Perspective: At the Kennedy Center, Michelle Dorrance’s tappers pay homage to Ella Fitzgerald and Christmas
,” a 2013 work, was all about rhythm created from the smallest ripples of the legs and feet; the dancers kept their movements restrained within the frame of the body, even as the stage floor sung with complex musical phrases . One dancer performed in his socks, striking up a symphony of claps, slaps and the muffled drumming of his hands on his chest.
Dorrance is continuously experimenting with the art of tap dance in many ways, but what struck me most about this program were the musical experiments. Each piece got the music under the dancers’ feet in new ways. “Three to One” featured soft, searching compositions byand Richard D. James. Dorrance was flanked by Byron Tittle and Matthew “Megawatt” West, but she was the only one in tap shoes. The men were barefoot.
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