Director/Creator Leora Morris and David Dorfman, Artistic Director and Founder of David Dorfman Dance, will be joined by their collaborators in a physical-textual-musical encounter rooted in exploration of personal histories, family archives, treasured books, and the irrepressible urge to dance. Through this multifaceted investigation they hope to arrive at answers to the question: What does it mean to be Jewish—for us, right now, at this precarious moment on the brink of history?
 

“What are we the continuation or culmination of? Who are all the bodies – past and future - alive inside our bodies? What is the legacy we’ve inherited, and what are we leaving behind?”

 
There will be a public sharing of their discoveries on Saturday, April 12, at 7:30 pm. As this is also the first night of Passover, the artists invite you to join them in an experimental riff on the traditional Jewish Seder. The Hebrew word “seder” can be roughly translated as “order,” so — while it may not resemble any seder you’ve ever attended before — you can expect an “ordering,” or a sequence of offerings that may include performance excerpts, conversations about the process and themes, readings of texts, and definitely some matzo ball soup! (Please note that the soup contains chicken stock.)

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