Tag: michelle dorrance

Tap Prodigy And Company Director Caleb Teicher Writes a Letter to Their Teenage Self

By age 26, Caleb Teicher already managed to establish themself as a respected dancer, choreographer, and creator. Onstage they are endless energy, all sprawling limbs and nimble feet; off-stage, they are ceaseless creativity, landing commission after commission and collaborating with musicians of every genre. Of course, they learned from the best: Teicher was a founding […]

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Michelle Dorrance's Delightful Tap "Nutcracker"

There’s a new holiday dance tradition in the works, thanks to the genius brain of tapper Michelle Dorrance. Dorrance Dance, her innovative company, is putting its own spin on The Nutcracker, using Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s jazzy version of the classic score and a slew of talented tappers, including Josette Wiggan-Freund as the production’s […]

Michelle Dorrance's First Broadway Gig, Plus 9 Other Musicals We Can't Wait to See This Season

What do Percy Jackson, Princess Diana and Tina Turner have in common? They’re all characters on Broadway this season. Throw in Michelle Dorrance’s choreographic debut, Henry VIII’s six diva-licious wives and the 1990s angst of Alanis Morissette, and the 2019–20 season is shaping up to be an exciting mix of past-meets-pop-culture-present. Here’s a look at […]

See Ballerina Tiler Peck as You've Never Seen Her Before: In Tap Shoes

The Vail Dance Festival in Vail, CO, is famous for pairing dancers from different companies with each other. And we love geeking out over that kind of fantasy casting. (Speaking of which: You HAVE to watch these videos of American Ballet Theatre’s Calvin Royal III and New York City Ballet’s Unity Phelan rehearsing Balanchine’s Agon […]

Tune Up Your Tapping Tone

“Imagine if a vocalist sang everything in monotone,” says Michelle Dorrance, whose company will perform its evening-length ETM: Double Down in England and Germany this summer. That’s the equivalent of a performance without a diverse array of flat slaps, deep-bass heel drops and high, tinkly taps—it’s one-note. Tappers “are dancers and musicians, and we have […]

Michelle Dorrance to Appear on "The Late Show" Tonight!

  Hey all you night owls! Tap star, and bona fide genius, Michelle Dorrance will appear on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” tonight at 11:35pm. If you can’t stay up that late (I know I can’t), you can click here to watch the full episode on Thursday. Dorrance will be teaching Colbert a step […]

Holy Jacob's Pillow Lineup, Batman

The amazing Storyboard P, who’ll perform in the “Unreal Hip-Hop” program (photo Julieta Cervantes/NYTimes) The Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival just announced the lineup for its 2014 season, and whoa, you guys: It’s totally fantastic. Every summer dancers and dance companies from all over the world descend on Becket, MA for the historic festival, which is […]