Choreography

Michelle Dorrance

Princess Grace Award:
Choreography Fellowship , 2012

Michelle Dorrance, grew up performing with the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble and has since performed with: STOMP, Savion Glover’s ti dii, Manhattan Tap, Barbara Duffy & Co, JazzTap Ensemble, Rumba Tap, Ayodele Casel’s Diary of a Tap Dancer, Mable Lee’s Dancing Ladies, Harold Cromer’s original Opus One, Derick Grant’s Imagine Tap and Jason Samuels Smith’s Charlie’s Angels/Chasing the Bird. Michelle’s choreography has been featured on stages throughout the world as well as in a high-fashion short film for Tabitha Simmons’ 2011 Fall line. She is now the founder and artistic director of Dorrance Dance and most recently won a 2015 MacArthur Fellow along with previously winning the 2014 Alpert Award Winner, and 2013 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award Winner.Michelle continues to perform, teach and choreograph around the world.