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Right: "Sextet," choreographed by
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in Detroit in 1991, when they per formed
"Cries of the Children," the choreographer;-
response to being the child of survivors.

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Left: "The Klezmer Sketch,"
choreographed by Carolyn Dorfman:
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idiom, expression, values, sense of family

and in tergenerational connection that
was really significant to me."

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relation to each other, and that brings
privilege as well as responsibility.
"I grew up in a world that wasn't
only about oneself," says Dorfman,
also close with her sister, Gayle Weiss
of Bloomfield Hills. "It Was critical to
help others along, and there was a
connection to the future as well as a
relationship to the past. I think these
are all very strong Jewish values."
Dorfman and her husband are trying
to instill these same values in their
daughters, Rebecca, 10, and Samantha,
7. The family attends services at Temple
Sinai, a Reform congregation that
encourages integrated membership, and
goes to many kinds of cultural events.
The cultural experience that Dorfman
is about to present is only part of a larger
cultural work that has not been complet-
ed. The next section will be called "The
American Dream," and it will focus on
growing up with European Jewish values
in an American community.
Gregory Wall, who composed and

University Tisch School for the Arts.
"I've always known Carolyn to be
totally committed and focused," Tarnay
says. "She knew early on that she want-
ed to have her own company, and the
goals of most students are not that clear.
"Carolyn knows how to function well
in the dance world, where she makes her
work professionally and physically excit-
ing. It's usually hard to keep dancers, but
she manages to do that. She has talent
and the stamina to see it through, and
her success makes me feel that what I'm
doing as a teacher is worthwhile."

Jewish Values

Dorfman believes that her ultimate
outlook as a professional — religious
or secular — reaches back to basic
tenets of her Jewish upbringing, which
included membership at Congregation
Shaarey Zedek in Southfield.
The overriding concept is that peo-
ple travel through life alone but in

recorded the music for the segment
Dorfman is bringing to Michigan, will
do additional composing for the piece
being planned.
"Carolyn had seen me at a klezmer
fest before she asked me to work on
this piece," recalls Wall, who appears
with Hasidic New Wave, the Hi-Tops
and the Rutgers University Jazz Faculty
Ensemble. " The Klezmer Sketch is very
powerful, and we developed the dance
and music simultaneously."
Dorfman has invited Wall to be
part of the Michigan presentation.
"After we go home, we go back to
the studio to work on this new part,"
Dorfman says. "I hope at some point
we'll be able to bring the full work
back, and if I have my way, it will be
done with live music.
"Through my art, I want to honor
the tragedy of the past by celebrating
my roots through music and dance
and moving forward with spirit and
optimism in the 21st century." Ili

The Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company, presented by Federation's Alliance for Jewish Education, will perform
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 20, at the Seligman Performing Arts Center at Detroit Country Day School, 13 Mile and
Lahser, Beverly Hills. There will be a pre-glow with Carolyn Dorfman and musician Greg Wall at 6:30 p.m. in the
theater lobby; a discussion with the artists follows the performance. Tickets are $20 adults/$10 students and seniors.
Call (248) 642-4260, Ext. 208.
A free interactive, improvisational session, including a brief lecture by Carolyn Dorfman on the elements of dance
and how dances are created, runs 2-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 17, at the Janice Charach Epstein Gallery at the Jewish
Community Center in West Bloomfield. For more information, call (248) 661-7641.
Two instructional sessions at the University of Michigan are open to the public. A lecture-performance begins at
2:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15, in the Berry Pease Studio Theater, University of Michigan Dance Building, 1310 N.
University Court, Ann Arbor; $5. The company will offer master classes in modern dance technique 12:45-2:15 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 15, also in the Dance Building; $10. Call (734) 763-5460.

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