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Dorrance formally trained at the Ballet School of Chapel Hill, founded by her mother. There, she studied [[ballet]], [[Jazz dance|jazz]] and [[tap dance]] with tap master Gene Medler.<ref name="auto"/>
At age eight, Dorrance was accepted into T.C.T.C. (The Children's Tap Company), which is now the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble. In addition to providing intensive technical training in tap dance and practice of tap improvisation, Medler introduced his dancers to as many living tap masters as possible. Both through Medler's mentorship and her own pursuit of further study, Dorrance learned from tap dance greats [[Maceo Anderson]], [[Cholly Atkins|Dr. Cholly Atkins]], [[Peg Leg Bates|Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates]], [[Bunny Briggs]], Dr. James "Buster" Brown, [[Ernest Brown (dancer)|Ernest "Brownie" Brown]], [[Harriet "Quicksand" Browne]], [[Harold J. Cromer|Dr. Harold Cromer]], [[Arthur Duncan]], [[Gregory Hines]], [[Mable Lee|Miss Mable Lee]], [[Jeni Le Gon|Dr. Jeni LeGon]], [[Henry LeTang|Dr. Henry LeTang]], [[LeRoy Myers]], Dr. Fayard Nicholas and Harold Nicholas ([[Nicholas Brothers]]), [[Donald O'Connor]], [[Leonard Reed|Dr. Leonard Reed]], [[Jimmy Slyde|Dr. Jimmy Slyde]] and [[The Four Step Brothers|Dr. Prince Spencer]].<ref>Vancouver Tap Festival 2014 Program</ref> Dorrance also surrounded herself with the generation of tap dancers who learned from those greats, including Josh Hilberman, Barbara Duffy, [[Savion Glover]], [[Brenda Bufalino]], [[Ted Louis Levy|Ted Levy]], Sam
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