Program Books/Elizabeth Burke 

Elizabeth Burke 

co-dance captain and dancer

Elizabeth Burke (co-dance captain and dancer) is a founding member of Dorrance Dance who spent 11 years under the direction of her mentor, Gene Medler, in the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble. She is an alumna of the School at Jacob’s Pillow and Marymount Manhattan College. Other performance credits include work with “Bessie” Award winner Nicholas Van Young’s SoundMovement and the American Dance Festival alongside Luke Hickey. She has been described as a “deft and impassioned” dancer (The New York Times).