Dorrance Dance
| Company type | Dance troupe |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2010 or 2011 |
| Founder | Michelle Dorrance |
| Headquarters | New York City, United States |
| Website | dorrancedance |
Dorrance Dance was an American dance troupe founded by dancer Michelle Dorrance in late 2010, or early 2011.
Its debut performance was on a shared evening with Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards at Danspace Project, for which the company received a Bessie Award for "blasting open our notions about tap." Dorrance has since choreographed three evening-length works for the company: SOUNDspace (2012), The Blues Project (2013, a collaboration with Derick Grant, Toshi Reagon and Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards), and ETM: The Initial Approach (2014, a collaboration with Nicholas Van Young).[1]
Their 2024 production of The Nutcracker received favorable reviews.[2][3][4][5]
White House controversy
In December 2023, the Dorrance Dance performed a staging of The Nutcracker inside the White House, under President Joe Biden's administration.[6][7] The performance was controversial,[8] but The New York Times commented that "it was shocking to see something as innocuous as The Nutcracker stir up such outrage."[9]
References
- ^ Prichard, Laura Stanfield (August 3, 2024). "Dorrance Dance at Vail". The Boston Musical Intelligencer (review).
- ^ Dinaberg, Leslie (December 13, 2024). "A Swinging Start to the Holiday Season: Dorrance Dance's 'The Nutcracker Suite' Brings Visions of Sugar Rum-Pa-Pa-Pum to Santa Barbara". Santa Barbara Independent (Dance Review).
- ^ Libowitz, Steven (December 3, 2024). "Dorrance Turns 'Cracker' into a Downtown Dance Rave". Montecito Journal.
- ^ Martellotti, Patricia (December 6, 2024). "More than 1,000 kids experienced Dorrance Dance's 'The Nutcracker Suite' at Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara". KEYT.
- ^ Brice, Anne (December 13, 2024). "The Sugar Rum Fairy? A freewheeling, jazzy reimagination of 'The Nutcracker'". UC Berkeley News.
- ^ Terry, Eva (December 15, 2023). "Video: Watch as tap dancers take over the White House in the 2023 Christmas video". Deseret News – via Yahoo News.
- ^ O'Kane, Caitlin (December 14, 2023). "Jill Biden releases White House Christmas video featuring tap dancers performing "The Nutcracker". CBS News.
- ^ Nava, Victor (December 14, 2023). "NYC dance company Jill Biden tapped for 'Hunter Games' Christmas video pushes 'defund the police,' prison abolition, discredited 'antiracism' activists". New York Post.
- ^ Kourlas, Gia (December 15, 2023). "Who's Afraid of a Tap Dance 'Nutcracker'? Some conservative media took offense at a joy-filled holiday video shot at the White House. They're missing the point". The New York Times.
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