Fran Sullivan

Fran Sullivan Marcantonio has been a Carolyn Dorfman Dance board member for several years, currently serving as secretary on the executive committee. Fran became acquainted with the company when they performed at the College of Saint Elizabeth when she was its communications specialist. What led Fran to accept an invitation to be a board member […]

Carolyn Dorfman Dance at Sixth Annual International Human Rights Art Festival

Carolyn Dorfman Dance will be performing “Cries of the Children” at the “Celebration of Human Rights II” event of the Sixth Annual International Human Rights Art Festival. “The dancers function as a Greek chorus, commenting through dance on the photographs and forming a poignant counterpoint to a lost humanity.” (The New York Times) With a […]

the legacy project: a dance of hope at 92ny

Carolyn Dorfman Dance has been a part of dance at 92NY for over two decades, where so many of her works were first shared in process and performance. A child of Holocaust survivors, Dorfman takes audiences on a powerful historical and cultural journey. With depth and reverence, she draws on her rich Jewish legacy, its […]

43rd Annual Battery Dance Festival

Image credit: Mel Blatman Carolyn Dorfman Dance was thrilled to return to the Battery Dance Festival in NYC last month to perform the audience favorite WAVES. Check out these images and videos of the performance from Mel Blatman, a friend of CDD.  The Battery Dance Festival is New York City’s longest-running free public dance festival. […]

Lovelines (2003)

Lovelines explores the timeless search for love. With a backdrop of country western tunes by Lonestar, this full company work is interwoven with text and original music. Lovelines enfolds using song, poetry, newspaper ads and more, juxtaposing boisterous fun and poignant rejection. Through these “lines of love” the work reveals the truth about us all.