Cercle d’Amour (2010)
Her newest work, Cercle d’Amour, is Ms. Dorfman’s choreographic response to what she was once told: “laughter, too, can change the world.”
Cercle d’Amour explores the visual and movement metaphors evoked by a resonant and versatile prop, the hula-hoop.
Featuring…
Tikkun (2009)
Tikkun is the bridge between the past and the future and is the natural progression for The Legacy Project because Tikkun encourages the audience to look forward and consider the future. The piece explores the ways we separate or…
The Legacy Project (2008)
The Legacy Project: Extraordinary art and process that celebrates culture and legacy and builds bridges within and across communities.
Carolyn Dorfman has created a celebrated body of work that honors her Jewish legacy, its trials and triumphs, its treasured uniqueness…
Echoes (2008)
“Dorfman, Kahan Collaboration Bears Emotionally Charged Fruit”
Carolyn Dorfman and company join forces with Norwegian, Jewish actress/vocalist, Bente Kahan in an evening of dance, music and theater that embraces the best of Dorfman and Kahan’s individual repertoires and cabaret-style intimacy…
Cat’s Cradle (2007)
“Chilling in its impact, yet buoyed by the love shared by the narrators, Cat’s Cradle tells a story that theatergoers will not forget.” –The Star Ledger
In her newest work, Dorfman incorporates cabaret songs written in Theresianstadt by Ilse Weber…
He Walks on the Wings of the Wind (2007)
“Dorfman also creates an ingeniously layered environment… where dancers manipulate folding screens that organize the space… The dance builds steadily with acrobatic partnering…leading up to a fun-filled ending where kids pelt the audience with colored hand socks and encourage viewers…
Odisea (2005)
“The men and women ofOdisea are unmistakable refugees who become optimistic pioneers as the dance subtly builds.”-The New York Times
With Odisea, choreographer Carolyn Dorfman continues her explorations of the Jewish legacy. The work chronicles the physical, emotional and spiritual…
Pastorale Pause (2004)
“…lyrical, youthful and effervescent…” -Recorder Newspapers
Set to a suite of Celtic music and songs by musician/composer John Whelan, this work for 5 dancers explores simple “pastoral pleasures”. Through images inspired by the mountains and meadows of the American West,…
Divide and Conquer (2004)
In this quartet, Dorfman explores marital bliss, harmony and perfection. Sunday times, brunch at 11 and lovemaking on the table. This synchrony of two in motion is suddenly replaced by the frenetic demands of life as this couple faces the…
Lovelines (2003)
Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. – Robert Frost
Choreography by Carolyn Dorfman
Music featured songs by Lonestar with original music by Greg Wall
Costume Design by Russell Aubrey
Lighting design by Charles S.…
Echad (One) (2002)
“…intense, abstract and engrossing… Echad has riveting power…” -The Observer Tribune
ECHAD, the Hebrew word for “One”, refers to the power of one community; the uniqueness or oneness of each individual and the delicate balance between the two, that is…
Mayne Mentshn (My People) (2001)
“Mayne Mentshn marks its creator, Carolyn Dorfman, as an epic storyteller.” -The Daily Record
Carolyn Dorfman created Mayne Mentshn as a tribute to her family, from her nuclear and extended family, to the human race at large. It is about…
Sextet (1994)
“Her playfulness contributes to the enjoyment of viewing even a brainy, abstract dance like Sextet.Watching patterns emerge becomes a game that is fun and absorbing.” -The Star Ledger
With images of quick darting actions and suspended moments at its core,…
Love Suite Love (1992)
“This hilarious dance was a gem of understatement… This was dancemaking of great sophistication.” -The Star-Ledger
LOVE SUITE LOVE enchants the audience with the bittersweet love songs of Patsy Cline. In this nostalgic ode to youthful romance, CDDC’s dancers portray…