Deux by Dorfman.David Dorfman is an inveterate inveterate /in·vet·er·ate/ (-vet´er-at) confirmed and chronic; long-established and difficult to cure. in·vet·er·ate adj. 1. Firmly and long established; deep-rooted. 2. storyteller. His new piece, Older Testaments, made for his company's 20th anniversary, is partly informed by Dorfman's Jewish upbringing up·bring·ing n. The rearing and training received during childhood. upbringing Noun the education of a person during his or her formative years Noun 1. and his contemplations on how Jews Jews [from Judah], traditionally, descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, whose tribe, with that of his half brother Benjamin, made up the kingdom of Judah; historically, members of the worldwide community of adherents to Judaism. and Arabs have moved apart over the centuries. The dance "of celebration and sorrow," as he puts it, is set to original music by the Klezmatics' Frank London Frank London is a New York City-based trumpeter, bandleader, and composer, and one of the most prominent American musicians active in klezmer music. He also plays various other wind instruments and keyboards, and occasionally sings backup vocals. . "The stories, told mostly non-verbally, go way back, but we're here now inventing new rituals, new characters--which are, in an odd way, not completely us." Dorfman's new collaborative duet, approaching some calm, made with Lisa Race, is very much "them." It's their first duet in a decade, during which they married and had a son. David Dorfman Dance is at the Joyce May 31-June 5. See www.joyce.org. |
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