Presents
The Legacy Project: Community Performance
Carolyn Dorfman Dance
Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 7:00 PM
The University of Tennesee at Chattanooga (UTC) Fine Arts Center
Carolyn Dorfman, Artistic Director
Anita Thomas, Executive Director
Jacqueline Dumas Albert, Associate Artistic Director
Katlyn Baskin, Rehearsal Director
Stephanie Byrnes Harrell, Production Director/Stage Manager
The Company
Katlyn Baskin, Jarred Bosch, Gianna Diaz, Dominique Dobransky, Khalid Dunton, Hannah Gross, Maiko Harada, Brandon Jones, Kaila Moses, Charles Scheland, and Andréa Ward
The Legacy Project: Community Performance
The 40th Anniversary Season of Carolyn Dorfman Dance is dedicated to Carolyn’s parents, Mala (Weintraub) Dorfman (1923-2022) and Henry Dorfman (1922-2001)
As Holocaust survivors and immigrants, they engendered great humanity and passionately delivered their legacy. They inspired the core values of Carolyn Dorfman Dance: a company more Human, who values history, family, and tradition (old and new), where sharing art and the creative process can build connection and understanding for a stronger and better world.
Lifeline (1987) (Excerpt)
Choreography by Carolyn Dorfman
Original Score by Robert Kaplan
Set Design by Carolyn Dorfman
Set Construction and Original Lighting Design by John Evans
Lighting Redesign by Thom Weaver; recreated by Burke Wilmore
Original Costume Design by Russell Aubrey; recreated and adapted by Anna-Alisa
Belous
Performance by Dominique Dobransky with Khalid Dunton
Creation Cast: Jodi Falk (soloist), Lauren Helfand, Denise Kay, Virginia Kennedy, Steven J. Myers, Donna Rolleri, and Susan Kohout Rosenberg
Echad (One) (2002) - New Moon
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 the essence of our humanity.
Choreography by Carolyn Dorfman
Commissioned Score by Greg Wall
Set Concept by Carolyn Dorfman
Set Construction by Acadia Scenic
Original Lighting Design by Charles S. Reece; recreated by Burke Wilmore
Costume Design by Russell Aubrey
Performance by Katlyn Baskin, Jarred Bosch, Dominique Dobransky, Hannah Gross, Maiko Harada, Brandon Jones, Kaila Moses, and Charles Scheland
Creation Cast: Emily Gayeski, Deirdre Smith Gilmer, Nancy Hubner (fka Shevitz), Christophe Jeannot, Noel MacDuffie, Wendee Rogerson, Pam Wagner, and Jon Zimmerman
Echad was made possible in part by The Center for Ambulatory Surgery; Gregory Gallick, M.D.; Jeffrey & Leah Kronthal; North Star Partners; and Summit Physical Therapy.
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Comunidad/Community
The Legacy Project: Community Performance
Director: Louie Marin-Howard with Marah Bates
Composer: Joborja Perc
Shepherd Community Center- Performance by Arzari Allen, Kinsley Hambrick, Laila Ratliff, LaMarii Rollins, Nioka Short, Nilah Thompson
East Side Elementary- Performance by Willow Berestecky, Amezia Brooker, Alvaro Cruz, A’mya Mathis, Jennifer Lopez Pastor, Jonathan Perez Pastor, Maria Rivera Pastor, Calany Gonzales Santizo, Vitalina Perez Vargas
Mayne Mentshn (My People), Act 1: The Klezmer Sketch (2000) (Excerpt)
MAYNE MENTSHN (My People) is a full evening work that comprises two parts: The Klezmer Sketch and The American Dream. In The Klezmer Sketch, Dorfman mines the exuberant, joyful, yet soulful quality of Klezmer music that inspired her to explore Jewish gesture, expression, ritual, character and values. She celebrates the uniqueness of the Jewish journey, and yet, the extraordinary universal connections that it engenders.
Choreography by Carolyn Dorfman
Commissioned Score by Greg Wall
Original Lighting Design by John Evans; recreated by Burke Wilmore
Costume Design by Russell Aubrey
My Father’s Solo
Performance by Katlyn Baskin
Barger Academy of Fine Arts Movement Makers’ Table
Director: Felicion McMillon
Performance by JaNyce Boyd, Londyn Collins, Mahogany Collins, Kylah Coulter, Ximena Cruz, JaMiya Dillon, Mykayla Doyle, A’Miyah Duckett, Cyniah Grant, Kyliah House, Ja’Auna Jackson, Jahzara Johnson, Annie Mckinney, Chantee
Mitchell, Jaliyah Moore, Emerson Pinkerton, Aziah Tate, Akeema Wigfall, Ke’Seana Woodley, Gabrielle Wordlaw
The Table
Performance by Gianna Diaz, Khalid Dunton, Hannah Gross, Maiko Harada, Brandon Jones, Kaila Moses, Charles Scheland, and Andréa Ward
The Freylach
Performance by Jarred Bosch, Gianna Diaz, Dominique Dobransky, Khalid Dunton, Hannah Gross, Maiko Harada, Brandon Jones, Kaila Moses, Charles Scheland, and Andréa Ward
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Creation Cast: Craig Biesecker, Emily Gayeski, Nancy Hubner (fka Shevitz), Renée Jaworski, Noel MacDuffie, Dante Puleio, Wendee Rogerson (Solo), and Katie Stevinson-Nollet
MAYNE MENTSHN was made possible in part by a grant from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture’s Pearl Zeltzer Fund for Jewish Choreography, the AT&T Foundation; Nick and Shelley DeFilippis; the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation; Joel, Carol, Noah & Jordan Dorfman; Henry and Mala Dorfman; Gregory S. Gallick, M.D.; The Karma Foundation; North Star Partners, The Blanche & Irving Laurie Foundation; and Summit Physical Therapy.
Cat’s Cradle (2007)
During the Nazi Regime of World War II, Theresienstadt was a ghetto in Czechoslovakia. Constructed by the Germans as a “model city” for the world to see; music, theater and opera became both a voluntary and involuntary part of its fabric. A city originally meant to house 5,000 people; it became a holding ground for well over 100,000 Jews and others who were ultimately destined for the gas chambers of Auschwitz. What is even more astonishing than the pain they endured, is the life and light they embodied and the ability of the human spirit to soar amidst the darkness. It is a story of survival, will, and connection. My mother and her two sisters survived the war because they could knit. They shared their stories as they wove their yarn and thus knit our family together…Past, Present and Future. - Carolyn Dorfman
Choreography by Carolyn Dorfman
Inspired by the musical theater production, Voices From Theresienstadt, by Ellen Foyn
Bruun and Bente Kahan
All text written by Ilse Weber while a prisoner in Theresienstadt
Music by Ilse Weber and Bente Kahan
Vocals by Bente Kahan
Original Lighting Design by Sean Perry; recreated by Burke Wilmore
Costume Design by Katherine Winter
Ich Wandre Durch Theresienstadt (I Wander Through Theresienstadt)
Performance by Katlyn Baskin, Maiko Harada, and Kaila Moses
Die Kartoffelschälerin (Potato Peelers)
Performance by Katlyn Baskin, Gianna Diaz, Hannah Gross, Maiko Harada, and Kaila Moses
Ein Koffer Spricht (A Suitcase Speaks)
Performance by Dominique Dobransky with Jarred Bosch, Gianna Diaz, Khalid Dunton, Brandon Jones, Charles Scheland, and Andréa Ward
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Blaue Stunde (Blue Hour)
Performance by Jarred Bosch, Dominique Dombransky, Maiko Harada, Brandon Jones, Kaila Moses, and Andrea Ward
Ich Bitte, Nicht Lachen (I Beg You, Don’t Laugh)
Performance by Katlyn Baskin with Jarred Bosch, Khalid Dunton, Hannah Gross, Maiko Harada, Brandon Jones, Kaila Moses, Charles Scheland, and Andréa Ward
Theresien March (Terezin March)
Performance by Jarred Bosch, Dominique Dombransky, Khalid Dunton, Hannah Gross, Charles Scheland, and Andréa Ward
Theresienstädter Kinderreim (A Nursery Rhyme from Theresienstadt)
Performance by Brandon Jones
Wiegele (Lullaby)
Performance by Katlyn Baskin, Maiko Harada, and Kaila Moses, with Jarred Bosch, Gianna Diaz, Dominique Dobransky, Hannah Gross, Charles Scheland, and Andréa Ward
Creation Cast: Jacqueline Dumas Albert, Kyla Barkin, Kate Hirstein, Joan Chiang
Paulin, Wendee Rogerson, Aaron Selissen, David Shen, Sarah Wagner Surber, Mark Taylor, and Jon Zimmerman
Cat’s Cradle was made possible, in part, by a grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State. Special thanks to Terrence Tullgren for his artistic support, inspiration and dear friendship.
Intermission
Waves (Excerpt)
Choreography by Carolyn Dorfman
Commissioned Music Composition and Recording by Pete List (Beatboxing, Shahi Baaja, Vocals), Jessie Reagen Mann (Cello, Vocals), and Daphna Mor (Recorders, Vocals)
Original Lighting Design by Marika Kent; Recreated by Stephanie Byrnes Harrell
Costume Design by Anna-Alisa Belous
Performance by Katlyn Baskin, Jarred Bosch, Gianna Diaz, Dominique Dobransky, Hannah Gross, Maiko Harada, Brandon Jones, Kaila Moses, Charles Scheland, and Andréa Ward
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Movement 1: Katlyn Baskin
Movement 2: Brandon Jones and Kaila Moses
Movement 3: Jarred Bosch, Gianna Diaz, Hannah Gross. Maiko Harada, Kaila Moses, and Charles Scheland
Chattanooga Waves
Ballet Esprit
Director: Sarah Yvonne
Composer: Clap! Clap!
Performance by Sylvia Carpenter, Gwendolyn DeMarco, Olivia Hammontree, Lilly Heckaman, Jessica Kelley, Mikaela Link, Jenn McCormick, Melissa Miller, Julia Peacock, Sarah Yvonne
Girls Preparatory School- Terspichord
Director: Laurel Zahrobsky
Assistant Director: Amanda Byars
Composer: Altajmusic
Performance by Ani Bhusan, Caroline Breazeale, Sadie Buhrman, Abigail
Carpenter, Mabry Cook, Rowan Espy, Maddie Frierson, Maddie Houghton, Morgan Miller, Jenna Naik, Anya Parambath, Sutton Salter, Grace Sharp, Julia Steffner, Harper Stinson, Emily Tolar, Odessa Young
Baylor School- Verve
Directors: Elizabeth Roemer and Jenison Eduave
Composer: Andy Mckee
Performance by Laura Kathryn Anderson, Ally Creswell, Lacy Creswell, Grey Kelley, Riley Mauldin, Maggie Tansor
Chattanooga Center for the Creative Arts- Project Motion Ensemble
Director: Jessica Bowman
Composer: Volker Bertelman
Performance by Serenity Bester, Emily Blackwell, Elly Davenport, Mesha Dockery, Lucy Herrod, Ta’Sean Honeysucker, Elly Ireland, Delaney Kien, Caroline Klotz, Addison McMullin, Cate Morton, Aliyah Nelson, Ashlee Parker, Skylan Sapere, Alezah Trimble
Movement 4: Katlyn Baskin, Jarred Bosch, Gianna Diaz, Dominique Dobransky, Hannah Gross, Maiko Harada, Kaila Moses, Charles Scheland, and Andréa Ward
Original Creation and Premiere Cast: Katlyn Baskin, Caroline Dietz, Justin Dominic, Adam Gauzza, Jenny Gillan-Powell, Ashleigh Hunter, Brandon Jones, Ae-Soon Kim, Louie Marin-Howard, and Rian Maxwell
WAVES is made possible, in part, by grants from New Music USA, The O’Donnell-Green
Music and Dance Foundation with generous support from the Blanche and Irving Laurie
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Artistic/Executive Leadership
CAROLYN DORFMAN, 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 40th season, Carolyn Dorfman Dance connects life and dance in bold, athletic, and dramatic works by Carolyn Dorfman and nationally renowned choreographers and in collaboration with extraordinary composers, musicians, actors, storytellers, visual artists, and costume, set, and video designers. The company’s eleven multi-ethnic and stunning dancers tap their unique talents to present highenergy, technically demanding works that take audiences on intellectual and emotional journeys. This is contemporary dance that moves you to think, feel, laugh, cry, and engage.
Touring nationally and internationally, her company appears at major theaters, festivals, universities, and non-traditional performance venues. At the heart of CDD’s immersive artistic and educational programming is DEPTH- Dance that Empowers People to be more Human. From New York City to Houston, Miami to Omaha, Detroit to Chattanooga, and more, Carolyn Dorfman and Company see dance as a powerful and joyous vehicle for human expression, connection, social action, and change. Multiple tours to Poland (2001, 2003, 2009) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (2015, 2016) have been supported by The Trust for Mutual Understanding, U.S. Arts International and the U.S. State Department. For Dorfman, “through our work, we reveal the world as it is… the world as it can be”.
In 2022, NJPAC co-commissioned The ATTITUDE OF DOING, with live performance and original music by the acclaimed jazz violinist, Regina Carter, which premiered at the TD Moody Jazz Festival at NJPAC on November 16, 2022. PRIMA! cocommissioned by The Gia Prima Foundation and Ocean County College had its virtual preview in March 2021 at Ocean County College and stage premiere at SOPAC on April 23, 2022. In 2021, WOMB WIT AND WISDOM was commissioned by New Dance Partners and Johnson County Community College for Störling Dance Theater in Kansas City, KS. In 2018, NJPAC commissioned SNAP CRACKLE POP, a groundbreaking collaboration between Artistic Director Carolyn Dorfman and former CDD company member and Co-Artistic Director of the internationally renowned Pilobolus, Renée Jaworski and company. This work is also in the repertory of Pilobolus and is the first ever work created on another professional dance company.
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A Michigan native, Dorfman received her BFA in Dance with K-12 teaching certification 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. and abroad. In FY 19, Carolyn crossed the country and globe providing professional development and programming at a myriad of universities and pre-professional training programs. Dorfman was a moderator and presenter of At the Root of It All: Art and Legacy at the Jews and Jewishness in the Dance World conference at Arizona State University in October 2018 and in May 2019 she was visiting lecturer at RUNIN- Rutgers University Newark Institute at Northeast Normal University in Changchun, China. In July 2019, she taught a professional development workshop and the company performed at the 7th Annual Somatic Dance Conference & Performance Festival at Hobart and William Smith Colleges and she presented at the National Dance Education (NDEO) Conference in October 2019 in Miami, FL. She is a regular guest lecturer at Mason Gross School for the Arts in New Brunswick as well as her alma mater, The University of Michigan Dance Dept. She is an Honorary Co-Chair of NJPAC’s Celebrate Dance Advisory Committee.
Honored with many artistic and civic awards, Dorfman has been designated a Distinguished Artist and has received six Choreography Fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. 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. She was named the Industry Partner of the Year from the Union County Vocational Technical School/Academy for the Performing Arts (2012), received the Dance Advocate Award by DanceNJ (2013), 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 (2014), and received the Humanitarian of the Year Award from Seton Hall University and The Sister Rose Thering Fund (2015). In November 2017, she was the cover story, entitled “Making Dance a Dialogue” in Dance Teacher Magazine, and she and the company were featured in “ON THE SCENE with John Bathke” News 12 New Jersey and in numerous State of the Arts documentaries. Dorfman has two TEDx Talks currently on YouTube.
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Anita Thomas has been Executive Director of Carolyn Dorfman Dance since 2009. Ms. Thomas is one of a handful of People of Color leading a majority arts organization in New Jersey. Since 2016, the company has been recognized by the NJ State Arts Council for its excellence in artistic quality, programming, and public service in the arts.
She is the former Executive Director of Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn as well as the founding Executive Director of Youth Entertainment Studios (YES), Inc., a national media arts organization focused on at risk youth. She has an extensive and eclectic background in the telecommunications and healthcare industry, embracing community activism, passion for the arts and social issues, global marketing, fundraising and organization development consulting with not-for-profit and small businesses.
She has a BS degree in Community Development from Penn State University and a MA degree in Media Studies from the New School for Social Research. The first half of her career was in Business Sales, Consumer Marketing and New Business Development in the AT&T family of companies, concluding her telecom career in Lucent Technologies as a District Manager, Global Marketing Events.
In December 2020, Ms. Thomas was appointed to the ArtPride Board of Directors after serving as a volunteer on their Strategic Planning as well as the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee. Since 2009, she has served as a founding Steering Committee member of the NJ Main Street Alliance (a coalition of progressive, small NJ businesses originally operating as a project under NJ Citizen Action). In 2018 she was appointed to the NJCA Board of Director and in October 2020, she was the recipient of NJCA’s Community Service award. She is a Lead NJ Fellow from the Class of 2010. She has served on the DanceNJ Board, served as a mentor in DanceUSA’s Leadership program and is a member in the Union Township and Greater Elizabeth Chamber of Commerce. In the Summer 2020, in response to the lack of diversity on dance panels, Anita served as a reviewer for the Dance USA/ Dodge Foundation’s grant for New Jersey Freelance Dance Workers and on the Nomination Advisory Committee for the Mid Atlantic Arts Regional Resilience Funds. Most recently, Anita was named a 2021 Woman of Excellence by the Union County Board of Commissioners/The Union County Commission on the Status of Women.
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Jacqueline Dumas Albert (Associate Artistic Director) joined Carolyn Dorfman Dance in 2002 as a company member and became the Associate Artistic director in 2010. She has performed, created, and helped restage over 25 works by Carolyn Dorfman and guest artists Peter Chu, Doug Elkins, Noel MacDuffie, and Aiden Treays.
As a lead teaching artist of Dorfman Technique and reconstructor of Carolyn’s works, she has led education residencies for and has staged works on professional dance companies, professional training programs, universities, colleges, secondary conservatory programs, and k-12 students, regionally and nationally. During her career, she has performed in theaters across 4 continents, working with Carolyn Dorfman Dance, Sidra Bell Dance NY, nathantrice/RITUALS, and Tokyo Disneyland.
Jacquie hails from Indialantic, Florida, where she began her training with Cheryl Dodd and Josephine Hughes at age 12. She attended Point Park University on full scholarship; and in 3 years’ time was awarded Sophomore of the Year, Senior of the Year, and graduated summa cum laude with her B.A. in Dance with a Jazz concentration. She attended the American Dance Festival on scholarship, training with and performing works by Nathan Trice, Donald McKayle, Geri Houlihan and Mark Haim. Additionally, she performed in ADF’s International Choreographers Concert for Li Han Zhong and Ma Bo of the Beijing Modern Dance Company.
Jacquie lives in Merritt Island, FL with her awesome husband, Matt, their science and music loving son, Brooks, and monster truck and baseball loving son, Heyes.
The Company
Katlyn Baskin (Rehearsal Director) is a Texas native but her early modern dance training was in Knoxville, TN at Dancer’s Studio under the direction of Irena Linn. As the youngest member of the Tennessee Children’s Dance Ensemble, TN’s Goodwill Ambassadors, she toured domestically and internationally performing works by the company’s founder, Dr. Dorothy Floyd, as well as guest choreographers Peter Pucci, Michael Mao, Claire Bataille and Eleo Pomare. She received her B.A. in Dance Performance from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, where she performed in works by Paul Taylor, Maureen Mansfield, Walter Kennedy, Delia Niel, Jill Edwards, Genia Melakova, and soloist roles in works by Martha Graham, Susan Marshall and Rachel Berman. After moving to New York City upon graduation, Katlyn danced with alangoodedance, Nicholas Andre Dance, KDNY, and Michael Mao (after first meeting him at age 11). Katlyn is a PMA nationally certified Pilates instructor. She currently works at Groundfloor Pilates Studio, has private clients, and has taught at schools and studios across Manhattan, at NJ Summer Dance, and at Scarborough Pilates in Maine. Katlyn was appointed Rehearsal Assistant in 2015 and Rehearsal Director in 2019. She teaches Carolyn’s technique and sets her work extensively across New Jersey and the country.
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Jarred Bosch received his BFA from Marymount Manhattan College. While at Marymount, he performed the works of Dwight Rhoden, Aszure Barton, Paul Taylor, and Emory LeCrone to name a few. Since graduation, he has performed throughout Europe, Canada, China and the United States, most notably with the Nikolais-Louis Foundation at the Yang Li Ping International Dance Festival in Beijing, China. He has been the rehearsal director for LaneCoArts and worked with other companies such as Jackie Nowicki’s NOW Dance Project, Amanda Selwyn Dance Theater, Project 44 and Exit12 Dance Company. He has also spent his summers studying with Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Parsons Dance, Springboard Danse Montreal, and Nederlands Dans Theater.
As an educator and choreographer, Bosch currently teaches at Peridance, Capezio Center, Physique 57, and has taught company class for Broadway Donations, Ballet Inc., and other studios and companies’ classes in the United States. Alongside receiving top honors at various competitions, Bosch’s choreography has also been presented at the Pushing Progress Showcase Series, WaxWorks, Dixon Place and the most recently The Young Choreographers Festival. Jarred joined Carolyn Dorfman Dance in 2018.
Gianna Maxine Diaz, from North Bergen, NJ, is a Latinx artist, who graduated with her B.F.A in Performing Arts at Montclair State University. Diaz had the privilege to perform various works by legendary choreographers such as Martha Graham, Bill T. Jones, Fredrick Earl Mosely, Ohad Naharin, Shapiro & Smith, Christian von Howard, and Abby Zbikowski. While studying, she began her professional teaching career by instructing dance technique classes in dance studios around the East Coast and is Artistic Director of Eastside Dance Project. Diaz has participated as a dancer in Berlin’s Fashion Week and has also been featured in Dance Magazine’s 2020 Fall Article, “How Competition Dancers Transition to Concert Dance.” Throughout her career, Diaz has been inspired to thrive in performance, teaching, and choreography. She is skilled in 10 different dance styles and is bilingual in English and Spanish. Gianna joined Carolyn Dorfman Dance in 2021.
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Dominique Dobransky, from Leominster, Massachusetts, is an American-Belgian dancer currently based in New York City. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from The Ailey School/Fordham University with a BFA in Dance and Creative Writing. Dominique apprenticed with Didy Veldman’s London-based company Humanoove, and performed in Mumbai, India for an international production by Nikos Lagousakos. She performs and collaborates with companies including Yoshito Sakuraba’s Abarukas, Lane Gifford’s LaneCoArts, and Kristen Klein’s Inclined Dance Project. She has also performed works by choreographers including Cayetano Soto, Ronald K. Brown, Alvin Ailey, Gregory Dolbashian, Earl Mosley, Adam Barruch, Levi Marsman, and Jacqulyn Buglisi. Dominique has furthered her training with the Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Program, BODYTRAFFIC, Alexandra Damiani, GALLIM, The DASH Ensemble, and VIM VIGOR. Her choreography has been presented at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, where she received the Suzanna Cohen Legacy Foundation award for The Compass (You Are Here). Her writing has appeared in The Dance Enthusiast, (un)common sense, and CURA: A Literary Magazine of Art and Action. Dominique is certified to teach the Horton Technique and is a guest teacher/choreographer at several dance studios in New England. Dominique is a bilingual, dual citizen of the USA and Belgium, and is passionate about cultural exchange, writing, travel, interdisciplinary collaborations, teaching, and storytelling. Dominique joined Carolyn Dorfman Dance in 2021.
Khalid Dunton was born and raised in Washington, DC/MD. He began his training at Ngoma Dance theatre at 18 before receiving a BFA in Dance and a minor in Business from Montclair State University. He has had the privilege of performing works by Martha Graham, Bill T. Jones, and Maxine Steinman, among others. He was a backup dancer for gospel artists such as Tye Tribbett, Mary Mary, and more. Khalid has performed in venues like the Joyce Theater, Alexander Kasser Theater, Bryant Park, and New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC). Khalid joined Carolyn Dorfman Dance in 2021.
Hannah Gross grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she trained at Nolte Academy of Dance. She graduated with a BFA in Dance and BA in Health and Human Physiology – Exercise Science from the University of Iowa, where she performed works by Martha Graham, Dr. Rennie Harris, Autumn Eckman, Mindy Myers, and many other acclaimed choreographers. Her professional experience includes performing with EMERGE125, formerly Elisa Monte Dance, New Territory Dance Company, the Cedar Rapids Opera Theatre, the Working Group Theatre, and the Classical Theatre of Harlem. Hannah has had the privilege of performing at NYC’s Fashion Week for designer Paola Hernandez, Martha Graham’s Helios at the Joyce Theatre, Victory Dance at the New Victory Theater, and at The Amph, Little Island for National Dance Day. This is Hannah’s first season with Carolyn Dorfman Dance.
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Maiko Harada, a native of Japan, holds a BFA in Dance Education from Ochanomizu National University of Japan and studied Contemporary and Stage Composition. Falling in love with the diversity of dance in NYC, she relocated shortly after her graduation. Starting as a Latin Ballroom dancer, she was reintroduced and trained in Ballet, Modern techniques and Theatre Jazz in Steps On Broadway as a part of their international student program. She has recently been with General Mischief Dance Theatre, and worked with choreographers such as Karen Gayle, Richard Pierlon, Marie Meade, Lonne Moretton and Marijke Eliasburg. Maiko also found passion in aerial arts and rock climbing during the pandemic. Maiko joined Carolyn Dorfman Dance in 2021.
Brandon Jones has been a student of dance for 3 decades. Trained in seven genres, he competed for 10 years both regionally and nationally, and performed at the Count Basie Theater, St. Mark’s Church, Madison Square Garden and Aloha Stadium by age 20. Brandon earned a full artistic scholarship to the Conservatory of Performing Arts at Point Park University for a B.A. in Dance with a jazz concentration. He has since danced works by concert choreographers such as Michele DeLaReza and Peter Kope of Attack Theatre (PA), Ron DeJesus of Giordano Dance Chicago (IL), Kim Gibilisco; formerly of Alwin Nikolai- Murray Louis co. of KGDances (NYC), Cleo Mack of Rock Dance Collective (NJ), Obediah Wright of Balance Dance Theatre (NYC) and has toured to Vienna, Tel Aviv, Amsterdam, Moscow, Belgrade, Brisbane and Bucharest with recording artist Crystal Waters. In 2012, Brandon began collaborating with Mod Arts Dance Collective (NYC) and the Tiny Starr Productions Theatre Group (NYC). As a teaching artist, and through the lens of Carolyn Dorfman Dance’ dance education, Brandon has been on faculty for the NJPAC’s Young Artist Institute since 2014, taught in the public school district of his hometown of New Brunswick, NJ, and in East Brunswick, NJ. He has also been fortunate to share, and develop his artistry in contemporary jazz dance as a guest teacher at Centenary University, Brandeis University, the NJ SummerDance Intensive, and for the Dance NJ organization, in addition to many more dance, and performing arts schools. Brandon has been a member of Carolyn Dorfman Dance since Fall 2011.
Kaila Moses is from Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania, and began her dance training at Kicks Academy of Dance under the direction of Kristin and John Davis. After high school, she attended Fordham University and The Ailey School. In 2015, she graduated with honors and received her BFA in dance. During that time she performed works by notable artists such as William Forsythe, Martha Graham, Jessica Lang, Ray Mercer, and Nicholas Villeneuve among others. Kaila has danced with the Steps Repertory Ensemble, Elisa Monte Dance, and toured with Jessica Taylor’s DamageDance in Denver, CO. She joined Carolyn Dorfman Dance in 2018.
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Charles Scheland in a New York City based dance artist who grew up in Germany, Austria, and the Washington DC area. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from the Ailey/Fordham BFA Dance program, with a double major in Dance and Economics, receiving departmental honors from both departments. He is also an alumnus of the School of Jacob’s Pillow’s Contemporary Program. He has danced for RIOULT Dance NY, Michael Mao Dance, Buglisi Dance Theater, New England Dance Theater, as well as other companies and independent choreographers. He has performed works by Alvin Ailey, Elana Anderson, Robert Battle, Clifton Brown, Amy Hall Garner, Jae Man Joo, Bill T. Jones, Jessica Lang, Michael Mao, Milton Myers, Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish, Pascal Rioult, Henning Rübsam, Paul Taylor, to name a few. As an instructor, Charles teaches ballet, Horton technique, and is a demonstrator for Milton Myers. Charles joined Carolyn Dorfman Dance in 2021.
Andréa Ward was born in Boston, MA where she graduated from the Boston Arts Academy in 2018. She is a graduate from Montclair State University with a BFA in Dance Performance and Choreography as well as a minor in Business Administration. Andréa has worked with and performed works by notable artists such as Paul Taylor, Nathan Trice, Yusha Marie-Sorzano, Kirven Douthit-Boyd, Rennie Harris, Darrell GrandMoultrie, Ruka White, Frederick Earl Mosley, Christian von Howard, and Steffanie Batten-Bland to name a few. Her dance training includes Ballet, Modern, Jazz, HipHop, Heels, African, Contemporary, Musical Theatre, and more She has also attended and trained with institutions such as Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts, José Mateo Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, and Debbie Allen Dance Academy LA. This is Andréa’s first season with Carolyn Dorfman Dance.
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Ann Treadwell and Louie Marin-Howard would like to thank our very important patrons, sponsors, and donors.
Patrons: Lee and Iris Abelson, Pris and Robert Siskin, Baylor School
Sponsors: The Pop-up Project, Nora and Bob Bernhardt, Jen and Aaron Lincove, Cristine Goldberg, Herb Cohn, Dana and Sam Banks
Donors: Amy and John Cohen, Marilyn and Morton Center, David Eichenthal and Bea Lurie, Elizabeth and Ali Ahmed, Kathy Wood, Harriet Ruderman, Chaim and Ronni Charyn
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Carolyn Dorfman Dance
2780 Morris Ave, Suite 2C, Union, NJ 07083 908.687.8855, www.carolyndorfman.dance, info@carolyndorfman.dance
Carolyn Dorfman Dance is supported in part by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation; New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State; New Jersey Arts and Culture Recovery Fund; Henry S. and Mala Dorfman Foundation; the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation; Gregory S. Gallick M.D. and Staff; Jeff and Leah Kronthal/Kronthal Family Foundation; Dr. Ann Stock and Arshad Zakaria/Zakaria Family Foundation; The Hyde and Watson Foundation; and E.J. Grassmann Trust; among other generous foundations, corporations, and individual donors committed to Carolyn Dorfman Dance’s artistry and programming.
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