MALPASO DANCE COMPANY
OCTOBER 10 - 15, 2023
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AN ASSOCIATE COMPANY OF JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTIONS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER
ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CO-FOUNDER
BALLET MASTERS
STAGE MANAGER
PRODUCTION MANAGER & LIGHTING DESIGNER/SUPERVISOR
DANCERS
Fernando Sáez
Osnel Delgado
Daile Carrazana
Dailys Bacallao & Mercedes Piedra
Diana Rosa Hernandez
Manuel Da Silva
Dunia Acosta, Esteban Aguilar, Osvaldo Cardero, Daile Carrazana, Osnel Delgado, Arlet Fernandez, Esven González, Daniela Miralles, Greta Yero Ortiz, Danny Rodriguez, Iliana Solis, Carlos Valladares
MUSICANS
Alejandro Falcón, Arnulfo Guerra, Ruy López-Nussa, Ted Nash, Carlitos Padrón, Chris Rogers, Ben Rosenblum, Fifi Zhang
Leadership support for The Joyce Theater Foundation has been received from the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust.
Champion support for The Joyce’s annual programming has been provided by Howard Gilman Foundation and The Shubert Foundation.
Champion support for The Joyce’s Creative Residencies Program supporting choreographers and dance companies has been provided by Mellon Foundation. Major support for The Joyce has been provided by Catskill Mountain Foundation, Ford Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, MacMillan Family Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation.
Support for The Joyce’s presentation of international dance provided by the R. Britton Fisher and Family Gift for International Dance. Additional support provided by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund to encourage the performances of out-of-town companies at The Joyce Theater.
The Joyce Theater Foundation presentsABOUT THE PROGRAM
Floor...y ando (2023)
NEW YORK PREMIERE
Choreography & Costume Design: Ephrat Asherie
Music: The Homeless Wanderer by Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru
Lighting Design: Manuel Da Silva
Pianist: Ben Rosenblum (10/10 - 10/13), Fifi Zhang (10/14 & 10/15)
Performed by Esteban Aguilar, Osnel Delgado, Esven González
“Gus Solomons Jr. was a true legend; majestic and luminous and singular. His contributions to the dance community are countless, magnanimous, and vividly multifaceted. I was so fortunate to call him a mentor and a friend. This one is for you Gus. Rest peacefully. .” - Ephrat Asherie
Music used courtesy of the Emahoy Tsege Mariam Music Foundation that funds music programs for underserved children in Ethiopia and the United States.
- PAUSELa Última Canción (2022)
NEW YORK PREMIERE
Choreography: Daile Carrazana
Music: María Teresa Vera / Lorenzo Hierrezuelo & Jordi Sabatés
Lighting Design: Manuel Da Silva
Costume Design: Rachel Forbes
Pianist: Alejandro Falcón
Performed by Dunia Acosta, Esteban Aguilar, Osvaldo Cardero, Esven González, Daniela Miralles, Greta Yero Ortiz, Danny Rodriguez
“The work is part of a series in tribute to the iconic Cuban singer Bola de Nieve. It is an inquiry into the feeling of loss, an exploration of the uncertainty of existence.” - Daile Carrazana
Commissioned by Fall for Dance North and Performance at the Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University. Music used courtesy of the composers.
- INTERMISSIONA Dancing Island (2023)
NEW YORK PREMIERE
Choreography: Osnel Delgado
Music: Alejandro Falcón, Ted Nash, & Cubadentro Trio
Lighting Design: Manuel Da Silva
Costume Design: Guido Gali
Musicians: Alejandro Falcón (piano), Arnulfo Guerra (electric bass guitar), Ruy López-Nussa (drums), Ted Nash (saxophone), Carlitos Padrón (percussion), Chris Rogers (trumpet)
Performed by The Company
“A Dancing Island is a celebration of the dense social dances and musical tradition of Cuba, a journey from rumba to son.” - Fernando Sáez
Osnel Delgado’s A Dancing Island was commissioned by Penn Live Arts at the University of Pennsylvania. The work first premiered on Friday, October 6, 2023 in the Center’s Harold L. Zellerbach Theatre. Music used courtesy of the composers.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Since its establishment in 2012, Malpaso Dance Company has become one of the most sought after Cuban dance companies with a growing international profile. Emphasizing a collaborative creative process, Malpaso is committed to working with top international choreographers while also nurturing new voices in Cuban choreography. The company tours with 12 dancers and is led by its three original founders: Executive Director Fernando Sáez, Resident Choreographer and Artistic Director Osnel Delgado, and Associate Artistic Director Daile Carrazana.
An Associate Company of Joyce Theater Productions, Malpaso - together with The Joyce Theater - has commissioned original works from a number of prominent North American choreographers, including Ronald K. Brown (Why You Follow), Trey McIntyre (Under Fire), Aszure Barton (Indomitable Waltz; Stillness in Bloom), Tony and Emmy award winner Sonya Tayeh (Face the Torrent), Robyn Mineko Williams (Elemental), and Ephrat Asherie (Floor…y ando). The company continues to tour works by Artistic Director Osnel Delgado, including Ocaso, 24 Hours and a Dog, and Dreaming of Lions, which are often accompanied by Grammy award winning, Cuban-American composer and pianist Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble. More recently, the troop has collaborated with celebrated musicians Ted Nash, Alejandro Falcón, and Cubadentro Trio. As part of its commitment to Cuban choreographers, Malpaso’s repertory includes works by company members Daile Carrazana (Lullaby for Insomnia; Habanera; La Última Canción). In recent seasons, the company has added works by three legendary choreographers: Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, and Merce Cunningham. Ek’s woman with water was premiered on Malpaso in Havana in 2021. Naharin traveled to Cuba in the spring of 2018 to work one-on-one with Malpaso dancers to restage his seldom performed, 30-year-old masterwork, Tabula Rasa, while Cunningham’s Fielding Sixes was adapted for eight dancers and re-staged by Jamie Scott as part of the choreographer’s centennial celebration.
Malpaso Dance Company has shared its work with audiences around the United States, including such prestigious venues as The Joyce Theater, The Kennedy Center, LA Music Center, Chicago Auditorium, American Dance Festival, and Jacob’s Pillow, and around the world at the International Summer Festival Kampnagel in Hamburg, Germany, Belgrade Dance Festival, and at the Champs-Elysees Theater in Paris. For more information please visit malpasodance.com.
WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY
FERNANDO SÁEZ (Executive Director/Co-Founder) graduated from the School of Performing Arts at the Superior Institute of Arts (ISA) in Havana in 1988. He is also a founder and actor of Estudio Teatral de Santa Clara, was the head of the Sociocultural Development Project in Las Terrazas, Pinar del Rio from 1993 to 1997, and he served on the staff of the Ludwig Foundation of Cuba since 1998 to 2014. He is also a member of the Foundation’s Board of Directors.
OSNEL DELGADO (Artistic Director/Co-Founder/Choreographer/Dancer) danced with Danza Contemporanea de Cuba from 2003 to 2011, before founding Malpaso. He has worked with choreographers Mats Ek, Rafael Bonachela, Kenneth Kvarnström, Ja Linkens, Itzik Galili, Samir Akika, Pedro Ruiz, Isidro Rolando, and George Cespedes, among others. Delgado has created works for DCC, Rakatan, and Ebony Dance of Cuba. Delgado is a 2003 graduate of the National Dance School of Havana, where he is also a professor of dance studies.
DAILE CARRAZANA (Associate Artistic Director/Co-Founder/Choreographer/Dancer) graduated from the National Ballet School of Havana in 2003. She was a member of Danza Contemporánea de Cuba from 2003 to 2011, before founding Malpaso with Osnel Delgado and Fernando Sáez. Daile has worked with choreographers such as Sonya Tayeh, Robyn Mineko Williams, Jan Linkens, Samir Akika, Pedro Ruiz, Isidro Rolando, Aszure Barton, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Ron K. Brown, among others. She has created choreographic works for her company Malpaso and for students of Toronto Metropolitan University. She has collaborated with musicians Jordi Sabatés (Barcelona) in Lullaby for Insomnia and Miguel Núñez in Habanera
DAILYS BACALLAO (Ballet Master) graduated from the National Ballet School in 2007, and the Superior Institute of Arts in Havana as a ballet teacher in 2015. She was a dancer of Matanza's city contemporary dance company Danza Espiral from 2008 to 2014. She was a professor at the National Ballet School and is currently a teacher at the Superior Institute of Arts in Havana.
MERCEDES PIEDRA (Ballet Master) graduated from the National Ballet School in 1999, Havana, Cuba. She danced at the National Ballet of Cuba from 1999 to 2020 and taught at the National Ballet School from 2019 to 2022. She joined Malpaso in 2022.
DUNIA ACOSTA (Dancer) graduated from the Regional Dance School Manuel Munoz Cedeno in Bayamo in 2009. She was a member of Danza Libre de Guantanamo from 2010 to 2013 before joining Malpaso. She has worked with choreographers such as Sonya Tayeh, Robyn Mineko Williams, Aszure Barton, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Ron K. Brown, among others.
ESTEBAN AGUILAR (Dancer), before joining Malpaso in February 2016, studied dance at ISA (Superior Institute of Arts)'s Faculty of Dance and was a member of Danza Fragmentada Company (2002-2014). He has worked with choreographers such as Aszure Barton, Osnel Delgado, Sonya Tayeh, Robyn Mineko Williams, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Ron K. Brown, Daile Carrazana, Ephrat Asherie, among others.
OSVALDO CARDERO (Dancer) graduated in 2017 from the Professional School of Art in Guantánamo City. He was a member of CoDanza Dance Company from 2017 to December of 2019. Since joining Malpaso in April 2020, he has worked with choreographers such as Robyn Mineko Williams, Aszure Barton, Ohad Naharin, Ron K. Brown, among others.
ARLET FERNANDEZ (Dancer) graduated from the Vocational School of Art in Santa Clara and from the National School of Art (ENA). She was a member of Contemporary Dance of Cuba from 2016 to the beginning of 2023, where she worked with choreographers such as Theo Clinkard, Anabel López Ochoa, George Céspedes, Julio César Iglesias, among others. With the company she performed both in Cuba and abroad. She joined Malpaso in March 2023.
ESVEN GONZÁLEZ (Dancer) graduated from the National School of Dance in 2014. In September of that same year, he joined Danza Contemporánea de Cuba company. He has worked with choreographers such as Theo Clinkard, Anabell López Ochoa, Lea Anderson, George Cespedes, among others. He has toured nationwide and abroad in renowned theaters such as New York City Center (NY), National Auditorium (Mexico), La Maison de Lyon (France). He has also toured various venues in Great Britain, Monaco, Germany, Switzerland, and Russia.
DANIELA MIRALLES (Dancer) graduated in 2018 from the National School of Arts in Havana as a dancer and dance teacher. She joined Malpaso Dance Company in June 2017. She has worked with choreographers such as Sonya Tayeh, Robyn Mineko Williams, Aszure Barton, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Daile Carrazana, Osnel Delgado, among others.
GRETA YERO ORTIZ (Dancer) graduated from the Fernando Alonso National Ballet School in 2017, and also trained at the Ruth Page Center and Quenedit Ballet School in the United States. Upon graduating, she was part of the National Ballet of Cuba, where she assumed various relevant roles. Since joining Malpaso in 2022, she has danced works by choreographers Ohad Naharin, Daile Carrazana, and Osnel Delgado.
DANNY RODRIGUEZ (Dancer) graduated from the Benny Moré Vocational School of Art in Cienfuegos, Cuba on 2011. She graduated from the National School of Dance in Havana, Cuba in 2016 and joined Danza Contemporánea de Cuba (DCC) that same year. She completed workshops and danced works by renowned national and international teachers and choreographers such as: Billy Cowie, Lea Elizabeth Anderson, George Céspedes, Theo Clinkard, Fleur Dankin, Anabel López Ochoa, Isael Mata, and Miguel Altunaga. As a member of DCC, she performed and toured in Cuba and abroad. Since joining Malpaso Dance Company in January 2022, she has danced works by Aszure Barton, Daile Carrazana, Osnel Delgado, and Ron K. Brown.
ILIANA SOLIS (Dancer) is a dancer and dance teacher who graduated from Raul Gomez García Art School in Holguín, Cuba. She was a member of Codanza Dance Company from 2006 to 2013. From 2006 to 2008, she also worked as professor at José Martí Pérez Arts Instructors School. She joined Danza Contemporánea de Cuba in 2015 and joined Malpaso
in 2019. leana has worked with choreographers such as Theo Clinkard, Billy Cowie, Lea Anderson, Fleur Darken, and Anabel López Ochoa, among others.
CARLOS VALLADARES (Dancer) graduated from the Samuel Feijó Professional School of Art in Santa Clara in 2017 and from the Acosta Danza School in 2022, where he danced works from the company's repertoire created by choreographers Alexis Fernández and Raúl Reynoso. Since joining Malpaso in November 2022, he has danced works by choreographers Ohad Naharin, Aszure Barton, Osnel Delgado, and Ron K Brown.
ALEJANDRO FALCÓN (Pianist, A Dancing Island & La Última Canción) is a pianist, composer, and music producer. In his work he blends multiple elements of Cuban music, especially Danzón, Afro-Cuban percussions, Son, Rumba, and Timba. Falcón is graduate at the National School of Art and Composition at the Higher Institute of Art. In 2008, he founded Cubadentro, a jazz group consisting of piano, bass, and percussion. He has integrated different groups of Popular Cuban music. Its discography has had the presence of great figures of Cuban music such as: Omara Portuondo, César López, Waldo Mendoza, Alexander Abreu, Sánchez "Cubajazz," Pablo Milanés, Keisel Jiménez, among many others. He has shared the stage and made musical collaboration with outstanding artists from Cuba and the world, such as: Andy Narrell, Arturo O'Farrill, Barbara Llanes, José Alberto "El Canario," India, among many others.
ARNULFO JOSÉ GUERRA (Electric Bass Guitar, A Dancing Island) graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Arte in 2001 specializing in bass guitar with maestro Carlos del Puerto, worked as a teacher at that school for two years. He joined the group of singer-songwriter Liuba María Hevia between 2001 and 2016 as a bassist and musical director. He has also been an arranger and music producer on several of the albums of the outstanding artist with whom he had also performed on stages in many countries. In 2008 he joined the group of the composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist Lucía Huergo, in 2016 he joined the group La Academia directed by the drummer Ruy López-Nussa and in that same year he became part of the Cubadentro group led by the pianist and composer Alejandro Falcón until today, in which, among many other events inside and outside Cuba, he participated in the residency carried out by the musician and teacher Ted Nash in Havana.
Osnel Delgado Fernando Sáez Daile Carrazana Esteban Aguilar Arlet Fernandez Esven González Dunia Acosta Osvaldo Cardero Greta Yero Ortiz Iliana Solis Carlos Valladares Daniela Miralles Danny Rodriguez(Drums, A Dancing Island) graduated with a degree in music, specializing in Percussion in 1982. He has taught drums at the Amadeo Roldán school for 20 years. He directs his musical group "La Academia" founded in 2009 and has been a member of the group "Cubadentro" since 2016. He has been involved in many musical productions, including: State of Mind; Ruy presents The Academy; Repercussions; Remembrance. He is the author of the book Rhythms of Cuba
TED NASH (Saxophone, A Dancing Island), Multiple Grammy Award-Winning Artist, enjoys an extraordinary career as a performer, conductor, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Los Angeles, Nash’s interest in music started at an early age, exposed to music and encouraged by his father, trombonist Dick Nash, and uncle, reedman Ted Nash, both wellknown studio and jazz musicians. Portrait in Seven Shades, commissioned and recorded by the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, was credited by Ted Panken in DOWNBEAT Magazine as marking a "new direction" for the Orchestra. For this work, Nash received his first Grammy nomination as best arranger. Nash’s work often addresses and embraces themes of cultural and social importance. Nash’s parents, in addition to being wonderful musicians, were civil rights activists whose work helped improve the lives of many. Nash’s Grammy winning recording, Presidential Suite, reflects Nash’s own interest in human rights and freedom, rich with social and political awareness. Receiving two Grammy Awards in 2017, Presidential Suite is one of Nash’s most significant works. In 2017, Nash received the Composer of the Year award by the Jazz Journalists Association.
CARLITOS PADRÓN (Percussion, A Dancing Island) is an NYC-based percussionist hailing from Caracas, Venezuela. His early talent with percussion instruments was inspired by the musical legacy of two family members. Padrón's illustrious career has seen him share the stage with a diverse array of musical legends from Latin America and the Caribbean. His recording sessions have included collaborations with notable artists and producers such as Steven Van Zandt, Isidro Infante, Banco Popular De Puerto Rico (2010 Latin Grammy Nominated), Orquesta Akokan (2018 Grammy Nominated), Lin Manuel Miranda for Almost like Praying alongside Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Juan Luis Guerra, Sergio George, Ray Chew, and many others. Most recently, he has collaborated with the esteemed musical producer Ray Chew, contributing to Ruben Blades and Winton Marsalis's Jazz At Lincoln Center concert, which earned a nomination for the 2019 Grammy Awards. He has produced four ablums: Los Rumberos del Callejon, De la Nada, Construyendo, and 10mo Aniversario.
CHRIS ROGERS (Trumpet, A Dancing Island) has been a featured soloist with many iconic artists in Jazz and Latin music since the early 80’s. A native New Yorker and the son of the late Jazz/Rock/Latin & studio trombonist Barry Rogers, Chris was personally mentored as a teenager by NYC jazz trumpet royalty - Randy Brecker, Lew Soloff, Tom Harrell, and Mike Lawrence. At age ten, he commenced his formal training at the Manhattan School of Music Prep Division, the ‘famed’ High School of Music and Art, and the University of Miami. Chris’ extensive credits also include Buddy Rich, Chaka Khan, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Bob Moses, Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, The Vincent Herring Quintet, Frank Sinatra, The Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Ray Barretto & New World Spirit, Sammy Figueroa’s Latin-Jazz Explosion, Tonya Pinkens, and The Tom Harrell Big Band, among many other luminaries. In 2017, Chris released his debut album “Voyage Home” (Art of Life Records) to great critical acclaim, including a listing in DOWNBEAT Magazine as among their “Best Jazz Albums of 2017.”
BEN ROSENBLUM (Pianist, Floor...y ando) is a world-class pianist, accordionist, and composer. His credits include: Rickie Lee Jones, Kiran Ahluwalia, Ephrat Asherie Dance The Late Night Show’s Nêgah Santos, Forró in the Dark, Curtis Lundy, Bobby Watson, Sean Jones, and Warren Wolf, amond others. He has appeared with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on accordion, and as a guest soloist on piano at Carnegie Hall’s Stern-Perelman Auditorium with Maestro Reona Ito’s New York Harmonic Band. Ben brings this wealth and diversity of experiences to his projects as a leader, overseeing a full tour schedule as a solo artist, with his trio, and most recently, with his six-piece ensemble, the Nebula Project. Rosenblum has brought his bands to perform at some of the world’s most respected music venues, including Ravinia, Kuumbwa Jazz Center, the Library of Congress, Bird’s Eye (Basel), and Yokohama’s Himawari-No-Sato Concert Hall.
FIFI ZHANG (Pianist, Floor...y ando) is a pianist based in NYC. She made her debut with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic at age 11, playing the Saint-Saens G minor Concerto, and has since played in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Miller Theatre, and concert halls throughout Canada, Finland, Spain, Korea, and Poland. She has a keen interest in
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performing both traditional and contemporary classical music and has premiered numerous solo and chamber works by living composers. An alumnus of the Columbia-Juilliard Exchange, Fifi holds a BA in History from Columbia University and an MM in Piano Performance from Juilliard. She is currently a fifth-year doctoral candidate at CUNY Graduate Center where she is working on a critical examination of classical music performance practice through a phenomenological lens.
EPHRAT “BOUNCE” ASHERIE (Choreographer, Floor...y ando) is an NYC-based director, choreographer, performer and b-girl and a 2016 Bessie Award Winner for Innovative Achievement in Dance. Asherie has received numerous awards to support her work including Dance Magazine's Inaugural Harkness Promise Award and two National Dance Project Awards. In 2019 she was the recipient of a NYFA Fellowship and is currently a Jerome Hill Artist Fellow. As Artistic Director of Ephrat Asherie Dance (EAD), Asherie's work has been presented on stages nationally and internationally with commissions from New York City Center, Vail Dance Festival, Works & Process at the Guggenheim, and The Kennedy Center. Asherie is honored to have been mentored by Richard Santiago (aka Break Easy) and to have worked and collaborated with Michelle Dorrance, Doug Elkins, Rennie Harris, Bill Irwin, Gus Solomons Jr., and Buddha Stretch, among others. Asherie earned her BA from Barnard College, Columbia University in Italian, and her MFA from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, where she researched the vernacular jazz dance roots of contemporary street and club dances. She is a co-founding member of the all-female house dance collective MAWU and is forever grateful to NYC’s underground dance community for inspiring her to pursue a life as an artist. For more information, please visit @ephratasheriedance.
DIANA ROSA HERNANDEZ (Stage Manager) graduated from the National School of Arts with a degree in acting in 2008. She is a member of Teatro Espontáneo de La Habana. Hernandez worked in the HavanaBama collaboration between the University of Alabama and Cuba. Since she joined Malpaso in March 2014, she has worked with choreographers such as Ron K. Brown, Trey McIntyre, Aszure Barton, Sonya Tayeh, Robyn Mineko Williams, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, and Ephrat Asherie, among others. Diana has worked also as lighting designers such as Al Crawford, Manuel Da Silva, Nicole Pearce, Burke Brown, and Ellen Ruge.
MANUEL DA SILVA (Production Manager/Lighting Supervisor) was born in Caracas, Venezuela and raised in South Florida where he developed a passion for theatre and the arts at a young age. Manuel attended The University of North Carolina School of the Arts where he received his BFA in Lighting Design and Technology. Now an NYC based lighting designer, Manuel has had the chance to work with several Off-Broadway theatre companies, including designing the world premiere of La Tía Julia y el Escribidor at El Repertorio Español. Manuel has also had the opportunity to display his work at the Gilbert Hemsley Lighting Portfolio Review and the National Design Showcase East.
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. The 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. Originally founded in partnership with Sunny Artist Management, Inc. (SAM) in 2014, JTP has since supported projects with Daniil Simkin, Wendy Whelan/Brian Brooks, Arthur Pita/James Whiteside, Maria Kochetkova, Caleb Teicher, Alexei Ratmansky, Molissa Fenley, and L.A. Dance Project, and maintains an ongoing relationship with Cuba’s Malpaso Dance Company. For booking information, please contact Barbara Frum bfrum@outermostagency.com.
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
Season Sponsor:
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
Director of Dance Education & Family Programs
Heather McCartney
Dance Education & Family Programs Manager.........................
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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
PRODUCTION
Director of Production
Patricia A. Yost
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........................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
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
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.
PC...............Harry
Accounting...........................................................................Lutz &
Digital Marketing Firm.................................Capacity Interactive Publicity..............................................................................Billy Zavelson Printer.............................................Direct Printing Impressions Inc. Insurance...................................................Risk Strategies Company Architects.................................................................................................H3 General Contractor...............Yorke Construction Corporation
H. Weintraub, Counsel
Carr
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
Carol & Bob 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.
