HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO
MARCH 12 - 24, 2024
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Welcome to The Joyce Theater’s Spring/Summer ‘24 season!
Tonight, join me in celebrating Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s 46th anniversary season, a milestone in the company’s long history of fostering innovation in contemporary dance.
Looking back on decades of dance, the physically daring Pilobolus presents re:CREATION, a collection of timeless pieces from its 50-year legacy. With over 30 years of impact, Gibney Company returns with historic restagings by Twyla Tharp and world premieres by Jermaine Spivey & Spenser Theberge and Yue Yin. Parsons Dance marks its 27th engagement at The Joyce with company classics showcasing David Parsons’ characteristic musicality and wit.
More legacy companies continue to push the visions of their founders forward. Trisha Brown Dance Company brings two formative works by its creator, alongside the second ever choreographic commission, In the Fall by French choreographer Noé Soulier. Smuin Contemporary Ballet expands the boundaries of ballet with a contemporary style influenced by its founder Michael Smuin. Paul Taylor Dance Company presents Extreme Taylor, honoring Taylor’s unprecedented creative vision and contributions to the field of modern dance.
Joining the nationwide centennial celebration of the renowned drummer and composer, Max Roach 100 brings together Joyce alums Ayodele Casel, Rennie Harris Puremovement, Malpaso Dance Company, and Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE in conversation with Roach’s legacy. Curated by American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Calvin Royal III, this year’s Ballet Festival gathers the leading voices of the ballet world in a reflection of our collective humanity.
Fostering the next generation, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company connects its rising ballet stars with choreographers Jamar Roberts, Amy Hall Garner, James Whiteside, and Alexei Ratmansky. Ballet Tech Kids Dance makes its annual Joyce appearance with classics by founder Eliot Feld. The bright, young dancers of Ailey II take on energetic works by Judith Jamison, William Forsythe, Baye & Asa, and Francesca Harper.
Percussive dance forms also finds a home at The Joyce this season. Carrying forth the flamenco legacy for over 40 years, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana offers EQUILIBRIO (Clásica/Tradición), a new creation by acclaimed flamenco artist Emilio Ochando.
Led by artistic director Michelle Dorrance, Dorrance Dance continues to push the dynamic range that tap dance has to offer. A staple of New York’s flamenco scene, Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca pays homage to the influence of visual artist Francisco de Goya, reimagining his works through the flamenco form.
This year, we are proud to welcome an international community of dance artists to our Chelsea home. The Belfast-raised Oona Doherty makes her Joyce debut with Navy Blue, a thrilling amalgamation of deconstructed movement, spoken word, and political candor. From the Netherlands, Introdans pays homage to masters of the form: Akram Khan, Lucinda Childs, and Mauro Bigonzetti. Sydney Dance Company performs the critically acclaimed [ab] intra, featuring a driving score by Australian musician Nick Wales. Germany’s tanzmainz returns with an encore performance of choreographer Sharon Eyal’s mesmerizing Soul Chain.
In this season filled to the brim with new inventions, classic works, and unparalleled artistry, we are honored to have you in our Theater. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!
Sincerely,
Linda Shelton
The Joyce Theater Foundation presents
MARCH 12 – MARCH 17
Dichotomy of a Journey BY DARRELL GRAND MOULTRIE
Nevermore BY THANG DAO
Dear Frankie BY RENNIE HARRIS
MARCH 19 – MARCH 24
Coltrane’s Favorite Things BY LAR LUBOVITCH
Aguas Que Van, Quieren Volver BY RENA BUTLER return to patience BY ASZURE BARTON
Artistic Director Executive Director Founder
LINDA-DENISE FISHER-HARRELL
DAVID McDERMOTT
LOU CONTE
The Company
ALEXANDRIA BEST* • JACQUELINE BURNETT* • AARON CHOATE
MORGAN CLUNE • MICHELE DOOLEY • ABDIEL FIGUEROA REYES*
ELLIOT HAMMANS • JACK HENDERSON • ALYSIA JOHNSON* • SHOTA MIYOSHI
DAVID SCHULTZ* • SIMONE STEVENS • CYRIE TOPETE • MATT WENCKOWSKI
Senior Rehearsal Director & Director of Summer Intensives
Rehearsal Director Manager of Training Operations
JONATHAN E. ALSBERRY
CRAIG D. BLACK, JR.*
KRISTA ELLENSOHN
*Denotes Princess Grace Award Recipient
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.
Major support for The Joyce has been provided by Ford Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, MacMillan Family Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels.
The Joyce's presentation of U.S.-based dance companies is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
DICHOTOMY OF A JOURNEY (2022)
Choreography by Darrell Grand Moultrie
Music by Ezio Bosso, Dmitri Shostakovich, V. Michael McKay, Nils Frahm, Donald Lawrence** Costume Design by Branimira Ivanova
Lighting Design by Michael Mazzola
Vitality Interlude
Connection Interlude Vision
Community Resilience
The Company+
Morgan Clune (3/12, 3/14, 3/16eve)
Michele Dooley (3/13, 3/15, 3/16mat, 3/17)
Jacqueline Burnett, David Schultz (3/12, 3/14, 3/16eve)
Morgan Clune, Elliot Hammans (3/13, 3/15, 3/16mat, 3/17)
Aaron Choate
Elliot Hammans (3/12, 3/14, 3/16eve)
Abdiel Figueroa Reyes (3/13, 3/15, 3/16mat, 3/17)
Jacqueline Burnett, Craig D. Black, Jr., Aaron Choate, Morgan Clune, Michele Dooley, Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, Shota Miyoshi, David Schultz, Simone Stevens, Matt Wenckowski (3/12, 3/14, 3/16eve)
Alexandria Best, Jacqueline Burnett, Aaron Choate, Morgan Clune, Elliot Hammans, Alysia Johnson, Shota Miyoshi, David Schultz, Cyrie Topete, Matt Wenckowski (3/13, 3/15, 3/16mat, 3/17)
Alexandria Best, Aaron Choate, Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, Cyrie Topete (3/12, 3/14, 3/16eve)
Craig D. Black, Jr., Michele Dooley, Shota Miyoshi, Simone Stevens (3/13, 3/15, 3/16mat, 3/17)
The Company+
“From this moment and beyond: May we continue to live with vitality, connection, vision, community, and most importantly, self-encouragement.” - Darrell Grand Moultrie
**Music: String Quintet No. 2 The Nights: I’m Born Child (African Skies) by Ezio Bosso, performed by Ezio Bosso, Turin String Quartet; Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante by Dmitri Shostakovich, performed by Dmitri Shostakovich, I Musici de Montréal, Maxim Shostakovich; In My Dreams by V. Michael McKay, performed by Daryl Coley, produced by Hal Sacks, Daryl Coley; My Friend the Forest by Nils Oliver Frahm, performed by Nils Frahm, produced by Nils Frahm; Encourage Yourself-Live by Donald Lawrence, performed by The Tri-City Singers, produced by Donald Lawrence.
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NEVERMORE (2023)
Choreography by Thang Dao in process w/ Hubbard Street Dancers & Craig D. Black, Jr. Music by James G. Lindsay**
Co-Costume Design by Calvin Tran & Neftaly Silva Lighting Design by Matt Miller*
PERFORMED BY THE COMPANY
Nevermore is a bridging of narratives based on Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Raven" and an Asian classic folktale The Cowherd and Weavegirl. The seamless intertextuality between the East-West narratives depicts the humanity of our experiences as shared and universal rather than distinct and separate. "The Raven" paints the human experience through loss and death while The Cowherd and Weavegirl offers a ritual as a way to process grief through hope and memory.” —Thang Dao
**Music: Nevermore by James G. Lindsay. Music commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation. Nevermore was workshopped at the University of Arizona School of Dance. The final duet was developed in a Works & Process LaunchPAD. “Process as Destination” residency at Bridge Street Theatre.
MARCH 12 – MARCH 17
DEAR FRANKIE (2023)
Choreography by Rennie Harris
Music by Darrin Ross & Rennie Harris**
Costume Design by Imani Sade
Lighting Design by James Clotfelter
Letter to Frankie written by Rennie Harris
Assistant to Choreographer: Angel D. Anderson
PERFORMED BY THE COMPANY+
“This work is an homage to the city of Chicago, the godfather of House Music DJ Frankie Knuckles, the infamous dance club The Warehouse, and its club members. Frankie Knuckles and the other noted Chicago DJs introduced house music to the world. As a result, Chicago’s unique sound and dance have impacted not only music but fashion, television, film, radio, and pop, and underground culture as we know it today.”
—Rennie Harris
*Music: Requiem For Jay B, Lights Eternal, and We Gon Be Alright, composed, produced, and mixed by Darrin Ross. Dear Frankie composed by Darrin Ross, produced by Darrin Ross and Rennie Harris. Letter to Frankie written by Rennie Harris. Vocals by Rennie Harris, Darrin Ross, Church Triumphant Choir, Hubbard Street Dancers.
MARCH 19 – MARCH 24
COLTRANE'S FAVORITE THINGS (2010)
COMPANY PREMIERE: 2023
Choreography by Lar Lubovitch
Staged by Jonathan E. Alsberry
Music by John Coltrane, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II**
Scenery by Jackson Pollock
Lighting Design by Jack Mehler*
Duet Quartet
Trio
Alexandria Best, Shota Miyoshi (3/19, 3/21, 3/23eve)
Cyrie Topete, Abdiel Figueroa Reyes (3/20, 3/23mat)
Simone Stevens, David Schultz (3/22, 3/24)
Jacqueline Burnett, Aaron Choate, Morgan Clune, David Schultz (3/19, 3/21, 3/23eve)
Aaron Choate, Morgan Clune, Michele Dooley, David Schultz (3/20, 3/23mat)
Alexandria Best, Morgan Clune, Elliot Hammans, Matt Wenckowski (3/22, 3/24)
Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, Elliot Hammans, Matt Wenckowski (3/19, 3/21, 3/23eve)
Shota Miyoshi, Simone Stevens, Matt Wenckowski (3/20, 3/23mat)
Aaron Choate, Michele Dooley, Cyrie Topete (3/22, 3/24)
“In his time, the music of John Coltrane was described as ‘sheets of sound,’ due to the aural environment created by his innovative wall-to-wall, top-to-bottom, overall constancy of sound. Simultaneously, mid-century artist Jackson Pollock was creating pictures depicting a visual environment for which the entire surface of the canvas itself was an overall ‘action field,’ the term coined to describe his paintings. In this dance, I have sought to draw a parallel between Coltrane’s sheets of sound and Pollock’s field of action.” - Lar Lubovitch
**Music: My Favorite Things. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. This selection is used by special arrangement with Rodgers & Hammerstein: A Concord Company, www.concord.com. All Rights Reserved. Coltrane’s Favorite Things was commissioned in part by Ronald E. Creamer Jr., Elysabeth Kleinhans, W. Patrick McMullan III, Maxine Pollak, Dale L. Ponikvar and Lewis R. Steinberg. Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), 1950. Jackson Pollock (American, 19121956). Enamel on canvas, H. 105, W. 207 in. (266.7 x 525.8 cm), George A. Hearn Fund, 1957 (57.92) © 2010 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York. Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, U.S.A. Photo credit: Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource, NY. Choreography copyright © Lar Lubovitch 2010
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- INTERMISSIONAGUAS QUE VAN, QUIEREN VOLVER (2023)
Choreography by Rena Butler
Music by Milton Aguilar, Miguel Angel, Marcelo Barbel, Jane May, Valladares Rebolledo**
Composed by Darryl J. Hoffman
Costume Design by Hogan McLaughlin
Lighting Design by Julie E. Ballard*
PERFORMED BY
Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, Shota Miyoshi, Cyrie Topete (3/19, 3/21, 3/23eve)
Jacqueline Burnett, Elliot Hammans, Simone Stevens (3/20, 3/23mat)
Alexandria Best, Aaron Choate, Alysia Johnson (3/22, 3/24)
“Waters that go, want to return…” — José Larralde
**Music: Quimey Neuquen by Milton Aguilar, Jane May, and Marcelo Barbel. WC Music Corp. (ASCAP). Miseria written by Valladares Rebolledo and Miguel Angel, performed by Los Panchos.
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return to patience (2015)
COMPANY PREMIERE: 2023
Choreography by Aszure Barton
Staged by Jonathan E. Alsberry
Music by Caroline Shaw**
Costume Design by Fritz Masten*
Lighting & Stage Design by Nicole Pearce*
PERFORMED BY THE COMPANY+
**Music: Gustave Le Grey by Caroline Shaw, performed by Ruogu Wen. The costumes for return to patience were created by The Juilliard School, New York, NY.
*United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829 of the IATSE is the union representing Scenic, Costume, Lighting, Sound, and Projection designers in Live Performance. +With Craig D. Black, Jr. (Princess Grace Award Recipient).
(From Left to RIght) Dancers Cyrie Topete, Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, & Shota Miyoshi in Rena Butler's Aguas Que Van, Quieren Volver. Photo by Michelle Reid.
ABOUT HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO
The Mission of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is to awaken the human spirit through contemporary dance. Our Vision is a dance landscape that is relevant and accessible to all. We fulfill our mission by nurturing diverse voices in contemporary dance, opening new pathways to growth, learning, and discovery in Chicago and throughout the word. We are guided by our Values of Artistry, Belonging, and Curiosity.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago grew out of the Lou Conte Dance Studio at LaSalle and Hubbard Streets in 1977, when Lou Conte gathered an ensemble of four dancers to perform in senior centers across Chicago. Barbara G. Cohen soon joined the company as its first Executive Director. Conte continued to direct the company for 23 years, during which he initiated and grew relationships with both emerging and established artists including Nacho Duato, Daniel Ezralow, Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, and Twyla Tharp.
Conte’s successor Jim Vincent widened Hubbard Street’s international focus, began Hubbard Street’s collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and cultivated growth from within, launching the Inside/Out Choreographic Workshop and inviting Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo to make his first work. Gail Kalver’s 23 years of executive leadership provided continuity from 1984 through the 2006–07 season, when Executive Director Jason Palmquist joined the organization. Glenn Edgerton became Artistic Director in 2009 and, together with Palmquist, moved this legacy forward on multiple fronts.
In 2021, former company dancer Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell was named the fourth Artistic Director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Season 44: RE/CHARGE marked her debut season as the artistic leader of the organization, with the goal of continuing to diversify the company’s repertoire and ensemble while building on the incredible legacy and reputation that HSDC has already established. Along with David McDermott, Executive Director since 2017, the company is looking forward to expanding its audience reach and increasing the local, national, and global reputation of Hubbard Street.
For 46 years, Hubbard Street has been one of the most original forces in contemporary dance – bringing top choreographers and works to Chicago and beyond. Hubbard Street’s ever-evolving repertory, created by today’s leading choreographic voices, makes them a company that dancers aspire to join and performance venues all over the world are eager to host. To date, the main company has performed globally in 19 countries and 44 U.S. states. At home in Chicago, Hubbard Street performs 20 times a year and delivers renowned education programs in 50 classrooms across 17 Chicagoland schools. HSDC Education utilizes the choreographic process to teach essential problem-solving skills, creativity, and collaboration - expanding our reach beyond traditional concert dance audiences, ensuring that everyone has access to world-class dance and instruction.
COMPANY STAFF
LEADERSHIP
Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, Artistic Director
David McDermott, Executive Director
ARTISTIC STAFF
Jonathan E. Alsberry, Senior Rehearsal Director & Director of Summer Intensives
Craig D. Black, Jr.*, Rehearsal Director
Krista Ellensohn, Manager of Training Operations
ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF
Abby Olson, General Manager
Jessica Adler, Corinne Kibler, Kelley Dorhauer, Arts FMS, Financial Management Services
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Katie Grogan, Director of Development
Melissa Rosenberg, Special Events & Development Operations Manager
Haley Gillespie, Development Coordinator
Clara Trippe, Development Storyteller
Erik Kaiko, Director of Marketing & Communications
Megan Moran, Manager of Marketing & Communications
YOUTH, EDUCATION, & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Eboné Harden, Director of Education
PRODUCTION
Harrison Pearse Burke, Director of Production
Kate Darby, Stage Manager & Head of Props
Bill Green, Head of Audio
Jenah Hensel, Head of Wardrobe
Jack Horwitch, Head Electrician
Michael Kroll, Head Carpenter
WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY
LINDA-DENISE FISHER-HARRELL (Artistic Director, she/her) ascended to this role in 2021, after an extraordinary career as a professional dance artist and educator. She was born in Baltimore, MD, and began her dance training at the Baltimore School for the Arts under the guidance of Sylvester Campbell and Stephanie Powell. She was an apprentice with the Capitol Ballet in Washington D.C. and a full fellowship student at The Ailey School. While a student at The Juilliard School, she was invited by Hubbard Street founder Lou Conte to join the main company at the age of 19, thus beginning her professional dance career. After three seasons with Hubbard Street, she became a Principal Dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, under the direction of Judith Jamison. During her 13-year tenure with the company, she performed all over the world and was featured in the works of Alvin Ailey, Robert Battle, Talley Beatty, Ronald K. Brown, John Butler, Donald Byrd, Ulysses Dove, George Faison, Rennie Harris, Geoffrey Holder, Judith Jamison, Louis Johnson, Alonzo King, Lar Lubovitch, Donald McKayle, Elisa Monte, Jennifer Muller, David Parsons, and Dwight Rhoden. She was invited to give a number of special performances throughout her career, including the White House State Dinner in honor of the President of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, and the 12th Annual Kennedy Center Gala with Nancy Wilson and Liza Minelli. She has led a distinguished career as a dance educator in her hometown of Baltimore where, since 2005, she has been a Professor of Dance at Towson University and has served on the faculty of the Baltimore School for the Arts. Her research and scholarship in continuing the Ailey legacy within the Towson University and Greater Baltimore community has resulted in the Ailey II residencies from 2011-2019 hosted by Towson University and the establishment of AileyCamp Baltimore at Towson University in 2014 where she served as Director. She holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in dance from Hollins University and is an ABT® Certified Teacher. As a scholar, her entry “Alvin Ailey” has been published by the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. She and her husband have three children.
DAVID MCDERMOTT (Executive Director, he/him) manages organization-wide strategy and administrative functions including oversight of Hubbard Street’s finances, operations, marketing, and development departments. Most recently, he led Hubbard Street through a post-COVID-19 restructuring, guided its new accessfirst digital strategy, and directed the company’s recent move to Water Tower Place. Prior to joining Hubbard Street he served as the First Deputy Commissioner at the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. In this role, he managed the day-to-day operations of the department and played instrumental roles in major initiatives such as creating the Chicago Cultural Plan, revitalizing the Taste of Chicago, and ensured the success of the Chicago Architecture Biennial. Prior to his employment with the City, he led the Senator Durbin’s Department of Community Outreach, served as the Senator’s Political Director, and has managed political campaigns at the congressional, county, and municipal levels. He recently completed a fellowship at the University of Chicago’s Civic Leadership Academy and holds a degree in Public Policy from Trinity College at the University of Dublin.
LEADERSHIP
LOU CONTE (Founding Artistic Director, he/him), after a performing career that included roles in Broadway musicals such as Cabaret, Mame, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, established the Lou Conte Dance Studio in 1974. Three years later, he founded what is now Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Originally the company’s sole choreographer, he developed relationships with emerging and world-renowned dancemakers Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Margo Sappington, and Daniel Ezralow as the company grew. He continued to build Hubbard Street’s repertoire by forging a key relationship with Twyla Tharp in the 1990s, acquiring seven of her works as well as original choreography. It then became an international enterprise with the inclusion of works by Jiří Kylián, Nacho Duato, and Ohad Naharin. Throughout his 23 years as the company’s artistic director, he received numerous awards including the first Ruth Page Artistic Achievements Award in 1986, the Sidney R. Yates Arts Advocacy Award in 1995, and a Chicagoan of the Year award from Chicago Magazine in 1999. In 2003, he was inducted as a laureate into the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, the state’s highest honor, and in 2014, was named one of five inaugural recipients of the City of Chicago’s Fifth Star Award. He has been credited by many for helping raise Chicago’s international cultural profile and for creating a welcoming climate for dance in the city, where the art form now thrives.
JONATHAN E. ALSBERRY (Senior Rehearsal Director & Director of Summer Intensives, he/him), from Normal, IL, is a dance educator, creator, and coach focused on inspiring excellence and joy in the study of Ballet, Jazz, and Modern techniques with a constant dedication to the exploration of artistry and the creative process. Currently the Senior Rehearsal Director & Director of Summer Intensives with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, he began dancing with his mother Lyndetta and went on to graduate from The Chicago Academy for the Arts where he has since been a guest faculty member. In 2006, he received his BFA from The Juilliard School where he met Aszure Barton. Jonathan a.k.a “Jojo” is now dancer, rehearsal director, and creative collaborator with Aszure Barton & Artists and has assisted Mrs. Barton in over a dozen creations including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Bayerische Staatsballett, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. In 2007, he also joined the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company and is currently a performer, rehearsal director, and teaching artist with the company. He has shared two tours with Mikhail Baryshnikov’s Hell’s Kitchen Dance as well as Evolution with Alessandra Ferri and Herman Cornejo. Other credits include The Chase Brock Experience, Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, Luna Negra Dance Theater, Nilas Martins Dance Company, and Eisenhower Dance Ensemble. Since 2007, he has been teaching, coaching, and creating work at various educational institutions including Arts Umbrella, Harvard University, University of California at Irvine, Springboard Danse Montreal, Ballet Hispánico, and University of Southern California.
CRAIG D. BLACK, JR. (Rehearsal Director, he/they), from San Jose, CA, is the Rehearsal Director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. He was appointed to this role in 2022 for the company’s 45th Anniversary: Sapphire Season. At the age of ten, Craig began dancing at South Bay Dance Center and continued his dance training at Abraham Lincoln High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. In 2011, Craig received his BFA from The Juilliard School. He obtained additional training at Springboard Danse Montréal, Nederlands Dans Theater, and the School at Jacob’s Pillow. Craig is a recipient of the 2010 Princess Grace Award in Dance as well as the 2011 Lorna Strassler Award for Student Excellence from the School at Jacob’s Pillow. For six seasons, Craig performed and toured with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet under the direction of Tom Mossbrucker and Jean-Philippe Malaty. In 2017,
Craig joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago where he danced for five seasons before transitioning into the HSDC Rehearsal Director position. He has had the privilege of dancing works by Kyle Abraham, Aszure Barton, Cherice Barton, Rena Butler, Alejandro Cerrudo, Peter Chu, Nacho Duato, Jorma Elo, William Forsythe, Jirí Kylián, Fernando Melo, Robyn Mineko-Williams, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, and Cayetano Soto Ramirez, among many others. Craig has had the pleasure of co-choreographing and rehearsal directing Cardi B and Offset’s 2019 BET Awards performance. Craig is a passionate teacher and mentor. He is certified in IMAGE TECH for Dancers™ introductory through advanced level. Craig is on faculty for Dupree Dance and has served as guest faculty for the Hubbard Street Professional Program, Steps on Broadway, Peridance Center, The Joffrey Academy, and New York City Dance Alliance.
CHOREOGRAPHERS
ASZURE BARTON (return to patience) is a Canadian-American artist and choreographer who has collaborated with celebrated dancers and companies including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Martha Graham Dance Company, National Ballet of Canada, Malpaso Dance Company, Nederlands Dans Theater, Sydney Dance Company, Teatro alla Scala, and most recently San Francisco Ballet. She has received honors including a Bessie Award and the prestigious Arts & Letters Award, joining the ranks of Oscar Peterson, Karen Kain, and Margaret Atwood. She was the first Martha Duffy resident artist at the Baryshnikov Arts Center and is an official ambassador of contemporary dance in Canada. She is the founder of Aszure Barton & Artists, an international interdisciplinary dance project, and is currently embarking on a new creative partnership with trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire.
RENA BUTLER (Aguas Que Van, Quieren Volver) hails from Chicago. She began her dance studies at The Chicago Academy for the Arts and later at Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan. She received her BFA from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance. Rena has performed with a range of companies in the USA, including Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (also a Choreographic Fellow), A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, David Dorfman Dance, Manuel Vignoulle/M-Motions, The Kevin Wynn Collection, Pasos Con Sabor Salsa Dance Company, and Gibney Company, as a dance artist and the inaugural choreographic associate. Butler was a recipient of the prestigious 2019 Princess Grace Foundation Award for Choreography and has been commissioned by National Ballet of Canada, San Francisco Opera, Norrdans, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The Lyric Opera of Chicago, BalletX, GroundWorks DanceTheater, Oregon Ballet Theater, Jacob's Pillow Contemporary Summer Program, Parsons Dance, Charlotte Ballet, The Juilliard School, Oklahoma City Ballet, and Boston Dance Theater. Additionally, she has created works for The New Orleans Museum of Modern Art in collaboration with Academy Award-Winning jazz composer Terence Blanchard, CHTV Stories in Switzerland, a film short in collaboration with Third Coast Percussion x Devonté Hynes/Blood Orange, The Young Choreographer’s Festival in NYC, The Ailey/Fordham School, TEDxChicago Virtual Salon 3.0: Design Your Life, and more. She has been spotlighted in Dance Magazine’s "On The Rise" feature in 2013, and was the featured cover story in Dance Magazine’s November 2021 issue. She is active in mentorship and education and has served on the Consortium for Chicago Dancemakers Forum for three years, was on the annual
panel for Black Girls Dance in Chicago, and co-created and directed DanceLab—a free, choreographic course for Chicago teens, empowering participants of varying socioeconomic backgrounds + identities to find commonality in creation. Has taught dance and choreographic workshops at L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Danse de Marseille in France, The Macau Cultural Center in China, and Ailey Camp Chicago, and currently serves on dancewave’s Artistic Advisory Council in NYC.
THANG DAO (Nevermore) resides between Los Angeles and New York City where he works as a freelance choreographer, educator, and coach. He is a graduate of Hollins University (MFA’ 21) and New York University (MA’ 09). Dao received his formal dance education from The Juilliard School and Boston Conservatory (BFA 2001). Dao has choreographed for Ballet Austin, Ballet Austin II, Ailey II, BalletX, PHILADANCO!, Taiwan National University of the Arts, Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Program, Missouri Contemporary Ballet, Kennesaw State University, Troy University, Michigan State University, and the Boston Conservatory, along with many universities and performing arts schools nationally and internationally. His works have toured throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia with acclaimed reviews. His ballet Stepping Ground, choreographed for Ballet Austin for the first Biannual New American Dance Talent, received the Audience Choice Award all four nights. Dao was the recipient of the 2008 Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship, the 2009 Special Project Grant, and the 2012 Vilcek finalist for Creative Promise in choreography. In 2012, his work Waiting Women was featured at NYCDA Gala: Destiny Rising at The Joyce Theater in New York. Dao was part of the creative team for the James Brown Project: Get On The Good Foot commissioned and produced by the Apollo Theater in collaboration with PHILADANCO! under the artistic direction of Otis Salid. In 2017, Dao garnered first prize for his choreography at the DAP Festival in Pietrasanta, Italy. Dao was the recipient of the 2022 #launchPAD residency, an initiative of Works & Process at the Guggenheim. Dao is ecstatic for the opportunity to work with the artists of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago under the incredible direction of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell. Follow Dao on Insta @tawndu. www.thangdaodancecompany.com.
RENNIE HARRIS (Dear Frankie). Known for bringing social dances to the concert stage and coining the term "Street Dance Theater," Harris has broken new ground as one of the first Hip-hop choreographers to set works on ballet-based companies such as Ballet Memphis, Colorado Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO!), Giordano Dance Chicago, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Cleo Parker Robinson, Dallas Black Dance Theater, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC), and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, among others. He is also the first street dancer commissioned to create an evening-length work on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and to serve as a resident artist at The Ailey School. He has received three Bessie Awards, five Black Theater Alvin Ailey Awards, an Herb Alpert Award, and been nominated for a Lawrence Olivier Award (UK). He has also received a Lifetime Achievement Award in choreography (McCullum Theater, 2019). Harris was also voted one of the most influential people in the last one hundred years of Philadelphia’s history (City Paper), and has been compared to Basquiat, Alvin Ailey, and Bob Fosse. In addition, he has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, PEW Fellowship, a USA Artist of the Year Fellowship, a Governor’s Artist of the Year Award, and is noted as the first street dancer to receive two honorary doctorate degrees from both Bates College (Lewiston, ME) and Columbia College (Chicago, IL). He served as a cultural ambassador for Ronald Reagan’s US Embassy Tour in 1986 and was invited to the White House by the Clinton Administration to
share in the recognition of African American artists making a difference in the world (2001). Rennie Harris Puremovement has performed for such dignitaries as the Queen of England and the Princess of Monaco, and was chosen as one of four US companies to serve as cultural ambassadors for President Obama’s Dance Motion USA and toured Israel, Jordan, Ramulah, Egypt, Palestine, and surrounding countries. Lorenzo “Rennie” Harris is atop the Hip-hop heap as its leading ambassador. Harris is a recent recipient of the Doris Duke artist award (2020).
LAR LUBOVITCH (Coltrane’s Favorite Things) is one of America’s most versatile and widely seen choreographers. He founded the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company in 1968. Over the course of 53 years, it has gained an international reputation as one of America’s top dance companies, producing more than 120 dances and performing before millions across the U.S. and in over 40 countries. Many other major companies throughout the world have performed Lubovitch’s dances, including American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Joffrey Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, and more. Lubovitch has created icedancing works for Olympians John Curry, Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Brian Orser, JoJo Starbuck, and Paul Wylie, and he has created feature-length ice-dance specials for TV: The Planets for A&E (nominated for an International Emmy Award, a Cable AceAward, and a Grammy Award) and The Sleeping Beauty for PBS and Anglia TV, Great Britain. His theater and film work includes Sondheim/Lapine’s Into the Woods (Tony Award nomination), The Red Shoes (Astaire Award), the Tony Award-winning revival of The King and I (Broadway and West End), Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame in Berlin, and Robert Altman’s movie The Company (American Choreography Award). In 2016, he premiered The Bronze Horseman, based on the Pushkin poem, for the Mikhailovsky Ballet in Russia. In 1987, he conceived Dancing for Life, which took place at Lincoln Center. It was the first response by the dance community to the AIDS crisis, raising over one million dollars. Together with Jay Franke, in 2007 Lubovitch created the Chicago Dancing Festival, in collaboration with the City of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art. It presented ten seasons entirely free to the public. Recent awards include: 2007 named Chicagoan of the Year by the Chicago Tribune; 2008 named similarly by Chicago Magazine; 2011 designated a Ford Fellow by United States Artists and received the Dance/USA Honors Award; 2012 his dance Crisis Variations awarded the Prix Benois de la Danse for outstanding choreography at the Bolshoi Theatre; 2013 honored for lifetime achievement by the American Dance Guild; 2014 awarded an honorary doctorate by The Juilliard School; 2016 received the Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement; and the Dance Magazine Award, named one of America’s Irreplaceable Dance Treasures by the Dance Heritage Coalition and appointed a Distinguished Professor at UC/Irvine. In honor of his company’s 50th anniversary, in 2018 he was presented with the Martha Graham Award for lifetime achievement.
DARRELL GRAND MOULTRIE (Dichotomy of a Journey). A recipient of the Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship Award, Darrell Grand Moultrie has established himself as one of the most diverse and sought-after choreographers and master teachers. Moultrie has created and staged works for American Ballet Theatre, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Dallas Black Dance Theater, Atlanta Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet Colorado Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, BalletMet Columbus, Ailey II, Tulsa Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Smuin Ballet, Sacramento Ballet,
The Juilliard School, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, and NBA Ballet in Japan. On stage, Moultrie has provided movement and choreography for the Pulitzer Prize Winning Play Fat Ham at New York’s The Public Theater, MCC’s Space Dogs, The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park, production of Merry Wives, the world premiere of Jeremy O. Harris’s OffBroadway play Daddy, Witness Uganda at American Repertory Theater directed by Tony Winner Diane Paulus, Sugar in Our Wounds at Manhattan Theatre Club, the Off-Broadway musical Invisible Thread at Second Stage, the world premiere of Redwood at Portland Center Stage Theater, and Evita and Pride & Prejudice at Kansas City Repertory Theatre. He has collaborated with Tony Award-winning dancer Savion Glover and provided choreography for Beyoncé’s Mrs. Carter World Tour. Darrell also choreographed El Publico, a new opera at the world-famous Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain directed by Robert Castro and Conducted by Robert Heras-Casado. Moultrie is a proud New Yorker, born and raised in Harlem, and a graduate of P.S. 144, The Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts, LaGuardia High School, and The Juilliard School.
DANCERS
ALEXANDRIA BEST (she/her, Raleigh, NC) is a native of Raleigh, NC where she began her pre-professional dance training. During this time, she acquired knowledge from instructors across programs such as American Ballet Theatre, Arts Umbrella, Carolina Ballet, DamianiDance, French Academie of Ballet, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She is a 2021 graduate of Pace University where she earned her BFA in dance, with a concentration in performance and pedagogy, and a minor in business. Immediately following post-grad, Alexandria joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as a company dance artist under the new direction of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell. Now going into her third season, she has had the opportunity to perform many great works by many great-minded artists alike. She is thrilled to be announced as a 2023 Princess Grace Foundation Award winner in Dance and to be joining its community of artists, including many past and present HSDC members as well. Alexandria is elated to continue her time growing her artistry and community with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in its upcoming season.
JACQUELINE BURNETT (she/her, Pocatello, ID) received her formative classical ballet training in her hometown of Pocatello, ID, from Romanian Ballet Master Marius Zirra. She moved to NYC in 2005 for the Ailey School/Fordham University joint BFA program, graduating magna cum laude with honors (2009). She joined HSDC in 2008 as a Center Apprentice and joined the main company in 2009. She received a Princess Grace Honorarium in 2011 and with HSDC, was part of DanceMotion USA 2013, a cultural diplomacy tour in Algeria, Morocco, and Spain. She has also served as an Artistic Lead and teacher for HSDC Summer Intensives, a repetitor for Penny Saunders, and a freelance dancer with Robyn Mineko Williams and Artists and Seattle Dance Collective. She recently choreographed for Milwaukee Rep’s Murder on the Orient Express and premiered a new work, co-choreographed with David Schultz, for Danza Visual in Mexico City.
AARON CHOATE (they/them, Lexington, KY) is a graduate of The Juilliard School class of 2022. After studying at Diana Evan's School of Dance in Kentucky, they were named a 2018 Presidential Scholar in the Arts. They have performed the works of renowned choreographers, such as Aszure Barton, Ohad Naharin, Justin Peck, Jamar Roberts, Bobbi Jene Smith, Rennie Harris, Spencer Theberge, Lar Lubovitch, and Ted Shawn. They are also an avid choreographer. Most recently, they had a process at Gibney Dance called the Moving Towards Justice Fellowship, created by Scott Autry. In 2022, they presented a work at 92nd Street Y as a part of the Future Dance Festival. In 2021, they received the George J. Jakab Grant Award from Juilliard to create a dance film, and upon graduation they were awarded the Juilliard Career Advancement Fellowship.
MORGAN CLUNE (she/her, Barrington, IL) graduated from The Chicago Academy for the Arts in 2018. She was recognized as a National YoungArts Winner in New York for Contemporary dance in 2018 where she performed a solo at Baryshnikov Arts Center. Upon graduation from Juilliard, Morgan was awarded the Martha Hill Prize for her achievement and leadership in Dance as well as a Juilliard Career Advancement Fellowship for her promise as an entrepreneur and engagement in the arts. She is an emerging choreographer, recently choreographing at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s CREATE summer intensive and The Juilliard School in 2023. Morgan is currently entering her second season with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago under the direction of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell.
MICHELE DOOLEY (she/he/they, Philadelphia, PA) is a dance artist and teacher from Philadelphia, PA. She began her dance training at The Institute of the Arts, graduated from The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, and later earned her BFA in Dance from The University of the Arts. She has completed programs with Bates Summer intensive, BalletX Summer Program, and DCNS Summer Dance Intensive and has worked with choreographers Gary Jeter, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Aszure Barton, Jermaine Spivey, Milton Myers, Spenser Theberge, and Nora Gibson. She has had the privilege of working with Eleone Dance Theatre and Spectrum Dance Theater. She is thrilled to be back for her third season with the company!
ABDIEL FIGUEROA REYES (he/they, Las Vegas, NV) was born and raised in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, before moving to the U.S. in 2011. Training: The Rock Center for Dance, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, The Joffrey Ballet summer intensive, COMPLEXIONS summer intensive, Contemporary West Dance Theater (under Bernard H. Gaddis). In 2017, Figueroa Reyes became a member of Hubbard Street’s Professional Program, HS Pro (under Alexandra Wells with mentorship from Peter Chu, Claire Bataille, Glenn Edgerton, Jonathan E. Alsberry, and more). In 2018, he became an HSDC apprentice and in 2019, joined the main company. Dance Magazine named him a "Top 25 to Watch" and recognized him as one of four "LatinX Dancers Breaking Boundaries" (2020). He is delighted to be a 2022 Princess Grace Award Winner and was recently recognized on Forbes "30 Under 30" Local Chicago. In his fifth season with the company, he is grateful to continue his growth and development with HSDC and the Chicago community.
ELLIOT HAMMANS (he/him, Santa Fe, NM) began his formal dance training in 2008 with Robert Sher-Machherndl and continued his ballet and modern dance education with Moving People Dance in Santa Fe, NM, under the direction of Curtis Uhlemann. He joined Moving People Dance Company as an apprentice in 2010, trained on full scholarship at the Alonzo King LINES Dance Center in San Francisco, and attended Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s 2011 and 2012 Summer Intensives. Following studies abroad at Austria’s Tanzzentrum SEAD (Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance), he earned his BFA in Dance in 2014 from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. He joined Hubbard Street 2 as a full company member in August 2014 and was promoted to Hubbard Street’s main company in August 2016.
JACK HENDERSON (he/him, Livermore, CA) grew up in Livermore, CA where he began dancing at his local dance studio, Tiffany's Dance Academy. He attended summer intensives and workshops during this time, including San Francisco Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, and Hubbard Street intensives. In 2017, he moved to Vancouver, BC, to attend Arts Umbrella’s pre-graduate program under the direction of Artemis Gordon. In 2018, he joined the graduate program at Arts Umbrella, performing repertoire and new creations by Crystal Pite, Lukas Timulak, Amos Bental, Ihsan Rustem, and Jonathan E. Alsberry, to name a few.
ALYSIA JOHNSON (Alysia/she/her, Dallas, TX) first found dance at Dallas Black Dance Theatre and later went on to graduate from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts where she studied ballet, modern, and composition. A graduate of The Juilliard School and a two-time recipient of Juilliard’s Entrepreneurship Grant, she has served the Dallas dance community by founding and directing programs that cater to young artists in the DFW metroplex since 2015. Recently, she was awarded the Princess Grace Honoraria Award for Dance and she is endlessly thankful for the dance community at large for their support and unmatched creativity.
SHOTA MIYOSHI (he/him, Kanagawa, Japan) started to train in jazz and ballet at Nakura Jazz Dance Studio. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance from SUNY Purchase college in 2022. He has performed works by Norbert De La Cruz III, Jamar Roberts, Martin Løfsnes, Doug Varone, George Balanchine, Martha Graham, and José Limón. Additional training includes MOVE|NYC's S.W.E.A.T and Paul Taylor Summer Intensive. He hopes to become a versatile dancer who is able to collaborate with a variety of musicians in order to create something the world has never seen before.
DAVID SCHULTZ (he/him, Grand Rapids, MI) began his training in Michigan with the School of the Grand Rapids Ballet, where he then performed for four seasons with its company, the Grand Rapids Ballet. He joined Hubbard Street 2 in 2009 and was promoted to the main company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, in 2011 where he has worked with many of the world's leading contemporary choreographers. He is a recipient of a 2012 Princess Grace Award. As a choreographer, he has had the honor of creating works for DanceWorks Chicago,
Chambered Squared, Boston University, and a co-choreographed piece with Jacqueline Burnett for Danza Visual in Mexico City. When he is not dancing or choreographing, he has spent many years studying music and has performed and scored many pieces for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as well as for his own works.
SIMONE STEVENS (she/her, Atlanta, GA) received her dance training in her hometown of Stone Mountain, GA at En Pointe School of Dance before graduating from Kennesaw State University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Minor in Anthropology. Upon moving to Chicago in 2018, Simone studied on scholarship at the Lou Conte Dance Studio while simultaneously performing as a freelance artist throughout the city. Since joining the company in 2021, Simone has been recognized as one of Dance Magazine's "25 To Watch." Simone has also actively sought to further expand her community as an instructor, both regionally at The Rooted Space and Chicago Movement Collective, as well as familiarly at her alma mater. Simone is forever grateful for the spaces that continue to welcome her and the communities that continue to uplift.
CYRIE TOPETE (she/they, Peoria, AZ) is from Peoria, AZ, where she trained in competitive dance starting at the age of 13. She then moved to New York City and received her BFA at The Juilliard School, class of 2022. During her time at Juilliard, she was given Juilliard’s FENDI Vanguard Award and attended programs including Springboard Danse Montreal, Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Program, B12 in Berlin, Germany, Youngarts LA, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and more. She was also recognized for choreographic opportunities including Juilliard’s Choreography and Composers in 2021, National Sawdust’s Blueprint Fellowship in 2019, and Juilliard’s Choreographic Honors in 2019. Cyrie has had the opportunity to perform works by Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin, Alan Lucien Øyen, Kyle Abraham, Bobbi Jene Smith, Rennie Harris, Peter Chu, Justin Peck, Aszure Barton, Rena Butler, Jenn Freeman, and Jamar Roberts. During her first season with HSDC, she was featured in Dance Magazine’s “On the Rise.”
MATT WENCKOWSKI (he/him, St. Charles, IL) received his early training at Moves Dance Studio in North Aurora and trained as a competitive dancer with Excel Dance Productions. In 2009, he joined the Joffrey Academy’s pre-professional programs under the direction of Alexei Kremnev and Anna Reznik, performing in The Nutcracker and more. He studied at Lou Conte Dance Studio under the guidance of Claire Bataille and joined DanceWorks Chicago in 2013 under the direction of Julie Nakagawa. In 2015, he joined the Grand Rapids Ballet performing soloist roles in classical and contemporary works. He’s performed pieces by Alejandro Cerrudo, Trey McIntyre, Ben Stevenson, George Balanchine, Yuri Possokhov, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Val Caniparoli, Robyn Mineko Williams, Penny Saunders, and more. He is thrilled and grateful to be part of HSDC and would like to thank his parents for all they’ve done to support him.
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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 more than four 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 475 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 (1st–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 300 performances for audiences of over 100,000. 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
Season Sponsor:
Champion support for The Joyce's Dance Residencies:
Champion support for The Joyce's annual programming:
Major support for The Joyce’s American Dance Platform and Harkness First debuts:
Major support for The Joyce's operations and special initiatives:
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
Director of Dance Education & Family Programs...................
Heather McCartney
Dance Education & Family Programs Manager..............................
.......................................................................................................Joyce Laoagan
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...................................................................OPEN
Head Carpenter................................................................Web Crittenden
Head Electrician..........................................................Brittany Spencer
Stage Technicians...............................Fabrizio Caputo, Edward Hill
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
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Director of Operations Lou Albruzzese Studio Manager (NYCC&D)..............................................Tamika Daniels
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Jimmy Ortiz
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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
IN MEMORIAM
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)
Monica B. Volstad (Trustee 2016-2023)
Stephen D. Weinroth (Trustee 1996-2022)
Steven M. Pesner
Meryl Rosofsky
Saul Sanders
Linda Shelton
Lauren E. Shortt
Cathy Weinroth
Madelyn Wils
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
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 February 27, 2024.
Platinum Benefactors ($500,000 and above)
Howard Gilman Foundation
Elysabeth Kleinhans
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 ($50,000 and above)
Jody & John Arnhold | Arnhold Foundation
*Ann & George Colony
GKV Charitable Foundation
*Leanne Lachman
National Endowment for the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
Michèle & Steve Pesner
Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart Coleman
Lauren E. Shortt
The SHS Foundation
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
Amit Wadhwaney
Benefactor'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
Keane Ehsani
Jamshid & Mahsid Ehsani
*Nancy & Michael Feller
Melina Fisher
*Jane E. Goldberg
Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi
Heartfelt Wings Foundation
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
TD Bank
Cathy Weinroth
Madelyn & Steven Wils
President's Circle ($15,000 and above)
Jen Ablon
Andrea Holbrook
Sharon L. Patrick
Tatiana Piankova Foundation
Barbro Osher Pro
Suecia Foundation
Nancy Sands
Kathleen A. Scott
Impresario’s Circle ($10,000 and above)
Anonymous (3)
Alpern Family Foundation
John Basnage de Beauval
Andrew & Froma Benerofe
Ajay Bhandaram
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Torrence Boone
Con Edison
Leslie & Richard Curtis
John & Margaret Falk
Linda & Martin Fell
FGK Foundation
Gregg & Jean Frankel
Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation
Elzbieta Grove
Judith M. Hoffman
In Honor of Karen Brooks Hopkins
Illuminated Foundation
The Ivill-Weiner Family
Andrew Martin-Weber
*LeConte Moore
*Nō Studios of Milwaukee
*Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch
*Karen Roth
Linda Shelton
Irene Shen
*Leslie Siegel
Jean & Gene Stark
Johanna Weber
*Vicente Wolf
*Ralph Womble & Ashley Edwards
Producer’s Circle ($7,500 and above)
Rick & Nurit Amdur
Judi Rappoport Blitzer & David M. Blitzer
Robert Brenner
Donna B. Case
Elizabeth Anne Hartman
Val Holley & Joseph Plocek
*Alan & Gail Koss
Jonathan Levinson
Cherrie Nanninga
Mr. Stephen Kroll Reidy
Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo
*Ms. Patricia E. Vance
Advocates
($5,000 and above)
Anonymous
Alpern Family Foundation
Neme Alperstein
Sarah Arison
Rob Ashford
Monica Azare
*Sandra Berger
*Marty & Louise Bickman
*Dr. John Bonavita-Goldman
Office of City Council Member Erik Bottcher
The Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust
Chubb LTD
*Cathleen Collins
*Melanie Coronetz & Bruce G. Miller
Jeffrey Davis & Michael T. Miller
Dancers Responding to AIDS
Carol Davis & Joel Marcus, M.D.
Susan Dickler & Sig Van Raan
Linda Ellis
Ania Fryszkowska
*Judith & Alan Fishman
FUSED
French U.S. Exchange in Dance
Paul Feuerman & Bruce Grivetti
*Thomas von Foerster
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Goodman
Sharon B. Gurwitz
Randall & Mary Hack
Olivia Howard & Greg Griffith
Christopher Jones & Deborah McAlister
*Jane Kendall
Christine Knuth
Elizabeth & Neil Kurtz
*Jayne Lipman & Robert Goodman
Robert R. Littman & Sully Bonnelly
*Joyce F. Menschel
Ronay & Richard Menschel/ Charina Foundation, Inc.
Owls Fund at the Triangle Community Foundation
In loving memory of Bill Perlmuth, Patricia Dugan Perlmuth
*Warrie Price & James David Prince
Rajika & Anupam Puri
Nina B. Quigly
Theresa Alessandro Russo Foundation
Lawrence Safran & Romulo Aromin, Jr.
Margaret E. Selby
*Robert A. Schulman
Barbara Madsen Smith
Christopher Soule
Linda B. Strumpf
*Irving & Elaine Wolbrom
Barbara Wybraniec
Director’s Circle ($2,750 and above)
Anonymous (2)
R. Richard Ablon
Joel & Rhela Aragona
Capezio/Ballet Makers Dance Foundation
Jane Comer
*Chris Coulthrust
The Cowles Charitable Trust
Mary Sharp Cronson
Jan, Dick & Nora Demenus
*Paul S. Engler
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York
Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson
*Bart Friedman & Wendy Stein
*Emi Gittleman
*Dorothy Goodman
The Harold K. Gross Family Charitable Trust
Susan Ross Green
Ronald E. Hellman & Stephen B. Roberts
*Deborah Kaye
*Vasili Krishnamurti
*Joe Lanteri, New York City Dance Alliance Inc.
Elaine & Howard Leventhal
Mark Littman & Johnny Mendoza
In Memory of John MacDonald
Karen & Martin McDonald
Mutual of America Foundation
Omomuki Foundation
Philip W. Riskin Charitable Foundation
Wes Schafer & Carlos Galtier
Susan & Arnie Scharf
Xiomara & Charles Scheidt
*Fran Schulman
Alex & Wendy Stanton
Marianna Vaidman Stone & Eric Stone
*Temple St Clair LLC
Michelle D. & Claude L. Winfield
Billy F.B. Wong & Stephanie Gordon
In honor of Billy Zavelson
Leaders ($1,000 and above)
Anonymous (10)
Adrienne Albert
Robert Allyn
Gerry & Hank Alpert
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
*Christina Back
Alison Baum
Harvey & Stephanie Benjamin
Cheryl Bergenfeld
*Barbara Berliner
Dorothy Black
Nissan Boury
Barbara & Gary Brandt
*Jonathan Brecht
*Joan Breibart
Edward Brill
Madeline Brine
Gerri Brioso
Matt Brodile
Jeffrey Bruce & Ingrid Steffensen
Joanna Bueche
*Rachael Venner & Michael Byars
Lisa Jo Reimer-Byrne
Ralph & Martine Calder
*Doug & Lisa Caldwell
Linda & Joseph Camardo
*Jeff & Susan Campbell
*Karen Carozza
Peri & David Clark
Mike Coffin
Woody & Janice Collins
Pamela Cook
Caroline & Paul Cronson
Irene Rosner David, in Memory of Dr. Raphael David
Diana Davies
David H. De Weese & Anne Heller
Ms. Beth Rudin DeWoody
The Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Foundation
Domitilia Dos Santos
The Donut Pub
*The Dorothy Fund
Jack & Eleanor Dunn
Trisha & Patrick Duval
Christopher M. Elmore
Suzanne B. Engel
Mr. Richard Erstad & Dr. Gladys Fenichel
David L. Fanger & Martin Wechsler
Erin Feeley-Nahem & Isaac Nahem
*Marion Ilene Fischer
Brian Fitzpatrick
*Judith & Walter Flamenbaum
Pamela Frankel
Dr. Peter & Mrs. Eszter Friedman
Veronique Bogliolo Friedman & Mark Friedman
Tony & Carol Friscia
*Jeffrey Olund & Silvia Furia
*Tom & Nina Geller
Barrie Gillies & William Drummy
Carole Gottlieb
Minda Gralnek
Mason & Kim Granger
Lawrence W. Greene
Patric & Patricia Gregory
*Glen & Paula Gunsalus
Maya Hamlet
*Catherine Hartnett
Alexandra L. Harper
Aimee Haydinger
*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
David H. Hughes Jr.
Mary & David Iles
Derek Johnson
I. Michael Kadish
Kenneth S. Kail & Ivy Hwang
Margaret Kaplen
Matthew Karas
John Kirby
*Murray & Sylvana Klein
Diana Korsh
Kathy Krall
George & Liz Krupp
Sondra Kurtin Robinson
Bette Lacombe
Drs. Benjamin Natelson & Gudrun Lange
Reginald van Lee
Mickey Lemle
Rosanne Leshner
Dorothy Lichtenstein
TJ & Laura Lim - In Memory of Monica Voldstad
Robert & Dorina Link
*Tina Liu
David Lovett & Meg Ruley
Sharon Luckman & Paul Shapiro
Elizabeth A. Maher
Joseph M. Marger
Lynn C. Mautner
The McNamee McHugh Family Fund
*Israel Meir & Steve Rivera
*Lorraine Meeker
Miller Khoshkish Foundation
Mr. Wayne & Mrs. Barbara Miller
David & Diana Milich
Linda & Ed Morse
Michael Mulligan
Jane & Michael Murphy
*Judith Musiker
Jonathan M. Nadler
Kate Nguyen & Tom Eastwick
Aaron Singer & Bart Oosterveld
Trisha Ostergaard
*John Owen
Mercedes Paratje
David Parsons
David Pasterski
Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD
Amy Pennington
Edith C. Penty
Roxanne Permesly
Doug & Teresa Peterson
The Plimpton Shattuck Fund
Douglas & Barbara Pitsch
Madeleine Plonsker
Judith J. Plows
Carole Postal
Donna & James Pressman
*Frances A. Resheske
Philip W. Riskin Foundation
Mary Jo Robertiello
Ann Sahid Rosche
Donald J. Rose & Victoria Lasdon Rose
Ellen Rosen
Diana & Michael Rothenberg
Marilyn & Alan Rothstein
Ty Rugman
Deborah Sales & Ted Striggles
Alessandro & Fe Saracino-Fendi
Jesse & Carol Schwartz
Rena Shagan
Irene Shen
Susan Sillins
Barbara Jean Sinclair
Elizabeth Sledge
Joseph Smith & Leslie Hendrix
Marilyn Sobel
Leon Sokol
*Michael Solomon
Ellen Sorrin & David York
*Margaret Stern
*William L. Stern
Mamie and Justin Stewart
Linda Stocknoff
Roger Stoltz & Shauna Stoltz-Laurie
Abbie M. Strassler
William Sussman & Jane Steele
Consulate General of Sweden in New York
Ken Tabachnick & Yael Mandelstam
Jon Teeuwissen & Welz Kauffman
Pamela van Zandt & Gina Gibney
George Vanderploeg
*Lucy Vasserman & Brendan Finnegan
Merna Villarejo
David E. Vogel
Michael & Carol Weiss
Alexandra Wheeler & Rocky Rukan
Elly Karp Wong
Cora Yamamoto
Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn
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
Carol & Bob Braun
Jeffrey B. Bruce
Carol Bryce Buchanan
Amy Buchman & Vicki Haupt
Diana Cagle
Robert Calderisi
Jennifer Kornreich Cahn & Andrew Cahn
Julia Chambers
*Nishka Chandrasoma
Andrea Chernyk
Jason Chuang
*Maciej Chociej
Matthew C. Cluney
Eileen & Michael Cohen
*Kenneth Cole & Maria Cuomo Cole
Bradley Collins
Betsy Cornwall
William Cosper
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
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
Emma Hood
*Alicia Dhyana House
Ralph & Lynn Huber
*Daphne Hurford & Sanford Padwe
Laura J. Illich
Walter Jaffe & Paul King
*Ann Rosalind Jones
H. David Kaplan
Ethelle Katz
Robert & Marcy Katz
Jan S. Keithly
Jennifer Aley Kenney
Robert & Elaine Klein
Valarie Koch
*Eric & Sandra Krasnoff
*Sanford Krieger
Arthur & Jane Lane
Stephen B. Lane
Nancy Lashine
Kenneth M. LeClair
*Rosanne Legrand
Phyllis & Cary Lemkowitz
Elizabeth & Durwood Littlefield
*David Long
Jennifer & Gideon Malherbe
Joseph M. Marger
*Jennifer Markowitz
Margaret Mastrianni
Judy Mauer
Wendy A. McCain
Victoria Melendez
Tanya Melich & Noel Silverman
Joe Morra
Victoria Morris
Richard J. Moylan
Deb Murnin
Barry Nalebuff
Amanda Lee Neville
*The Carol & Melvin Newman Family Foundation
John Kalish & Susan Niederman
Stuart Nordheimer & Barbara Miller
Joyce O’Brien
Peter J. Occolowitz
Katherine Ogg
Rachel Ostry, MD
Bob Ouimette
Flora Perskie
The L.E. Phillips Family Foundation, Inc.
Toniann Pitassi
The Marshall Franklin Foundation
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
Neal Sheorey
*Tara Sherman & Tony Weiss
Sheetal & Tokumbo Shobowale
Lindy Shuttleworth & Arthur Reichstetter
*Katherine Sinnott
Andrew & Jennifer Smith
Joan & Laurence Sorkin
Michael Stanley
Jessica E. Stack
Helen Sullivan
Dr. Pavur R. Sundaresan
*Esther Tan
Pamela Tatge
Jennifer Tipton
William Tomai & John Eric Sebesta
TPU Local One IATSE
*Dana Troetel & George Papageorge
Frank Troutman
Ellie Tweedy
Thomas Van Winkle
Ernie Vickroy
Ronald Walcott
Thomas Allen Walker
Charles Walker
Louise Washer & Mary Clay Fields
Gregory Ward
Sedgwick & Pamela Ward
Chris Watson
Michael Wehman
Carol A. Weil
Kate Weil
Sara Weinheimer
George S. Werner & Li Werner
*Kathy M. Wojtas
*The Winkler Prins Charitable Fund
Gregory Youdan
Eloise Zeller
Sponsors ($350 and above)
Anonymous (4)
Patricia Adell
*Fred & Sarah Allilaire
Elaine & Theodossios Athanassiades
Kenneth Berk & Anne Serrell
Joan & Ira Berkowitz
Eugene Black
Paul Brohan
Leslie Buckland
Anita Cabrera
Gia Carifo
Amy Cho
Galois Cohen
Richard & Mary Ann Cohen
Robert Conkey
Dr. & Mrs. Frederiick Corio
John Coulter
Mr. John A. Crawford III
Judy Cunningham
Jacqueline Z. Davis
Mr. Anthony DePersia
Rodney Durso
Jo Ann Engelhardt
Ellen Estes
Martha Evenson & Daniel Hoffman
Susan E. Green
Eric Hemel & Barbara Morgen
Herman & Jacquelyn Heinemann
Mrs. Ruth W. Heuman
*Jerry Heymann
George & Linda Hiltzik
Huong Hoang
Sherrilyn Ifill
Ronald Jacquart
Bond Koga
Susan & Peter Kopple
Angela de Lara
*Emanuel Lewis
*Cynthia Low
Judy Mauer
Doug & Regina McCorkle
Cynthia Adler McKee
Alan Mendelsohn
Carol and Frank Messineo
*Mildred Munich
*Brigitte and Jeff Myhre
Aaron & Marcia Naveh
Madeleine Nichols
Phillip J. Pena
*Marisa Anne Pierson
Posner-Wallace Foundation
Terry Prahl
The Pulse Performing Arts Studio
Jonathan Raskin
*Richard & Rachel Robbins
Eileen Robert
Lainie & John Ross
Paul de Sa
*Gregg Passin & Andy Schmidt
Phillip Schmiedl
Sherry Barron-Seabrook
Martha Sherman
*Joseph Small
Robin Smith & Bill Plante
Margaret Stern
Jos Stumpe
Mr. Lars Rosager & Mr. Donald Troise
Ms. Donna Tatro
Tonic Physical Therapy & Wellness
Dana A. Troetel
Dick & Carolyn Wallach
*Irmgard Wieland
*Jeanette Williams
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
* 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
Rebecca Aronson
Chellis Baird
Emerald Layne Baker
Alison Baum
Lisa Bonifacic
Scott Caplan
Victor M. Castillo & Blake Wiedenhoeft
Julia Chambers
Nishka Chandrasoma
Ellen Chen
Dr. Jason Chuang
Mary Craig
Debora Domass
Ayesha Pirbhai Fardell
Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson
Bette Ann Fialkov, Co-Chair
Erica Forrence
Ania Fryszkowska
Tiger Gao
Swapna Ghanta
Ronald Gilliam & Akram Hélil
Amita Goyal
Alexandra Harper, Co-Chair
Molly Hensrud
Madison Hicks
Alixandra Holloway, Co-Chair
Emma Hood
Kristen Irby
Amanda Knight
Jeremy Lentz
Jacob Levy
Stephanie Lichtinger
Camilla Liou
Mitch Lowenthal
Kyle Marshall
Katherine Maxwell
Christopher Morales
Katie Mues
Leah Nelson
Abigail Nintzel
Abigail Richards
Setpheap San
Rafi Sahanoor Sarkar
Ariane Schaffer
Elisa Smilovitz
Andrea Nicole Smith
Daniel Spence
Margaret Stephens
J. Mark & Oni Strawn
Myriam Varjacques
Lucy Vasserman
Alexander Wang
Douglas Weiss
Ricke Williams
Emma Winder
LeeAna Wolfman
^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-
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.
HONORING
Robert Musiker & The Family of Max Roach
The world premiere of Max Roach 100 , celebrating the iconic drummer, composer, and activist with new works choreographed by Ayodele Casel, Rennie Harris, and Ronald K. Brown with Malpaso Dance Company, curated by Richard Colton. Dinner and dancing to follow at Tao Downtown Restaurant .
THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION’S TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2024
FEATURING Scan the QR Code or visit JOYCE.ORG/2024GALA at
For more information, contact Jesse Chin at (646) 278-0443 or jchin@joyce.org
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