Hadassah-Brandeis Institute

Marisa J. Futernick | Dirty Dancing: Revisiting the Catskills

A poster combining an old family photograph of a lively group of women gathered together in brightly colored suits, entering a pool with fictional dialogue about a mink coat.

Marisa J. Futernick, Do The Hully Gully, 2017, From the series Dirty Dancing Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle paper, 36 x 24 inches © Marisa J. Futernick, Courtesy the artist

A poster combining an old family photograph of a woman in a brightly colored, bold-patterned dress in front of a green lawn, with text reading, "DO THE PONY" and a fictional dialogue.

Marisa J. Futernick, Do The Pony, 2017, From the series Dirty Dancing, Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle paper, 36 x 24 inches, © Marisa J. Futernick, Courtesy the artist

A print of a 1960s couple posed next to a New Brighton Hotel vacation sign with accompanying text that reads, "DO THE ALLIGATOR."

Marisa J. Futernick, Do The Alligator, 2017, From the series Dirty Dancing, Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle paper, 36 x 24 inches, © Marisa J. Futernick, Courtesy the artist

A print of a colored, 1960s poolside photograph of two women on patio chairs with a dog, and others sitting around tables in the background, paired with the text, "DO THE SHING-A-LING"

Marisa J. Futernick, Do The Shing-A-Ling, 2017, From the series Dirty Dancing, Archival pigment print on Hahnemuhle paper 36 x 24 inches © Marisa J. Futernick, Courtesy the artist