Dance
Come, and Back Again
David Dorfman Dance
Choreography by David Dorfman and the company
In his latest work, choreographer David Dorfman looks to the
messiness of daily life and the ingenious ways we persevere within
it. His muse is the late Benjamin Smoke—eccentric front man of the
90s underground band Smoke, queer activist, occasional drag queen,
and the subject of Jem Cohen and Peter Sillen’s acclaimed 2000
documentary—whose raw rock music touched on every facet of
resiliency and loss.
Amid a junk-strewn set—designed by Brooklyn-based sculptor Jonah
Emerson-Bell (in collaboration with street artist Caledonia “Swoon”
Curry), Come, and Back Again features projections by video
artist Shawn Hove and arrangements of Smoke’s music performed live
by a band led by Brooklyn-based musician Sam Crawford. Dorfman’s
athletic, heroic dancers abandon themselves to the mire, exploring
how time, humility, hope, and love help us manage our teetering
existence.
Video design by Shawn Hove
Costume design by Kristi Wood
Set design by Jonah Emerson-Bell

Choreographer David Dorfman, a Chicago native, started David Dorfman Dance in 1985.

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