VIDEO: MacArthur Genius Grant Winner Michelle Dorrance Teaches Stephen Colbert a Tap Routine
By: Caryn Robbins Oct. 15, 2015
On last night's LATE SHOW, MacArthur Genius grant winner Michelle Dorrance helped host Stephen Colbert fulfill a life-long dream of learning a tap routine. Later, in a performance you really have to hear to believe, Dorrance makes beautiful tap music on the Late Show stage. Watch the clips below!
THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT premiered on Tuesday, Sept. 8 on CBs.The show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater in New York City.
A multi-talented and respected host, writer, producer, satirist and comedian, Colbert is well-known for his previous late night show, "The Colbert Report," which concluded on Friday, Dec. 18, 2014. The program received wide-spread critical acclaim and earned two Peabody Awards and 29 Emmy Award nominations, including two Emmy wins for Outstanding Variety Series (2013, 2014) and four Emmy wins for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program (2008, 2010, 2013, 2014). Prior to that, Colbert spent eight years as a correspondent on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" as an on-air personality and writer of news satire for the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning series.
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