The Center Will Not Hold celebrates resistance in the best way

Tomoe “Beastie” Carr in The Center Will Not Hold

The Center Will Not Hold at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival 2025

John Angeles and Michelle Dorrance in The Center Will Not Hold

Zakhele “Bboy Swazi” Grabowski in The Center Will Not Hold

The Center Will Not Hold at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival 2025

Par Gillian Ebersole, 28 juin 2025

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“the whole work feels liberatory in its quest for solidarity and resilience”

Critique faite à Ted Shawn Theatre, Becket, le 28 juin 2025

The Center Will Not Hold (Michelle Dorrance, Ephrat "Bounce" Asherie)

Kathy Kaufmann, Lumières

John Angeles, Percussions

Ephrat "Bounce" Asherie, Danse

Michelle Dorrance, Danse

The Center Will Not Hold: Dorrance Dance thrills at Sadler’s Wells

Daniel Pratt, 17th April

Dorrance Dance offer a compelling mix of genres in The Center Will Not Hold – high energy, full of surprises, top quality performances.

****1

Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends: bubbling over with passion

Amanda Jennings, 12th March

Last seen in London in 2023, Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends made a hugely welcome return with the same programme, differently ordered.

****1

Speak: four icons of dance in fleet-footed exchange at 92nd St Y

Carla Escoda, 21st February

Rachna Nivas, Rukhmani Mehta, Dormeshia and Michelle Dorrance joined forces with top-notch Indian classical and jazz musicians to deliver an imaginative tour de force of kathak and tap.

*****

Stylish and stirring: Turn It Out With Tiler Peck & Friends

Carla Escoda, 16th October

Much acclaimed in 2022, a mixed bill curated by Tiler Peck returns to New York City Center with new cast members.

****1

Dorrance Dance's Nutcracker Suite a toe-tapping treat at the Joyce

Ivy Lin, 17th December

Does the world really need another Nutcracker? Turns out the answer is yes, if it's as clever and well-done as Michelle Dorrance's version.

*****

BalletNOW suffers from miscasting

Jeff Slayton, 28th July

BalletNOW returns to the Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center in Los Angeles. The production features dancers from six different major ballet companies, but fails to impress.

***11

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Gillian Ebersole

Gillian Ebersole is a dancer and choreographer, as well as a poet, dance writer and educator. Gillian graduated Summa Cum Laude from Loyola Marymount University with a dual degree in Dance and English. Their first poetry book The Water Between Us received the Charlotte Mew Prize and was published by Headmistress Press in 2021. Gillian lives and creates in Berkshire County with their partner.

Jacob's Pillow: The Center Will Not Hold celebrates resistance in the best way – with dance