movement is necessary
“He always has a quality of celebration in his work and, structurally, his choreography can be a bit wild, a bit untamed.” –The New York Times
Mission
for 37 years…
“To get the whole world dancing” has been at the core of DDD’s mission. We strive to promote the appreciation and critical understanding of dance by bringing the company’s work to ever-expanding groups of diverse audiences. David and his company seek to make post-modern dance more accessible by embracing viewers with visceral, meaningful dance, music, text, and visuals. By creating innovative, inclusive, movement-based performances that are radically humanistic, DDD maintains its commitment to examine and unearth issues and ideas that enliven, incite, and excite. Our work fosters dialogue and debate about social change, personal growth, agency and a myriad of other topics. David and the company’s dancers and collaborators have been honored with eight New York Dance and Performance (Bessie) Awards.
Founded in 1987, David Dorfman Dance (DDD) has performed extensively throughout the world - North and South America, Great Britain, Europe and was invited to tour countries in Central Asia: Turkey, Tajikistan, and Armenia with DanceMotion USA. Our most recent foreign tours have taken us to El Salvador and Panama. Closer to home, DDD has regularly performed in New York City at major venues, including The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival, The Joyce Theater, The Kitchen, Danspace Project, The Duke on 42nd Street, The Met Breuer, and the 92NY/Harkness Dance Festival. DDD celebrates its 17th year as Company-in-Residence at Connecticut College where David Dorfman earned his MFA in dance in 1981 and then returned as Professor of Dance in 2004.
