Carolyn Dorfman Dance Returns to The Bickford Theatre

Celebrating its 35th anniversary season, Carolyn Dorfman Dance, invites audiences to be "part of the movement" as the company returns to the Bickford Theatre at the Morris Museum for an exciting evening of repertory on November 16. The bold and dramatic company will perform Dorfman's charming Dance/Stories, lively Sextet and lead dancer Ae-Soon Kim's sinuous Unfolding.

Featuring a live performance by storyteller and librettist Charlotte Blake Alston, Dance/Stories brings together folk tales and stories from around the world using music and movement, while highlighting the power of the spoken word. Sextet is an exploration of the power and energy of six dancers-who with their quick darting actions and suspended moments follow an accumulation form starting with a duet, then a trio that goes into a quartet finally leading to a sextet. Both works are set to commissioned music by jazz composer, and long-time collaborator of Ms. Dorfman's, Horacee Arnold.

Unfolding is Ms. Kim's first choreographic work for Carolyn Dorfman Dance. It premiered last April at the company's 2017 Gala Benefit Performance at NJPAC, exploring Kim's cultural roots and life journey through three continents: Asia, North America and Europe. It highlights the interplay of East-West influences in the people, places and things that compose a soul. Unfolding has a commissioned score by musician/composers Rabbi Greg Wall and Shai Barchar. At the premiere, Youlmae Kim, of iKADA Contemporary Dance Company, performed live drumming on the traditional Janggo Korean drum.

"Returning to the Morris Museum's Bickford Theatre during our 35th Anniversary season is returning to a location where we have a long history," says Artistic Director Carolyn Dorfman. The Arts Council of the Morris area (now Morris Arts) first presented Carolyn Dorfman Dance in 1982, and the company's first gala was held at the Morris Museum in 1987. For Dorfman, "the Bickford Theater is a lovely space for audiences to see this work in an intimate, up close and personal manner."

Carolyn Dorfman Dance will perform this mixed bill at the Bickford Theatre on November 16, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $30 when purchased in advance or by members, and $35 when purchased at the door, $15 tickets are available for students (18 & under or a valid college ID) and are on sale at http://www.morrismuseum.org/la-carte-series/

The Morris Museum is located at 6 Normandy Heights Road in Morristown New Jersey, and is accessible by 287, Route 24 West, Route 78, the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels, and New Jersey Transit.

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