

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Dorrance Dance
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Performance happening at CNU's Ferguson Center for the Arts. 

With a complex history and powerful legacy, the uniquely American art form of tap dance explodes with energy and sly storytelling. Led by MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient Michelle Dorrance, this award-winning company champions tap, effortlessly blending tap forms from Detroit, Memphis, Chicago and beyond with hip-hop, breaking, house, and body percussion, composing rhythmic melodies as they go. “A visual, auditory, and rhythmic delight from beginning to end. Lightning-fast feet and intricate, jam-in-your-seat-inducing rhythms…the performers captivated the audience” (LA Dance Chronicle). 

Macon and Joan Brock Dance Series
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/newport-news/dorrance-dance/200029693356444
- **Event Categories**: entertainment, performances, dance, art, storytelling
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 5

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://vafest.org/tickets/2526/dorrance-dance/?promocode=4523&utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=newport+news-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Newport News
- **state**: VA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Ferguson Center for the Arts
- **lat**: 37.062034050713
- **long**: -76.489696095752
- **full address**: Ferguson Center for the Arts, Ferguson Center for the Arts, 1 University Pl, Newport News, VA 23606, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Virginia Arts Festival (https://allevents.in/org/virginia-arts-festival/1330876)

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 23 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Ferguson Center for the Arts, Ferguson Center for the Arts, 1 University Pl, Newport News, VA 23606, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Virginia Arts Festival
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** entertainment, performances, dance, art, storytelling
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Dorrance Dance ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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