ABOUT THE PROGRAM
45TH & 8TH World
Premiere
Choreography by Michelle Dorrance in collaboration with Elizabeth Burke, Luke Hickey, Claudia Rahardjanoto, Leonardo Sandoval, Byron Tittle, and featuring improvisation by the dancers Original Music by Aaron Marcellus in collaboration with the musicians Lighting Design by Kathy Kaufmann Costume Design by Dede Ayite
PERFORMED
BY ELIZABETH BURKE
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MICHELLE DORRANCE
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LUKE HICKEY CLAUDIA RAHARDJANOTO
LEONARDO SANDOVAL
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BYRON TITTLE
Musicians: Aaron Marcellus (vocals/keys), Kyle Everett (drums), Matt Parker (saxophone/flute/clarinet), Gregory Richardson (bass)
This work was created in part during a residency at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Dorrance Dance is an award-winning tap dance company based in New York City. Led by Michelle Dorrance, the company supports dancers and musicians who embody and push the dynamic range that tap dance has to offer. The company’s mission is to engage with audiences on a musical and emotional level, and to share the complex history and powerful legacy of this Black American art form through performance and education.
Founded in 2011 by artistic director and 2015 MacArthur Fellow Michelle Dorrance, the company has received countless accolades, rave reviews, and has performed at venues including Danspace Project, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, The Joyce Theater, New York City Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Vail Dance Festival, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Carolina Performing Arts at UNC Chapel Hill, Cal Performances at UC Berkeley, among many others, including international venues in Canada, France, Germany, Spain, England, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Russia.
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MICHELLE DORRANCE (Artistic Director/Choreographer) is a New York Citybased artist. Mentored by Gene Medler (North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble), she was fortunate to study under many of the last master hoofers. Career highlights include: STOMP, Derick Grant’s Imagine Tap!, Jason Samuels Smith’s Charlie’s Angels/Chasing the Bird, Ayodele Casel’s Diary of a Tap Dancer, Mable Lee’s Dancing Ladies, and playing the bass for Darwin Deez. Company work includes: Savion Glover’s Ti Dii, Manhattan Tap, Barbara Duffy and Co., JazzTap Ensemble, and Rumba Tap. Solo work ranges from The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to commissions for the Martha Graham Dance Company, Vail Dance Festival, American Ballet Theatre, and New York City Center. Michelle made her Broadway choreographic debut with James Lapine’s Flying Over Sunset at Lincoln Center Theater in 2021. A 2018 Doris Duke Artist, 2017 Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellow, and 2015 MacArthur Fellow, Dorrance is humbled to have been acknowledged and supported by United States Artists, The Joyce Theater, the Alpert Awards, Jacob’s Pillow, Princess Grace Foundation-USA, The Field, American Tap Dance Foundation, and the Bessie Awards. Dorrance holds a B.A. from New York University and is a Capezio Athlete.
AARON MARCELLUS (Composer/Musician), singer songwriter, vocal coach, musician, dancer, and actor, was born and raised in Atlanta and has been entertaining crowds around the world for 25+ years. He got his start in Gospel music with his first major record deal with the Warner label Word Records. After placing "Top 24" on American Idol, he was sent on a world tour sponsored by the U.S. Armed Forces, where he performed for thousands in England, Italy, Holland, Germany, France, Korea, Kuwait, and Japan. Aaron has been featured in a Chapstick commercial, NBC’s Next Caller, and is a veteran member of New York City’s OffBroadway hit STOMP also supporting lead in National Black Theater's production of Dreaming Zenzile. Marcellus can be found hosting weekly at a local Burlesque and live music restaurant “Duane Park." Amongst singing all over New York City, directing showcases, tap dancing, acting, and serving as a vocal coach, Aaron is Founder and Creative Director of The Marcellus Collective and CEO of “Surrender To Love” LLC, a foundation that financially supports music & arts programs and feeds hungry bellies.
EPHRAT “BOUNCE” ASHERIE (Choreographer/Dancer) is a New York City-based b-girl, performer, director/choreographer, and a 2016 Bessie Award Winner for Innovative Achievement in Dance. Asherie has received numerous awards to support her work, including Dance Magazine's Inaugural Harkness Promise Award, a Jacob's Pillow Fellowship at the Tilles Center, and two National Dance Project Awards. As artistic director of Ephrat Asherie Dance (EAD), Asherie's work has been presented at The Joyce Theater, Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Spoleto Festival USA, and Art Power! at UCSD, among others. For more information, please visit www.ephratasheriedance.com
WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY
DONOVAN DORRANCE (Composer) hails from North Carolina where he trained as a multi-instrumentalist before moving to NYC to work for Dorrance Dance, with whom he’s toured internationally and composed original music since 2014. In 2016, he and Gregory Richardson received a New Music USA grant to score Dorrance Dance's Myelination which they then released as an album. Dorrance also produces and mixes music for other artists. His solo debut album will be released in Spring 2023. www.donovandorrance.com
ELIZABETH BURKE (Co-Dance Captain/Dancer) has worked full time with the company since its inaugural 2010-2011 season. Before Dorrance Dance being her artistic focus, she spent 11 years under the mentorship of Gene Medler in the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble. She’s also an alumna of the School at Jacob’s Pillow. Elizabeth teaches, choreographs, and performs at tap dance festivals across the country, and works with fellow Carolinian Luke Hickey. She thanks Amelia Peden for their inimitable support.
ALLISON EASTER (Dancer) is a dancer, singer, actress, choreographer, director, master teacher. Credits include: First American woman in STOMP; 36 years (and counting) with Meredith Monk; Bessie Award; dancer with Susan Marshall, Ann Carlson, and currently Jane Comfort. Has performed, toured, and restaged works throughout the US, in Budapest, Manila, Ukraine, Taiwan, and Europe. On faculty at Barnard and at Bank Street College of Education where she teaches kindergarten teachers to better use Music and Movement in their classrooms.
KIMMARIE ELLE (Dancer) (she/her) is an educator, actor, dancer, and choreographer. As an original cast member of the Off-Broadway show STOMP, she appeared on Sesame Street, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, Late Night with David Letterman, The 68th Annual Academy Awards, and in the HBO film STOMP OUT LOUD. For the past ten years, she has been a full-time middle school Dance and Creative Arts Teacher and is presently a high school Health/Sex Ed Teacher.
KYLE EVERETT (Musician) is delighted to be performing with Dorrance Dance. He has done various performances and programs with The Juilliard school of Music, All City Jazz bands, and performed for various celebrities, events, TV programs, and much more.
FRITZLYN HECTOR (Dancer) is a 2021 Bessie Award-winning Haitian Brooklyn native director, choreographer, performer, and educator seasoned with a multidimensional career of 25 years. A STOMP performer and cast trainer, “Fritz” taught at Princeton, NYU, and Hofstra University and currently teaches at Long Island University Post. Credits: NETFLIX Julie's Greenroom, The Jimmy Fallon Show, Good Morning America, Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, VH1 Hip Hop Honors, PBS Free to Dance, NJPAC, VH1 Hip Hop Honors, Australia Adelaide Festival, and Amazon Prime’s Musica film.
THE COMPANY
WHO'S WHO IN
LUKE HICKEY (Dancer) is a NYC-based tap dance artist and choreographer, named by Dance Magazine among ‘25 To Watch’ in 2020. Hickey credits his knowledge and achievements to the incomparable brilliance of his mentor, JUBA Award recipient Gene Medler (North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble). His choreography has been presented by Jacob’s Pillow, Birdland Jazz Club, and Chelsea Factory, to name a few. Luke is honored to be a company member of Michelle Dorrance’s Dorrance Dance.
STEPHANIE MARSHALL (Dancer) is a native New Yorker who made her professional debut as a child in the 1976 Broadway production of Porgy & Bess. She began her dance training at Dance Theater of Harlem and earned a B.A. in Theater from Vassar College. Her favorite credits include: cast member of Off-Broadway’s STOMP; co-star of Pride and Soul, which she co-wrote and presented at NYC’s Fringe Festival; and featured conga player in Drummer's Morning (national Folgers commercial).
MATT PARKER (Musician) is a saxophonist and composer whose highlights include: Dr. Lonnie Smith, Al Hirt, Pete Fountain, The Mingus Big Band, Cape Town Youth Choir, Bridgett Everett, and spending two years touring with Maynard Ferguson. Parker has written and released two albums, World Put Together (2014) and Present Time (2016), both albums receiving album of the year awards. He is the composer and musical director for multiple theater companies that create original content.
CLAUDIA RAHARDJANOTO (Dancer), born and raised in Berlin, Germany, started her professional dance career at the Deutsche Oper Berlin at the age of nine. At 15, she fell in love with tap dance under the tutelage of Sven Göttlicher and Marie-Christin Zeisset and moved to NYC in 2003 to pursue a career in tap dance. A Dorrance Dance member since the company's inception, Claudia hopes to continue to share her love and passion for music and the art of tap dance through her teaching and performing worldwide.
GREGORY RICHARDSON (Musical Director/Musician) is a multi-instrumentalist focusing on upright and electric bass. He's the co-creator of Music From The Sole, an Afro-Brazilian tap dance and live band show that is currently in residence at Lincoln Center Education. He's played drums, keys, and guitar with the band Darwin Deez at the world’s largest music festivals in the UK, Australia, Japan, Germany, and Austria.
LEONARDO SANDOVAL (Dancer), Brazilian tap dancer and choreographer, is renowned for blending America’s great tap tradition with Brazil’s rich rhythmic and musical heritage. A member of Dorrance Dance since 2014, he also directs Music From The Sole, a tap and live music company, with composer Gregory Richardson. Leonardo was named a 2021 Dance Magazine “25 To Watch,” received a 2022 Vilcek Foundation Prize for Creative Promise, and is a 2022 NYSCA/ NYFA Artist Fellow in Choreography.
COMPANY
WHO'S WHO IN THE
VICKIE TANNER (Dancer) Theatre: Tantalus (British tour), Two Days (Long Wharf), and STOMP (NYC/Europe); Solo Play: Running Into Me (59E59, La MaMa, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Edinburgh Fringe Festival); Film: Home (Netflix), Inventory, and No Way Out; Television: Jigsaw (Netflix), Wonderland (ABC); One Cuckoo web series (creator, co-writer, producer): Harlem Film Festival, SAG Indie Award finalist. Master teaching artist with Park Avenue Armory, Roundabout Theatre, and Manhattan Class Company. Thank you to Dorrance Dance and my husband, Hillel!
BYRON TITTLE (Co-Dance Captain/Dancer), at a young age, started tap dance with David Rider and the American Tap Dance Foundation in his hometown of New York. Wanting to study other disciplines, he also trained at Broadway Dance Center and Steps on Broadway. Byron recently toured the United States, Australia, and New Zealand with Hugh Jackman in The Man, The Music, The Show, and is humbled to have received a 2019 Princess Grace Foundation Dance Fellowship Award.
DEDE AYITE (Costume Designer) Broadway: Topdog Underdog, Ohio State Murders, American Buffalo, How I Learned to Drive, A Soldier’s Play, Slave Play, American Son. Select Off-Broadway: Merry Wives (The Public); The Secret Life of Bees (Atlantic). Ayite recently designed costumes for Music From The Sole: I Didn't Come to Stay. Regionally, her work has appeared at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Arena Stage, and more. Awards: Drama Desk, Obie, Lucille Lortel, Helen Hayes, Theatre Bay Area, Jeff Awards, Two Tony nominations.
OLIVIA BROWN (Stage Manager) is a NYC-based Stage Manager and Freelance Technician specializing in dance production. Throughout the past year, she has worked at Jacob’s Pillow, Park Avenue Armory, and Chelsea Factory in both administrative and production roles to help bring artistic visions to life. When not working in the arts, Olivia can be found working as a personal trainer.
KATHY KAUFMANN (Lighting Designer) is a New York City native and two time Bessie recipient. She is resident designer at the esteemed Danspace Project at St. Marks Church and has taught at Sarah Lawrence and NYU. She designs regularly for Dorrance Dance, Joanna Kotze, The Bang Group, Mariana Valencia, Rebecca Stenn, Ephrat Asherie Dance, Vicky Shick, and Music From The Sole
CHRISTOPHER MARC (Production Manager/Sound Designer) is a NYC-based Sound Designer & Production Manager from Minneapolis, MN. He has designed and engineered sound for Michelle Dorrance, Music From the Sole, Variety Life Productions, Lincoln Center Restart Stages, Luke Hickey, and Michael Jellick, as well as regional and Off-Broadway productions with the Kennedy Center, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival, IJB Productions, Aquila Theatre, and Mills Entertainment. Christopher also designs/builds custom floors for percussive dance and is owner/ operator of @CMarcAudio.
WHO'S WHO
THE COMPANY
IN
DORRANCE DANCE STAFF
Artistic Director
Executive Director
General Manager
Production Manager/Sound Designer
Administrative & Company Manager
Development Manager
Assistant to Artistic Director Co-Dance Captains
Musical Director
Lighting Designer
Lighting Supervisor Stage Manager
Costume Designer
Assistant to Costume Designer Wardrobe Supervisor
Assistant to Wardrobe Supervisor
Production Assistants
Michelle Dorrance
Andrea Nellis
Tina Huang Abrams
Christopher Marc Remi Shimode
Amanda Hameline
Gabby Benavides
Elizabeth Burke & Byron Tittle
Gregory Richardson Kathy Kaufmann
Serena Wong
Olivia Brown
Dede Ayite
Sophie Schneider Amy Page Ali Lane
Alexander Roberts & Carly Shiner
DORRANCE DANCE REPRESENTATION
Financial Services
Artist Representative Legal Advisor
Belina Mizrahi, Arts FMS
Barbara Frum, outer/most Henri Benaim
DORRANCE DANCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Chair
Secretary Treasurer
Directors
Joseph Gallo
Deb Klowden Mann
Marc Steglitz
Courtney Blackwell Burton
Michelle Dorrance
M’Liss Dorrance
Michael Feller
COMPANY
ABOUT THE
Thank you to our individual donors at all levels who help bring our performances to life!
We also extend our deepest gratitude to all of the major donors whose participation in Dorrance Dance’s 2022 Annual Fund has made this year a success (list as of 11/28/2022):
CHOREOGRAPHER'S CIRCLE
Amy and David Abrams Jody and John Arnhold M'Liss and Anson Dorrance Michael and Nancy Feller Joseph and Ann Gallo Carolyn Gray and George Peppard Michael Lemle Ann Mulally
Robert Pollock Joel and Angela Solomon Marc and Ilene Steglitz
ARTISTS' CIRCLE
Charles and Deborah Adelman Walter and Marjorie Buckley Gene and Jean Stark Richard and Elizabeth Witten
EDUCATOR'S CIRCLE
Hank and Gerry Alpert Shawn Becker and Rachel Perkel Walter and Susan Buckley Dick and Lisa Cashin
Christopher Jones and Deborah McAlister Roger M. and Laura Lavan Mark and Taryn Leavitt Kathleen Welsh and Gary Loveman Virginia and Timothy Millhiser Monica Voldstad Gabrielle Yen
FRIENDS’ CIRCLE
Anabel Adams and Scott Craft Karen C. and Edward Applebome Henri Benaim and Aloysius Tan Carolyn Benbow Peter and Heather Boneparth Munroe and Becky Cobey Stuart H. Coleman and Meryl Rosofsky
Elizabeth Cornwall Gretchen Court Sarah and Timothy Eustis Walter and Judith Flamenbaum Jean Fraser and Geoff Gordon-Creed Steffie Gittleman
Sarah E. Hancock Shari Hellman and Evan Steen Stephen Hoffman Roger and Laura Lavan Mark and Taryn Leavitt Donna Moro-Sutherland Tory Kane
Thomas S. Kenan, III Linda and Steve Moffitt Sejal Patel Wyndham Robertson Caren Roseman Susan Schwab Peter Segal and Susan Wilen Denise Littlefield Sobel Roger Tilles and Christine Alkin Paula Wardynski Kelsey Wirth
Dorrance Dance is generously supported by the Mellon Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, MacMillan Family Foundation, Shubert Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Hyde and Watson Foundation, and Harkness Foundation for Dance.
Rehearsal and development for this performance was supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. These performances are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. This program is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the city council.
Dorrance Dance is a recipient of a U.S. Small Business Administration Shuttered Venue Operators Grant, made possible by the leadership of Senate Majority Leader Charles D. Schumer.
COMPANY
ABOUT THE
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:
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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 and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
Lead corporate support:
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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. EXECUTIVE
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JOYCE THEATER
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ABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION
DIRECTOR
LINDA SHELTON Assistant to the Executive Director........Ayo Janeen Jackson
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ADMINISTRATION General Manager Huong Hoang Associate General Manager........................................Katy Myers Human Resources Manager Sharonica Williams Office Manager.........................................................Christine Guglia Director of Development
OPEN Director of Institutional Giving..................................Jean M. Ross Assistant Director of Individual Giving.....................Meg White Assistant Director, Special Events..........................Vernon Scott Individual Giving Manager..............................................Jesse Chin Institutional Giving Manager...................................................OPEN Special Events Associate...........................................Maeve
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PRODUCTIONS
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THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Virginia A. Millhiser, Chair
Amit Wadhwaney, Vice Chair
Stephanie R. Breslow, Treasurer
R. Richard Ablon
Charles M. Adelman
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
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Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary
Kerry Clayton, Chair Emeritus David D. Holbrook, Chair Emeritus
Saul Sanders
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Susan Fawcett Sosin
Lauren E. Shortt
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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 rede veloped 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 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
Leanne Lachman
Mertz Gilmore Foundation
Toni Hoover
In Motion
*Elysabeth Kleinhans
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
Leaders
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
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
