Tag: tap dance

Michelle Dorrance reaches new heights as the first tapper to receive the Jacob’s Pillow Dance AwardFollowing her spectacular January performance at Dancespace Project, the unstoppable Michelle Dorrance was recognized in The New York Times as tap’s most promising choreographer. And the good news keeps coming: This summer, Dorrance will receive the annual Jacob’s Pillow Dance […]

For the reigning Miss New Hampshire, a 21-year-old tap dancer, competing for the Miss America title is nothing compared to her own battle with cancer. Megan Lyman was 12 when she was diagnosed with fibrosarcoma, a stage three tissue cancer. She had to stop dancing for two years while she underwent seven surgeries. She met […]