Highlighting works from over 4 decades of creation and performance, these performances fea-ture the NY premiere of Dorfman’s newest work, THE ATTITUDE OF DOING, with music by violinist extraordinaire, Regina Carter; co-commission by NJPAC for the TD MOODY JAZZ FESTIVAL; and the NYC theater premiere of NOW!, by the electric Juel D Lane, who began his career with Carolyn Dorfman Dance. Sharing the depth and breadth of the Company’s canon of works, selections from its iconic repertory will include Echad, Lifeline, Keystone, Dance/Stories, Interior Designs, Living Room Music, Love Suite Love, and Waves and feature joyous and poignant works from Carolyn’s Legacy Project; dances that explore her Jewish herit-age, the Holocaust and immigration, including The Klezmer Sketch from Mayne Mentshn (My People), and Cat’s Cradle.
Carolyn Dorfman Dance has a rich history of commissioned collaborations and offers that the work of the following artists will also be featured in these performances: Charlotte Blake Alston, Horacee Arnold, Russell Aubrey, Anna Alisa Belous, Svjetlana Bukvich, Kate Freer, Bente Ka-han, Pete List, Dave Tennant, Greg Wall and Neal Woodson.