State of the Arts
Carolyn Dorfman Dance: Prima
Clip: Season 39 Episode 4 | 7m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Carolyn Dorfman Dance's new work inspired by jazz artist Louis Prima, created during Covid
Over the past 40 years choreographer Carolyn Dorfman and her dance company have created an impressive list of narrative works. The pandemic of 2020-21 presented them with serious challenges and surprising opportunities. A commission for the Louis Prima foundation resulted in a socially distanced work partially created on zoom. This video tells the story.
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State of the Arts is a local public television program presented by NJ PBS
State of the Arts
Carolyn Dorfman Dance: Prima
Clip: Season 39 Episode 4 | 7m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Over the past 40 years choreographer Carolyn Dorfman and her dance company have created an impressive list of narrative works. The pandemic of 2020-21 presented them with serious challenges and surprising opportunities. A commission for the Louis Prima foundation resulted in a socially distanced work partially created on zoom. This video tells the story.
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