Michelle Dorrance News

In Broadway by Design, BroadwayWorld is shining a spotlight on the stellar designs of this Broadway season, show by show. Today, we continue the series with Tony nominees Beowulf Boritt and Bradley King, who acted as scenic and lighting designers for Broadway's LSD trip, Flying Over Sunset.

Birdland Jazz Club and Birdland Theater are proudly open this June with a full slate of nightly performances! At Birdland Jazz Club, catch the Liebman, Brecker, Copland Quintet, Greg Ruvolo Big Band, Yellowjackets, Terraza Big Band, Anita Gillette and Lee Roy Reams, Frank Catalano Quartet, Danilo Perez & His Global Messengers, New London Big Band, Stacey Kent, Ron Aprea Big Band, Linda Lavin and Tuck & Patti.

The Chicago Human Rhythm Project presents programming for the upcoming months. The project hosts Chicago's International Festival of American Tap, featuring performances and education programs in six venues around Chicago. For more information, visit https://www.chicagotap.org/rhythm-world. 

The Music Center welcomes the West Coast premiere of The Joyce Theater's SW!NG OUT, directed by tap phenom Caleb Teicher (June 24-26, 2022).

Chicago Dancers United (CDU), which supports the health and wellness of Chicago's professional dance community, announces the program for its 31st annual fundraiser, Dance for Life 2022, which takes place Saturday, August 13 at 6 p.m. at the Auditorium Theatre, 50 E. Ida B. Wells Drive, Chicago, followed by an after-party at Venue SIX10, 610 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago.

Tune in to our Instagram story today, as Danny Gardner takes over to take you behind the scenes of his day at The Encore's A Thousand Faces: The Lon Chaney Musical.

Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, will present the world premiere of Third Bird, with a libretto and direction by Isaac Mizrahi, music by composer Nico Muhly (played by Ensemble Signal and conducted by Brad Lubman), choreography by John Heginbotham, and lighting by Brandon Stirling Baker.

Trinity Irish Dance Company (TIDC) is bringing its unique form of progressive Irish dance to Madison's Overture Center for the Arts for one-night-only on April 21 at 7:30 p.m. in Overture Hall. This company of elite performing artists from around the world presents both classic and groundbreaking Madison-premiere works. 

Tap City, the NYC Tap Festival, the American Tap Dance Foundation's week-long tap dance festival, will return Monday, July 4 through Sunday, July 10 with special events, performances, ATDF tap dance awards, workshops and residencies. The TAP CITY Festival week, celebrating its 22nd year, will return LIVE for the first time since the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Broken Box Mime Theater will present the With Words Series, as part of their World Premiere of Take Shape at the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at A.R.T./New York Theatres (502 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019), April 1-May 1.

Live, in-person tap dance workshops, performances and special events herald the return of Tap City, the NYC Tap Festival, the American Tap Dance Foundation's week-long tap festival Saturday, July 4 through Friday July 10 right in in tap's hometown, New York City.

The internationally renowned Trinity Irish Dance Company opened at The Joyce Theater on Tuesday evening and the audience was wowed.

Jacob’s Pillow has announced Belgian and Moroccan choreographer, dancer, and director Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui as the recipient of the 2022 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award. Cherkaoui will accept this award and present a new work at the season-opening Gala on June 18. 

The company jumped to the front of the dance world with ODEON, which layers breaking, hip-hop, house and vogue to the rich and buoyant sounds of fin-de-siecle Brazilian composer Ernesto Nazareth, performed live.  Rooted in street and social dance, Ephrat Asherie Dance (EAD) is dedicated to exploring the inherent complexities of various African American and Latinx vernacular forms.

The much anticipated dance production, Tiler Peck, Artists At The Center opened on Friday night to the sheer delight of the full-house audience.

Watch as Richard Ridge catches up with the wonderful Tiler Peck, who is tackling a new role as the inaugural artist curator in New York City Center's Artists at the Center series.

Trinity Irish Dance Company (TIDC) is bringing its renowned legacy and awe-inspiring precision to the Marcus Center for the Performing Arts for a one-night-only performance on March 26, 2022.

Go inside the rehearsal room with Tiler Peck, Michelle Dorrance, Byron Tittle, and Cassandra Trenary as they rehearse the world premiere City Center commission Time Spell—premiering as part of Artists at the Center.

When Dorrance Dance brings its revolutionary “SOUNDspace” show to Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts on March 25, the New York City company will reveal what is most beautiful and exceptional about tap dancing: movement as music.

Trinity Irish Dance Company (TIDC) today announced it will bring its internationally celebrated legacy and awe-inspiring precision to The Joyce Theater this Saint Patrick’s Day Season.