Production and collaboration by Bessie Award-winning choreographer and breakdancer Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie and MacArthur “Genius” Grant awardee ...

Jazz and tap have long been enthusiastic dance partners. With "Rivers in Our Veins," drummer and composer Allison Miller adds further art forms to the mix. The 80-minute piece celebrating America's ...

Dorrance, a MacArthur Fellow, founded Dorrance Dance in 2011; this weekend marks the fifth time Global Arts Live has brought her company to Boston. Dorrance and Bessie Award winner Asherie met in 2004 ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The UCSB Arts & Lectures presented “Dorrance Dance’s The Nutcracker Suite” at The Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara this week. Tap and jazz took on Tchaikovsky in Dorrance ...

For those who thought tap-dancing was only something people did during Shirley Temple movies, Michelle Dorrance will prove them wrong. She is the MacArthur "Genius Grant"-winning dancer and ...