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 haunting score for cello by David Darling and powerful pre-war photographs by Roman Vishniac, Cries of the Children speaks to intergenerational trauma, memory and legacy. Here choreographer, Carolyn Dorfman, explores the feelings, fears and dreams of a child of survivors of the Holocaust. She asks, “Who are these people I did not know?”, “Was I like them?” and the repeated terrorizing question: “Would I have survived?” Danced by a multi-ethnic cast, it expands its message to the world as the intergenerational pains of yesterday remain AND the horrific actions of today will be inherited by generations to come.
https://humanrightsartmovement.org/ihraf-festival-2024