Heart of Brick Program Book

HEART OF BRICK

SEPTEMBER 15 - 22, 2023

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Welcome to The Joyce Theater’s Fall ‘23/Winter ‘24 season!

This opening night calls for special celebration, as we present our Director of Programming Danni Gee’s inaugural season. “If I can have any sort of theme for my first season, it’s that I want everyone to feel welcome at The Joyce, whether they are onstage or in the audience,” says Gee.

This season, three genre-defying artists interweave live music and dance in the Joyce Theater Production Heart of Brick, a story of love in a Black gay nightclub. Choreographer Raja Feather Kelly, R&B musician serpentwithfeet, and multimedia artist Wu Tsang have crafted an immersive world of joy, intimacy, and community. Also making its Joyce debut, HopeBoykinDance offers States Of Hope, a dance memoir of Hope Boykin's life, with an original score by Ali Jackson. Kyle Marshall Choreography brings three New York premieres to its first Joyce engagement, honoring the history of rock and roll and the music of Alice Coltrane.

This winter, percussive dance artists continue expanding the rhythmic potential of sound. Music From The Sole celebrates tap’s Afro-diasporic lineages in an amalgamation of tap, samba, house, and original live music. Created by Caleb Teicher, Bzzz is a captivating collision of tap dance and beatboxing featuring world-champion beatboxers Chris Celiz and Gene Shinozaki. Another interdisciplinary collaboration, Dancing with Glass: The Piano Etudes features five new choreographic perspectives on Philip Glass’ The Etudes, with works by Lucinda Childs, Chanon Judson, Justin Peck, Leonardo Sandoval, and Bobbi Jene Smith and Or Schraiber. Choreographer Pontus Lidberg brings with a contemplative work inspired by true events from the fall of the Berlin wall and the peak of the AIDS epidemic, set to the backdrop of animated projections by Jason Carpenter.

We are honored to be a home for dance artists across the globe, with companies hailing from five continents this season. The seventh return engagement of Havana’s Malpaso Dance Company celebrates the artistic voices of Cuban choreographers. Colombia-based Sankofa Danzafro offers a tribute to the African diaspora in South America and the vital force of dance in the Yoruba tradition. From Burkina Faso, Olivier Tarpaga Dance Project gives voice to the refugees of his homeland, promoting hope through unity. The Tokyo-based Sankai Juku pays homage to the rich legacy of Japanese dance theater in KŌSA, a retrospective spanning almost 50 years. Led by the French-Algerian choreographer, Compagnie Hervé KOUBI combines breaking, martial arts, and capoeira in the mesmerizingly kinetic Sol Invictus, with a composition by Swedish composer Mikael Karlsson.

Dedicated to fostering choreographic innovation, Philadelphia’s BalletX presents contemporary ballets by Jamar Roberts, Jennifer Archibald, and co-Founder Matthew Neenan. Founded in 1970, PHILADANCO! champions the preservation of African-American dance traditions, with a program of works by Christopher Rudd, Ray Mercer, Tommie-Waheed Evans, and Christopher Huggins. Continuing our celebration of dance across the country, our eighth annual American Dance Platform features a week-long festival, with guest curation by dramaturg and scholar Melanie George.

Longtime audience favorites return with acclaimed repertory and new creations. With signature athleticism and reinventions of popular culture, COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet celebrates the debut of Aaron Dworkin as the company’s Poet-in-Residence. Playful and inventive, MOMIX kicks off the holiday season with a magical collection of its most striking works from the past 40 years. Entering its 38th year, Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE returns for its home season with seamless melding of traditional African and Afro-Cuban dance with contemporary choreography. Exercising boundary-breaking creative vision, choreographer Twyla Tharp expands her artistic range with two world premieres, alongside classic works performed by her company, Twyla Tharp Dance

We are honored to have these 19 artistic engagements brought to life on our Chelsea stage this season. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!

Sincerely,

Linda Shelton

A JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTION created by serpentwithfeet

HEART OF BRICK

Music & Concept Director

Choreographer & Dramaturg

Set Designer

Lighting Designer

Costume Designer Text

Music Director

Sound Designer Performers

serpentwithfeet

Wu Tsang

Raja Feather Kelly

Carlos Soto

Luke Rolls

Julio Delgado, with support from Telfar Donte Collins & serpentwithfeet in collaboration with Performers

Sensei Bueno

Asma Maroof

Shaquelle Charles, Dylan M. Contreras, Justin Daniels, Matthew Deloch, Chrystion Dudley, Brandon Gray, Nelson “Nellie” Enrique Mejia Jr.

Production/Stage Manager

Lighting Supervisor Producers

serpentwithfeet Manager

Olivia Brown

Devin Koenig

Joyce Theater Productions

Barbara Frum, outer/most

Kazz Laidlaw, EQT

Heart of Brick is produced by The Joyce Theater Foundation and co-produced by the Kampnagel International Summer Festival.

Heart of Brick was co-commissioned by The Joyce Theater Foundation, Kampnagel International Summer Festival Hamburg, The LA Phil with generous support from Linda and David Shaheen, Seattle Theatre Group, and Hancher Auditorium at the University of Iowa.

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. The Joyce's presentation of Heart of Brick is a HARKNESS FIRST Joyce Theater debut, generously supported by The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Major support for this engagement was provided through a grant from The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation to encourage the performance of New York City-based companies at The Joyce Theater. Major support for The Joyce has been provided by Catskill Mountain Foundation, Ford Foundation, MacMillan Family Foundation, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

The Joyce Theater Foundation presents

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

CAST OF CHARACTERS

serpent Brick

Redwood

Amir/Darius

Jamar

Saige

Dorian Quan

serpentwithfeet

Dylan M. Contreras

Chrystion Dudley

Justin Daniels

Brandon Gray

Nelson “Nellie” Enrique Mejia Jr.

Shaquelle Charles

Matthew Deloch

HEART OF BRICK tells the story of a nightclub from an intimate and tender Black gay perspective. Surreal and film aesthetical elements are used to blur the lines between fiction and reality: Spoken word, poisoned plants, and mysterious riddles from a familiar elder weave together a magical telling of serpentwithfeet's new album GRIP. The piece reverently nods to Isaac Julien's 1989 film Looking for Langston, which explores the life of the poet Langston Hughes and Black queer nightlife during the Harlem Renaissance. Heart of Brick also takes inspiration from a New York City bar called Langstons, which was long considered to be the oldest Black Gay Club, where portraits of Hughes hung. For serpentwithfeet, Langstons “was a huge part of my New York experience when I lived there and I often say this venue raised me a second time. The dance floor has been a medium for Black queer people to decompress and build community." This community is also evident on stage. The group of performers represent the creators and patrons of the club, through their conversational dynamics and movements. A romantic relationship that evolves between serpent and club owner Brick touchingly demonstrates tenderness and closeness between two men, as well as the tensions that emerge when an outsider enters the community.

Duration: 1 hour and 10 minutes, no intermission.

SYNOPSIS ACT I

We first meet serpentwithfeet, who is new to the city and hopelessly romantic. At the same time, a group of friends are excitedly preparing for a wild night out. They all come together at the legendary Back Yard - a Black gay club owned by Brick and his ex-lover Redwood. When Serpent meets Brick sparks fly.

ACT II

A few days later, Brick and Redwood are congratulating themselves on their successful party when Darius, an elderly man, wanders by with a mysterious warning. Later on, Serpent and Brick’s relationship grows deeper, but Brick fears intimacy. He leaves to go back to the bar, where Darius reveals that someone has poisoned the plants on the patio.

Through gossip and fear imbued in the Plants, Brick has been poisoned and is rushed to the hospital. Serpent visits Brick. Darius reappears offering another riddle to save Brick's life with a mystical flower. With this new knowledge, Serpent rushes to the club, to ask for help to save Brick – nobody wants to help. Serpent returns to Brick whose condition is getting worse. Brick has a fever dream, where angels confront him with his issues of intimacy. Serpent sets off to find the mystical flower. The others find and help him. Together, they find what they’re looking for.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS / PROGRAM NOTE

Josiah Wise savors romantic moments under his alias serpentwithfeet. The 35-yearold Los Angeles-based artist with a background in R&B and classical music expresses desire and pleasure in songs so beguilingly gentle that he has become one of the most exciting alternative R&B voices. Now he is developing his first stage work with award-winning visual artist Wu Tsang, who expresses queer identity in films and is resident director at Schauspielhaus Zurich. Completing the team is Raja Feather Kelly, one of New York’s most luminous choreographers, with both Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway works and his own experimental dance works; as well as Solange and Bob Wilson designer Carlos Soto, star stylist Julio Delgado, and poet Donte Collins. Together with seven dancers, the team tells the story of a Black gay nightclub. This is where the utopian potential of a safe space and a great love story between the club security guard Brick and serpentwithfeet unfold. The latter is on stage himself – with songs from his new album GRIP

WHO'S WHO IN HEART OF BRICK

serpentwithfeet (Music & Concept) is simply letting the pendulum swing nowadays. The Los Angeles-based singer is taking the natural steps that a singer as talented and as versatile as he is would take from chapter-to-chapter in his career. Throughout his career, serpent has exhibited this versatility through experimental R&B music. Two years removed from his second album DEACON, serpentwithfeet is gearing up to return with his third album GRIP.

GRIP finds its home on the dance floor of Black gay clubs and the intimate moments that happen there and afterward, no matter the location. For serpentwithfeet, Black gay nightlife spaces “raised him a second time.” These clubs provided a sense of welcoming that nurtured him in a new way. GRIP explores the intimate forms of physical touch and how they occur. Whether it be a grip around the waist or the face, serpentwithfeet managed to explore all angles thanks to the second lens he looked through.

“Going out while working on the album and seeing how people stood at the bar when ordering a drink, Are they on their phone trying to disappear from the scene? Are they flirting with the bartender? Are they writhing slowly to the music? What does it look like when a guy runs into his ex and that ex is with someone new? I’m curious about all of this.”

GRIP begins with the lively dance record Damn Gloves with Ty Dolla $ign. The record kicks off the album for an unusual jarring yet exciting start to the project, one that goes against his track record of gentle and smooth album intros. Safe Word squeezes itself into the tightly interlocked relationship of partners who know each other very well. And Spades places monumental value on a loved one’s desire and patience to teach them how to play the card game that is so tethered to the Black community.

Serpent set his attention on the world that he called home in the important adult years of his life, and with this, we see a study of community on GRIP. This community had a huge impact on the Baltimore-born singer, and through ten songs, he gives it its flowers with a body of work that highlights the moments that are most close to the heart.

WU TSANG (Director) is an award-winning filmmaker and visual artist. Tsang’s work crosses genres and disciplines, from narrative and documentary films to live performance and video installations. Tsang is a MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellow, and her projects have been presented at museums, biennials, and film festivals internationally. Awards include 2016 Guggenheim Fellow (Film/Video), Creative Capital, Rockefeller Foundation, and Warhol Foundation. She has collaborated with brands including Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Marni, Saint Heron x Woolmark, and Swarovski. Tsang received her BFA (2004) from the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) and an MFA (2010) from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA). Currently Tsang works in residence at Schauspielhaus Zurich, as a director of theater with the collective Moved by the Motion.

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RAJA FEATHER KELLY (Choreographer & Dramaturg) is a choreographer and director, and the Artistic Director of the feath3r theory (TF3T), a dance-theatre-media company. Kelly has created 18 evening-length premieres with the feath3r theory, most recently UGLY Part 3: BLUE at Chelsea Factory. The company’s latest work, The Absolute Future, premieres in 2024. His choreography can currently be seen in White Girl in Danger at the Second Stage Kiser Theater, written by Michael R. Jackson and directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz. He choreographed the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical A Strange Loop (Lyceum Theatre, premiered off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizon), and is also a choreographer for Off-Broadway theatre with frequent collaborators like Jackson, Blain-Cruz, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, and Sarah Benson. Recent works include Bunny Bunny (UC San Diego), We're Gonna Die (Second Stage Theater), SUFFS (The Public Theater), Lempicka (La Jolla Playhouse), and Scenes for an Ending for the Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company. He has received numerous accolades, including a Princeton Arts Fellowship (2023-2025), three Princess Grace Awards, an Obie Award, an Outer Critics Circle honor for choreography for the Pulitzer Prizewinning and Tony Award-winning musical A Strange Loop, a Randjelović/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist at New York Live Arts, a Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, a Creative Capital award, a Breakout Award for choreography from the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation (SCDF), the Solange MacArthur Award for New Choreography, Dance Magazine's Harkness Promise Award, and the SDCF Joe A. Callaway Award finalist for outstanding choreography of Fairview (Soho Rep, Berkeley Rep, TFANA, and winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Drama).

CARLOS SOTO (Set Designer) is a New York-based designer and creative director. Credits include Orfeo (Santa Fe Opera, dir. Yuval Sharon); Proximity (Lyric Opera of Chicago with Yuval Sharon); The Valkyries (Detroit Opera, dir. Yuval Sharon); Tristan und Isolde (Santa Fe Opera, dir. Zack Winokur); Only An Octave Apart with Justin Vivian Bond and Anthony Roth Costanzo (St. Ann’s Warehouse, Wilton's Music Hall, Spoleto Festival); The No One's Rose by composer Matthew Aucoin and choreographer Bobbi Jene Smith (Stanford Live); The Black Clown with Davóne Tines (ART, Lincoln Center, 2018-19). Other recent highlights include Eldorado Ballroom (BAM, designed and co-curated with Solange Knowles); Passage with Solange Knowles & Wu Tsang (International Woolmark Prize 2021), In Past Pupils and Smiles with Knowles (Venice Biennale, 2019), Witness! (Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg and Sydney Opera House, 2019/20), and When I Get Home (film and concert tour 2019). Soto has collaborated closely with Robert Wilson since 1997, most recently on Bach 6 Solo, Der Messias, and I was sitting on my patio this guy appeared I thought I was hallucinating.

LUKE ROLLS (Lighting Designer) is a British Lighting Designer working mainly in the UK and US. He recently designed the 2022 Rex Orange County Who Cares Tour and is the Lighting Director for Lil Nas X since his first tour Long Live Montero last year. At the start of 2022, Luke designed the We Will Rock You 2022 UK Tour with Rob Sinclair as well as Spanish Entry Chanel’s song SloMo for the Eurovision Song Contest 2022. We Will Rock You made a return to

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the London Coliseum in the Summer of 2023 for a three month run, which Luke designed with Rob Sinclair again. In 2021, he designed the UK and Festival tour Californian Soil for London Grammar, along with the album release stream at Alexandra Palace. Beyond lighting design, Luke has worked as a design associate for Rob Sinclair on Greta Van Fleet’s Dreams in Gold, System of a Down’s 2022 Tour, MØ - The Motordrome Experience, Kylie Minogue’s Infinite Disco, and Jessie Ware’s What’s Your Pleasure Tour. Other theater credits include Lighting Design for We Will Rock You German Tour 2021/2022 and Associate Lighting Designer for Starlight Express in Bochum.

JULIO DELGADO (Costume Designer) is a stylist and costume designer based in New York City. A fashion enthusiast at heartJulio has managed to interweave his love of storytelling through clothing and costume design to create imagery using various visual outlets including, music videos, editorials, and live performances. Some recent career highlights of his have been working with Solange Knowles’ Bridge-S (2019) for the Getty Museum, and We Might Appear as Forest Fires (2023) for the Berggruen Institute with director George Miller in Los Angeles, CA. He has also been working with American opera singer Davóne Tines, most recently in collaboration with the Louisville Kentucky Orchestra to celebrate and honor the late and beautiful, Breonna Taylor. His editorial work has been featured amongst various media publications, including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Interview Magazine, and WSJ Magazine. His work was recently on display in the exhibit, Fool of the Month (2022) for the Art Basel fair in both Switzerland and Miami in collaboration with Swiss photographer, James Bantone - where they built a series of grotesque portraits referencing the infamous Employee of the Month program - Delgado and Bantone examined the smile as a narrative of racialized terror.

DONTE COLLINS (Text) (they/them; b. Chicago Heights. 1996) is a neurodiverse afro-surrealist blues poet, playwright, and movement artist named the Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of Saint Paul, MN. They have received fellowships, scholarships, and awards from the Academy of American Poets, the Adroit Journal, the Mcknight Foundation, The National Urban League, The Dramatist Guild Foundation, Frontier Poetry, BOMB Magazine, Augsburg University, and elsewhere. They believe poems allow us to wander back to ourselves, to meet ourselves anew. They believe poems are deeply human gestures here to gather us, to propose new, critical, and compassionate floor plans for the future, for the self. They believe poems are the beginning. They are an alum of TruArtSpeaks, an arts & culture organization cultivating literacy, leadership, and social justice through the study and application of Spoken Word and Hip Hop culture. Collins is the recipient of the 2023 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship. Their choreopoem, Mercy , is forthcoming.

SHAQUELLE CHARLES (Dorian, Dancer) is a Afro-Caribbean solo artist-choreographer who obtained his BFA in dance at Marymount Manhattan College with a concentration in ballet. With an aptitude in numerous forms of art; photography, film, and choreography-Shaquelle orchestrates intimate moments drawn on human connection and the external factors of the world which connects us all. Hailing from Atlanta, GA, Shaquelle focuses his efforts on utilizing the physicality of his ballet technique, incorporated with the body’s individual history to extend a sui generis experience for the audience. He gives credence to the body as a source of history and proceeds to pull from these histories and experiences to connect the audience with his movements. Based in New York, Shaquelle has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, gone onto choreograph, and performed at La Biennale de Venezia 15th international dance festival under the direction of Wayne Mcgregor. Shaquelle continues to freelance and has returned as a guest artist for NY-based companies, such as Mark Morris Dance Group and Dianne McIntyre’s Sounds in Motion, all while continuing his choreographic endeavors.

DYLAN M. CONTRERAS (Brick, Dancer) is a Brooklyn-based dancer and interdisciplinary creator. As a graduate of The Boston Conservatory, he has been featured in works by Doug Varone, Juel D. Lane, and Dam Van Hyunh. Professionally, Dylan’s worked with Jon Batiste, Tiesto, David Dorfman, Cherice Barton, Hivewild, as well as Kampnagel Hamburg, and Fire Island Dance Festival. Currently, Dylan is a performer and dramaturg for both Haus of Pvmnt and Motlee party. Centralizing the work he creates and performs around the Black queer experience, Dylan dances for every little Black boy, who longs to see someone who looks like them, doing the thing they love most in the world.

A native of Atlanta, GA, JUSTIN DANIELS (Amir/Darius, Dancer) began his artistic career while attending Tri-Cities High School Visual & Performing Arts Program in Eastpoint, GA. From there, he furthered his studies and training, earning a BFA in Contemporary Dance Performance with a Psychology minor from The Boston Conservatory. He also studied abroad at The Central Academy of Drama in Beijing. Now, he is a New York-based dance artist, choreographer, and photographer represented by BLOC NY. Justin has been featured in DanceItalia! (Spring 2021) and VoyageATL Magazine (Spring 22) — Justin has had the opportunities to explore and expand the collectiveness of concert, commercial, and digital dance spaces.

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MATTHEW DELOCH (Quan, Dancer) is originally from Gonzales, LA, where he started dancing at the age of two. Although he didn’t enjoy it just yet, he would soon fall in love with dancing around the age of seven. When he was 15, he attended his first dance convention ever which was Tremaine, and couldn’t stop talking about how much he loved it for months. After seeing the closing show and all of the assistants and fun vibrant dances, he knew his next goal was to be one of those assistants! The following summer he auditioned and became a part of the Tremaine Performance Company and then the following year was given the title of Tremaine Senior Male Dancer of the Year. During these years with Tremaine, Matthew decided he wanted to make a career out of dancing and do it professionally. In the Fall of 2017, Matthew moved to New York City to attend Pace University where he worked toward his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Commercial Dance. After the pandemic, Matthew received his BFA in Commercial Dance from Pace University in 2021. Since then Matthew has been living full-time in New York City chasing his dreams of performing and fulfilling his love for dance. Following Matthew’s graduation, he was lucky enough to land his first movie (Blue’s Big City Adventure) and his first professional theater job being a part of the ensemble in the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Matthew has gotten to check off some of his other dream jobs such as performing in the Super Bowl Halftime Show, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the Mariah Carey Christmas Show. Matthew has worked with choreographers such as JaQuel Knight, Sonya Tayeh, Bryan Tanaka, and so many more.

CHRYSTION DUDLEY (Redwood, Dancer) is from Indianapolis, IN. He has been performing for 16 years, training in genres such as ballet, modern, musical theatre, hip hop, aerial, tap, and contemporary. Chrystion received his BFA in Dance Performance from The University of the Arts where he collaborated with artists such as Sidra Bell, Tommie-Waheed Evans, and Gary Dennis Jeter. Now he tours with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line as a dancer/ aerialist and hopes to continue his journey connecting and collaborating with performing artists all around the world.

BRANDON GRAY (Jamar, Dancer) was born in Maryland and began dancing at age 13. He graduated from Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington DC and attended Towson University. He then studied at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater on scholarship. Brandon is a brand ambassador and has modeled for GAP, MCM Worldwide, Patrick Church, Nihl, and has been in Vogue. Gray is also signed to the talent agency MSA. With his love for acting as well, he has been on Netflix and CBS, and is in the documentary Black As U R. He loves hosting and being a part of podcasts on topics of racial and gender equality, acting as a voice and example for others to continue his goal of representation for all young men to be exactly who they want to be, no matter what. Gray was recently a part of Taraji P. Henson’s 1,000 men shoot celebrating men of color finding therapy through activities where he represented dance. Brandon performed and toured the world with COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet from 2017-2022. Gray has also performed immersive shows such as Sleep No More at The McKittrick Hotel.

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Originally from Virginia, NELSON “NELLIE” ENRIQUE MEJIA JR. (Saige, Dancer) is a freelance artist based in Brooklyn, NY. A 2022 graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Dance and Choreography department, he received awards for Outstanding Creative Work and The Carpenter Scholarship. Additional training includes Arts Umbrella, Gagalab, and Springboard Danse Montreal. Upon graduation, Nelson performed repertory by Gaspard Louis regionally and internationally with Gaspard&Dancers. He is currently with Pony Box Dance Theatre and Brian Brooks Moving Company. Nelson has also danced works by Kyle Abraham, Rena Butler, Alanna Morris, Yoshito Sakuraba, and Urban Bush Women, among others.

PRODUCTION TEAM

JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTIONS (JTP) is the in-house producing entity for The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc., formed to create original work for The Joyce’s stage and for worldwide touring. This initiative provides dance artists who have little or no formal management or infrastructure the means to create productions of the highest standards of excellence. The program also includes the Associate Company model, offering sustained producing, fiscal, and/or administrative management to companies that may require short or longer term support.

OLIVIA BROWN (Production/Stage Manager) is a Production Stage Manager and Theater Technician who specializes in dance production, originally from New Hampshire and now living in New York City. She has worked at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in multiple capacities, most recently serving as the Production Manager for the Henry J. Leir Stage during the 2022 festival season. In between production jobs, Olivia spends her time as a freelance personal trainer, lighting technician, and an avid cyclist.

DEVIN KOENIG (Lighting Supervisor) is a lighting supervisor, production manager, and programmer based in Astoria, NY. Currently, she is the lighting supervisor for Dorrance Dance, and has previously worked with Music From The Sole, GALLIM, and the Radio City Rockettes.

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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 made the reopening of The Joyce Theater in 2021 and the reemergence of many dance companies possible.

Leadership support for The Joyce's year-round programs and services:

LuEsther T. Mertz

Charitable Trust

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Champion support for The Joyce's Dance Residencies:

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

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

Champion support for The Joyce's annual programming:

The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

ABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION

VISION STATEMENT

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

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

To achieve this, we will:

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

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

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

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

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

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LINDA SHELTON

Assistant to the Executive Director........Ayo Janeen Jackson

ADMINISTRATION

General Manager..................................................Huong Hoang

Associate General Manager........................................Katy Myers

Human Resources Manager Sharonica Williams

Office Manager.........................................................Christine Guglia

Director of Development Kirsten Munro

Director of Institutional Giving..................................Jean M. Ross

Director of Individual Giving.........................................Meg White

Associate Director of Special Events.........................Jesse Chin

Individual Giving Manager.....................................Catherine Eng

Institutional Giving Manager.........................Brianna Anderson

Special Events Associate...........................................Maeve Brady

Development Associate...........................................Grace O’Brien

Director of Programming Danni Gee

Programming Manager..................................Noa Rui-Piin Weiss

Artist Services Manager..............................................Barb Domue

Curatorial Associate..............................................Gregory English

Director of Dance Education & Family Programs

Heather McCartney

Dance Education & Family Programs Assistant..........................

............................................................................Marianne Rose Weber

Dance Education & Family Programs Intern................................

.....................................................................................................Maia Virgil

Director of Marketing

Andy Sheagren

Associate Director of Marketing Strategy..............Anjali Amin

Digital Marketing Manager.......................................Olivia James

Marketing Manager......................................................Nadia Halim

Marketing Assistant..........................................................Annie Marx

Director of Finance Margaret Hollenbeck

Finance Associate................................................Savá M. B. Martin

Finance Clerk..............................................................Xavier DelValle

Database Administrator............................................Jim Seggelink

Director of Information Tech Patricia A. Yost

PRODUCTION

Director of Production Jeff Segal

Lighting Supervisor.........................................................Kelly Atallah

Technical Director........................................................................OPEN

Head Audio........................................................................Sean Mullins

Lighting Board Operator............................................Kyle Hagen

Head Carpenter......................................................Web Crittenden

Head Electrician....................................................Brittany Spencer

Stage Technicians...............................................Edward Hill, OPEN

The Joyce Theater is a member of APAP, Dance/NYC, and Dance/USA.

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 PRODUCTIONS

Producer Ross LeClair

Associate Producer................................................Bridget Caston

FRONT-OF-HOUSE

Senior House Manager Samantha Fernandez

House Manager..................................................................Lillian Cole

Assistant House Managers......................................Joseph Burke, Gilbert Balasa, Charis Lord-Haines, Kenneth Harlin, Chikako Iwahori, Di’Shai Oquendo, Utafumi Takemura, Nicholas Thomas

BOX OFFICE

Box Office Manager

Lisa Gendell

Supervisors.............................................Beth Miller, Vanessa Moton Box Office/JoyceCharge Staff.................................Kiersten Foster, Tatiana Gomez, Yulidal Hernandez Kin, Roy Odom, Jasmine Webb

OPERATIONS

Director of Operations Lou Albruzzese Studio Manager..................................................................Claire Westby

FACILITIES

Facilities Manager Jimmy Ortiz Maintenance Staff...................................................Madelin Estrella, Yohanna Hernandez, Pablo Rodriguez

SPECIAL SERVICES FOR THE JOYCE THEATER

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP............Sara E. Solfanelli (Special Counsel for Pro Bono Initiatives), Howard B. Epstein (Of Counsel), Gregory P. Pressman, Esq. (Of Counsel), Susan E. Bernstein, Esq. (Special Counsel), Cristina Giappone, Esq., Andrew B. Lowy, Esq., Ann K. Young, Esq., Sabrina Singh, Esq...................................................................................

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.................Ross F. Moskowitz Esq. Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC.......................................................

..............................................................Kimberly M. Maynard, Esq.. Glick and Weintraub PC...............Harry H. Weintraub, Counsel

Accounting...........................................................................Lutz & Carr

Digital Marketing Firm.................................Capacity Interactive

Publicity..............................................................................Billy Zavelson Printer.............................................Direct Printing Impressions Inc. Insurance...................................................Risk Strategies Company

Architects.................................................................Hugh Hardy, FAIA General Contractor...............Yorke Construction Corporation

Official Flower Sponsor...............The Flower School New York

Donald J. Rose, MD Director, Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at NYU Langone Health is the orthopedic and dance medicine consultant for The Joyce Theater Foundation.

THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Amit Wadhwaney, Chair

Charles M. Adelman, Vice Chair

Stephanie R. Breslow, Treasurer

Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary

Kerry Clayton, Chair Emeritus

Virginia A. Millhiser, Chair Emerita

R. Richard Ablon

Rob Ashford

Monica F. Azare

John M. Basnage de Beauval

Ajay Bhandaram

Keane Ehsani

Michael Feller

Ronald Gumbaz

Toni Hoover

Robert Musiker

Susan Gluck Pappajohn

Steven M. Pesner

IN MEMORIAM

Meryl Rosofsky

Saul Sanders

Linda Shelton

Susan Fawcett Sosin

Lauren E. Shortt

Monica B. Voldstad

Cathy Weinroth

Madelyn Wils

Theodore S. Bartwink (Trustee 1993-2014)

Tracy Brown (Trustee 2020-2023)

R. Britton Fisher (Trustee 1990-2020)

David D. Holbrook (Trustee 1994-2023)

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 redeveloped World Trade Center site has been generously provided by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which is funded through Community Development Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Leadership support has also been provided by:

FORD FOUNDATION MELLON FOUNDATION

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

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 September 6, 2023.

Platinum Benefactors ($500,000 and above)

Howard Gilman Foundation

LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust

Gold Benefactors ($100,000 and above)

Catskill Mountain Foundation

Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer

Ford Foundation

The Harkness Foundation for Dance

MacMillan Family Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Virginia & Timothy Millhiser

New York City Department Cultural Affairs

Robert Pollock

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

Denise Littlefield Sobel

Silver Benefactors ($75,000 and above)

GKV Charitable Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels

Benefactors ($50,000 and above)

Jody & John Arnhold | Arnhold Foundation

*Ann & George Colony

*Leanne Lachman

New York State Council on the Arts

Michèle & Steve Pesner

Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart Coleman

Lauren E. Shortt

The SHS Foundation

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

*Elysabeth Kleinhans

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

Henry and Lucy Moses Fund

Bob & Sharon Musiker

National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts

Susan & Greg Pappajohn

The Jerome Robbins Foundation

Saul & Mary Sanders

Monica Voldstad

Cathy Weinroth

Madelyn & Steven Wils

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

Anonymous (3)

Jen Ablon

Alpern Family Foundation

John Basnage de Beauval

Ajay Bhandaram

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Torrence Boone

Robert Brenner

Con Edison

John & Margaret Falk

Nancy & Michael Feller

*Brandon Fradd

Gregg & Jean Frankel

Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation

Elzbieta Grove

Andrea Holbrook

In Honor of Karen Brooks Hopkins

The Ivill-Weiner Family

The Kingsley Foundation

*LeConte Moore

*Nō Studios of Milwaukee

Tatiana Piankova Foundation

*Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch

*Karen Roth

*Nancy Sands

Kathleen A. Scott

Linda Shelton

*Leslie Siegel

Johanna Weber

*Vicente Wolf

*Ralph Womble & Ashley Edwards

Presenter’s Circle ($5,000 and above)

Anonymous (2)

*Rick & Nurit Amdur

Sarah Arison

Rob Ashford

Monica Azare

Andrew & Froma Benerote

*Marty & Louise Bickman

*Dr. John Bonavita-Goldman

Office of City Council Member

Erik Bottcher

Donna B. Case

The Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust

Chubb LTD

Jeffrey Davis & Michael T. Miller

Dancers Responding to AIDS

Linda Ellis

Martin & Linda Fell

*Judith & Alan Fishman

FUSED

French U.S. Exchange in Dance

Paul Feuerman & Bruce Grivetti

Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Goodman

Sharon B. Gurwitz

Randall & Mary Hack

*Elizabeth Anne Hartman

Judith M. Hoffman

Illuminated Foundation

Christopher Jones & Deborah McAlister

Christine Knuth

Elizabeth & Neil Kurtz

*Jonathan Levinson

Robert R. Littman & Sully Bonnelly

Karen & Martin McDonald

*Joyce F. Menschel

Ronay & Richard Menschel/ Charina Foundation, Inc.

*Cherrie Nanninga

In loving memory of Bill Perlmuth, Patricia Dugan Perlmuth

Rajika & Anupam Puri

Nina B. Quigley

Mr. Stephen Kroll Reidy

Theresa Alessandro Russo Foundation

*Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo

Margaret E. Selby

*Robert A. Schulman

Barbara Madsen Smith

Christopher Soule

Jean & Gene Stark

Linda B. Strumpf

Director’s Circle ($2,500 and above)

Anonymous (2)

R. Richard Ablon

Adrienne Albert

Joel & Rhela Aragona

Sandra Berger

Judi Rappoport Blitzer & David Blitzer

Ralph & Martine Calder

Cathleen Collins

Melanie Coronetz & Bruce G. Miller

*Chris Coulthrust

The Cowles Charitable Trust

Mary Sharp Cronson

Jan, Dick & Nora Demenus

Christopher M. Elmore

*Paul S. Engler

Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson

Thomas von Foerster

Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York

*Bart Friedman & Wendy Stein

*Emi Gittleman

*Dorothy Goodman

The Harold K. Gross Family Charitable Trust

Susan Ross Green

Maya Hamlet

Ronald E. Hellman & Stephen B. Roberts

Val Holley & Joseph Plocek

*Deborah Kaye

Jane Kendall

Alan & Gail Koss

*Joe Lanteri, New York City Dance Alliance Inc.

Elaine & Howard Leventhal

Martin & Rosanne Leshner

Jayne Lipman & Robert Goodman

Mark Littman & Johnny Mendoza

In Memory of John MacDonald

Uttara P. Marti

Wendy McCain

Jane & Michael Murphy

Mutual of America Foundation

Omomuki Foundation

David Pasterski

Warrie Price & James David Prince

Philip W. Riskin Charitable Foundation

Wes Schafer & Carlos Galtier

Susan & Arnie Scharf

Xiomara & Charles Scheidt

Fran Schulman

Rena Shagan

Alex & Wendy Stanton

Linda Stocknoff

Marianna Vaidman Stone & Eric Stone

*Temple St Clair LLC

Ms. Patricia E. Vance

David E. Vogel

Alexandra Wheeler & Rocky Rukan

Michelle D. & Claude L. Winfield

Irving & Elaine Wolbrom

Billy F.B. Wong & Stephanie Gordon

In honor of Billy Zavelson

Leaders ($1,000 and above)

Anonymous (10)

Robert Allyn

*Neme Alperstein

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

*Christina Back

Alison Baum

Cheryl Bergenfeld

*Barbara Berliner

Dorothy Black

Kim Bleimann & Paola Duran

Joe Bonnaud

Nissan Boury

Barbara & Gary Brandt

*Jonathan Brecht

*Joan Breibart

Edward Brill

Madeline Brine

Matt Brodile

Joanna Bueche

*Rachael Venner & Michael Byars

*Doug & Lisa Caldwell

Linda & Joseph Camardo

*Jeff & Susan Campbell

*Karen Carozza

Woody & Janice Collins

Caroline & Paul Cronson

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

*The Dorothy Fund

Jack & Eleanor Dunn

Trisha & Patrick Duval

Suzanne B. Engel

Mr. Richard Erstad & Dr. Gladys Fenichel

David L. Fanger & Martin Wechsler

Erin Feeley-Nahem & Isaac Nahem

Judy & Richard Feldstein

*Marion Ilene Fischer

Brian Fitzpatrick

*Judith & Walter Flamenbaum

Judith Z. Friedman

Peter C. Friedman

Veronique Bogliolo Friedman & Mark Friedman

Ania Fryszkowska & Alex Louizos

*Jeffrey Olund & Silvia Furia

*Tom & Nina Geller

Barrie Gillies & William Drummy

Mason & Kim Granger

Patric & Patricia Gregory

*Glen & Paula Gunsalus

*Catherine Hartnett

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

George C. Howell, III

William Houlihan

Mary & David Iles

Derek Johnson

I. Michael Kadish

Kenneth S. Kail & Ivy Hwang

Margaret Kaplen

Mr. Christian K. Keese

*Murray & Sylvana Klein

Diana Korsh

Kathy Krall

George & Liz Krupp

Sondra Kurtin Robinson

Drs. Benjamin Natelson & Gudrun Lange

LDJ Productions

Reginald van Lee

Mickey Lemle

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 & Steve Rivera

*Lorraine Meeker

Miller Khoshkish Foundation

Mr. Wayne & Mrs. Barbara Miller

David & Diana Milich

Michael Mulligan

*Judith Musiker

Joyce O’Brien

Aaron Singer & Bart Oosterveld

Trisha Ostergaard

*John Owen

David Parsons

Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD

Amy Pennington

Doug & Teresa Peterson

The Plimpton Shattuck Fund

Douglas & Barbara Pitsch

Madeleine Plonsker

Judith J. Plows

Carole Postal

Donna & James Pressman

*Frances A. Resheske

Mary Jo Robertiello

Ann Sahid Rosche

Donald J. Rose & Victoria Lasdon Rose

Ellen Rosen

Diana & Michael Rothenberg

Marilyn & Alan Rothstein

Deborah Sales & Ted Striggles

Alessandro & Fe Saracino-Fendi

Moshe Sasson

Jesse & Carol Schwartz

Irene Shen

Joseph Smith & Leslie Hendrix

Marilyn Sobel

Leon Sokol

*Michael Solomon

Ellen Sorrin & David York

*Margaret Stern

*William L. Stern

Mamie and Justin Stewart

Roger Stoltz & Shauna Stoltz-Laurie

Abbie M. Strassler

William Sussman & Jane Steele

Ken Tabachnick & Yael Mandelstam

Pamela van Zandt & Gina Gibney

George Vanderploeg

*Lucy Vasserman & Brendan Finnegan

Merna Villarejo

Michael & Carol Weiss

Elly Karp Wong

Cooper Wright & Michael Marino

*Zen & Barbara Yankovig

*Malin Yhr

Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn

Eloise Zeller

Christian Zimmermann

Bonnie Zamosky-Roth

Investors ($500 and above)

Anonymous (13)

*Peggy Adams

LaRue Allen & Ebonya Washington

Debra R. Anisman

Maria Cristina Anzola

Paul Asman & Jill Lenoble

Joan Brooks Baker & Margeaux Klein

Clay H. Barr

Joan & Ira Berkowitz

*Stan & Abby Bloch

*Maria M. Branco

*Dr. Andrea Brandon & Black Rubee

Robert & Carol Braun

Jeffrey B. Bruce

Carol Bryce Buchanan

Diana Cagle

Jennifer Kornreich Cahn & Andrew Cahn

*Nishka Chandrasoma

Jason Chuang

*Maciej Chociej

Matthew C. Cluney

*Kenneth Cole & Maria Cuomo Cole

Bradley Collins

Betsy Cornwall

William Cosper

Victoria Cowles

Duke Dang & Charles E. Rosen

*Mary Craig

*Greg Darnieder

Duane Devries

Debora Domass

Michael Eizenberg

Robert Elder & Jacqueline Fox Elder

David & Ingrid Ellen

*Melissa Elstein & Eric Katzman

Dr. Sarah Fox & Mr. Steven Lochie

*Steven Fox

*The Frazza Foundation

Eileen & Cono Fusco

Karen Gershowitz

Elise Larrabure Girasole

Geraldine Glassman

Prof. James A. Glazier

Virginia Gold

Nita & Chuck Goodgal

Katherine Goodman

Lenore & Edward Grabowski

*Jeffrey Gracer

Grant Family Charitable Fund

*Lawrence W. Green

Bruce Greenwald

Charles & Carol Grossman Family Fund

Jane Groveman

Gina Harman

Charles & Elaine Harris

*Tali Herman

Mr. Michael D. Herskovitz

Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch

Mr. Gregory Ho & Ms. Linda Sanchez

Cheri Hoff

*Alicia Dhyana House

Ralph & Lynn Huber

David H. Hughes, Jr.

*Daphne Hurford & Sanford Padwe

Laura J. Illich

Walter Jaffe & Paul King

*Ann Rosalind Jones

Robert & Marcy Katz

H. David Kaplan

Jan S. Keithly

Jennifer Aley Kenney

Robert & Elaine Klein

Valarie Koch

*Eric & Sandra Krasnoff

*Sanford Krieger

Arthur & Jane Lane

Stephen B. Lane

Kenneth M. LeClair

*Rosanne Legrand

Phyllis & Cary Lemkowitz

Elizabeth & Durwood Littlefield

*David Long

Jennifer & Gideon Malherbe

Joseph M. Marger

*Jennifer Markowitz

Margaret Mastrianni

Victoria Melendez

Tanya Melich & Noel Silverman

Joe Morra

Victoria Morris

Deb Murnin

Barry Nalebuff

Amanda Lee Neville

*The Carol & Melvin Newman Family Foundation

Stuart Nordheimer & Barbara Miller

Peter J. Occolowitz

Katherine Ogg

Rachel Ostry, MD

Bob Ouimette

The L.E. Phillips Family Foundation, Inc.

The Marshall Franklin Foundation

James & Deborah Purdon

Stephanie M. Goldson & Stephen Rappaport

Charles Ragland

Donald W. Roeske, Jr.

*Ellen & Mike Rosenberg

*Felicia Rosenfeld

Jean M. Ross

Elsa Ross-Greifinger

Jennifer Goodale & Mark Russell

Prince & Petar Sanders

*Lies Sapp

Dr. Carol Ann Satler

In Memory of Tracy Scherman

Marva & Florian Schodel

Deborah Selch

Elizabeth Shapiro

*Tara Sherman & Tony Weiss

Lindy Shuttleworth & Arthur Reichstetter

*Katherine Sinnott

Andrew & Jennifer Smith

Joan & Laurence Sorkin

Jason Spiro

Michael Stanley

Jessica E. Stack

Helen Sullivan

Dr. Pavur R. Sundaresan

*Esther Tan

Pamela Tatge

William Tomai & John Eric Sebesta

TPU Local One IATSE

*Dana Troetel & George Papageorge

Frank Troutman

Ellie Tweedy

Thomas Van Winkle

Ernie Vickroy

Thomas Allen Walker

Charles Walker

Louise Washer & Mary Clay Fields

Gregory Ward

Sedgwick & Pamela Ward

Chris Watson

Carol A. Weil

Kate Weil

Sara Weinheimer

George S. Werner & Li Werner

*Kathy M. Wojtas

*The Winkler Prins Charitable Fund

Gregory Youdan

Sponsors ($300 and above)

Anonymous (4)

Patricia Adell

*Fred & Sarah Allilaire

Jane & Stephen Alpert

Elaine & Theodossios Athanassiades

Sherry & Sanford Axelband

Nilda Bayron-Resnick

Joan & Ira Berkowitz

Roz Black & Bob Eimicke

Paul Brohan

Leslie Buckland

Jim Bumgardner & Lou Tharp

Anita Cabrera

Michael & Jennifer Campagna

Kelli Carrol

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

Jo Ann Engelhardt

Ellen Estes

Martha Evenson & Daniel Hoffman

Trudy Festinger

Jennifer Fitzpatrick

Charles A. Forma

Stephanie French

Barbara Futter

Mr. Maura Gaenzle

Barbara Gallay

Loren Gesinsky & Judy Rudin

Ronald Gilliam & Akram Hélil

Jennifer Goodale & Mark Russell

Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Grant

Susan E. Green

Eric Hemel & Barbara Morgen

Herman & Jacquelyn Heinemann

Mrs. Ruth W. Heuman

*Jerry Heymann

George & Linda Hiltzik

*Martha Evenson & Daniel

Hoffman

Huong Hoang

Sherrilyn Ifill

Ronald Jacquart

Kenneth Silverman & Carin Khatchikian

Bond Koga

Susan & Peter Kopple

Angela de Lara

Lawrence Levine

*Emanuel Lewis

Sukey Lilienthal

*Cynthia Low

Harold W. Low

Peter Maiwald

Judy Mauer

Doug & Regina McCorkle

Colleen McCourtney

Rodney McDaniel

Cynthia Adler McKee

R. McNish

Alan Mendelsohn

Carol and Frank Messineo

Holly & William Mensching

Richard J. Moylan

*Mildred Munich

*Brigitte and Jeff Myhre

Aaron & Marcia Naveh

Madeleine Nichols

Phillip J. Pena

*Marisa Anne Pierson

Posner-Wallace Foundation

The Pulse Performing Arts Studio

Jonathan Raskin

Judith & Gary Richter

*Richard & Rachel Robbins

Barbara S. Rosenthal

Lainie & John Ross

William H. Sadie

*Gregg Passin & Andy Schmidt

Laura E. Schneider

*Marva and Florian Schodel

Sherry Barron-Seabrook

Mary & John Seward

Jennifer Shotwell

*Elizabeth Sledge

*Joseph Small

Anthony & Rosa Smith

Robin Smith & Bill Plante

Martha Sherman

Margaret Stern

Jos Stumpe

Henry & Jo Strouss

Mr. Lars Rosager & Mr. Donald Troise

Ms. Donna Tatro

Pat Tafuro

Tonic Physical Therapy & Wellness

Charles & Susan Tribbitt

Dana A. Troetel

Dick & Carolyn Wallach

*Irmgard Wieland

*Jeanette Williams

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

The Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance and Ballet Festival Commissions

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

Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation

R. Richard Ablon

Deborah & Charles Adelman

Gerald M. Appelstein

Rob Ashford

Stephen M. Baldini

Theodore S. Bartwink

The Harkness Foundation for Dance

Mick Beekhuizen

Evan Behrens & Dara Stern

Ajay Bhandaram

Torrence Boone

Stephanie R. Breslow & Paul Watterson

Madeline Brine

Richard & Martha Byrne

Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer

Rodney S. Cohen

Alan & Chi Colberg

Arlene Cooper

Pamela Crutchfield

Trisha & Patrick Duval

Jamshid & Mahshid Ehsani

Augie K. Fabela II

Britton & Melina Fisher

Kim Friedman

J. Eric Gambrell

Jane E. Goldberg

Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi

David Haines

John & Judith Hannan

Rex S. Heinke

Cecilia & Jim Herbert

David & Andrea Holbrook

Toni Hoover

Kim Koopersmith

Allen Kovac/ Tenth Street Entertainment

Ronald & Stephanie Kramer

Ronald S. Lauder

Jim Leary

Alec & Sarah Machiels

Joyce F. Menschel

David & Diana Milich

Virginia & Timothy Millhiser

Karyl Nairn

Abby McCormick O'Neil

& Carroll Joynes

Anh-Tuyet Nguyen & Robert Pollock

Susan & Gregory Pappajohn

Michèle & Steven Pesner

Tatiana Piankova Foundation

Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch

Gregg Rechler/ Lisa & Gregg Rechler

Charitable Trust

The Jerome Robbins Foundation

Ann Sahid Rosche

Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart H. Coleman

Rowan Family Foundation Inc.

Saul & Mary Sanders

Fran Schulman

Kathleen A. Scott

Frederic & Robin Seegal

Richard Shea

Howard L. Shecter

Linda Shelton

Irene Shen

Henry R. Silverman

Susan Fawcett Sosin

Allan Sperling & Ferne Goldberg

Wendy & Alex Stanton

Justin A. Stevens

Raymond & Margaret Vandenberg

Monica B. Voldstad

Amit Wadhwaney

Daniel Walsh

Stephen & Cathy Weinroth

Steven M. Zagar

Richard Kielar & Christian Zimmermann

The Young Leaders Circle

Kyle Abraham^

Robert Allyn

Patricia Arellano

*Rebecca Aronson

Chellis Baird

Erin Barnes

Alison Baum

Lisa Bonifacic

Isabella Boylston^

Camille A. Brown^

*Scott Caplan

Victor M. Castillo & Blake Wiedenhoeft

Alejandro Cerrudo^

*Julia Chambers

*Nishka Chandrasoma

Dr. Jason Chuang

Mary Craig

Debora Domass

Michelle Dorrance^

Robert Fairchild^

Davalois Fearon^

Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson

Erica Forrence

*Ania Fryszkowska

Tiger Gao

Ronald Gilliam & Akram Hélil

Amita Goyal

Jessica Halper

Mingtong Han

Alexandra Harper, Co-Chair

*Emma Hood

Kile Hotchkiss^

Alixandra Hornyan, Co-Chair

Audrey Hourse

Laura Hsu

Kristen Irby

Amanda Krische

Jean-François Kowalski

Audrey Lam

Debra Levin

Stephanie Lichtinger

Camilla Liou

Mitch Lowenthal

Michelle K. Marck

Katherine Maxwell^

Sara Mearns^

*Katie Mues

*Leah Nelson

*Abigail Nintzel

Justin Peck^

Tiler Peck^

*Abigail Richards

Vanessa Rojas

Setpheap San^

Bette Ann Schlossberg, Co-Chair

Daniil Simkin^

*Madelyn Sirbu

Elisa Smilovitz

*Margaret Stephens

Evan Strain

Mark & Oni Strawn

Sara Strope

*Myriam Varjacques

*Lucy Vasserman & Brendan Finnegan

Alexander Wang

Douglas Weiss

Miss Inga Wells

James Whiteside^

Emma Winder

*LeeAna Wolfman

*Sangeeta Yesley

*Malin Yhr

^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:

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.