MOVERS & SHAPERS:
Podcast No.4 – CAROLYN DORFMAN
Release Date: June 30, 2015
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ABOUT CAROLYN DORFMAN, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR CAROLYN DORFMAN DANCE
Known as a creator of evocative dances that reflect her concerns about the human condition, Dorfman is interested in creating “worlds” into which the audience can enter. She has created stunning pieces that reflect a spirit and passion for life, people and truth, survival and renewal. 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 – through the powerful universal language of dance.
Honored with many artistic and civic awards, Dorfman has been designated a Distinguished Artist by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts (NJSCA), which has granted her six Choreography Fellowships (most recently 2011). She received the Prudential Prize for Non-Profit Leadership (the first ever given to an artist) and the Jewish Women in the Arts Award for Dance from the Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit and the Janice Charach Epstein Gallery. Most recently, in 2012, she was named the Industry Partner of the Year from the Union County Vocational Technical School/Academy for the Performing Arts; in 2013 she received the Dance Advocate Award by DanceNJ; in 2014, she was named a “Woman of Excellence” in the Arts and Humanities by the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders/The Union County Commission on the Status of Women. This year, she is honored to be chosen to receive the 2015 Humanitarian Award from Seton Hall University and The Sister Rose Thering Fund.
A Michigan native, Dorfman received her BFA in Dance with certification to teach grades K-12 from the University of Michigan and her MFA from New York University Tisch School for the Arts. A former Assistant Professor of Dance at Centenary College in NJ, Dorfman is a master teacher, mentor, and a guest artist/choreographer/lecturer at major universities, pre-professional and professional training programs across the U.S. A former artist and member of the board of the Yard and ArtPride NJ, she is currently on the Artist Committee of the All Stars Project NY/NJ and a member of their NJ Board of Trustees. She is a mentor for Dance USA’s mentoring program, is an Honorary Co-Chair of NJPAC’s Celebrate Dance Advisory Committee, and was recently appointed to the Advisory Board of the College of Saint Elizabeth Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education. Ms. Dorfman and the company lead the Dance Division for NJPAC’s Arts Education Program and is a resident artist, guest choreographer/teacher and mentor at leading pre-professional training programs in the U.S.
MORE ON CAROLYN:
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Website
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“Interior Designs” Promo Reel
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Carolyn Dorfman Dance Promo Reel
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Facebook
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Twitter
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Instagram: cdorfmandance
PODCAST INTERVIEW LINKS
Doris Humphrey
Jose Limon
Fall and Recovery
Arthur Mitchell
Harriet Berg
“Passacaglia” Doris Humphrey
University of Michigan Dance Program
NYU Tisch School of the Arts
Centenary College
Deborah Jowitt
Kay Cummings
Pilates
Carla Maxwell
NYLA
Risa Steinberg
New Jersey State Council on the Arts
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation
Star Ledger Interview
NJPAC
Far Brook School, North Hills, NJ
Horacee Arnold
“Under my Skin”
“Interior Designs”
Dance Now Miami
Podcast produced by: The Moving Architects
Interviewer: Erin Carlisle Norton
Intro Music: “Singing Distance” by Elijah Aaron