Into the Wave with Carolyn Dorfman Dance - Digital Program

Into the Wave Saturday, October 1, 2022 at 7:00 PM Long Beach Island Foundation for the Arts & Sciences

Carolyn Dorfman, Artistic Director Anita Thomas, Executive Director Jacqueline Dumas Albert, Associate Artistic Director The Company Katlyn Baskin, Jarred Bosch, Gianna Diaz, Dominique Dobransky, Khalid Dunton, Hannah Gross, Maiko Harada, Brandon Jones, Kaila Moses, Charles Scheland, Carmella Taitt* and Andréa Ward* Stephanie Byrnes Harrell, Production Director/Stage Manager *Performing Apprentice

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 with a deep respect for DEPTHDance that Empowers People To be 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.

PROGRAM Mayne Mentshn (My People), Act 1: The Klezmer Sketch (Excerpts) Mayne Mentshn is a full evening work that is comprised of two parts: The Klezmer Sketch and The American Dream. Combined, they celebrate Dorfman’s Eastern European Jewish heritage and the increasingly common story of immigrant families in America. It is a joyous and soulful work that illuminates the power of art to speak about history and legacy and to celebrate our uniqueness and commonalties, our diversity and our humanity.

Choreography by Carolyn Dorfman Music composed, arranged and adapted by Greg Wall Original Lighting Design by Sean Perry; recreated by Stephanie Byrnes Harrell Costume Design by Russell S. Aubrey Performance by Katlyn Baskin, Jarred Bosch, Brandon Jones, and Kaila Moses My Father’s Solo: Katlyn Baskin The Table: Katlyn Baskin, Jarred Bosch, Brandon Jones, and Kaila Moses Creation Cast: Craig Biesecker, Emily Gayeski, Dante Puleio, Noel MacDuffie, Renée Jaworski, Wendee Rogerson, Nancy (Shevitz) Huber, and Katie Stevinson-Nollet Performances of Mayne Mentshn are dedicated to the memory of my father, Henry Dorfman (1922-2001) and the humanity he engendered and the legacy he so passionately delivered.

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.

WAVES (Excerpts) 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, Brandon Jones, Kaila Moses, Charles Scheland, and Andréa Ward Movement 1: Katlyn Baskin Movement 2: Katlyn Baskin, Jarred Bosch, Gianna Diaz, Brandon Jones, Kaila Moses, Charles Scheland, and Andréa Ward Movement 3: Brandon Jones and Kaila Moses Creation 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 Foundation.

PRIMA! (Excerpts) Choreography by Carolyn Dorfman Music by Louis Prima, featuring Gia Maione Prima and Keely Smith Costume Design by Anna-Alisa Belous Lighting Design by Stephanie Byrnes Harrell Performance by Katlyn Baskin, Jarred Bosch, Gianna Diaz, Brandon Jones, Kaila Moses, Charles Scheland, and Andréa Ward I Want You to Be My Baby: Katlyn Baskin, Jarred Bosch, Gianna Diaz, Brandon Jones, Kaila Moses, Charles Scheland, and Andréa Ward Just a Gigolo: Jarred Bosch, Brandon Jones, and Charles Scheland with Katlyn Baskin, Gianna Diaz, Kaila Moses, and Andréa Ward Creation Cast: Katlyn Baskin, Samantha Altenau, Jarred Bosch, Nina Chong-Jimenez, Caroline Dietz, Lara Friedman-Kats, Quinton Guthier, Brandon Jones, and Kaila Moses PRIMA! was commissioned by the Gia Maione Prima Foundation and Ocean County College. It is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Gia Maione Prima Foundation, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, and the Blanche and Irving Laurie Foundation. *Music used with permission: “I Want You to Be My Baby” by Louis Prima & Sam Butera & The Witnesses & Gia Maione (1962) from “Lake Tahoe Prima Style”; “I’m Just a Gigolo/I Ain’t Got Nobody” (1956) by Louis Prima & Keely Smith from “Jump Jive an’ Wail: The Essential Louis Prima”.

Reflections with Carolyn and Company Led by Carolyn Dorfman

ABOUT CAROLYN DORFMAN DANCE Staff Carolyn Dorfman, Artistic Director Anita Thomas, Executive Director Jacqueline Dumas Albert, Associate Artistic Director Anna Shaffner, Communications/Development Manager Katlyn Baskin, Rehearsal Director Stephanie Byrnes Harrell, Company Manager and Production Director Flora Attardi, Financial Administrator

Dancers Katlyn Baskin, Jarred Bosch, Gianna Diaz, Dominique Dobransky, Khalid Dunton, Hannah Gross, Maiko Harada, Brandon Jones, Kaila Moses, Charles Scheland, Carmella Taitt* and Andréa Ward* *Performing Apprentice

Board of Trustees Don Jay Smith, Chair Joan Chiang Paulin, President Leah Kronthal, Vice President Martha Mensch, Treasurer Fran Sullivan, Secretary Jacqueline Dumas Albert, Russell Aubrey, Meaghan Delaney, Carolyn Dorfman, Averie P. Good, Keyana Jones-Nikaamen, Joanne Leone, Louie Marin-Howard, Anita Thomas, and Dawn Schultz

Stay in Touch 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 and Cultural Trust/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; North Star Media; and E.J. Grassmann Trust; among other generous foundations, corporations, and individual donors committed to Carolyn Dorfman Dance’s artistry and programming.