Carolyn Dorfman Dance presents Celebrate 40/NYC

Carolyn Dorfman Dance presents Celebrate 40/NYC

Carolyn Dorfman Dance presents Celebrate 40/NYC, in honor of the Company’s milestone 40th anniversary on Wednesday, June 12 and Thursday, June 13, 2024 at 7:30pm at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 W. 55th Street, NYC. Tickets start at $17.85 and can be purchased here.

Highlighting works from over 4 decades of creation and performance, these performances feature 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 heritage, 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 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 Kahan, Pete List, Dave Tennant, Greg Wall and Neal Woodson.

Carolyn Dorfman (Artistic Director), choreographer and founding Artistic Director of Carolyn Dorfman Dance (CDD) is known as a creator of evocative dances that reflect her concerns about the human condition. She is interested in creating “worlds” into which the audience can enter. Hailed as the consummate storyteller, Dorfman, a child of Holocaust survivors, has also created a celebrated body of work that honors her Jewish legacy, its trials and triumphs, its treasured uniqueness and, most importantly, its universal connections. Her interdisciplinary and intercultural approach on the stage and in the community explores the rich tapestry of human experience, tradition, and stories.

Celebrating its 41st season, Carolyn Dorfman Dance explores the fullness of life and moves people to connect to our common humanness, build understanding, and face barriers together through innovative and expressive contemporary dance. Through the creation of new work, live performance, education, and community programs, CDD moves minds, hearts, and bodies.

Carolyn Dorfman Dance in ECHAD by Carolyn Dorfman- photo by Christopher Duggan