Dorrance Dance
Jungle Blues • Three to One • Myelination
https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/21630
Michelle Dorrance is one of the tap world’s luminaries. With her award-winning New York-based company she at once honours tap dance’s history while also pushing the art form rhythmically, technically and conceptually. In her ensemble piece Myelination, 11 dancers layer on and build up the rhythm with rapid-fire footwork to a live original jazz score by Prawn til Dante. The Bessie-Award winning Three to One shows her smart and sassy side, while the whimsical Jungle Blues...
Southam Hall,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
“Rhythm keeps accumulating and multiplying in ‘Myelination’… it’s an exhilarating ensemble piece” Alastair Macaulay, The New York Times
- ≈ 70 minutes · No intermission
Michelle Dorrance is one of the tap world’s luminaries. With her award-winning New York-based company she at once honours tap dance’s history while also pushing the art form rhythmically, technically and conceptually. In her ensemble piece Myelination, 11 dancers layer on and build up the rhythm with rapid-fire footwork to a live original jazz score by Prawn til Dante. The Bessie-Award winning Three to One shows her smart and sassy side, while the whimsical Jungle Blues slides and shimmies to the soulful sounds of Branford Marsalis.
Artists
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Artistic Director, Choreographer, Dancer Michelle Dorrance -
Associate Artistic Director, Dancer, Musician Nicholas Van Young -
Dancer Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie -
Dancer Christopher Broughton -
Co-Dance Captain, Dancer Elizabeth Burke -
Dancer, Musician Warren Craft -
Dancer Brittany DeStefano -
Co-Music Director, Composer, Musician Donovan Dorrance -
Dancer Luke Hickey -
Co-Composer, Musician Aaron Marcellus -
Dancer Claudia Rahardjanoto -
Co-Music Director, Composer, Musician Gregory Richardson -
Dancer Leonardo Sandoval -
Co-Dance Captain, Dancer Byron Tittle -
Dancer Matthew “Megawatt” West