“The Front Line” is DDD’s new dance/music/theater work set in a middle school gymnasium turned polling site for an imagined Election Day 2040. The movement, song and words of the poll workers – aka the front line – interact with those of community cast members to explore and unravel the act of voting and going beyond voting in a dense moment of aspiration, dreaming, anger, disappointment, frustration and hope – combining sober reflection with joyous celebration about what it means to participate in America. What if our Founding Mothers had been listened to? If votes are wishes, what is their action?
David Dorfman Dance
For almost 40 years, David Dorfman Dance (DDD) has created movement that seeks to de-stigmatize the notion of accessibility and interaction in post-modern dance by embracing audiences with visceral, meaningful dance, music and text. By sustaining a vision to create innovative, inclusive, performance that is radically humanistic, DDD maintains a core commitment to examine and unearth issues and ideas that enliven, incite, and excite audiences in dialogue about social change and a myriad of other topics. Dorfman’s mission is “to get the whole world dancing.”
DDD has performed widely from Europe to Central Asia, Turkey to El Salvador and at major NYC venues including BAM, The Joyce,The Kitchen, Danspace Project, La MaMa, NYU Skirball, The Duke on 42nd Street, The Met Breuer and 92NY//Harkness Dance Festival. David, the company’s dancers, and artistic collaborators have been honored with eight NY Dance and Performance (Bessie) Awards.
