Michael dascombPre-Professional
Michael Dascomb is a tap dancer from New Hampshire who loves performing, improvisation, and everything in between. He began dancing at age 3 at his mother's dance studio where it was clear he had a knack for dance - in particular, tap dance. Michael is a 2022 YoungArts winner in Dance and he has been a member of two tap dance companies for years: Speaking in Taps and Touché Taps. Michael has created two solo shows under the direction of Derick Grant called Off the Tracks and My Favorite Things. He also has developed two tap videos: The First Circle and 7=5. He choreographed Dat Dere for professional tap dancers in NYC and is currently working on a second piece. He is also choreographing a piece for Speaking in Taps. Max Pollak has been another influential tap dance mentor. Michael has benefitted from many intensives, residencies, and master classes with Sam Weber, Ian Berg, Star Dixon, Dormeshia, Jason Samuels Smith, Michelle Dorrance, Jason Janas, Sarah Reich, Charles Renato, and Brenda Bufalino. Beyond learning and exploring, Michael loves performing with a live band in addition to polyrhythms, complex rhythms, odd meters, and intricate patterns in tap dance. This goes hand-in-hand with his love for Rubik's cubes, Hanayama puzzles, logic games, brainteasers, and building things. Outside of tap and other styles of dance, Michael is an accomplished martial artist who has earned his 1st-degree international black belt in American Kenpo before the minimum age of 16.
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