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Dorrance Dance

American dance troupe

Dorrance Dance is an American dance troupe founded by dancer Michelle Dorrance in 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).2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

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Dorrance Dance is an American dance troupe founded by dancer Michelle Dorrance in 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).2

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