PREMIUM Michelle Dorrance on her dance influences and ‘The Center Will Not Hold’ Brooklyn-based choreographer, tap dancer won a MacArthur Genius Grant ...

Michelle Dorrance's dancers expand tap into other genres such as break-dance and hip hop, resulting in the most unlikely positions, balances and trajectories.

MICHELLE DORRANCE: In order to get this sound, I have to move my body this way, so the look of tap dance is often because we needed a hard toe, or a heel, or a toe drop. And because of these ...

Tap-dance star Michelle Dorrance tells us what makes her click Innovative dancer-choreographer Michelle Dorrance taps into the power of blues music in The Blues Project Tuesday August 23 2016 ...

Indian Kathak dance and American Tap dance are continents and ages apart, yet they share parallel stories of struggle and perseverance. They join forces in a unique and sensational collaboration ...

DORRANCE DANCE: THE BLUES PROJECT Thursday, Sept. 25–Friday, Sept. 26 7:30 p.m. Thurs., 8 p.m. Fri, $10–$59 UNC’s Memorial Hall 114 East Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill 919-843-3333 www ...

Later, she immersed herself in the Lindy Hop, a jazz-dance form born in Harlem in the 1920s, which, along with tap, is her current focus.

Sure, Savion Glover, America’s reigning king of tap, will appear later this month courtesy of Duke Performances and the American Dance Festival, and Michelle Dorrance, who was onstage Saturday ...

Dorrance started her company in 2011 as a way to honor tap’s history while also bringing it into the 21st century. Dorrance Dance’s inaugural performance earned a Bessie Award for “blasting ...

Dorrance was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship on Tuesday. For her, tap dance is the ultimate art form. "To be able to be a dancer and a musician at the same time — there's nothing like it," she says.

Wiggan-Freund, 34, says she doesn’t know if she has a specific style — she pulls from many, including ballet, which is apparent in her effortless, elegant line. She started dancing at 12 with ...