Founded by Michelle Dorrance, Dorrance Dance is one of the most innovative dance companies working today, not just in tap, but in movement itself. Their work fuses tradition and experimentation, honoring the form’s Black American roots while pushing its boundaries through jazz, hip-hop, electronic textures, and improvisation. Pieces like ETM: Double Down and SOUNDspace transform the floor into an instrument and the body into something beyond sound. This isn’t just dance. It’s rhythm embodied, subversive, joyous, and alive.
In person, Dorrance Dance doesn’t just move, they strike, slide, slam, and shimmer. The sound is real. The breath is audible. You feel the pulse in your bones. They dance with musicality and ferocity, each footfall a note, each silence intentional. Whether they’re soloing in stillness or building layered rhythm as a collective, the audience isn’t just watching, they’re held inside it. The live show is both a concert and a conversation, grounded in bodies that refuse to stand still.
There’s something about Dorrance Dance that can’t be captured on video: the echo of shoes on wood, the weight of breath between beats, the way dancers tune themselves to one another like instruments. It’s tactile, generous, unrepeatable. To witness it live is to witness a living archive of tap, told with soul, speed, and an edge that never lets up. With Yadara, you can explore ticket prices, buy tickets easily, and experience a performance that doesn’t just move, it speaks.