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

By Ivy Lin, 18 December 2019

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“Michelle Dorrance realized there's no reason to reinvent the wheel”

Reviewed at Joyce Theater, New York City on 17 December 2019

All Good Things Must Come to an End (Michelle Dorrance, Hannah Heller, Melinda Sullivan, Josette Wiggan-Freund)

The Nutcracker Suite (Michelle Dorrance)

Dorrance Dance

Carolyn Mraz, Set Designer

Andrew Jordan, Costume Designer

Leonardo Sandoval, Dancer

Warren Craft, Dancer

Brittany DeStefano, Dancer

Josette Wiggan-Freund, Dancer

Joseph Wiggan, Dancer

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

The Center Will Not Hold celebrates resistance in the best way

Gillian Ebersole, 28th June

The Center Will Not Hold rings in the 93rd Festival at Jacob’s Pillow, a celebration of American and Black vernacular dance styles led by Ephrat Asherie and Michelle Dorrance.

*****

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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Ivy Lin

Ivy Lin's love of ballet began in high school when at the school dance she quickly realized she had two left feet. One always admires things one cannot do, and so Ivy began to attend dance performances to marvel at the grace and beauty of bodies in motion. Ivy's day job is a biology teacher and after a long day in the classroom she loves to unwind by watching dance. She also enjoys theater, opera, pop and classical music. Ivy has her own blog (www.humbledandoverwhelmed,blogspot.com)