I normally don’t write a review of a performance that has just two shows, the second being tonight, but David Dorfman Dance’s Underground was 60 minutes of intense, raw energy and primal passion intermingled with question about our existence and how, we as humans, interact with our fellow man. 

Would you kill another human?  Would you kill another human for your country? Would you kill another human to save your family? These are a few of the questions asked in this multimedia dance performance. 

The story is based on the radical 1960s group, the Weathermen Underground, a collection of college aged students who, during the Vietnam War, bombed over 25 building in protest against the war. Considered domestic terrorists by most, these young people, adopted the concept that peaceful demonstrations don’t work when change is needed and lives are at stake.  Their justification…would you kill 5 to save 25? Would you kill a hundred-thousand people to save a million? 

Underground is a modern dance experience where you follow the story of activism, revote, questions, group-think, and ambivalence through its powerful choreography.

If you have the opportunity, catch the only other performance,  tonight.

David Dorfman Dance – underground
Ina and Jack Kay Theater
University of Maryland
Route 193 (University Blvd.) and Stadium Drive (next to the football stadium)
College Park, Maryland  (map it)

For more information on tickets, check out my original post on Underground.

Image – Gary Noel – David Dorfman __________________________________________________

Post from: The DC Traveler