A Company-in-Residence at Connecticut College since 2007, David Dorfman Dance was founded in 1987. Dorfman is a native Chicagoan who studied with Daniel Nagrin and toured with the companies of Kei Takei and Susan Marshall. His work was first seen at the Pillow in 1990, and he has served on the Pillow’s faculty and engaged in multiple choreographic residencies onsite. In the 1997 Pillow season, he presented Out of Season (The Athletes Project), working with local athletes from a variety of sports (including former New York Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton) to develop the movement. In 2011, his company returned to the Pillow with Prophets of Funk, inspired by Dorfman’s experience of seeing The Family Stone in concert. A program note describes (A)Way Out of My Body as “a meditation on the frailty and power of the body, the beauty of our collective will, the magic of touch, and the promise of hope.”
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