About this Artist
Dorrance Dance is an award-winning tap dance company based in New York City. 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 creation, performance, and education.
Founded in 2011 by artistic director and 2015 MacArthur Fellow Michelle Dorrance, the company has received countless accolades, rave reviews, and has been presented by Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, The Joyce Theater, Sadler’s Wells London, New York City Center, The Kennedy Center, Spoleto Festival USA, Vail
International Dance Festival, Danspace Project, The Bolshoi’s DanceInversion International Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Lincoln Center Out Of Doors, Seattle Theater Group, Singapore International Festival Of Arts, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Segerstrom Center for the Arts, National Arts Centre Ottawa, American Dance Festival, Colours Festival Stuttgart, Maison de la Danse Lyons, Fira Tàrrega, Danse Danse Montréal, Staatstheater Darmstadt, Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre, Carolina Performing Arts, Cal Performances at Berkeley, Boston’s Crash Arts, Fire Island Dance Festival, and many others.
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Major support for Dorrance Dance is provided by:
National Endowment for the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Mellon Foundation
Howard Gilman Foundation
The Shubert Foundation Inc.
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Harkness Foundation for Dance
Dorrance Dance Staff
Artistic Director Michelle Dorrance
Interim Executive Director Jenny Novac
General Manager Hillary Kooistra
Production Manager/Sound Designer Christopher Marc
Associate Producer Gabby Benavides
Company Manager Taylor Craft
Development Manager Amanda Hameline
Dance Captain Elizabeth Burke
Musical Director Gregory Richardson
Lighting Designer Kathy Kaufmann
Lighting Supervisor Devin Koenig
Financial Administrator Andrea Nellis and Evan Aanerud, Arts FMS
Artist Representative Barbara Frum, outer/most