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the center will not hold
a dorrance dance production

The Center Will Not Hold is born from “a little room”, a short duet created and performed by Ephrat Asherie and Michelle Dorrance in December 2022. The expanded and reimagined work now includes a collective of singular performers deeply rooted in one or many of the following street, club, and vernacular dances: House, Breaking, Hip Hop, Tap Dance, Chicago Footwork, Detroit Jit, Litefeet, Memphis Jookin, Body Percussion, etc. The work features original music composed by Donovan Dorrance with live percussion by world class drummer/percussionist, John Angeles. The Center Will Not Hold marks the first Dorrance Dance Production, and launches the company into a new stage of supporting the development and touring of new works that continue to deepen the relationship between tap dance and the forms that have a direct relationship to its lineage.