DEL x Michelle Dorrance: Rhythm, History, and Innovation

DEL x Michelle Dorrance: Rhythm, History, and Innovation

Sunday March 1, 2026

class type

In-Person

Date:

Sunday March 1, 2026


Time: 3-5PM
Pricing: $30 (plus $5 processing fee)
Location: In-Person at the 92nd Street Y, New York (NYC)
Instructors:

Michelle Dorrance and Erin Lally

DEL x Michelle Dorrance: Rhythm, History, and Innovation

Join us for a special DEL workshop led by acclaimed tap artist and choreographer Michelle Dorrance, with DEL Facilitator Erin Lally. This dynamic workshop launches 92NY Harkness Dance Center’s second annual Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival and features seven days full of extraordinary performances, discussions and classes that celebrate the power, artistry, and cultural impact of women in rhythmic dance.

In this two-hour professional learning experience, participants will:

  • Experience a master class in rhythm, musicality, and movement through the lens of Dorrance’s tap dance practice.
  • Engage in an embodied tap and rhythm dance history experience led by Michelle Dorrance.
  • Connect the artistry of rhythmic dance to the Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) Model, exploring creative and teaching applications for classroom and studio settings.

This workshop invites dance educators to move, reflect, and discover strategies for bringing the joy, rigor, and expressive power of rhythm into their own teaching practice.

Prepare for Your Workshop:

If you have tap shoes, please bring them! If you do not have tap shoes, please feel free to bring a leather-soled shoe or the hardest-soled shoe you have. All participants are all also invited to bring a pair of socks you are comfortable dancing in.

Must register by Friday, February 27, 2026.

Meet Your Instructors

Michelle Dorrance

Michelle Dorrance (Artistic Director/Choreographer/Dancer), founder and artistic director of Dorrance Dance, is one of the most sought after tap dancers of her generation and “one of the most imaginative tap choreographers working today” (The New Yorker). A 2016 United States Artists Award Recipient, 2015 MacArthur Fellow, a 2014 Alpert Award...

Erin Lally

Erin Lally (BFA, MA) serves as the Co-Executive Director of the Harkness Dance Center and Director of the Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) at 92NY. A dedicated dance educator, leader, and community builder, Erin has spent over two decades sharing her passion for dance with children, educators, and families across public...