American Dance Platform 2023 Program Book

A MESSAGE FROM THE CURATOR

When I looked for the artists who could be a part of the 2023 American Dance Platform, it was important to include artists with a powerful vision and distinct choreographic voice.

The three companies that have been selected are very different, but all three showcase passionate movement and a virtuosity that willl fit beautifully on The Joyce stage.

I remember the first time EVIDENCE, A Dance Company was on The Joyce stage over 20 years ago. It was a momumental moment for us and I hope that these three companies will benefit from the exposure that The Platform provides.

I thank Aaron Mattocks, Danni Gee, Linda Shelton, and The Joyce Theater Foundation for their support and trust in my role as curator this season. I look forward to an amazing week for these incredible artists who will bless the stage as a part of the American Dance Platform.

Ronald K. Brown Curator, American Dance Platform 2023 Founder & Artistic Director of Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, A Dance Company

The Joyce Theater Foundation presents

AMERICAN DANCE PLATFORM

Dedicated to the memory of Theodore S. Bartwink of The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Theodore S. Bartwink was a Joyce Theater Foundation Trustee from 1993 to 2014.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 10 AT 7:30PM AND FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 AT 8PM

LES BALLET AFRIK

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 AT 7:30PM AND SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 AT 8PM

B. MOORE DANCE

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 AT 8PM AND SUNDAY, JANUARY 15 AT 2PM

waheedworks

CURATED BY RONALD K. BROWN

Leadership support for The Joyce Theater Foundation has been received from the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust.

Champion support for The Joyce’s annual programming has been provided by Howard Gilman Foundation and The Shubert Foundation.

Champion support for The Joyce’s Creative Residencies Program supporting choreographers and dance companies has been provided by Mellon Foundation.

Major support for The Joyce’s presentation of the American Dance Platform has been provided by The Harkness Foundation for Dance.

Major support for The Joyce has been provided by Ford Foundation, MacMillan Family Foundation, The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and The SHS Foundation.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 10 AT 7:30PM AND FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 AT 8PM

NEW YORK IS BURNING (2022)

Choreography: Ousmane "Omari" Wiles with contributions from company members Music: Curated by DJ AlginAligns Lighting Design: Zack Lobel

OMARI WILES, SHIREEN RAHIMI, EVA MOORE, KYA AZEEN, YUHEE YANG, YUKI SUKEZANE, MILERKA RODRIGUEZ, ALORA MARTINEZ, ALGIN FORD, NICHOLAS SEGAR, MONTELL RUSSELL, CHARLES WILBORN, TYGIÉR MORGAN

New York is Burning draws inspiration from the 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning and its depiction of voguing as a powerful expression in the face of racism, homophobia, and the stigma of the AIDS crisis. Commissioned by Works & Process at the Guggenheim, New York is Burning reflects the aspirations of a diverse group of dancers in a city beset by health, racial, and financial crises. Highlighting the importance of community and connection to ancestry, Les Ballet Afrik continues to provide a space for individual expression and radical acceptance.

New York Is Burning was commissioned by Works & Process and premiered at the Guggenheim on November 5 and 6, 2022.

New York Is Burning Project History:

Commissioned by Works & Process; Works & Process and Kaatsbaan UpStream® Residency; Dancers Responding to AIDS’ Hudson Valley Dance Festival in-process showing.

Works & Process bubble residency at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park culminating in one of New York State’s first permitted public outdoor performance; Filmed performance at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, produced by Works & Process.

ISOLATION TO CREATION features New York Is Burning, produced by Works & Process, the docuseries is broadcast on TV and streams on ALLARTS and PBS; Works & Process bubble residency at Catskill Mountain Foundation, supported by the Mellon Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Spring Pop-Up Guggenheim Rotunda indoor public performance.

Works & Process LaunchPAD residency at The Church, Sag Harbor in collaboration with Guild Hall and Sag Harbor Cinema; Preview performances at Jacob’s Pillow, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New Victory Theater, and SummerStage; Premiere at Works & Process at the Guggenheim.

Joyce Theater’s American Dance Platform, curated by Ronald K. Brown; Works & Process at the Guggenheim’s Underground Uptown Dance Festival.

This work is a New England Foundation for the Arts NDP Grant Finalist.

ARTIST STATEMENT

The arts are essential to the socio-economic development of underserved minority groups such as African-Americans, Latinx Americans, and the LGBTQ+ community. Dance is an especially useful tool for learning about human connection and interpersonal relationships. What we know about underground street dance styles such as: Vogue, Hip-hop, and House is that they parallel and are rooted in the traditional and tribal dances of the African diaspora and all are a reflection of our need to be accepted and be celebrated. The idea of chosen families is one that is common among those with alternative lifestyles: Artists, people of color, people of a trans experience, etc. These people, more often the youth, are not welcomed and even threatened by the communities they are born into. This will lead them on a lifetime search for acceptance.

In the two short years since our inception, Les Ballet Afrik has accomplished more than we could've imagined: Performances at Gibney Dance and Harlem Stage; residencies and commissioned work by Works & Process; two complete, full-length evening shows ready for touring, just to name a few. Perhaps our biggest accomplishment, however, is our growth as a family. Our company is composed of people with very diverse backgrounds that have two things in common: A love of dance and the need for community. Each company member has had a personal struggle that dance has helped them overcome, and Les Ballet Afrik has become a safe space for them to continue that personal development. No one understands this more than our director Omari Wiles. Born in Senegal, he knows the importance of being rooted in family and the grounding that brings as an individual. As a legend in the underground ballroom scene and a founding father of the House of Oricci, he has firsthand experience with how that grounding can be threatened and how the underground and ballroom scenes play a significant role in restoring the foundation of community and acceptance for so many.

ABOUT LES BALLET AFRIK

Les Ballet Afrik is a multi-cultural dance company that explores the masculine and feminine energies within different dance forms. Our mission is to bridge the gap between the progressive LGBTQ community and the traditions of the Diaspora. We hope to bring awareness to the Black and Latino experience within the ballroom scene and put a focus on the importance of community and connection to ancestry. Rooted in Traditional African, House, Vogue, and Latin movement, and under the direction of legendary Omari "Oricci" Wiles, Les Ballet Afrik has pioneered a new movement style called "Afrikfusion," a unique blend of dance and movement unlike anything that's ever been done before.

Omari Wiles, Artistic Director Shireen Rahimi, Company Manager | Alora Martinez, Rehearsal Assistant

OUSMANE "OMARI" WILES (Artistic Director/Choreographer) is an African American West African and Vogue dancer. Wiles is best know as legendary Omari NiNa Oricci, founder of The House of Nina Oricci [est. OCT. 2019] and Creative Director of LES BALLET AFRIK dance company. Wiles was born in West Africa, Senegal. He began his training in West African dance at the age of six years old under the tutelage of his mother and father who owned a dance company. Wiles joined his mother [Marie Basse Wiles] and father [BaBa Olukose Anthony Wiles] and became the assistant director of the family company, The Maimouna Ketia School of African Dance. Working with master African dancers, Ousmane evolved the skills needed to teach the art of traditional African dance. Venturing further into the world of dance, Wiles found himself learning, training, and falling in love with other styles such as Hip-Hop, House, Modern, Jazz, and Vogue. Through his involvement with the ballroom scene, his love and passion for Vogue (dance) grew. As his notoriety in the ballroom scene grew, it began to grow outside of the ballroom scene as well. Wiles has had the opportunity to work with many artists, featuring his range of dancing. His choreography has been featured with Janet Jackson, Beyoncé, John Legend, Jidenna, and Rashaad Newsome and he has worked as a featured dancer, showcasing Afrobeats [with Goldlink, Jidenna, Maleek Berry, and Wunmi], West African dance [with Janet Jackson, Beyoncé, and Forces], and Vogue [with Rashaad Newsome, Lady Gaga, Madonna, and Jennifer Hudson]. Wiles has been published in Dance Magazine's "Top 25 to Watch," Korean Vogue, British Vogue in a spread featuring Naomi Campbell, The Observer, Dance Mogul Magazine, and The New York Times. Wiles also appeared with his house [the house of Nina Oricci] as a contestant on Legendary Season 2 on HBOMax. Wiles is now evolving his own style of dance with his company LES BALLET AFRIK, blending African, Vogue, Modern, and House as one. He and his company have performed at The Joyce Theater, the Guggenheim, and the New York Metropolitan Museum.

SHIREEN 'SHEA' RAHIMI 007 (Company Manager) (fka Shea Mizrahi) is an Iranian-American dancer, event producer, and mental health advocate based in Oakland, CA. She began her ballroom journey in 2011 when she moved to Brooklyn, NY, and by 2012 became a member of the Iconic House of Mizrahi (mainstream) and House of Unbothered Cartier (Kiki). Shireen is one of the founding team members of Open To All Entertainment (OTA Weekly) and Oakland To All - the first ballroom entertainment company based in the Bay Area. Shireen's life goal is to bring Ballroom to her homeland of IRAN. #WomenLifeFreedom #FreeIran Follow her journey on IG @HypeKitty_

ALORA MARTINEZ (Rehearsal Assistant) is a professional dancer, choreographer, and educator born and raised in New York City. She first captured the stage at the age of eight as a part of The Metropolitan Opera House Choir. At the age of 17 she became the choreographer for BET's 106 & Park. Her Dance credits include: Martha Graham Dance Company, Madonna, MTV VMA's, On Your Feet Broadway, America's Got Talent, Nickelodeon Halo Awards, and the Legally Blonde Musical, among many other productions. Alora's choreography was recently featured on HBO Max's second season of Legendary. Alora is currently working as the Rehearsal Assistant to the company and loves to work with her LBA Family.

Omari Wiles Shireen Rahimi Alora Martinez Kya Azeen

Algin Ford

Eva Moore

Tygiér Morgan Milerka Rodriguez

Nicholas Segar

Yuki Sukezane

Charles Wilborn

Yuhee Yang

Montell Russell

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 AT 7:30PM AND SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 AT 8PM

SOUTHERN RECOLLECTIONS: ROMARE BEARDEN (2013)

Choreography: Bridget L. Moore

Music: The Caboose by Wynton Marsalis-Masterworks Jazz, Out of this World by John Coltrane - ASCAP-Public domain; The Shadow of Your Smile by Jacintha, Bedouin by The Orb - BMI Lighting Design: Christopher M. Ham Costume Design: Fernando Hernandez

PERFORMED BY THE COMPANY

Dedicated to the life and work of Harlem Renaissance painter, Romare Bearden—Each section depicts a series of collected memories, forging the past and the present. Mr. Bearden left a legacy of art that is socially relevant, depicts beauty in color, and his love and passion for humanity. Romare Bearden once remarked, “modern painting progresses through cumulative destructions and new beginnings.”

Southern Recollections: Romare Bearden was made possible by the Princess Grace Foundation, 2012 Choreography Fellowship Award. The work was revised and developed for B. MOORE DANCE in 2022.

- PAUSEROSE GOLD (2022)

Choreography: Bridget L. Moore

Music: F Major, Malasana by Hania Rani - ASCAP; Architect of the Mind by Kerry Muzzey - ASCAP; Bloom by Thome Yorke/Radiohead - ASCAP; Wash Me Clean by K.D. Lang - Universal Publishing Group Vocalist: Damon K. Clark

Lighting Design: Christopher M. Ham Costume Design: Fernando Hernandez

- INTERMISSIONUNCHARTED TERRITORY (2017)

Choreography: Bridget L. Moore

Music: Burning Bridges, Serendipity March by Kangding Ray - ASCAP/BMI; Traditional; Khalid Gun by Muslimgauze - ASCAP/BMI

Lighting Design: Christopher M. Ham Costume Design: Fernando Hernandez

JENNA DAVIS, ANTHONY J. WADE JR., SARAH WALES

(Model/Dancers:) SIABHAN BROWN, LA-CHELLE DICKENSON, TAY DIGGS, CHRISTINA JONES, CAROLYN FISHER, JAMEL FRANKS, KRISTYAN A. RIDEAU

Uncharted Territory was commissioned by TITAS-2017 Command Performance Gala at the Winspear Opera House, Dallas, TX. The work was revised and developed for B. MOORE DANCE in 2022.

JENNA DAVIS, LA-CHELLE DICKENSON, TAY DIGGS, CAROLYN FISHER, CHRISTINA JONES, KRISTYAN A. RIDEAU, ANTHONY J. WADE JR., SARAH WALES

B. MOORE DANCE, founded in 2018, is a Dallas-based Contemporary Modern Dance Company. The diverse collective of performing artists is led by Founder/Artistic-Executive Director and Dallas native, Bridget L. Moore. B. MOORE DANCE is celebrated as a rising company of artistic excellence, and received the Texas Shining Star Award from TAHPERD. B. MOORE DANCE aims to empower and transcend generations through the art of dance through innovative works, performances, leadership, collaboration, education, and community projects. The company has performed throughout Texas at various festivals and in New York and Philadelphia. B. MOORE DANCE is supported by The City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture, Moody Fund for the Arts and TACA | The Arts Community Alliance - Dallas.

BRIDGET L. MOORE (Founder/Artistic-Executive Director), a native of Dallas, TX, has received national and international recognition for her choreography. Moore’s choreographic works provide both cultural and kinesthetic experiences rooted in African-American and global dance aesthetics. Her most recent commissions include, The Sound of Music and Public Works—The Odyssey, produced by Dallas Theater Center. Moore is a recipient of a 2016 Princess Grace Professional Development Award-Arts Administration, and a 2012 Princess Grace Foundation Choreography Fellowship Award. Moore has also been featured in Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” for her NYC-Co-Directorship project, This Woman’s Work In addition, she has received commissions from Ailey II, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Urban Bush Women, TITAS, DBDT, Bruce Wood Dance, and Red Clay Dance, to name a few. Moore's work has been presented at New York’s—Fall for Dance Festival, Jacob's Pillow "Inside/Out" series, Ailey Citigroup Theater, Winspear Opera House, Moody Performance Hall, and Wyly Theatre, among others. Moore’s professional dance performing career includes Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE (1999-2009). Moore was a Visiting Professor at Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea, Director of Dance at Joffrey Ballet SchoolTexas, and Tri-Cities High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Atlanta, GA. She also served on faculty at Booker T. Washington HSPVA as the Director of the African and World Dance Ensemble. Moore holds a BFA in Dance from The Ohio State University and an MFA from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.

CHRISTOPHER M. HAM (Lighting Designer) is the Director of Dance Production for the Meadows School of the Arts Dance Division at Southern Methodist University, where he also received an MFA in Theatre-Production Design. Ham has designed lighting, projection, scenery, sound, and has worked in all technical areas at the professional level. He has produced trade shows for SONY and HASBRO, designed for American College Dance Festival; as well as the International Choreographers’ Showcase in Spain, St. Louis Ballet, and the Shenandoah University Dance Ensemble, where he was an adjunct assistant professor. Ham has also designed for Hathaway Academy of Ballet, Repertory Company Theatre, Upstart Productions, Cara Mía Theatre Company, Shakespeare Dallas, WaterTower Theatre, Big Thought/Creative Solutions, and 6 o'Clock Dance Theatre. Ham most recently opened

LAZER INVASION, a mind-bending celebration of science fiction, space exploration, and pop-culture through the use of multimedia film production, high-tech laser design, theatrical lighting, and atmospheric effects, all conceived and produced by Ham.

FERNANDO HERNANDEZ (Costume Designer) is a native of Monterrey, Mexico, where he was introduced to costume design. His professional career started in architectural design, Ballet, and Folklórico dance. He formed Fernando Costume Designs, creating several designs for Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey and dance companies throughout Mexico. In the United States, he has created costume designs for Orchestra of New Spain, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Bruce Wood Dance/METdance, Flamenco DNA, Ballet Dallas, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, and Red Clay Dance Company. Hernandez serves as a consultant as dance faculty, choreographer, and costumer at Booker T. Washington HSPVA. Currently, he is performing with Compañia Folklórica Alegría Mexicana. Hernandez’s collaboration with Artistic Director Bridget L. Moore started in 2010. He has created designs for B. MOORE DANCE since the inception of the company.

Yvette

Bridget

Bridget

B. MOORE DANCE STAFF

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

B. MOORE DANCE

Jenna Davis La-Chelle Dickenson

Tay Diggs Carolyn Fisher

Kristyan A. Rideau Anthony J. Wade Jr.

Sarah Wales

Jamel Franks

Bridget L. Moore Christopher M. Ham Fernando Hernandez

Christina Jones

Siabhan Brown

Damon K. Clark

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 AT 8PM AND SUNDAY, JANUARY 15 AT 2PM

artistic director & choreographer TOMMIE-WAHEED EVANS waheedworks artists

ANKHTRA MAA BRIVETT-BATTLE • ISABELLE CATTIE • ALIYAH CLAY JAMEEL HENDRICKS • BREYANNA MAPLES • KAREEM MARSH • ZOE MILLER SLOAN PEARSON • RODERICK PHIFER • KIRA SHIINA • SONG AZIZA TUCKER

waheedworks staff

General & Touring Manager: LAMAR BAYLOR Project Admin Manager: TERRY FOX Public Relations/Marketing Specialist: KAREEM GOODWIN Marketing Creative Associate: ANTHONY RHODES Lighting Supervisor: CALVIN ANDERSON Stage Manager: TANIA SAIZ PEREZ

Project Consultants: AMANDA WHITE & ANTONIO WRIGHT

for all touring needs, please contact: LaMar Baylor, Baylor Artist Management I baylorartistsmgmt@gmail.com

BODIES AS SITE OF FAITH AND PROTEST (2016)

Choreography: Tommie-Waheed Evans

Costume Design: Martha Chamberlain Lighting Design: Calvin Anderson Rehearsal Associate: Roderick Phifer Original Music: Greg Smith Music: Dona nobis pacem by Latvian Radio Choir Walk with me Lord by Martha Bass & The Harold Smith Majestics Choir Wholy Holy by Aretha Franklin Eros by Ludovico Einaudi See below for additional music credits*

Sound Design Elements: Jon Baldwin & Raphael Xaiver

PERFORMED BY THE COMPANY

Roderick Phifer & Company song aziza tucker

Aliyah Clay & Roderick Phifer, Ankhtra Maa Brivett-Battle & Kareem Marsh, Sloan Pearson & JaMeel Hendricks Breyanna Maples & Company

Zoe Miller & kira shiina Company

*Dona Nobis Pacem, performed by the Latvian Radio Choir, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, under Exclusive License to Decca Label Group, United States 2007; Wholy Holy, performed by Aretha Franklin, written by Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, and Renaldo Benson, courtesy of Atlantic Records 1972; Walk With Me Lord, performed by Martha Bass & The Harold Smith Majestics Choir, written by Ralph Bass, courtesy of Geffen Records 1970; Eros, performed and composed by Ludovico Einaudi, published by – Chester Music Ltd, licensed To – Decca Music Group Limited 2009.

Philadelphia-based company, waheedworks, was established in 2006 by the artistic director Tommie-Waheed Evans. Working collaboratively with the company, Evans has led waheedworks in creating an extensive repertoire that propels new contemporary movement work into the next era. waheedworks has also collaborated with composers Greg Smith, Darryl Hoffman, and the poet Gregory Smith and has received generous support from the Princess Grace Foundation, National Endowment of the Arts, Philadelphia Cultural Fund, New Music USA project grant, Center of Ballet and the Arts at NYU, and Dance/USA. The company has also had the pleasure of being presented by SummerStage NYC, The Painted Bride Arts Center, Plays and Players Theatre, Long Island Theatre, the Dance Boom Festival, the Coming Together Festival, The International Association of Blacks in Dance, and Philadelphia Dance Projects. Through movement, waheedworks’ mission is to create a radically collaborative body of work that speaks to human life. Grounded in Evans’ upbringing in the church, the goal of the movement is to offer a path to liberation. The work intertwines an urban street style and contemporary dance vocabulary with an emphasis on gospel music and polyrhythmic sounds. The dancers of waheedworks are unapologetically diverse with bold and raw movement.

TOMMIE-WAHEED EVANS (Artistic Director/Choreographer), 2021 Guggenheim Fellow, is a queer black dance maker, born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, amidst racial divide, gang warfare, and earthquakes. His work explores blackness, spirituality, queerness, and liberation. He began his formal training with Karen McDonald before receiving a fellowship at The Ailey School, and a Master of Fine Arts in Choreography from Jacksonville University. He has toured and performed nationally and internationally as a company member of Lula Washington Dance Theater, COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet, and PHILADANCO. Since 2004, he has created more than 50 original dance works that range widely in scope, length, tone, and subject matter. waheedworks, his Philadelphia-based dance company, is the primary vehicle for his creative research. The company’s mission is to create a radically collaborative body of work that speaks to the human condition. His work brings together urban street dance styles and contemporary dance vocabulary through bold and raw movements propelled by gospel music and polyrhythmic sounds. He has also been commissioned to create works for BalletX, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, PHILADANCO, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Verb Ballets, Ballet Memphis, The University of the Arts, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, and Louisville Ballet, among others. He has received accolades and honors including Resident Fellow at the Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University, Princess Grace Honoraria Award in Choreography, New Music Project Grant, Howard Gilman Foundation Fellowship, Joffrey Ballet Winning Works, and Dance Research Fellowship at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Tommie is currently a Artistin-Residence at PHILADANCO and on faculty at the University of the Arts.

CALVIN ANDERSON (he/him/they/them) (Lighting Designer) is a lighting and projection designer, as well as a production manager. They have a strong pull towards the devised, the radical and the risky, all while leaning towards projects with heart, vulnerability, and trust. Some favorite genres Calvin has worked in include dance, musical theater, opera, cabaret, and drag. Some favorite works in New York have been seen at Brooklyn Academy of Music, HERE Arts, The Joyce, NYLA, Judson Church, Park Avenue Armory, Symphony Space, and others. Career highlights include designing The Method Gun (Wesleyan University), Late Night Snacks 2019 (Bearded Ladies Cabaret/Philadelphia) Oscar at the Crown (The Neon Coven/ NYC), Orchid Receipt Service (Mirror/Fire Productions/ NYC), Old Man and the Sea (Pittsburgh Playhouse, PA) Strings & Serpents Tour with Andy Milne, and Flipzoids (Generator Theater/Alaska). Calvin was the Lighting Director for Ailey II, and Production Manager for Do You Want a Cookie? (Bearded Ladies Cabaret/Philadelphia). He is the resident lighting & projection designer and production manager for FJK Dance in New York and has had the privilege to tour the world over with various projects. Calvin is also an educator, mentor, and proud member of Wingspace Design Collective’s Mentorship Committee and United Scenic Artists Local 829. MFA UConn. #blacklivesmatter

MARTHA CHAMBERLAIN (she/her) (Costume Designer) joined Pennsylvania Ballet as an Apprentice in the fall of 1989, and rose through the ranks to Principal Dancer. She retired from the company in 2011. Martha began designing costumes in the early 1990s and continued throughout her dancing career. Among the choreographers she has created work for are Christopher D’Amboise, Matthew Neenan, Jodie Gates, Claudia Schreier, Meredith Rainey, Jorma Elo, Darrell Moultrie, Helen Pickett, Brian Sanders, Nicolo Fonte, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Gary W. Jeter II, and Sidra Bell. She is currently on the dance faculty and wardrobe supervisor in the dance department at the University of the Arts. She is founder of Chamberlain Goods, a dancewear company specializing in custom-made leotards, tights, and warm-ups.

TANIA “T” SAIZ PEREZ (they/she) (Stage Manager) is a queer immigrant dance artist and stage manager based on Lenape land, known today as Philadelphia, PA. They graduated from the University of the Arts with a BFA in Dance under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield in 2021. t is currently the Production Coordinator and a Stage Manager for the School of Dance at UArts, working alongside David Ferri, James McGinn, and Niall Jones on the school’s Festival of Senior Thesis Works and Winter/Spring Dance Series. Other stage management credits include works by Bill T. Jones, Doug Varone, Helen Simoneau, Jesse Zaritt, Joanna Kotze, Jordan Lloyd, Mark Caserta/BigKid Dance, Mark Haim, Sidra Bell, Tommie-Waheed Evans, and Ulysses Dove, amongst others.

Tommie-Waheed Evans

Ankhtra Battle Isabelle Cattie Aliyah Clay

JaMeel Hendricks Breyanna Maples

Kareem Marsh

Zoe Miller

Sloan Pearson

Roderick Phifer kira shiina song tucker

ABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION

The Joyce Theater Foundation ("The Joyce," Executive Director, Linda Shelton), a nonprofit organization, has proudly served the dance community for over three decades. Under the direction of founders Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld, Ballet Tech Foundation acquired and The Joyce renovated the Elgin Theater in Chelsea. Opening as The Joyce Theater in 1982, it was named in honor of Joyce Mertz, beloved daughter of LuEsther T. Mertz. It was LuEsther’s clear, undaunted vision and abundant generosity that made it imaginable and ultimately possible to build the theater. Ownership was secured by The Joyce in 2015. The theater is one of the only theaters built by dancers for dance and has provided an intimate and elegant home for over 400 U.S.-based and international companies. The Joyce has also expanded its reach beyond its Chelsea home through off-site presentations at venues ranging in scope from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, to Brooklyn’s Invisible Dog Art Center, and to outdoor programming in spaces such as Hudson River Park. To further support the creation of new work, The Joyce maintains longstanding commissioning and residency programs. Local students and teachers (K–12th grade) benefit from its school program, and family and adult audiences get closer to dance with access to artists. The Joyce’s annual season of about 48 weeks of dance now includes over 340 performances for audiences in excess of 150,000 patrons. Visit Joyce.org for more information.

FUNDERS

Many Thanks to The Joyce's Institutional Funders for Keeping Us Moving Forward

An abundance of gratitude to Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Representative Jerrold Nadler, and Representative Nydia M. Velázquez for their visionary leadership that established the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, which has helped make the reopening of The Joyce Theater and the reemergence of many dance companies possible.

Leadership support for The Joyce's year-round programs and services: LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust

Season Sponsor:

Champion support for The Joyce's Dance Residencies:

Major support for The Joyce’s American Dance Platform and Harkness First debuts:

Champion support for The Joyce's annual programming:

Major support for The Joyce's operations and special initiatives:

The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

Lead corporate support:

ABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION

VISION STATEMENT

The Joyce Theater Foundation is committed to fostering and supporting a diverse and inclusive environment, both on and off stage. We embrace and celebrate diversity in all its forms, and value the rich experiences and perspectives that arise from differences in race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and cognitive and physical ability.

We strive to counteract the social injustices and racism that exist within our communities, our nation, and our world. Our aim as an organization is to embody the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.

To achieve this, we will:

• Create and implement proactive diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice initiatives;

• Establish and maintain a culture of safe sharing, intentional listening, learning, and growth;

• Engage with and support disenfranchised communities by sharing information and resources and ensuring accessibility;

• Develop metrics and conduct regular reviews of our programs and policies to hold ourselves accountable and shift as neededs.

With these goals in place and our Vision Statement in mind, we are dedicated to the continued learning and growth needed to foster an inclusive environment for all. This is an ongoing process and by nature will be an evolving statement.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Joyce Theater operates on the Lenape island of Manhahtaan (Mannahatta) and acknowledges that it was founded upon the stolen land and erasure of many Indigenous communities. This acknowledgement demonstrates our institution’s commitment to the process of dismantling the legacies of colonialism and cultural imperialism.

We acknowledge the ongoing violence towards Indigenous people through systemic inequality. We pay our respect to the Indigenous peoples who lived and continue to live upon this land, and whose rich history, artistic practices, and spirituality are tied to this land. It is within our responsibility as a cultural institution and our commitment to diversity and inclusion to embody a commitment to Indigenous rights and cultural equity.

We sincerely invite you as an audience member to take a moment to reflect on the history and legacy of displacement, migration, and settlement.

It is our intention to work with local Native American arts councils to better inform our land acknowledgment practices and anticipate that it will evolve over time.

JOYCE THEATER

THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Amit Wadhwaney, Chair

Charles M. Adelman, Vice Chair

Stephanie R. Breslow, Treasurer

Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary

R. Richard Ablon

Rob Ashford

Monica F. Azare

John M. Basnage de Beauval

Ajay Bhandaram

Tracy Brown

Keane Ehsani

Ronald Gumbaz

Toni Hoover

Robert Musiker

Susan Gluck Pappajohn Steven M. Pesner

Kerry Clayton, Chair Emeritus

David D. Holbrook, Chair Emeritus

Virginia A. Millhiser, Chair Emeritus

Meryl Rosofsky

Saul Sanders

Linda Shelton

Susan Fawcett Sosin

Lauren E. Shortt Monica B. Voldstad

In Memoriam: Theodore S. Bartwink (Trustee 1993-2014), R. Britton Fisher (Trustee 1990-2020), Richard Lukins (Trustee 1998-2011), Anh-Tuyet Nguyen (Trustee 2007-2020), Richard Shea (Trustee 2015-2022), Stephen D. Weinroth (Trustee 1996-2022)

ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN

The Joyce honors the following individuals, corporations, and foundations for their visionary support of our mission of advancing the vibrant and extraordinary art of dance. Funds contributed to the endowment campaign will allow The Joyce to continue its support of the dance community and to commission new work.

$1 Million and above

LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust

Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Charitable Trust

$500,000 and above

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Richard B. Fisher and Family R. Britton Fisher and Family Rockefeller Brothers Fund

$250,000 and above

David & Andrea Holbrook

Richard A. Lukins & Karen Fry Saul & Mary Sanders Susan Fawcett Sosin

$100,000 and above

Anonymous (1) Alphawood Foundation

Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer

The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

The Estate of Dorothy Lefkof The William Randolph Hearst Foundations

Lynne & Richard Pasculano Michèle & Steve Pesner

The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation The Starr Foundation

$50,000 and above

R. Richard & Margery Ablon Apollo Management, L.P. Stephanie Breslow & Paul Watterson

The Coca-Cola Foundation

Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet A. Cozzi

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

Jerome A. and Estelle R. Newman Assistance Fund, Inc. Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation

$25,000 and above

Jane E. Goldberg Cecilia & Jim Herbert

Jane Kendall & David Dietz Elysabeth Kleinhans Arnie & Susan Scharf

Richard Shea Jennifer & Jonathan Allan Soros

Fiona J. Tilley & Gürhan Orhan Dave Waks & Sandy Teger Chris & Lonna Yegen Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn

$5,000 and above Anonymous (3) Barbara & Robert Berkley Philanthropic Fund

Barbara Berliner & Sol D. Rymer

The Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Foundation

Jim & Linda Ellis

Mr. & Mrs. Ira Haupt, II

The Lawton W. Fitt & James I. McLaren Foundation

James H. Ottaway, Jr. Kathleen A. Scott

Linda Shelton

Ferne Goldberg Sperling & Allan Sperling

LEADERSHIP SUPPORT FOR A NEW VENUE FOR DANCE

Support for planning costs associated with establishing a third venue for dance as part of the redeveloped World Trade Center site has been generously provided by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which is funded through Community Development Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Leadership support has also been provided by:

FORD FOUNDATION MELLON FOUNDATION

ROBERT STERLING CLARK FOUNDATION THE SEPTEMBER 11TH FUND ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION

Founders and Trustees Emeriti: Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld

JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION DONORS

The Joyce Theater appreciates the generosity of its supporters listed below as well as its many other supporters too numerous to include on these pages. List as of November 1, 2022.

Platinum Benefactors ($500,000 and above)

LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust

Gold Benefactors ($100,000 and above)

Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer

Ford Foundation

The Harkness Foundation for Dance

Howard Gilman Foundation

MacMillan Family Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Virginia & Timothy Millhiser

National Endowment for the Arts / American Rescue Plan Act

New York City Department Cultural Affairs

Robert Pollock

The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

The SHS Foundation

The Shubert Foundation Denise Littlefield Sobel

Silver Benefactors ($75,000 and above)

First Republic Bank

GKV Charitable Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

Benefactors ($50,000 and above)

Jody & John Arnhold | Arnhold Foundation

National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts

The Jerome Robbins Foundation

Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart Coleman

Lauren E. Shortt

Monica Voldstad Amit Wadhwaney

Chairman’s Circle ($25,000 and above)

Anonymous (2)

Deborah & Charles Adelman

Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation

Stephanie R. Breslow & Paul Watterson

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

Susan Dickler & Sig Van Raan

Keane Ehsani

Jamshid & Mahsid Ehsani

Melina Fisher

Jane E. Goldberg

Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi

Toni Hoover

In Motion

*Elysabeth Kleinhans

Leanne Lachman

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

Henry and Lucy Moses Fund

Robert Musiker

New York State Council on the Arts

The O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation

Susan & Greg Pappajohn

Michèle & Steve Pesner

Saul & Mary Sanders

Susan Fawcett Sosin

Stephen & Cathy Weinroth

Madelyn & Steven Wils

Impresario’s Circle ($10,000 and above)

Anonymous (3) Jen Ablon Alpern Family Foundation

Sarah Arison

Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation

John Basnage de Beauval

Ajay Bhandaram

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Torrence Boone & Ted Chapin

Robert Brenner

Tracy Brown

Con Edison

John & Margaret Falk

Nancy & Michael Feller

*Brandon Fradd

Gregg & Jean Frankel

Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation

Elzbieta Grove

David & Andrea Holbrook

In Honor of Karen Brooks Hopkins

The Ivill-Weiner Family

The Kingsley Foundation

Melanie Coronetz & Bruce G. Miler

LeConte Moore

Tatiana Piankova Foundation

Karen Roth

*Nancy Sands

Kathleen A. Scott

Linda Shelton

Leslie Siegel

Johanna Weber

Michelle D. & Claude L. Winfield

Presenter’s Circle ($5,000 and above)

Anonymous (2)

Rob Ashford

Monica Azare

Andrew & Froma Benerote

Donya & Scott Bommer

Office of City Council Member Erik Bottcher

Donna B. Case

The Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust Chubb LTD Ms. Pamela Crutchfield Jeffrey Davis & Michael T. Miller Dancers Responding to AIDS DeWitt Stern Group, Inc. Linda Ellis Martin & Linda Fell *Judith & Alan Fishman

FUSED

French U.S. Exchange in Dance

Barbara Goldstein

Paul Feuerman & Bruce Grivetti Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Goodman

Randall & Mary Hack Elizabeth Anne Hartman

Judith M. Hoffman

Illuminated Foundation

Christopher Jones & Deborah McAlister

Christine Knuth

Alan & Gail Koss

Elizabeth & Neil Kurtz Robert R. Littman & Sully Bonnelly

Karen & Martin McDonald

Ronay & Richard Menschel/ Charina Foundation, Inc. In loving memory of Bill Perlmuth, Patricia Dugan Perlmuth Rajika & Anupam Puri

Nina B. Quigley

Mr. Stephen Kroll Reidy

Margaret E. Selby SER.O.YA

Barbara Madsen Smith

Christopher Soule Allan Sperling & Ferne Goldberg

Jean & Gene Stark

Linda B. Strumpf

Director’s Circle ($2,500 and above)

Anonymous (2)

R. Richard Ablon

Adrienne Albert

Rick & Nurit Amdur

Joel & Rhela Aragona

Sandra Berger

Marty & Louise Bickman

Judi Rappoport Blitzer & David Blitzer

Ralph & Martine Calder

Victoria V. Carey

Cathleen Collins

Mary Sharp Cronson

Miriam & David Donoho

Christopher M. Elmore

Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson

Thomas von Foerster

Bart Friedman & Wendy Stein

Rochel Gelman

*Dorothy Goodman

The Harold K. Gross Family Charitable Trust

Susan Ross Green

Sharon B. Gurwitz

Maya Hamlet

Ronald E. Hellman & Stephen B. Roberts

Val Holley & Joseph Plocek

William Houlihan

Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York

*Deborah Kaye

Jane Kendall

Elaine & Howard Leventhal

Martin & Rosanne Leshner

Jayne Lipman & Robert Goodman

Mark Littman & Johnny Mendoza

In Memory of John MacDonald

Maria Mackey

Uttara P. Marti

Wendy McCain

Joyce F. Menschel

David & Diana Milich

Jane & Michael Murphy

Mutual of America Foundation

Cherrie Nanninga

Omomuki Foundation

David Pasterski

Warrie Price & James David Prince

Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch

Theresa Alessandro Russo Foundation

Wes Schafer & Carlos Galtier

Susan & Arnie Scharf

Xiomara & Charles Scheidt

Fran Schulman

Robert A. Schulman

Rena Shagan

Alex & Wendy Stanton

Mark Stevens & Mary Murphy

Linda Stocknoff

Marianna Vaidman Stone & Eric Stone

Consulate General of Sweden in New York

Susan Ulick

Ms. Patricia E. Vance

David E. Vogel

Alexandra Wheeler & Rocky Rukan

Irving & Elaine Wolbrom

Ralph Womble & Ashley Edwards

Billy F.B. Wong & Stephanie Gordon

($1,000 and above)

Anonymous (10)

Robert Allyn

Neme Alperstein

Gerald M. Appelstein

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Kara Medoff Barnett & Dov Barnett

Alison Baum

Pamela Baxter

*Barbara Berliner & Sol Rymer

Dorothy Black

Kim Bleimann & Paola Duran

Joe Bonnaud

Nissan Boury Barbara & Gary Brandt

Edward Brill Madeline Brine Matt Brodile

Joanna Bueche

Linda & Joseph Camardo Ann Chao

Woody & Janice Collins

Caroline & Paul Cronson

Charles T. Davis

Barbara Dau

Irene Rosner David, in Memory of Dr. Raphael David

Jeffrey Davis & Jamie Alpert

David H. De Weese & Anne Heller

Ms. Beth Rudin DeWoody

The Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Foundation

The Donut Pub

Jack & Eleanor Dunn

The Eilers Family

Suzanne B. Engel

Mr. Richard Erstad & Dr. Gladys Fenichel

David L. Fanger & Martin Wechsler

Erin Feeley-Nahem & Isaac Nahem

Judy & Richard Feldstein

Maria Vittoria Foglia

John and Janet Foord

Judith Z. Friedman

Peter C. Friedman

Veronique Bogliolo Freidman & Mark Freidman

*Grace Frisone & Michael Metzger

Ania Fryszkowska & Alex Louizos

Barrie Gillies & William Drummy

Susan Egbert Gilroy

John Graney, MD

Mason & Kim Granger

Patric & Patricia Gregory

*Glen & Paula Gunsalus

Ava Hamilton

Alexandra L. Harper

*Shelia Heimbinder

Dr. Elisabeth Hefti

Laurie & Jack Helfin

Janet L. Henner

Edward Henry & Susan Monk

Ellen Hirsch

In Honor of the Weinroths

Lynn Hopkins

Gary Horowitz & Tom Wyse

George C. Howell, III

Mary & David Iles

James B. Jacobs & Jan Sweeney

Derek Johnson

I. Michael Kadish

Kenneth S. Kail & Ivy Hwang

Margaret Kaplen

Mr. Christian K. Keese

*Murray & Sylvana Klein

Hans Koch

Kathy Krall

Sondra Kurtin Robinson

Susan Lampard

LDJ Productions Reginald van Lee

Michael G. Lemle

Rachel S. Levine

Robert & Dorina Link

*Tina Liu

David Lovett & Meg Ruley

Sharon Luckman & Paul Shapiro

Elizabeth A. Maher

Joseph M. Marger

Lynn C. Mautner

Marcia Kramer Mayer

*Israel Meir

Miller Khoshkish Foundation

Mr. Wayne & Mrs. Barbara Miller

Michael Mulligan

Barbara Nagel

Joyce O’Brien

Aaron Singer and Bart Oosterveld

Trisha Ostergaard

David Parsons

Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD Amy Pennington

Doug & Teresa Peterson

Douglas & Barbara Pitsch

Judith Plows

Carole Postal

Donna & James Pressman

David Alan & Susan Berkman Rahm

Case van Rij

Philip W. Riskin

Charitable Foundation Mary Jo Robertiello

Ann Sahid Rosche

Donald J. Rose & Victoria Lasdon Rose

Ellen Rosen

Diana & Michael Rothenberg

Marilyn & Alan Rothstein

Gail Russell

Deborah Sales & Ted Striggles

Alessandro & Fe Saracino-Fendi

Moshe Sasson

Barbara & David Schimansky

Jesse & Carol Schwartz

Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo

Irene Shen

Joseph Smith & Leslie Hendrix

Marilyn Sobel

Leon Sokol

Ellen Sorrin & David York

Fran Sperling

Mamie and Justin Stewart

Roger Stoltz & Shauna Stoltz-Laurie Abbie M. Strassler

William Sussman & Jane Steele

Swedish Institute and the Swedish Embassy in Cuba Ken Tabachnick & Yael Mandelstam

Gary Tannenbaum & Helen J. Mills

Temple St Clair LLC

Pamela van Zandt & Gina Gibney George Vanderploeg

Lucy Vasserman

Michael & Carol Weiss

Vicente Wolf

Elly Karp Wong

Cooper Wright & Michael Marino

Brann & Ellen Wry

Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn

Eloise Zeller

Christian Zimmermann Bonnie Zamosky-Roth

Investors

($500 and above)

Anonymous (13) Donald R. Allen & Mildred Munich

LaRue Allen & Ebonya Washington

Ellen Alpert

Debra R. Anisman

Maria Cristina Anzola Lucie S. Archbold

Paul Asman & Jill Lenoble

Joan Brooks Baker & Margeaux Klein

Betsy Barbanell

Clay H. Barr

Pamela Baxter

Joan & Ira Berkowitz

*Dr. Andrea Brandon & Black Rubee

Robert & Carol Braun

Jeffrey B. Bruce

Carol Bryce Buchanan

Diana Cagle

Jennifer Kornreich Cahn & Andrew Cahn

Susan Campbell

Karen Carozza

Jason Chuang

Matthew C. Cluney

*Kenneth Cole & Maria Cuomo Cole

Betsy Cornwall

William Cosper

Victoria Cowles

Duke Dang & Charles E. Rosen

*Mary Craig

*Greg Darnieder

Tony & Suzy Davis

Duane Devries

Debora Domass

Michael Eizenberg

Robert Elder & Jacqueline Fox Elder

David & Ingrid Ellen

Judith & Walter Flamenbaum

Dr. Sarah Fox & Mr. Steven Lochie

Eileen & Cono Fusco

Tom & Nina Geller

Karen Gershowitz

Elise Larrabure Girasole

Geraldine Glassman

Prof. James A. Glazier

Virginia Gold Nita & Chuck Goodgal

Katherine Goodman

Lenore & Edward Grabowski

Grant Family Charitable Fund

Bruce Greenwald Charles & Carol Grossman Family Fund

Jane Groveman

Gina Harman

Charles & Elaine Harris

Ira Haupt, II

Mr. Michael D. Herskovitz

Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch

Mr. Gregory Ho & Ms. Linda Sanchez

Cheri Hoff

Erica Hartman-Horvitz

Ralph & Lynn Huber

David H. Hughes, Jr.

Laura J. Illich

Walter Jaffe & Paul King

Robert & Marcy Katz

H. David Kaplan

Jan S. Keithly

Jennifer Aley Kenney

Robert & Elaine Klein

Valarie Koch

Audrey Lam

Arthus & Jane Lane

Stephen B. Lane

Kenneth M. LeClair

*Rosanne Legrand Phyllis & Cary Lemkowitz

Michael Lemle

Elizabeth & Durwood Littlefield

Sophie Main Jennifer & Gideon Malherbe

Julie Mandel Marcus

Joseph M. Marger

*Jennifer Markowitz

Margaret Mastrianni William Mavrelis

Douglas McCorkle

Lorraine J. Meeker

Kati Meister

Tanya Melich & Noel Silverman

Victoria Morris

Paula Moss

Ann Mulally

Deb Murnin

Barry Nalebuff

Drs. Benjamin Natelson & Gudrun Lange

Peter Nelson

Genevieve Nestor

Amanda Lee Neville

Stuart Nordheimer & Barbara Miller

Peter J. Occolowitz

Katherine Ogg

Rachel Ostry, MD

John Owen

Bob Ouimette

The L.E. Phillips Family Foundation, Inc.

The Marshall Franklin Foundation

Brian Polovoy

James & Deborah Purdon

Deborah A. Quirk

Stephanie M. Goldson & Stephen Rappaport

Charles Ragland

Donald W. Roeske, Jr.

Deborah Ronnen

Ellen Rosen

Jean M. Ross

Elsa Ross-Greifinger

Anya Peterson Royce

Jennifer Goodale & Mark Russell

Prince & Petar Sanders

Dr. Carol Ann Satler

In Memory of Tracy Scherman

Marva & Florian Schodel

Lynn N. Schusterman

Robert Score

Deborah Selch

Elizabeth Shapiro

George Sheanshang

Tara Sherman & Tony Weiss

Lindy Shuttleworth & Arthur Reichstetter

Edward Siegel

Dr. Jorge Sigal

Rabbi Charles Simon

Andrew & Jennifer Smith

Joan & Laurence Sorkin

Jason Spiro

Michael Stanley

Jessica E. Stack

William L. Stern

Jim Stiles & Randy Bird

Robin Stout

Helen Sullivan

Dr. Pavur R. Sundaresan

Pamela Tatge

William Tomai & John Eric Sebesta

TPU Local One IATSE

Frank Troutman

Ellie Tweedy

Thomas Van Winkle

Ernie Vickroy

Merna Villarejo

Thomas Allen Walker

Charles Walker

Louise Washer & Mary Clay Fields

Gregory Ward

Sedgwick & Pamela Ward

Chris Watson

Carol A. Weil

Kate Weil

Sara Weinheimer

Stephen D. Weinstein

George S. Werner & Li Werner

Tom Whelan

Gregory Youdan Sponsors

($300 and above)

Anonymous (4)

Patricia Adell

Jane & Stephen Alpert

John Angiolillo, MD

Elaine & Theodossios Athanassiades

Sherry & Sanford Axelband

Vivian Awner

Elena Baum

Nilda Bayron-Resnick

Joan & Ira Berkowitz

Roz Black & Bob Eimicke

Stan & Abby Bloch

Paul Brohan

Leslie Buckland

Jim Bumgardner & Lou Tharp

Deborah Burand Michael & Jennifer Campagna Kelli Carrol Neil & Kathleen Chrisman

Margaret Coady Eileen & Michael Cohen

Galois Cohen

Richard & Mary Ann Cohen

Laurie Colahan

Robert Conkey

Dr. Arturo & Ms. Caren Constantiner

Dr. & Mrs. Frederiick Corio

John Coulter

Mr. John A. Crawford III

Judy Cunningham Diana Davies

Jacqueline Z. Davis

Mr. Anthony DePersia

Dr. Susan Dicker

Rodney Durso Ms. Hope Eliasof Jo Ann Engelhardt

Ellen & Frank Estes

Martha Evenson & Daniel Hoffman

Trudy Festinger

Jennifer Fitzpatrick Ellen Fleysher

Charles A. Forma

Ella M. Foshay & Michael B. Rothfeld Roy Fowler *Steven Fox

Stephanie French Barbara Futter

Mr. Maura Gaenzle

Barbara Gallay Loren Gesinsky & Judy Rudin

Richard Gilden

Ronald Gilliam

Denyse Ginzberg

John D. Goldman

Jennifer Goodale & Mark Russell

Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Grant

Susan E. Green

Lawrence W. Greene

Sandra Gubin

Laurie Hart

Eric Hemel & Barbara Morgen

George & Linda Hiltzik

Herman & Jacquelyn Heinemann Mrs. Ruth W. Heuman

Peter Holleran

Huong Hoang

Susan Israel

Sherrilyn Ifill

Ronald Jacquart Willie Johnson

Drew Reid Kerr

Kenneth Silverman & Carin Khatchikian

Barbara Knox Bond Koga

Susan & Peter Kopple

Irene H. Lang Angela de Lara Lawrence Levine

*Emanuel Lewis

Sukey Lilienthal

Leslie Lin

David Long

Harold W. Low

Peter Maiwald

Judy Mauer

John & Linda Maxwell

Doug & Regina McCorkle

Colleen McCourtney

Rodney McDaniel

Cynthia Adler McKee

R. McNish

Alan Mendelsohn

Carol and Frank Messineo Holly & William Mensching

Vincent Mirrione

Richard J. Moylan

Aaron & Marcia Naveh

Stephen A. Newman

Madeleine Nichols

Anne & Harvey Nisselson

Jeffrey Nunn

Phillip J. Pena

Posner-Wallace Foundation

The Pulse Performing Arts Studio

Jonathan Raskin

Dr. & Mrs. Robert Refowitz

Lan Rice

Judith & Gary Richter

Barbara D. Riehl

Eileen Robert

Susan M. Rosenberg

Barbara S. Rosenthal

Lainie & John Ross

Alan Russell

William H. Sadie

Lies Sapp

Gregg Passin & Andy Schmidt

Laura E. Schneider

Sherry Barron-Seabrook Mary & John Seward

Rita Shawn

Kenneth Shelley

Jennifer Shotwell

*Elizabeth Sledge Anthony & Rosa Smith

Robin Smith & Bill Plante

Martha Sherman Robert & Curtis Spencer

Margaret Stern

Jos Stumpe

Henry & Jo Strouss

Mr. Lars Rosager & Mr. Donald Troise

Ms. Donna Tatro

Pat Tafuro

Jennifer Tipton

Margot Tohn

Tonic Physical Therapy & Wellness

Deirdre Towers

Bruce Tredwell

Charles & Susan Tribbitt

Dana A. Troetel

Patricia Truscelli

Scott Votey

Dick & Carolyn Wallach

Jeff Walsh

Doreen Wright

Yelena Yeretsky

Peter Yorgin

* Denotes Joyce Rising Stars, The Joyce's new or increased donors.

The Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance and Ballet Festival Commissions

The Joyce Theater Foundation thanks the Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation for its invaluable partnership in commissioning new works from both established and emerging ballet companies, and enabling these companies to perform on the Joyce stage. The Joyce gratefully recognizes the donors listed below for their generous matching support that has made this effort possible.

Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation

R. Richard Ablon

Deborah & Charles Adelman

Gerald M. Appelstein

Rob Ashford

Stephen M. Baldini

Theodore S. Bartwink

The Harkness Foundation for Dance

Mick Beekhuizen

Evan Behrens & Dara Stern

Ajay Bhandaram

Torrence Boone

Stephanie R. Breslow & Paul Watterson

Madeline Brine

Richard & Martha Byrne

Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer

Rodney S. Cohen

Alan & Chi Colberg

Arlene Cooper

Pamela Crutchfield

Trisha & Patrick Duval

Jamshid & Mahshid Ehsani

Augie K. Fabela II

Britton & Melina Fisher

Kim Friedman

J. Eric Gambrell

Jane E. Goldberg

Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi

David Haines

John & Judith Hannan

Rex S. Heinke

Cecilia & Jim Herbert

David & Andrea Holbrook

Toni Hoover

Kim Koopersmith

Allen Kovac/ Tenth Street Entertainment

Ronald & Stephanie Kramer

Ronald S. Lauder

Jim Leary

Alec & Sarah Machiels

Joyce F. Menschel

David & Diana Milich Virginia & Timothy Millhiser

Karyl Nairn

Abby McCormick O'Neil & Carroll Joynes

Anh-Tuyet Nguyen & Robert Pollock

Susan & Gregory Pappajohn

Michèle & Steven Pesner

Tatiana Piankova Foundation

Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch

Gregg Rechler/ Lisa & Gregg Rechler Charitable Trust

The Jerome Robbins Foundation

Ann Sahid Rosche

Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart H. Coleman

Rowan Family Foundation Inc.

Saul & Mary Sanders

Fran Schulman

Kathleen A. Scott

Frederic & Robin Seegal

Richard Shea

Howard L. Shecter

Linda Shelton

Irene Shen

Henry R. Silverman

Susan Fawcett Sosin

Allan Sperling & Ferne Goldberg

Wendy & Alex Stanton

Justin A. Stevens

Raymond & Margaret Vandenberg Monica B. Voldstad

Amit Wadhwaney

Daniel Walsh

Stephen & Cathy Weinroth Steven M. Zagar Richard Kielar & Christian Zimmermann

The Young Leaders Circle

Kyle Abraham^

Annie Alfstad

Patricia Arellano

Chellis Baird

Erin Barnes

Alison Baum

Rachel & Dyllan Beck

* Anmol Bhagchand Lisa Bonifacic

Isabella Boylston^ Camille A. Brown^

Victor M. Castillo Alejandro Cerrudo^

*Julia Chambers

Phil Chan Dr. Jason Chuang Mary Craig

Dayana De La Torre

Debora Domass Michelle Dorrance^

Giancarlo Facchi

Robert Fairchild^ Davalois Fearon^ Andrew D. Ferguson

Erica Forrence Jordan Freisleben

*Anna Fryszkowska

Amita Goyal

Ting Guo

Jessica Halper

Mingtong Han

Alexandra Harper, Co-Chair

Kile Hotchkiss^

Alixandra Hornyan, Co-Chair

Audrey Hourse

Laura Hsu

Kristen Irby Amanda Krische Sireesha Kalapala

Jean-François Kowalski

Audrey Lam

Stephanie Lichtinger

Lydia Lin Mitch Lowenthal Michelle K. Marck

Jose Martinez

Katherine Maxwell^

Sara Mearns^

*Katie Mues

*Abigail Nintzel Justin Peck^

Tiler Peck^

Ruby Rosetta Pittman Brecht Putman

Vanessa Rojas Setpheap San^ Claire-Marine Sarner

Bette Ann Schlossberg, Co-Chair

Daniil Simkin^

Elisa Smilovitz

Samara Stern

Evan Strain Mark & Oni Strawn

Sara Strope

Lucy Vasserman Alexander Wang Miss Inga Wells James Whiteside^ Emma Winder

^Artist Committee members to join The Joyce’s Young Leaders Circle, please contact the Development office at 347-856-5828.

JOYCE PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE WITH PUBLIC FUNDS FROM:

The Joyce is supported in part by an American Rescue Plan Act grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support general operating expenses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joyce programs are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council with special thanks to Council Member Erik Bottcher.

FACILITIES & SERVICES

Box Office (212-242-0800): Open Monday thru Sunday, 12pm - 6pm. On days when there is a performance, the box office is open through curtain time; advance sales stop ½ hour prior to curtain time (including matinees). Closed on major holidays. For Hearing Impaired call (TDD) 212-245-2904. To report Lost & Found items, please see an usher or call 212-691-9740.

EMERGENCY RESUSCITATION EQUIPMENT

Resuscitation masks and latex gloves are located in the closet next to the drinking fountain in the Upper Lobby. AED is located downstairs in the reception area. LEARN CPR. For more information, contact the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association.

FIRE NOTICE: The exit indicated by a red light and sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of fire or other emergency, please walk —do not run— to that exit.

WARNING: The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited within the auditorium. Violators will be punished with confiscation of recording device or ejection from the theater, and may be held liable for money damages.

dancer Harry Weston. Photo by George Simian.