STG presents Dorrance Dance with Toshi Reagon and BIGLovely

STG presents a two-night engagement of DORRANCE DANCE WITH Toshi Reagon AND BIGLOVELY IN "THE BLUES PROJECT" at The Moore Theatre November 11-12 at 8pm. This innovative evening brings together today's best tap artists; musicians; choreographers Michelle Dorrance, Derick K. Grant, and Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards; and acclaimed composer/musician Toshi Reagon with her band BIGLovely for an unforgettable night of rhythm, original live music, explosive energy, and raw emotion.

"The Blues Project" is a creative collaboration that explores the relationship between music, sound, and movement. Dorrance noted that "on top of loving [Reagon's] music since I was 18 years old, I wanted to work with her because she wields music the way I want to wield tap dance-by manifesting the spirit of the great American traditions. I see Derick K. Grant and Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards in a very similar light."

Dorrance Dance aims to honor tap dance's uniquely beautiful history in a new, dynamic, and compelling context; not by stripping the form of its tradition, but by pushing it: rhythmically, aesthetically, and conceptually. Founded in 2011 by Artistic Director and 2015 MacArthur Fellow, Michelle Dorrance, Dorrance Dance's inaugural performance garnered a Bessie Award for "blasting open our notions of tap." The company has since performed at Jacob's Pillow, The Joyce Theater, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, New York City Center's Fall For Dance Festival, for White Bird in Portland's Schnitzer Hall, and tap dance festivals throughout the world.

While composer Toshi Reagon's expansive career has landed her comfortably in residence at Carnegie Hall, the Paris Opera House, and Madison Square Garden, you can just as easily find her turning out a music festival, intimate venue, or local club. Her band,BIGLovely, has performed all over the United States, and her dance and theater collaborations include work with Urban Bush Women, Jane Comfort and Company, LAVA, and two operas with her mother Bernice Johnson Reagon and Robert Wilson.She has received a New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFTA) award, The Black Lily Music and Film Festival award, is a National Women's History Month Honoree, and a recipient of OutMusic's Heritage Award.

TICKET INFORMATION:

Tickets are on sale now starting at $35 (not including fees). Seating is reserved. For more information visit stgpresents.org.

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Our mission is to make diverse performing arts and education an integral part of our region's cultural identity while keeping three historic venues, The Paramount, Moore and Neptune, alive and vibrant. STG presents a range of performances from Broadway, off-Broadway, dance and jazz, to comedy, concerts of all genres, speakers and family shows - at these three iconic theatres in Seattle and venues throughout the Puget Sound region and in Portland, Oregon.

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