米歇尔-多兰斯 踢踏舞者和编导

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Michelle Dorrance
Tap Dancer and Choreographer | Class of 2015
Reinvigorating a uniquely American dance form in works that combine the musicality of tap with the choreographic intricacies of contemporary dance.


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Title
Tap Dancer and Choreographer
Affiliation
Dorrance Dance/New York
Location
New York, New York
Age
36 at time of award
Area of Focus
Choreography and Dance
Website
michelledorrance.com
Dorrance Dance
Social
Twitter: Dorrance Dance
Published September 29, 2015
ABOUT MICHELLE'S WORK
Michelle Dorrance is a tap dancer and choreographer breathing new life into a uniquely American art form in works that combine the musicality of tap with the choreographic intricacies of contemporary dance. Dorrance uses her deep understanding of the technique and history of tap dancing to deconstruct and reimagine its artistic possibilities.

Tap is primarily an aural dance form, with dancers creating complex syncopations through technical feats of footwork. In a high-contrast physical style, Dorrance maintains the essential layering of rhythms in tap but choreographs ensemble works that engage the entire body: dancers swoop, bend, leap, and twist with a dramatic expression that is at once musical and visual. In SOUNDspace (2011), she shapes the architecture of the stage space by moving dancers in and out of view; the dancers create an acoustic chamber as the audience is surrounded with textured rhythms created by leather, wood, and metal taps on the stage, backstage, and balcony.

Dorrance has moved beyond the episodic nature of traditional tap pieces—with solo dancers competing for the most audacious phrase—to craft evening-length ensemble works that tell compelling stories through rhythm and the arrangement of visual information. The Blues Project (2013) is an encyclopedic depiction of the history of the blues as told through tap-based works as well as an active collaboration between the dancers and the musicians who accompany them. In ETM: The Initial Approach (2014), Dorrance creates a fusion of acoustic and electronic sound. The dancers perform on platforms that are activated by their contact to emit sounds and enable electronic looping, allowing a real-time exploration of how movement and sound affect each other. Dorrance’s choreographic sense of tap as a musical and visual expression is bringing it to entirely new contexts and enhancing the appreciation of tap as an innovative, serious, and evolving art form.

BIOGRAPHY
Michelle Dorrance received a B.A. (2001) from the Gallatin School at New York University. A member of the faculty of the Broadway Dance Center since 2002, Dorrance has performed with preeminent tap companies and has taught and choreographed for institutions and groups across the United States and abroad. She toured with the Off-Broadway production of STOMP (2007–2011) before founding Dorrance Dance/New York. The troupe has performed Dorrance’s choreographic works at such venues as Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, the Joyce Theatre, and Danspace Project, as well as at numerous festivals throughout North America and Europe.



米歇尔-多兰斯
踢踏舞者和编导｜2015级
在结合踢踏舞的音乐性和当代舞蹈的复杂性的作品中，重振一种独特的美国舞蹈形式。


米歇尔-多兰斯的肖像
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标题
踢踏舞者和编舞者
工作单位
多兰斯舞蹈团/纽约
工作地点
纽约，纽约
年龄
获奖时为36岁
重点领域
编舞和舞蹈
网站
michelledorrance.com
多兰斯舞蹈
社会活动
推特。多伦斯舞蹈
发表于2015年9月29日
关于Michelle的作品
米歇尔-多伦斯是一位踢踏舞者和编舞者，她的作品将踢踏舞的音乐性与当代舞蹈的复杂性相结合，为一种独特的美国艺术形式注入了新的活力。多伦斯利用她对踢踏舞技术和历史的深刻理解，解构和重新想象其艺术可能性。

踢踏舞主要是一种听觉舞蹈形式，舞者通过技术性的脚步表演创造复杂的切分音。在高对比度的身体风格中，多伦斯保持了踢踏舞中基本的分层节奏，但编排了涉及整个身体的合奏作品：舞者俯冲、弯曲、跳跃和扭动，具有戏剧性的表达，既是音乐又是视觉。在SOUNDspace（2011年）中，她通过将舞者移入和移出视野来塑造舞台空间的架构；舞者创造了一个声学室，观众被舞台、后台和阳台上的皮革、木材和金属敲击所创造的纹理节奏所包围。

多伦斯已经超越了传统踢踏舞作品的偶发性质--独舞者为最大胆的短语而竞争--转而制作晚间的合奏作品，通过节奏和视觉信息的安排讲述引人注目的故事。蓝调计划》（2013年）是对蓝调历史的百科全书式的描述，通过踢踏舞作品以及舞者和伴奏音乐家之间的积极合作来讲述。在《ETM：最初的方法》（2014年）中，多伦斯创造了一种原声和电子声音的融合。舞者在平台上表演，这些平台被他们的接触激活，发出声音并启用电子循环，允许实时探索运动和声音如何相互影响。多伦斯对踢踏舞作为一种音乐和视觉表达的编排意识，将它带到了全新的环境中，并提高了人们对踢踏舞作为一种创新、严肃和不断发展的艺术形式的欣赏。

个人简历
米歇尔-多伦斯获得了纽约大学加勒廷学院的学士学位（2001年）。自2002年以来，多伦斯是百老汇舞蹈中心的成员，她曾与杰出的踢踏舞公司合作，并为美国和国外的机构和团体授课和编舞。在成立多伦斯舞蹈/纽约之前，她曾与外百老汇的《STOMP》剧组一起巡演（2007-2011）。该舞团在雅各布枕头舞蹈节、乔伊斯剧院和Danspace项目等场所，以及北美和欧洲的众多节日中表演了多伦斯的舞蹈作品。