The New York City tap dancing troupe enlisted by first lady Jill Biden for a Christmas video promotes controversial far-left ideologies, including abolishing prisons and defunding the police. The ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Sprung from the mind of much-lauded Artistic Director Michelle Dorrance, this ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Maverick” to a Grammy Award-winning violinist and acclaimed tap dancer, Virginia Arts Festival’s 2026 lineup is packed with diverse acts expected to deliver top-notch shows. The season will open with ...

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - More than a thousand kids got to experience a performance by world renowned tap dancers at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara. Hosted by the UCSB Arts & Lectures series, ...

Dorrance Dance is an award-winning tap dance company based in New York City. Founded in 2011 by Artistic Director and 2015 MacArthur Fellow Michelle Dorrance, the company shares the incredibly dynamic ...

UCSB Arts & Lectures presents “Dorrance Dance’s The Nutcracker Suite,” 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 5 at The Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara. Tap and jazz will take on Tchaikovsky in Dorrance Dance’s ...

At the end of their performance at the Modlin Center on Friday night, the Dorrance Dance performers could have torn up the floor and thrown it at us and we’d have cheered them. I’m no tap expert, but ...