DANCECleveland in collaboration with Cleveland Public Theatre's DanceWorks presents Dorrance Dance. Bessie Award-winner, Dorrance Dance honors tap dance’s uniquely beautiful history in a new compelling context. With theatricality and wit, the company pushes tap forward into the 21st century aesthetically and conceptually by combining street, club, and experimental dance forms with the furious rhythms of tap dance. Founded by choreographer and artistic director Michelle Dorrance in 2011, Dorrance Dance draws inspiration from a variety of music -- from Squirrel Nut Zippers and Fiona Apple to The Bluegrass Reunion and Big Maybelle. Michelle Dorrance was lauded by The New Yorker as “one of the most imaginative tap choreographers working today,” and is the first tap choreographer to receive a Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship. Mentored by Gene Medler, 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. In 2015, Dorrance was named a MacArthur Fellow and was a recipient of the MacArthur Genius Award. Performing in CPT’s intimate Gordon Square Theatre, the performances will feature fun-filled tap like you’ve never seen it before!

THURSDAY, APRIL 7TH AND SATURDAY, APRIL 9TH PERFORMANCES ARE SOLD OUT