Michelle Dorrance’s Four Musketeers of Tap
World Arts and Cultures Alumna Josette Wiggan-Freund is part of this "tap dream team"
The New York Times profiled four dancers including World Arts and Cultures/Dance alumna Josette Wiggan-Freund '06, in conjunction with their performance of Until The Real Thing Comes Along (a letter to ourselves), choreographed by Michelle Dorrance, at the Joyce Theater in December.
"With her sharp eye for talent, the dancer and choreographer Michelle Dorrance has cooked up a tap dream team.
Joining her in the premiere of the collaborative “Until the Real Thing Comes Along (a letter to ourselves)” are Jillian Meyers, Melinda Sullivan and Josette Wiggan-Freund — three singular and rhythmically brilliant dancers who are part of the traditional tap scene, but who also live in the commercial world. “Until the Real Thing” will showcase their different styles and varied experience.
Collectively, they have covered some major dance ground. Touring with a major pop artist? That would be Ms. Meyers, who danced for Janet Jackson. Film work? Ms. Meyers was an assistant choreographer on “La La Land”; and Ms. Sullivan, a onetime finalist on “So You Think You Can Dance,” performed in it. And what about the circus? Ms. Wiggan-Freund has done that, dancing alongside Joseph, her equally talented sibling, in Cirque du Soleil’s “Banana Shpeel.”"— Gia Kourlas, December 19, 2017
This post is an excerpt, read the full article at the New York Times website.