Carolyn Dorfman Dance Collaborates with Renée Jaworski To Premiere New Work Co-Commissioned By NJPAC

Carolyn Dorfman Dance, whose bold and dramatic works connect life and movement, is premiering Snap Crackle Pop in collaboration withPilobolus during its yearly performance and gala benefit on April 14, 2018 at New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC). Co-commissioned by NJPAC, Snap, Crackle, Pop is being co-choreographed by Carolyn Dorfman, Renée Jaworski Co-Artistic Director of Pilobolus and former Dorfman company dancer, and the dancers of CDD. The evening will also feature a re-creation of Carolyn Dorfman Dance repertory pieces Lifeline and Cercle d'Amour-connecting the company and its audience in celebration of Dorfman's 35th Anniversary festivities. There will be an encore performance at a matinee on April 15th at NJPAC.

This Pilobolus and Carolyn Dorfman Dance collaboration is the first-of-its-kind for both companies-the first co-choreographic creation with an external choreographer for Carolyn Dorfman and the first time a Pilobolus creation will join another company's repertory. The premiere of Snap, Crackle, Pop, which encapsulates Dorfman and Jaworski's vision of delving into human connections across time and culture, will remain exclusively a part of Carolyn Dorfman Dance's repertory for two years, and then be added to the Pilobolus repertory.

The two choreographers agree that, while their processes originate from different perspectives, their work together is bringing them down a path that is both familiar and filled with unexpected discoveries. "Collaborating with Renée and my dancers on this new work has been exhilarating," says Carolyn Dorfman, "We work entirely different and yet remarkably similar. I love her spontaneity, craft, and the extraordinary physical Pilobolus trademarks embodied in this work. It has taken us all to a new, yet somehow familiar, place. For Renée Jaworski, "to celebrate an American Modern Dance company's 35th anniversary is a rare and wonderful thing. Carolyn has always done what it takes to keep her audience engaged, and that is a desire I share. The fact that we come at that goal from our own perspectives is bringing us both to unexpected and exciting places."

Merging their signature styles and processes, Dorfman, Pilobolus and the 11 company dancers came together to create Snap, Crackle, Pop-a new premiere about connection; past, present and future. Cercle d'Amour jubilantly explores movement evoked by the American icon, the Hula-Hoop, and Lifeline utilizes ropes to showcase the strong bonds created across multiple generations.

The evening is presented as part of NJPAC's Jersey Moves! Festival of Dance and made possible by generous grants from The Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.

TICKETS and VENUE INFORMATION
Performances will be held in the Victoria Theatre at NJPAC. General admission tickets forApril 14 evening and April 15 matinee are available from $25 - $45 at http://bit.ly/2tPePxM.

Individual gala tickets start at $235 and include a post-show reception that includes light supper, cocktails, dessert, dancing and music by The Hubcaps at Nico private room, inside of NJPAC. Gala sponsorships, tickets, and virtual advertisements can be purchased online at http://carolyndorfman.dance/calendar/gala2018.

NJPAC's Victoria Theater is located at 1 Center Street in Newark, New Jersey. The theater is accessible by NJ Transit Newark Northeast Corridor, North Jersey Coast or Raritan Valley line trains, AMTRAK Northeast Regional trains or PATH trains to Newark Penn Station.