Garth Fagan Dance Program Book

The Joyce Theater Foundation presents

FOUNDER & ARTISTIC DIRECTOR GARTH FAGAN

REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

NORWOOD PENNEWELL

GARTH FAGAN DANCE SCHOOL DIRECTOR & ASSISTANT REHEARSAL DIRECTOR NATALIE ROGERS-CROPPER

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM NICOLETTE FERGUSON

BUSINESS & ADVANCEMENT STRATEGIST LYDIA BODDIE-RICE

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

WILLIAM J. FERGUSON II

INNOVATION, MARKETING, & NEW BUSINESS MODELS (for Joyce Campaign) REACHING FOR HIGHER GROUND CONSULTING

MARKETING & CREATIVE LYNDSAY POLIZZI

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSOCIATES ALEC SHIMAN DAMALI UNDERWOOD

PRINCIPAL DANCERS

NORWOOD PENNEWELL • NATALIE ROGERS-CROPPER • STEVE HUMPHREY GABRIELLE SAMUEL • SABRINA CMELAK

DANCERS

JOHN CRIM • DARIA CLARKE • DESTINY FELDER • ETHAN BECKWITH-COHEN IRA LINDSAY • NATHAN E. MCNATT, JR. • KIARA J. HAYWOOD

GUEST PERFORMERS

DAVENTE GILREATH • KEISHA LAREN CLARKE GRAY • WYNTON RICE

LIGHTING DESIGNER

LUTIN TANNER

WARDROBE SUPERVISOR CHANTAL

THOMAS

These performances of Garth Fagan Dance at The Joyce Theater are supported, in part, by the Anne Hayden McQuay Arts and Cultural Fund, the Arts For Tomorrow Fund, the Rochester Community Area Foundation, and the Farash Foundation, and the work and contribution of Reaching for Higher Ground Consulting who we owe our deepest gratitude. Garth Fagan Dance programs 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.

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 has been provided by Ford Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and The SHS Foundation.

PROGRAM A

Tues. November 15, 7:30pm Wed. November 16, 7:30pm Sat. November 19, 8pm

PRELUDE

FOUR WOMEN

(Excerpt from Liberation Suite) DREAMER Intermission

CONTACT FOURS Intermission

TRANSLATION/ TRANSITION

ABOUT THE PROGRAMS

PROGRAM B

Thurs. November 17, 8pm Fri. November 18, 8pm Sun. November 20, 2pm

MUSIC OF THE LINE/ WORDS IN THE SHAPE Intermission CONTACT FOURS Intermission *THE NORTH STAR

*The North Star will be replaced by Translation/Transition on Sun. November 20 at 2pm.

PROGRAM C

Sat. November 19, 2pm

PRELUDE SONATA AND THE AFTERNOON DREAMER Intermission CONTACT FOURS Pause ONE LOVE (Excerpt from Translation/Transition)

ABOUT THE DANCES

FOUR WOMEN (1973)

Excerpt from Liberation Suite "For Angela Davis" Choreography, Lighting, and Costumes: Garth Fagan Music: Nina Simone NATALIE ROGERS

PRELUDE (1981/1983)* “Discipline is Freedom” Choreography: Garth Fagan Music: Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) and Max Roach Original Lighting Design: C.T. Oakes Costumes: Amanda Horne

Prelude premiered in September 1981 and was revised in May 1983. Very special thanks to Abdullah Ibrahim and Max Roach. Abdullah Ibrahim (Dollar Brand) on Japo Records African Piano (60002ST), Max Roach on Columbia Records M’Boom (DBL36247).

SONATA AND THE AFTERNOON (1983)

Choreography & Costumes: Garth Fagan

Music: Johannes Brahms

Original Lighting Design: C.T. Oakes

WYNTON RICE • DESTINY FELDER

MUSIC OF THE LINE/ WORDS IN THE SHAPE (2001)

Choreography & Costumes: Garth Fagan

Music: John Adams

Original Lighting Design: C.T. Oakes

SECTION 1

SECTION 2

THE COMPANY

Norwood Pennewell, Nathan E. McNatt, Jr., Kiara J. Haywood, Gabrielle Samuel, Davente Gilreath, Destiny Felder, Ira Lindsay, Sabrina Cmelak, Ethan Beckwith-Cohen

SECTION 3

Norwood Pennewell, Gabrielle Samuel, Sabrina Cmelak, Nathan E. McNatt, Jr., & Company

TRANSLATION/TRANSITION (2002)

Choreography: Garth Fagan

Music: Jazz Jamaica All Stars

Original Lighting Design: C.T. Oakes

Costumes: Mary Nemecek Peterson

THREE TWO ONE LOVE

Norwood Pennewell, Gabrielle Samuel, Sabrina Cmelak

Keisha Laren Clarke Gray, Steve Humphrey, Wynton Rice, John Crim, Daria Clarke, Ira Lindsay, Nathan E. McNatt, Jr., Ethan Beckwith-Cohen, Kiara J. Haywood, Destiny Felder

Keisha Laren Clarke Gray, Norwood Pennewell, Natalie Rogers, Ira Lindsay, & Company

THE NORTH STAR (2018)

“Carry us away Captivity require from us a song” Psalm 137 was Frederick Douglass’s favorite psalm. Choreography: Garth Fagan Music: The Melodians & Walter Blanding Lighting Design: Lutin Tanner Costumes: Zinda Williams Sculpture Design: Olivia Kim

PSALM 137

PART 2 — SLAVERY

PART 3 PART 4 PART 5 — REVERANCE/CELEBRATION

Steve Humphrey

Davente Gilreath, John Crim, Ira Lindsay

Young Frederick: Davente Gilreath Mature Frederick: Norwood Pennewell

Betsy Bailey: Natalie Rogers Rosetta Douglass: Daria Clarke Anne Murray Douglass: Gabrielle Samuel Helen Pitts Douglass: Sabrina Cmelak Norwood Pennewell Keisha Laren Clarke Gray, & Company

Special thanks to Walter Blanding, Natalie Rogers-Cropper, and William J. Ferguson II. Special thanks to Calvin Eison & Olivia Kim for the statue of Frederick Douglass. Special thanks to Jacqueline Davis & Jack Glickman, Barbara Koontz, Deborah Ronnen, and Richard & Vicki Schwartz, for their generous support of new choreography. Fantasy in Blue by permission of Walter Blanding. DREAMER (2021)

Choreography & Costumes: Norwood Pennewell Music: Baljinder Sekhon II Lighting Design: Lutin Tanner

DAVENTE GILREATH • GABRIELLE SAMUEL SABRINA CMELAK • DARIA CLARKE

Special thanks to William J. Ferguson II, Jamal Rossi, and the Eastman School of Music

CONTACT

FOURS

(2022)

Choreography: Norwood Pennewell Music: Marc Cary, DJ-9, and Masters of Groove Lighting Design: Lutin Tanner Costumes: Wendell C. Carmichael

DAVENTE GILREATH • GABRIELLE SAMUEL SABRINA CMELAK • JOHN CRIM

ABOUT GARTH FAGAN

GARTH FAGAN (Founder/Artistic Director/President) has been called “a true original,” “a genuine leader,” and “one of the great reformers of modern dance.” Garth Fagan is the founder and artistic director of the multi award-winning Garth Fagan Dance, Garth Fagan Dance School, and the Fagan Institute East. Celebrating 52 years with this home season at The Joyce, the internationally acclaimed company is taking its rightful place as a Black Legacy dance company with a message that shows people of color are worthy, capable, and interested in telling stories that affect people of all colors and backgrounds. As an “Irreplaceable Dance Treasure” Tony and Olivier Award winner, Fagan used the dance vocabulary born of Garth Fagan Dance- Fagan Technique, to create the movement that helped build Disney’s The Lion King on Broadway to its towering heights. Over 100 million audience members have become part of one global community he helped create on stage. Fagan Technique continually renews a distinctive dance vocabulary, which draws on many sources: a sense of weight in modern dance, torso-centered movement and energy of Afro-Caribbean, the speed and precision of ballet, and the rule breaking experimentation of the postmoderns. “Originality has always been Mr. Fagan’s strong suit, not least in his transformation of recognizable idioms into a dance language that looks not only fresh but even idiosyncratic,” writes Anna Kisselgoff of The New York Times. For his path-breaking choreography for Walt Disney’s The Lion King, Fagan was awarded the prestigious 1998 Tony Award for Best Choreography. He also received the 1998 Drama Desk Award, 1998 Outer Critics Circle Award, 1998 Astaire Award, 2000 Laurence Olivier Award, 2001 Ovation Award, and the 2004 Helpmann Award for his work on the Broadway musical, which opened in Fall 1997 to extraordinary critical praise. Fagan’s distinguished work in the theater also includes the first fully staged production of the Duke Ellington street opera, Queenie Pie, at the Kennedy Center in 1986 and the opening production of Joseph Papp’s New York Shakespeare Festival’s Shakespeare Marathon: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1988), set in Brazil and directed by A.J. Antoon.

In the world of concert dance, Fagan choreographs primarily for his company. “An evening spent with Garth Fagan Dance is a humanity-affirming event” (Victoria Looseleaf). His work, Mudan 175/39, was named by The New York Times as the third of the top six dance watching moments of 2009. The company continues to be cited for its excellence and originality: ”Consider the Fagan program a prime example of the versatility and sophistication of concert dance in this new century” (The Los Angeles Times).

Fagan has also produced commissions for a number of leading companies, including his first work on pointe, Footprints Dressed in Red, for Dance Theatre of Harlem, Scene Seen, a solo for Judith Jamison for the debut of the Jamison Project, Jukebox for Alvin for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Never No Lament for the José Limón Dance Company, and Ellington Elation, part of a triad of pieces commissioned by New York City Ballet in honor of Duke Ellington’s centenary and New York City Ballet’s 50th anniversary. In 2012, Lewis Segal wrote: "...it was American master Garth Fagan who best fused technical virtuosity with conceptual depth... soul-deep conviction and spectacular flair….the indispensable dance experience of the year.”

Fagan began his career when he toured Latin America with Ivy Baxter and her national dance company from Jamaica. Baxter and two other famed dance teachers from the Caribbean, Pearl Primus and Lavinia Williams, were major influences on Fagan. In New York City, Fagan studied with Martha Graham, José Limón, Mary Hinkson, and Alvin Ailey, who were all central to his development. Fagan was director of Detroit’s All-City Dance Company and principal soloist and choreographer for Detroit Contemporary Dance Company and Dance Theatre of Detroit. In October 2001, Fagan, a native of Jamaica, was presented with the Order of Distinction in the rank of Commander: A national honor bestowed upon him by the Jamaican government. In August 1998, he received that country’s Special Gold Musgrave Medal for his “Contribution to the World of Dance and Dance Theater,” and at Prime Minister P.J. Patterson’s Independence Gala, Fagan was presented with the Prime Minister’s Award, a plate bearing the signatures of all the prime ministers of Jamaica, acknowledging his achievements.

In 2012 Garth Fagan was selected as an “Irreplaceable Dance Treasure” by The Dance Heritage Coalition, an irreplaceable dance treasure has made a significant impact on dance as an art form, demonstrated artistic excellence, enriched the nation's cultural heritage, demonstrated the potential to enhance the lives of future generations, and shown itself worthy of national and international recognition. In 2011, the Institute of Caribbean Studies, which celebrates excellence in literature, science, technology, community service, and corporate leadership, presented Fagan with the Marcus Garvey Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2012, the University of Rochester and its Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies awarded The Frederick Douglass Medal to Fagan to acknowledge his scholarship and civic engagement that honor the Douglass' legacy. In Fall 2017, Garth received A Lifetime Achievement award from the American Dance Guild. He is a Chancellor’s Award-winning Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of the State University of New York, and taught for over three decades at the State University of New York at Brockport. In the Fall of 2003, Fagan received the George Eastman Medal from the University of Rochester for “outstanding achievement and dedicated service.” He holds honorary doctorates from The Juilliard School, the University of Rochester, Nazareth College of Rochester, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges. In 2001, he was the recipient of the Golden Plate Award and was inducted into the American Academy of Achievement. In 1996, he was named a Fulbright 50th Anniversary Distinguished Fellow. Fagan received the 2001 Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a prestigious three-year choreography fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. In recognition of his contribution to modern dance, Fagan has received the Dance Magazine Award for “significant contributions to dance during a distinguished career” and a Bessie Award for Sustained Achievement. Other awards include the Monarch Award from the National Council for Culture and Art, the Lillian Fairchild Award, and the Arts Achievement Award from his alma mater, Wayne State University. On October 1, 2021, Fagan received the distinguished Eastman Luminary Award for his extraordinary service to music and the arts at both local and national level.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Garth Fagan Dance is an internationally acclaimed American dance company rooted in African traditions and the Black dance vocabulary Fagan Technique™. Celebrating more than 50 years since its founding, the company has been led by a 20th Century dance treasure and longest running Black Choreographer on Broadway, Founder and Artistic Director Garth Fagan. Fueled from one of his life contributions, his award-winning work helping create Disney’s The Lion King on stage, 100 million + audience members have moved with his vision of cultural unity through movement.

One of the few Black-created and led cultural organizations to have such a world impact while having a base in Rochester, NY, Garth Fagan Dance has a reputation for responsive contribution, builds on a platform of social justice, creative leadership in troubling times, and innovation that utilizes community engagement and unique partnerships to addresses issues facing our country, it’s arts and culture, and the people that need them both.

Garth Fagan Dance has performed in 600 cities, 27 countries, and six continents for thousands of global citizens since 1970. The Headquarters are located in the City of Rochester, and house a studio theater, a second studio, administrative offices, and dressing rooms for the professional company and students of the Garth Fagan Dance School. The school is an integral part of the organization’s mission to connect the greater Rochester region to its local and global African heritage communities. The School is the axis which provides the official national curriculum of the trademarked Fagan Technique™. Thousands of students, children to adults, from across the United States and abroad, experience the world-class standards of the Fagan instruction that promote self-confidence, encourage health and wellbeing, and foster creativity with a deep love of the arts.

Left to Right: Keisha Laren Clarke Gray, Gabrielle Samuel, Norwood PJ Pennewell, Davente Gilreath, Natalie Rogers-Cropper, Sabrina Cmelak, John Crim. Photo: Reaching for Higher Ground Consulting.

Garth Fagan Dance (GFD) is recognized as a world-class, world-renowned, and worldwide incubator of contemporary dance, whose iconic, trademarked technique, rich and diverse repertoire, abiding commitment to diversity, inclusion, and social justice reform, invokes the guiding principle of movement and artistic expression: “discipline is freedom.”

The mission of Garth Fagan Dance is to foster awareness, advance, nurture, and share the pioneering vision of Garth Fagan, iconic choreographer, dancer, and transformative leader of contemporary American dance.

Garth Fagan Dance is committed to: Enriching our community by sharing the power and joy of dance -- inspiring our audiences with the highest caliber of artistic excellence on stage, Empowering our students through superior dance education by offering training that encourages young people, regardless of their race, gender, or financial resources to develop their full potential, and inspiring engaging, and broadening our audiences of today and the future through our innovative educational programs, community partnerships and collaborations, social justice initiatives, breathtaking performances, and inclusive activities that enrich, empower, and unite communities across the globe.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

President, Founder, Artistic Director Interim Chair & Treasurer Vice Chair Secretary

Garth Fagan Jesse Dudley Jocelyn Goldberg-Schaible Deborah Mulford, M.D.

At Large

Christopher E. Blank, Marilyn Brown M.D., Abbey Germano, Roberta J. Seidman M.D., Coral Surgeon M.D., Adam Terry, Ian Wilson

Left to Right: Gabrielle Samuel, Sabrina Cmelak, John Crim. Photo: Reaching for Higher Ground Consulting.

WHO'S WHO IN THE

WILLIAM (BILL) J. FERGUSON II (Executive Director), Executive Director of Garth Fagan Dance, is a thought leader navigating the future of a global dance treasure, a person of distinction nationally providing insight and advice for a number of Boards and Initiatives, and is founder of Bilbilravago LLC, a jewelry & sculpture company where he also maintains artistic insights as one of the lead designers of fine jewelry and installation creations. Mr. Ferguson spent his formative years, six to 17, in Turkey and Germany, and is a U.S. Air Force veteran; he was a crew chief on OV-10a light attack and observation aircraft. Mr. Ferguson joined Garth Fagan Dance in 1989 and became a senior company member in 1996. While teaching and growing administratively and artistically, William has worked at every level within the Garth Fagan Dance School since 1990. In an effort to share more fully, Bill created and began directing the Garth Fagan Dance Student Ensemble in 2000. For 20 years, the ensemble has become a nurturing ground for the next generations of Fagan experts and off-book thinkers. William has choreographed and executive produced performances of the Ensemble at venues across the middle region of New York State and at noted places including The MAG’s Clothesline Festival, preserved Sonnenberg Gardens, the Susan B. Anthony House; home of one of the mothers of women's suffrage, and, most recently, at the City of Rochester Black Heritage Performance at the Hochstein School of Music.

The Garth Fagan Dance Student Ensemble was chosen in collaboration with Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra and Trumpeter Herb Smith as one of five arts organizations awarded $100,000 by The Max and Marian Farash Charitable Foundation. The Ensemble provided local at-risk teens with an intensive, innovative introduction to dance, complete with culminating free public performances that helped realign the lives of several participants and their families. The program included after-school classes in Fagan Technique, specialized workshops in topics that included anti-bullying, street safety, and nutrition. The initiative exemplified the role that music, visual arts, and dance could play in the life of those most vulnerable. Additionally, field trips for students and parents to local cultural institutions developed into an evening of original works performed by the students with original choreography by Mr. Ferguson and music by Herb Smith.

Mr. Ferguson, who was also a noted compositional intellect before joining Fagan, has also taught Technique, dance composition, and repertory classes at the Garth Fagan Dance Summer Movement Institute since its inception in 2004. After retiring from the concert stage in 2008, Mr. Ferguson embraced the position of Executive Artistic Liaison for Garth Fagan Dance and Personal Assistant to Garth Fagan. Through the years, his roles have included Company Manager, Production Manager, and Facilities Manager. He also contributed to the curation and archival digitizing of Garth Fagan and Fagan Dancers history and origin story, including maintaining archival video, producing television and radio commercials, national and international ads, and marketing and grant peripherals for Garth Fagan Dance. Currently, he is the lead in the development of a Cooperative-Creative connection with Rochester Institute of Technology/ National Institute for the Deaf and creating a national Fagan Technique department at the lauded university.

Paying it forward, William serves as Vice President of the Board of the Joseph Avenue Arts and Culture Alliance, is a member of the George Eastman Museum board, and has served in an Advisory role for the New York State Council of the Arts. A prostate cancer survivor, William’s greatest joy is being husband to Nicolette Depass and father to his sons, William Donovan and Nicholas Lamond.

NORWOOD PENNEWELL (Rehearsal Director/Choreographer/ Principal Dancer) joined Garth Fagan Dance in 1978. He is the quintessential Garth Fagan dancer and is Fagan's assistant and muse. Pennewell is a recipient of a 1988 New York Performance Award "Bessie" and has had several major works created for him, including Passion Distanced, Time After Before Place, and Moth Dreams, among others. Pennewell's dancing has been seen all over the world as well as on Great Performances, The Tonight Show, and in Duke Ellington's Queenie Pie. In 1994, he was invited to perform in the 66th Annual Academy Awards. Pennewell teaches company and master classes for Garth Fagan Dance. He assisted Mr. Fagan during his work on Broadway’s The Lion King and the NYC Ballet 50th anniversary Ellington project.

Norwood “PJ” Pennewell has a 44-year performance history as a world-class dancer, and a decades long understanding of Fagan Technique. Over the past 11 years, Mr. Pennewell has choreographed 11 new works on Garth Fagan Dance and is the only choreographer that has set works on the company other than Fagan himself. Nine of these works held their world premiere at The Joyce Theater in New York City to rave reviews: “As you'd expect, Pennewell's movement and formal acuity are rooted in his mentor's style. But right away, there's a smart quirk…” (Village Voice); “Mr. Pennewell knows how to organize bodies. And he knows these bodies: their strengths, their weaknesses, their inclinations, in relation to a very particular way of moving” (The New York Times). Each work uses the Fagan Technique as a foundation and deftly shows Mr. Pennewell developing his craft by taking risks with musical choices and movement phrases in relationship to the music, lighting, and costuming. Pennewell’s work demonstrates his abillity to incorporate each dancer’s individual strengths into his choreography. Mr. Pennewell also has a critical understanding of Garth Fagan Dance as a cutting-edge contemporary modern dance company; he successfully combines his creative process and the unique elements of the Fagan Technique with sophisticated concepts and movement invention.

NATALIE

ROGERS-CROPPER

(School Director/Assistant Rehearsal Director/Principal Dancer) is a graduate of The Julliard School (B.F.A. Class of 1984) and joined Garth Fagan Dance in 1989. As a principal dancer, in 1992, she received the prestigious “Bessie” award for her performances. She is also a 1993 recipient of The President’s Award from her country of birth, Trinidad and Tobago. Natalie was voted one of the top three female modern dancers in the world, by readers of Dance Magazine in the 2004 “Readers Choice'' Awards. Natalie has danced at the 66th Annual Academy Awards and appeared in a principal role in Great Performances production of Garth Fagan’s Griot New York performed live with the Wynton Marsalis Septet. Natalie was one of Mr. Fagan’s assistants for the Tony Award-winning megahit The Lion King on Broadway. She also assisted Mr. Fagan in setting Ellington Elation on the New York City Ballet, and

Jukebox for Alvin and From Before on The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Ms. Rogers-Cropper has taught the Fagan technique worldwide for 32 years, becoming school director in 2004. For her leadership in business, and all her other achievements over her 32-years career with Garth Fagan Dance, Natalie became one of the recipients of the Women of Excellence Award from the Rochester Business Journal in April 2021.

STEVE HUMPHREY (Principal Dancer) is the only original member of Garth Fagan Dance still dancing and is the company’s first "Bessie" Award winner. He helped formulate the Fagan Technique in its early stages and has mentored new Fagan dancers over his 51year tenure at GFD. Garth Fagan, Humphrey’s teacher, mentor, and only choreographer, has created several major roles for him, including Oatka Trail, which garnered him a Bessie Award in 1984. Steve was also featured on PBS dancing Griot New York and in Duke Ellington’s musical, Queenie Pie, at the Kennedy Center. He approaches every day with a positive attitude and a disciplined work ethic which has allowed his distinguished longevity with the company. Steve is grateful for the ongoing love and support of Garth Fagan, the company, the Rochester community, and audiences around the world and is deeply grateful for the love and support of his wife of 27 years.

GABRIELLE SAMUEL (Principal Dancer) joined Garth Fagan Dance in April 2021. She hails from San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago, and trained at Eugene Joseph Trinidad Dance Theatre, The Alpha Theatrical Dance Company, The Shift Contemporary Dance Company, Marabella Open Bible Church Dance Academy, and Caribbean School of Dancing. She studied Dance, African & African American Studies, and Archaeology at Washington University in St Louis. Gabrielle has experience in Modern, Ballet, Contemporary, Afro-Contemporary, Afropop, Liturgical, Horton, Dunham, Ghanaian dance, and Talawa Technique. She has worked with Raja Feather Kelly, Ronald K. Brown, Cecil Slaughter, Kirven Douthit-Boyd, Jillene Forde, and Joaquín Collado, among other choreographers. She enjoys GFD's fusion of Europeanist and Africanist dance vocabulary and is grateful for the family and friends whose support has made it possible for her to be here.

SABRINA CMELAK (Principal Dancer) received her B.F.A. in dance and B.A. in psychology at Fordham University in partnership with the Ailey School. Prior to college, she studied at Riverside Ballet Arts, The Debbie Allen Dance Academy, The Yuri Grigoriev School of Ballet, and The Ailey School. She has trained extensively in Ballet, Contemporary, Horton, Dunham, Graham, Jazz, West African, and Tap. Additionally, she attended summer intensives such as The Bolshoi Ballet, The French Academy of Ballet, CoOMPLEXIONS, and The Ailey School, where she was a scholarship student for several summers. Sabrina has worked with Debbie Allen, Hope Boykin, Amy Hall Garner, and Earl Mosley. She joined Garth Fagan Dance in June of 2021.

JOHN CRIM (Dancer), a recent graduate of The Alonzo King Lines Training program and current company member of Garth Fagan Dance, is a dancer and choreographer based in Rochester, New York. After graduating high school from Interlochen Arts Academy, he’s worked under the close eye of Alonzo King, Joseph Morrisey, and countless other notable mentors. He creates and expands on what the body can provide to dance and movement. This is his second season with Garth Fagan Dance and he is thrilled to be able to share his gifts with you.

DARIA CLARKE (Dancer), from Charlotte, NC, began her technical training at the age of seven. At 13, she joined Charlotte Performing Arts Academy and met her longtime mentor, Siara Fuller, who pushed her to develop her musicality and individuality as an artist. She toured nationally for six years, winning numerous scholarships, awards, and opportunities to train with various artists in the commercial and concert dance world. In May 2021, She received her B.F.A. in dance with a concentration in choreography and performance from the University of North Carolina Greensboro. During her time there, she was chosen to perform solo and group works by Ronald K. Brown, Clarice Young, Janet Lilly, Maurice Watson, B.J. Sullivan, and Francine Ott. When she discovered Garth Fagan Dance, she was intrigued by the blending of Africanist movement qualities with European dance styles. She is excited to continue performing and mastering the Fagan Technique while she is a member of the company.

DESTINY FELDER (Dancer) is an Atlanta native who trained at the studio Price Performing Arts Center. There, she trained in ballet, modern, tap, jazz, and contemporary. Her technical abilities are heavily influenced by her instructors Roscoe Sales, Andrea Pride, and Aldownna Morrison. Within her training, Destiny got to work closely with Adam Parson and Jason Holly. She was awarded an opportunity to study abroad in Ancona, Italy. After Italy, Destiny started her journey towards getting her B.F.A. at the University of the Arts. There, she studied closely under Tommy-Waheed Evans, Gary Jeter, and Kim Bears-Bailey, among others. While Destiny was in school, she was a part of Philadanco’s second company “D-2,” under the wings of Donald Lunsford. Destiny now holds her B.F.A from the University of the Arts and currently dances with the Garth Fagan Dance.

ETHAN BECKWITH-COHEN (Dancer) took his first Fagan class at the age of three. Born and raised in Rochester, he has studied at Garth Fagan Dance, Rochester’s School of the Arts, Bush Mango Youth Project, Borinquen Dance Theatre, FuturPointe Dance, and other organizations. Ethan holds a B.F.A. in Dance from The University of the Arts, where under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfeild he had the opportunity to work with artists such as Sidra Bell, Doug Varone, Kim Bares-Bailey, Mark Caserta, and many others. Ethan has always held a passion for choreography; he has created multiple dance works and curated many community-based projects. As he begins his first season with the company, Ethan extends deep gratitude to his teachers, mentors, peers, friends, and family that have supported and guided him to this beautifully full circle moment.

IRA LINDSAY (Dancer), from Washington, D.C., began his training as a West African dancer at Dance Institute of Washington. Ira went on to graduate from The Duke Ellington School of the Arts, where he majored in Theater. Returning to his first love, he then joined the Katherine Smith Contemporary Dance Ensemble. Ira holds his B.F.A. in Dance from University of the Arts under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield. During his collegiate training, he performed works by renowned choreographers such as Merce Cunningham, Mark Haim, and Tommie-Waheed Evans and has worked with other distinguished dance artists like Kim Bears-Bailey, Sidra Bell, and Helen Simoneau. In 2020, Ira became a member of PHILADANCO Second Company (D2) under the direction of Joan Myers Brown. Ira is now an apprentice with Garth Fagan Dance.

NATHAN E. MCNATT, JR. (Dancer), born in Washington, D.C., began his formal dance training at Duke Ellington School of the Arts under the direction of Charles Augins. During his time at Ellington, Nathan was also a founding member of the Katherine Smith Contemporary Dance Ensemble (KSCDE) under the Artistic Direction of Katherine Smith and Assistant Direction of Shene Keys. He has attended intensives at The Ailey School in New York and The Rock School in Philadelphia. In May of 2021, Nathan graduated from the University of the Arts with his Bachelors of Fine Arts, majoring in Dance and a minoring in Music Business, Entrepreneurship, and Technology. He was a member of Eleone Dance Theater from 2018 to 2022 under the artistic direction of Shawn-lamere Williams and Dara Meredith. Throughout his career, Nathan has worked with choreographers such as Kim Y. Bears-Bailey, Christopher Huggins, Gary Jeter, Tommie Waheed-Evans, and Milton Meyers.

KIARA J. HAYWOOD (Dancer) was born and raised in Queens, NY. She began her dance training at Step By Step Dance Studio where she then went on to assist and teach for many years. In 2018, Kiara graduated from Professional Performing Arts High School where she studied with the Ailey School. She has trained in Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Horton, West African, and Modern. Kiara then went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance in May of 2022 at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She has also become certified in Franklin Method Art of the Plié and Pilates Mat. Through UArts, she was able to work with and perform works by Katie Swords Thurman and Tommie-Waheed Evans, Jesse Zaritt and Shayla-Vie Jenkins, Sidra Bell and Sara Procopio, Annie Rigney, Emily Wexler, as well as TV Rerun by Merce Cunningham, staged by Andrea Weber.

DAVENTE GILREATH (Guest Dancer) was born and raised in Minnesota. He began his dance training there at the Perpich Center for Arts Education where he was exposed to various forms and styles of dance including modern, ballet, jazz, African, and contact improvisation. Gilreath then furthered his career and studies in dance at the University of Minnesota where he received his B.F.A. in Dance studying from professors such as Ananya Chatterjea, Erin Thompson, and Toni Pierce-Sands. During the pursuit of his degree, he was also able to perform and create work with local Minnesota-based companies such as

Contempo Physical Dance and Threads Dance Project. Gilreath Joined Garth Fagan Dance in 2014 and was senior company member and is the former director of the Garth Fagan Dance Student Ensemble. He has also taught Intermediate/ Advanced Fagan Technique for the Garth Fagan Dance School and for the Garth Fagan Summer Movement Institute.

KEISHA LAREN CLARKE GRAY (Guest Dancer) is of Jamaican descent from Brooklyn, NY and graduated from CalArts (California Institute of the Arts) with a B.F.A. in Dance. She is a Performing Artist, Choreographer, and Instructor. Keisha toured worldwide with Garth Fagan Dance and Lula Washington Dance Theatre. She was also a Swing/Dance Captain with The Lion King on Broadway and The National Tour and an original cast member in Los Angeles. She is the Director of Shine Your Light dance ministry and owner of Arise Light Shine Yoga Inc. Keisha is honored to be touring with Garth Fagan Dance again and she thanks God, her Husband, & her family for all that she is. ***Proverbs 3:5-6 & Isaiah 60:1***

WYNTON RICE (Guest Dancer) started his dance journey at Ursinus College where he graduated with a B.A. in Dance. Upon graduation, he started his career at the Garth Fagan Dance Company where he spent ten years performing and touring as well as teaching the Fagan technique. Wynton is currently residing in Rochester, New York where he is on the faculty of the Hochstein School of Music and Dance, The Aquinas Institute, and The Montessori School of Rochester where he teaches dance and wellness.

LUTIN TANNER (Lighting Designer/Production Manager) hails from Mankato, Minnesota. He received a B.A. in Dance and Theatre from Western Michigan University. He joined Garth Fagan Dance as a dancer from 1995-2000. Lutin then transitioned to Resident Lighting Designer & Production Manager for Dance New Amsterdam in NHYC. Using his unique dance lighting perspective, Lutin has worked with a wide range of artists from Arthur Aviles, Rasta Thomas’ Bad Boys of Dance, Nathan Trice, Theresa Duhon, Alex Beller, Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, Nomad Contemporary Ballet, Malpaso Dance Company, Earl Mosley Diversity of Dance, Sweet Bird Productions, and Eglevsky Ballet, to name a few. Lutin is honored to return to Garth Fagan Dance as their Resident Lighting Designer & Production Stage Manager. Thanks and love to his wife Adrienne, for her understanding of the late nights. Big UP! To his sons Lucien & Ellington, Love & Peace!

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 and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

Lead corporate support:

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

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

Meryl Rosofsky

Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary

Kerry Clayton, Chair Emeritus David D. Holbrook, Chair Emeritus

Saul Sanders

Linda Shelton

Susan Fawcett Sosin

Lauren E. Shortt

Monica B. Voldstad Madelyn Wils

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)

Founders and Trustees Emeriti: Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld

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

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

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 & Gloria 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

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.

Dorrance Dance company dancer Elizabeth Burke photo by Matthew Murphy.