Michelle Dorrance

Michelle Dorrance is a New York City based tap dancer, choreographer, director, teacher, performer, and is the founder and Artistic Director of Dorrance Dance. Mentored by Gene Medler, she grew up performing with his North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble.
Most recently Michelle served as Vail Dance Festival’s 2017 Artist-In- Residence, curated Tireless: A Tap Dance Experience at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival while co-directing it’s tap education program with Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, and collaborated with Nicholas Van Young on Works and Process at the Guggenheim Museum’s first site-specific commission for the Guggenheim Rotunda. Michelle’s choreography is performed throughout the world and has been featured at countless theaters, clubs, and festivals including a choreographic commission for the The Martha Graham Dance Company as a part of their Lamentation Variations, and a high-fashion short film for Tabitha Simmons.

Source: Dorrance Dance Website

More information: www.dorrancedance.com