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

Dorrance Dance in The Center Will Not Hold
© Christopher Duggan
Dorrance Dance in The Center Will Not Hold
© Christopher Duggan
Tomoe “Beasty” Carr in The Center Will Not Hold
© Christopher Duggan
Dorrance Dance in The Center Will Not Hold
© Christopher Duggan
John Angeles and Michelle Dorrance in The Center Will Not Hold
© Christopher Duggan
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“made me think about dance as social expression, away from the gilded theater and mirrored studio”
Reviewed at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London on 17 April 2026
The Center Will Not Hold (Michelle Dorrance, Ephrat "Bounce" Asherie)
Dorrance Dance
Kathy Kaufman, Lighting Designer
John Angeles, Percussion
Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends: bubbling over with passion
****1
Speak: four icons of dance in fleet-footed exchange at 92nd St Y
*****
Stylish and stirring: Turn It Out With Tiler Peck & Friends
****1
The Center Will Not Hold celebrates resistance in the best way
*****
Dorrance Dance's Nutcracker Suite a toe-tapping treat at the Joyce
*****
BalletNOW suffers from miscasting
***11
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