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 Booth Ferris Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, MacMillan Family Foundation, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, and The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation.
Live Music for The Joyce's presentation of Malpaso Dance Company generously supported by Anonymous and Linda Shelton.
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.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
ARA (2024)
US PREMIERE
Choreography: Osnel Delgado
Music: Aldo López-Gavilán
Costume Design: Osnel Delgado
Lighting Design: Guido Gali
Lighting Supervisor: Manuel Da Silva
PERFORMED BY Osnel Delgado • Grettel Morejón/Iliana Solís
Musicians: Aldo López-Gavilán (Piano) Ilmar Gavilán (Violin)
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RETRATO DE FAMILIA (Family Portrait) (2024)
US PREMIERE
Choreography: Esteban Aguilar
Music: Asaf Avidán
Costume Design: Guido Gali and Esteban Aguilar
Lighting Design: Guido Gali
Lighting Supervisor: Manuel Da Silva
PERFORMED BY
Daileidys Carrazana/Liz Marian Lorenzo • Aura Guerra • Jennifer Suárez
Esven González • Carlos Daniel Valladares • Dayron Domínguez
Musicians: Alma String Quartet and Aldo López-Gavilán (Piano)
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VERTIGO (2023)
US PREMIERE
Choreography: Susana Pous
Music: Alexander Balanescu and Boris Kovac
Costume and Lighting Design: Guido Gali
Lighting Supervisor: Manuel Da Silva
PERFORMED BY
Daileidys Carrazana • Liz Marian Lorenzo • Greta Yero
Esven González • Carlos Daniel Valladares • Esteban Aguilar
Musicians: Alma String Quartet - INTERMISSION -
INDOMITABLE WALTZ (2016)
Choreography: Aszure Barton
Music: Alexander Balanescu, Michael Nyman, and Nils Frahm*
Costume Design: Fritz Masten
Lighting Design: Nicole Pearce
Lighting Supervisor: Manuel Da Silva
PERFORMED BY
Daileidys Carrazana • Iliana Solis/Liz Marian Lorenzo • Greta Yero
Laura Guerra Esven González • Carlos Daniel Valladares
Esteban Aguilar • Dayron Dominguez
Musicians: Alma String Quartet and Aldo López-Gavilán (Piano)
*Balanescu Quartet: Waltz by Alexander Balanescu, The Young Conscript and the Moon by Alexander Balanescu, Love Scene by Alexander Balanescu; Michael Nyman: String Quartet No.2: 2.II by Michael Nyman; Nils Frahm: Circling by Nils Frahm, 04:33 by Nils Frahm
Indomitable Waltz was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from; the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Executive Director’s Fund at The Joyce Theater Foundation, and Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts. It was co-commissioned by DANCECleveland and the Cleveland Foundation.
A technical residency was generously provided by Duncan Theater at Palm Beach State College for the US premiere of Indomitable Waltz by Aszure Barton.
ABOUT MALPASO DANCE COMPANY
Since its establishment in 2012, MALPASO 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 11 dancers and is led by its three original founders: Resident Choreographer and Artistic Director Osnel Delgado, Executive Director Fernando Sáez, 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). 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. For booking inquiries, please contact Anne-Camille Hersh, EnPointe Management achersh@enpointemgmt.com.
WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY
Esven Gonzalez Dancer
Dayron Dominguez Dancer
Laura Rodriguez Dancer Iliana Solis Dancer
Jennifer Suárez Ramos Dancer
Esteban Aguilar Dancer
Greta Yero Dancer
Carlos Valladares Dancer
Liz Marian Lorenzo Dancer Grettel Morejón Dancer
Aldo López-Gavilán Musician
Ilmar Gavilán Musician
Camila Crespo Ramirez Quartet
Yosmara Castaneda Valdes Quartet
Amaya Justiz Robert Quartet
Liliet Silva Carmenates Quartet
FERNANDO SÁEZ (Founder/Executive Director) 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 (Founder/Artistic Director/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.
DAILEIDYS CARRAZANA (Associate Artistic Director/Co-Fouder/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 Daileidys 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 different musicians: Lullaby for Insomnia with Jordi Sabatés (Barcelona) and in the piece Habanera with Miguel Núñez (Cuba).
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, 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 (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.
DAILYS BACALLAO (Ballet Master) graduated from the National Ballet School in 2007 and joined 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 in Havana, Cuba. She was a dancer at the National Ballet of Cuba from 1999 to 2020 and a
teacher at the National Ballet School from 2019 to 2022. She joined Malpaso in 2022.
ESTEBAN AGUILAR (Dancer) studied dance at ISA (Superior Institute of Arts)'s Faculty of Dance and was a member of Danza Fragmentada Company (2002-2014) before joining Malpaso in February 2016. He has worked with choreographers like Aszure Barton, Osnel Delgado, Sonya Tayeh, Robyn Mineko Williams, Aszure Barton, Mats Ek, Ohad Naharin, Ron K. Brown, Daile Carrazana, Ephrat Asherie, among others.
YOSMARA CASTANEDA VALDES (Musician) graduated from the Amadeo Roldan Conservatory of Music as a violinist and from the Higher Institute of Art (ISA) as a viola player. She has collaborated with national and foreign artists and has performed in Mexico, Venezuela, China, and the United States with different ensembles such as Grupo Frasis, Amigos del Buena Vista Social Club, and Arslonga. She taught classes at the Alejandro Garcia Caturla School of Music and at Elementary Schools of Music Manuel Saumell and Amadeo Roldan. Currently, she is member of different orchestras such as the Havana Chamber Orchestra directed by Maestra Daiana García, the Música Eterna Chamber Orchestra directed by Maestro Guido Lopez-Gavilán, Camerata Romeu directed by Zenaida Castro Romeu, Emsemble CANTABILE, and ALMA String Quartet.
CAMILA CRESPO RAMIREZ (Musician) graduated from Guillermo Tomás Conservatory of Music and graduated in music from University of the Arts (ISA) in the specialty of violin (2020). She was part of the Autumn Course of the Transatlantic Orchestra of the Youth Academy Cuban-European in Germany (2023). She worked in the Havana Soloists Ensemble Orchestra. She has been a member of the Alma String Quartet since 2018, performing at events such as the annual editions of La Ruta de Mozart at the Mozart-Havana Festival. She has collaborated with the Espiral Eterna Editions Office of Maestro Leo Brouwer interpreting and recording his works. In 2022, she participated in the celebrations for the liberation of slavery in Guadeloupe (French Island). She has collaborated with the Malpaso Dance Company, performing at events such as the Jazz Plaza Festival 2024. She teaches violin at the Paulita Concepción School of Music since 2021. She works as a concertmaster at the Camerata Romeu String Orchestra from 2022, conducted by Maestra Zenaida Romeu, performing at different events such as the Habana Clásica Festival 2022 and in the 43rd edition of the Latin American International New Cinema Festival.
DAYRON DOMINGUEZ (Dancer) graduated from EduardoAbela Elemental Art School in San Antonio de Los Banos and from the National Dance School in Havana Cuba in 2022. He joined Malpaso Dance Company upon graduation.
ESVEN GONZALEZ (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 countries and organizations such the City Center in New York, National Auditorium in Mexico, La Maison de Lyon in France, as well as various venues in Great Britain, Monaco, Germany, Switzerland, and Russia.
AMAYA JUSTIZ ROBERT (Musician) graduated as cellist and teacher from the Conservatory of Music Amadeo Roldán and the Higher Institute of Art (ISA). As director and founder of the ALMA String Quartet, she has been part of the La Ruta de Mozart festival in all its editions, at the Mozart-Havana Festival and in various concerts at the Basilica of the San Francisco de Asís convent. She participated in the commemoration of the National Liberation Day from slavery in Guadeloupe (French Island), invited by the government of the region. She has also performed in Brasil as part of the Sao Paolo-Havana Ensemble project conducted by Maestra Daiana Garcia. She currently collaborates with the Ediciones Espiral Eterna Office which highlights the recording of Leo Brouwer’s three compositions for string quartet and guitar together with French guitarist Lazhar Cherouana. She has been part of other groups
such as the Amado Mozart quartet conducted by violinist Michael Dabroski. She has played with the orchestra of the Lyceum of Havana, the Soloists Orchestra of Havana, and Habana XXI Ensemble. She is currently the first cello of the Havana Chamber Orchestra directed by Maestra Daiana García, performing in different venues and important festivals such as Habana Clásica and Jazz Plaza, while accompanying internationals artists such as Linus Roth, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Willem Stam, and Kinan Azmeh. She has actively collaborates with the Camerata Romeu directed by Maestra Zenaida Romeu. She is a teacher at the Amadeo Roldán Conservatory, and at the Paulita Concepcion Elementary Music School.
ALDO LÓPEZ-GAVILÁN (Composer/Pianist) is a Cuban pianist and composer whose exceptional talent, innovative compositions, and captivating performances have left an indelible mark on the world of music. Born on December 20, 1979, in Havana, Cuba, López-Gavilán's musical journey began early, and his profound connection to the piano and composition became evident from a young age.
His formal musical education was nurtured in prestigious institutions. He commenced his studies at the Manuel Saumell and Amadeo Roldán conservatories, where he honed his technical prowess and developed a deep understanding of classical music's nuances. López Gavilán's thirst for musical exploration led him to the Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music in London, England, where he further refined his craft and expanded his horizons.
Early in his career, López-Gavilán's prodigious talent gained international recognition. He emerged as a laureate in over a dozen international competitions, showcasing his extraordinary skills as a pianist and composer. Notably, his debut album En el ocaso de la hormiga y el elefante captured the prestigious Cubadisco Award in 2000, a testament to his innovative approach to music that seamlessly melded diverse influences. López-Gavilán's ability to traverse genres is a hallmark of his artistry. Drawing inspiration from his Cuban roots, he masterfully weaves elements of jazz fusion into his compositions, creating a unique and captivating musical tapestry. This fusion of genres is not merely a stylistic choice but a reflection of his diverse musical palette and his commitment to pushing the boundaries of traditional music.
As a pianist, López-Gavilán's accomplishments are equally impressive. He captured top honors at esteemed competitions such as the Trinity College of Music Piano Competition in England and the International Piano Competition for Spanish Composers sponsored by SGAE in Spain. His interpretations of both classical and contemporary pieces have consistently captivated audiences and judges alike, showcasing his remarkable versatility and profound emotional expression.
In 2002, López-Gavilán's exceptional talent reached a pinnacle when he won the First Prize in the Soloist Competition at the International Piano Competition organized by Trinity College in London. His rendition of Sergei Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3, accompanied by the Symphony Orchestra of the Institution under the baton of Peter Stark, solidified his status as a pianist of exceptional caliber.
Throughout his career, López-Gavilán has collaborated with esteemed conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Ken-David Masur, Piotr Gajewski, Michael Francis, Scott Speck, Michael Butterman, Joel Revzen, Jonathan Darlington, Josep Caballé-Domenech, Brett Mitchell, James Ross, Sebrina Alfonso, Steven Sanders, and Anna Wittstruck. These partnerships have brought his compositions to life and allowed him to showcase his versatility as a musician.
He has also collaborated with various orchestras, including the Chicago Philharmonic, The Florida Orchestra, South Florida Symphony Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, The National Philharmonic, Colorado Springs Philharmonic, Boulder Philharmonic, Central Texas Philharmonic, Alexandria Symphony Orchestra, Lancaster Symphony Orchestra, West Michigan Orchestra, Festival Orchestra Napa, Williamsburg Symphony, Mobile Symphony Orchestra, and Tahoe Classical Orchestra. López-Gavilán has performed at some of the world's most prestigious venues, such as New York’s Carnegie Hall and Jazz at Lincoln Center, Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts, the Kennedy Center, and the Kreeger
Museum in Washington, DC. His artistry has also been appreciated by audiences at the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles, the Edmonds Center for the Arts, and Seattle’s Benaroya Hall.
Aldo López-Gavilán stands as a paragon of musical excellence, whose contributions as a pianist and composer continue to inspire and captivate audiences worldwide. His dedication to his craft and his innovative spirit ensures that his legacy will endure for generations to come.
ILMAR GAVILÁN (Composer/Violinist) a native of Havana, Cuba has had a remarkable performing career that has taken him all over the world. This fascinating journey ranges from performing for world leaders such as President Obama at the White House and Queen Sofia of Spain at The Royal Palace of Madrid to performing with top stature artists of diverse styles such as Itzhak Perlman and Chick Corea.
As a soloist, Mr. Gavilán has performed violin concertos with the Atlanta, New Jersey, Baltimore, Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Hartford, Nashville, Ann Arbor, Santa Monica, Phoenix, Denver, Louisiana, Anchorage, Santa Fe, Havana, Mexico City, and Venezuela Symphonies and played recitals in England, Russia, Spain, and Portugal. Mr. Gavilán performed Urban Legends by Michael Ables for String Quartet and Orchestra with the New York Philharmonic as the first violinist of the Harlem Quartet. Mr. Gavilán won first prize at the Sphinx competition, as well as top honors at the Lipinsky-Wieniaswsky and the Henryk Szeryng International violin competitions.
An avid chamber musician, Mr. Gavilán has performed with Itzhak Perlman, Arnold Steinhardt, Ida Kavafian, Carter Brey, Paul Katz, Fred Sherry, Anthony McGill, and Misha Dicter. Mr. Gavilán has participated in numerous chamber music festivals including Tanglewood, Ravinia, and Angel Fire.
Currently, a violin faculty at Manhattan School of Music and Montclair State University, Mr. Gavilán is engaged in a visiting residency at The Royal College of Music in London as the first violinist of the Harlem Quartet and a full-time residency position at Montclair State University. Mr. Gavilán is an experienced educator, having taught for six years at Juilliard School's Music Advancement Program.
Ilmar Gavilán studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. Through the personal recommendation and royal scholarship of Queen Sofia of Spain, studies took him to the Reina Sofia School of Music in Spain where he studied with Zakhar Bron. In addition, Mr. Gavilán received private lessons from legendary Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, and Ruggiero Ricci. Later studies brought Mr. Gavilán to the Manhattan School of Music in New York City where he studied with Glenn Dicterow and received his Master’s Degree. Mr. Gavilán was awarded a Graduate Diploma in Quartet Performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston. His mentors there included Donald Weilerstein and Miriam Fried. Mr. Gavilán completed his Doctor in Musical Arts Diploma from Rutgers University under the mentorship of Arnold Steinhardt.
Alongside his accomplished classical music career, Mr. Gavilán also performed and commercially released albums with Chick Corea, Gary Burton, Paquito D’Rivera, Eddie Palmieri, and Dafnis Prieto. Other Jazz collaborations include performing with Stanley Clark, John Patitucci, Lee Konitz, Henry Threadgill, and Doc Severinsen. The collaboration with Jazz legends Chick Corea and Gary Burton rendered earned him a Grammy for the recording of the Hot House album as a member of the Harlem Quartet. Mr. Gavilán's U.S. Solo recording debut Aires y Leyendas, and Por el mar featuring music composed by his father Guido Lopez-Gavilan including a violin concerto dedicated to him, are available on Amazon and iTunes. His latest solo album Brothers features his brother Aldo Lopez-Gavilan. Ilmar and his brother Aldo, a world-class pianist and composer, were presented by Carnegie Hall in the featured PBS documentary Los Hermanos/The Bothers http://www.patchworksfilms.net/the-brothers
LIZ MARIAN LORENZO (Dancer) graduated from the Alfonso Pérez Isaac Art School of Matanzas and the National Dance School Fernando Alonso in 2022. An award-winning student in international competitions, Liz performed works in the repertoire of the National Ballet of Cuba by Alicia Alonso, Ramona de Saa, and Ely Regina Hernandez, Numa. She joined Malpaso Dance Company in 2022.
GRETTEL MOREJÓN (Dancer) was born in Havana. She began her ballet training in 1998 at the Provincial School “Alejo Carpentier” with teacher Sara Acevedo and continued at the National School of Ballet under the guidance of Adria Velázquez and Fernando Alonso, among other outstanding professors. In 2007, she joined the Ballet Nacional de Cuba under Alicia Alonso’s artistic-technical guidance. With this company, she has performed in the Americas, Europe, and Africa. She has been a guest artist at the Women’s Dance Festival, which took place in Quito and Cuenca, Ecuador in 2007 and at the Days of the Martian (Jose Marti) Culture in Mexico, 2014. In 2009, she was promoted to the category of First Soloist and then to Principal Dancer in 2013. Her repertoire includes soloist roles of the romantic-classical tradition and contemporary works by Cuban and foreign choreographers.
LAURA RODRIGUEZ (Dancer) graduated from the Vocational Dance School Benny Moré in Cienfuegos in 2014 and from the National Dance School in Havana in 2018. She joined Danza Contemporánea de Cuba in 2017 where she danced works by choreographers such as George Cespedes, Yoerlis Brunet, Billy Cowie, Christopher Beranger, among others. She joined Malpaso Dance Company in 2023.
LILIET SILVA CARMENATES (Musician) graduated from the National School of Music and graduated in music from the University of the Arts (ISA) in the specialty of violin (2023). She participated as assistant to concertmaster Aitor Hevia in the closing concerts of the XXXI International Music Course of Llanes, Spain (2018). She has been a member of the Alma String Quartet since 2023 where she has been collaborating with Maestro Leo Brouwer's Ediciones Espiral Eterna Office, performing and recording his works written for this format. She has collaborated with the Malpaso Dance Company since 2020, including the Jazz Plaza 2024 Festival. She is currently part of the La Camerata Romeu String Orchestra directed by Maestra Zenaida Romeu. Since 2019, she's been performing at different events such as the 49th edition of the Cervantino International Festival in Mexico (2020), Habana Clásica Festival (2022) and the 43rd edition of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema. She has recorded with the Camerata Romeu the album Libertango.
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. She became a member of Malpaso Dance Company in 2019. Ileana has worked with choreographers such as Theo Clinkard, Billy Cowie, Lea Anderson, Fleur , and Anabel López Ochoa, among others.
JENNIFER SUAREZ RAMOS (Dancer) graduated from the Acosta Danza Academy where she worked with choreographers such as Jorge Crecis, Pontus Lidberg, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, and Goyo Montero. She has performed in theaters and events both in Cuba and abroad including the Holland Dance Festival, Venice Biennale, Budapest Dance Festival, and The Royal Ballet.
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 the choreographers Alexis Fernández and Raúl Reynoso. He joins Malpaso in November 2022. He has danced works by choreographers such Ohad Naharin, Aszure Barton, Osnel Delgado, and Ron K. Brown.
GRETA YERO ORTIZ (Dancer) graduated from the Fernando Alonso National Ballet School in 2017. She also received training at the Ruth Page Center and Quenedit Ballet School in the
United States. In the same year of her graduation, she joined the National Ballet of Cuba, where she assumed various relevant roles. She joined Malpaso in 2022. She has danced works by choreographers such Ohad Naharin, Daile Carrazana, and Osnel Delgado.
ASZURE BARTON (Choreographer, "Indomitable Waltz") has collaborated with celebrated dancers and companies including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Misty Copeland, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, English National Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, National Ballet of Canada, Nederlands Dans Theater, Sydney Dance Company, and Teatro alla Scala, among many others. She is a Bessie Award Honoree and has received numerous honors including 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 interdisciplinary international dance project.
SUSANA POUS (Choreographer, "Veritgo"), born in 1971 in Barcelona, studied dance, performance, and direction at the Catalonian Centre for Cinematographic Studies before continuing her education at the Martha Graham Centre and Danspace Project in New York City. In 1998, Susana moved to Havana and became a key figure at DanzAbierta, where she spent over 18 years as a dancer, teacher, choreographer, and eventually director. Under her leadership, DanzAbierta gained international recognition with works like MalSon, What to Expect When You Are Expecting, Showroom, and Welcome. Her innovative work often included collaborations with contemporary Cuban designers, visual artists, and musicians.
Susana’s works have been showcased in prestigious festivals globally, including in France, the Netherlands, Korea, Germany, the USA, China, and Cuba. In 2018, she founded her own company, MiCOMPANIA, to pursue her artistic vision. Her 2019 creation Infinito won the Critic's Villanueva Award and was invited to the MAC Festival in Barcelona in 2021. She has choreographed for companies like the Ballet of the Stadtstheater Magdeburg, the National Contemporary Dance Company in Colombia, and the Cuban National Ballet. Susana also works as a teacher and is a prominent advocate against domestic violence in Cuba. In 2023, she created Otra Bella Cubana for the Cuban National Ballet, and in 2024, premiered Fuga for the Acosta Danza Yunior company. She was awarded the Officer of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic in October 2023.
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 and ongoing relationship with Cuba’s Malpaso Dance Company.
Photo Credit: Carlos Villamayor
Photo Credit: Carlos Villamayor
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 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:
Booth Ferris Foundation
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VISION STATEMENT
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• 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
Executive Assistant and DEIJ Program Manager................................... .....................................................................................................Ayo Janeen Jackson
ADMINISTRATION
General Manager Huong Hoang
Associate General Manager................................................Katy Myers
Director of Human Resources...........................Sharonica Williams
Director of Institutional Giving.........................................Jean M. Ross
Director of Individual Giving and Development Operations...............................................................................................Meg White
Director of Special Events and Board Relations............Jesse Chin
Individual Giving Manager.................................................Catherine Eng
Institutional Giving Manager................................................Marisa Davis
Special Events Associate........................................................Maeve Brady
Development Coordinator...............................................Rachel Fontenot
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.
Producer
JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTIONS
Ross LeClair
FRONT-OF-HOUSE
FOH Operations Manager Samantha Fernandez House Manager .Drew O'Bryan
Assistant House Managers.........Gilbert Balasa, Chikako Iwahori, Di’Shai Oquendo, Utafumi Takemura, Nicholas Thomas
BOX OFFICE
Box Office Manager Lisa Gendell Supervisors.............................................................Beth Miller, Vanessa Moton
Box Office Associates.......................................................................Imu Aghahowa, Valencia Lombardi-Chisholm, Kelly Collins, Robert Craddock, Tatiana Gomez, Yulidal Hernandez-Kin, Ashley Kail, Roy Odom, Jeremy Scharf, Kate Thackaberry
OPERATIONS
Director of Operations Lou Albruzzese Studio Operations Manager (NYCC&D)............................Tamika Daniels Studio Operations Rentals Associate...............................Lauren Marcolus Studio Operations Associates (NYCC&D)....................Kristin Maugeri, Calvin Osorio, Cameron Pelache Studio Facilities................................................Stephon Bines, Daniel Hartnett, Ricardo Hernandez, Lori Write-Huertas
FACILITIES
Facilities Manager Jimmy Ortiz Maintenance Staff...............................................................Madelin Estrella, Pablo Rodriguez, Jonathan Singh, Brandon Tejada
SPECIAL SERVICES FOR THE JOYCE THEATER Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP.................................................................................... Sara E. Solfanelli (Special Counsel for Pro Bono Initiatives), Debra R. Anisman (Special Counsel), Howard B. Epstein (Of Counsel), Gregory P. Pressman, Esq. (Of Counsel), Cristina Giappone, Esq., Andrew B. Lowy, Esq., Sabrina Singh, Esq, Steven M. Appel, Esq., Gordon W. VanWieren III, Lance M. Kodish............................................................................................................. Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC................................................................ ................................................................................Kimberly M. Maynard, Esq. Stephanie Grassi, Esq. P.C...........………..Stephanie Grassi, Counsel Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP............................................... .........................................................Aaron Abraham, Matthew Giacobbe Hogan Lovells………..................................................................Ross Moskowitz
& Carr
Zavelson
Gym U NYC is the Official Gym Sponsor of The Joyce Theater.
Donald J. Rose, MD Director, Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at NYU Langone Health is the orthopedic and dance medicine consultant for The Joyce Theater Foundation.
THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, INC.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Amit Wadhwaney, Chair
Charles M. Adelman, Vice Chair
Stephanie R. Breslow, Treasurer
Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary
Kerry Clayton, Chair Emeritus
Virginia A. Millhiser, Chair Emerita
R. Richard Ablon
Rob Ashford
Monica F. Azare
John M. Basnage de Beauval
Ajay Bhandaram
Alan Cumming
Keane Ehsani
John Falk
Michael Feller
Melina Fisher
Ronald Gumbaz
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)
Toni Hoover
Robert Musiker
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 November 20, 2024.
Platinum Benefactors
($500,000 and above)
John & Jody Arnhold
Elysabeth Kleinhans
MacMillan Family Foundation
LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust
Gold Benefactors
($100,000 and above)
Booth Ferris Foundation
Catskill Mountain Foundation
Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer
Howard Gilman Foundation
The Harkness Foundation for Dance
Mellon Foundation
Virginia & Timothy Millhiser
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Robert Pollock
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
Silver Benefactors
($50,000 and above)
Anonymous
Ann & George Colony
Leanne Lachman
National Endowment for the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
Michèle & Steve Pesner & Setpheap (“Peace”) San
Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart Coleman
Lauren E. Shortt
SHS Foundation
Denise Littlefield Sobel
Conrad Voldstad
Amit Wadhwaney
Benefactor's Circle
($25,000 and above)
Anonymous (2)
Deborah & Charles Adelman
Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
Stephanie R. Breslow & Paul Watterson
Jeff & Susan Campbell
The Gladys Krieble
Delmas Foundation
Nancy & Michael Feller
Melina Fisher
Jane E. Goldberg
Elzbieta Grove
Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi
Heartfelt Wings Foundation
Henry and Lucy Moses Fund
Bob & Sharon Musiker
National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts
The Jerome Robbins Foundation
Saul & Mary Sanders
TD Bank
Cathy Weinroth
Madelyn & Steven Wils
President's Circle
($15,000 and above)
Jen Ablon
Citizens Private Bank
John & Margaret Falk
Robert Goldberg & Betsy MacIsaac
Henry Luce Foundation
Karen Brooks Hopkins
Barbro Osher Pro
Suecia Foundation
Ms. Sharon Patrick
Tatiana Piankova Foundation
Karen Roth
Kathleen A. Scott
Vicente Wolf
Impresario’s Circle
($10,000 and above)
Anonymous
Rick & Nurit Amdur
John Basnage de Beauval
Ajay Bhandaram
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Con Edison
Leslie & Richard Curtis
Ms. Susan Dickler & Mr. Sig Van Raan
Linda & Martin Fell
The FGK Foundation
Gregg & Jean Frankel
Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation
Suzanne Hall & Valentino Carlotti
Aimee Haydinger
Judith M. Hoffman
Toni Hoover
Illuminated Foundation
The Ivill-Weiner Family
Christine Knuth
Andrew Martin-Weber
Linda & Ed Morse
Nō Studios of Milwaukee
Nancy Sands
Linda Shelton
Irene Shen
Leslie Siegel
Barbara Madsen Smith
Jean & Gene Stark
Johanna Weber
Ralph Womble & Ashley Edwards
Producer’s Circle
($7,500 and above)
Office of City Council Member
Erik Bottcher
Dr. Peter & Mrs. Eszter Friedman
Goldy Michael
Melanie Coronetz & Bruce G. Miller
Cherrie Nanninga
Ellen Rosen
Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo
Margaret Stern
Advocates
($5,000 and above)
Anonymous
R. Richard Ablon
Alpern Family Foundation
Neme Alperstein
Sarah Arison
Rob Ashford
Ms. Monica Azare
The Barbara Bell Cumming
Charitable Trust
Andrew & Froma Benerofe
Marty & Louise Bickman
Judi Rappoport Blitzer & David M. Blitzer
Donya & Scott Bommer
Robert Brenner
Donna B. Case
Carol Davis & Joel Marcus, M.D.
Jeffrey Davis & Michael T. Miller
Mr. Keane Ehsani
Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman
FUSED, French U.S. Exchange in Dance
Robert J. Fraiman Jr. & Melanie Harris
Ania Fryszkowska
Owls Fund at the Triangle Community Foundation
Emi Gittleman
Robert Greenberg
Sharon B. Gurwitz
The Randall and Mary Hack Foundation
Elizabeth Anne Hartman
Olivia Howard & Greg Griffith
Christopher Jones & Deborah McAlister
Alan & Gail Koss
Mr. & Mrs. Neil Kurtz
Jonathan Levinson
Uttara P. Marti
Ronay & Richard Menschel/ Charina Foundation, Inc.
Consulate General of the Kingdom of The Netherlands
Val Holley & Joseph Plocek
Rajika & Anupam Puri
Nina B. Quigley
Mr. Stephen Kroll Reidy
Lawrence Safran & Romulo Aromin, Jr.
Susan & Arnie Scharf
Robert A. Schulman
Deborah Selch
Christopher Soule
Linda Strumpf
Ms. Patricia E. Vance
Barbara Wybraniec
Director’s Circle
($2,750 and above)
Anonymous (2)
Joel & Rhela Aragona
Ms. Takako Asakawa
Anne-Victoire Auriault
Australian Consulate General in New York
Barbash Family Fund
Sandra Berger
Barbara Berliner & Sol Rymer
Dr. John Bonavita-Goldman
Jeffrey Bruce & Ingrid Steffensen
Capezio/Ballet Makers
Dance Foundation
Cathleen Collins
Jane Comer
Chris Coulthrust
The Cowles Charitable Trust
Trisha & Patrick Duval
Christopher M Elmore
David L. Fanger & Martin Wechsler
Andrew and Claire-Marine Ferguson
Mr. Bart Friedman & Ms. Wendy Stein
Jeffrey Olund & Silvia Furia
Dorothy Goodman
Elisabeth Hefti
Carolina Hernandez
David Kernahan
Diana Korsh
Kathy Krall
Vasili Krishnamurti
Joe Lanteri, New York City Dance Alliance Inc.
Rosanne Leshner
Jayne Lipman & Robert Goodman
Johnny Mendoza & Mark Littman
In memory of John MacDonald
Lynn C. Mautner
Karen & Martin McDonald
James Musiker
Warrie Price & James David Price
Donald J. Rose & Victoria Lasdon Rose
Fran Schulman
Mr. Vernon Scott
Rena Shagan
Craig Snyder
Temple St. Clair LLC
Stephens Foundation
Theresa Alessandra Russo Foundation
Susan Ulick
Arlene Weinberg
Alexandra Wheeler & Rocky Rukan
Michelle D. and Claude L. Winfield
Irving & Elaine Wolbrom
Billy F.B. Wong & Stephanie Gordon
Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn
In honor of Billy Zavelson
Leaders
($1,000 and above)
Anonymous (6)
Adrienne Albert
Robert Allyn
Gerry & Hank Alpert
Ms. Linda Andrews
Aybars Asci
Jimmy Asci & Josh Schulteis
Christina Back
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Ms. Sherrie Barr
Ali Baum
Harvey & Stephanie Benjamin
Cheryl Bergenfeld
Bloomberg LP
Ms. Lisa Bonifacic
Nissan Boury
Ms. A. Bozzi
Barbara & Gary Brandt
Carol & Bob Braun
Ms. Joan Breibart
Edward Brill
Madeline Brine
Gerri Brioso
Daniel & Elaine Brownstein
Dr. Amy Buchman & Ms. Vicki Haupt
Mr. Ronald Hellman & Mr. Stephen Roberts
Lisa Jo Reimer-Byrne
Ralph & Martine Calder
Doug & Lisa Caldwell
Joseph and Linda Camardo
Mr. Joel Camche
Karen Carozza
Ms. Cheryl Carruthers
Cengiz Cemaloglu
Julia Chambers
Peri & David Clark
Mike Coffin
Pamela Cook
Paul & Caroline Cronson
Greg Darnieder
Irene Rosner David, in Memory of Dr. Raphael David
Diana Davies
Christopher Delong
Jan, Dick and Nora Demenus
The Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Foundation
Miriam & David Donoho
The Dorothy Fund
Ms. Domitilia M. Dos Santos
Suzanne B. Engel
Erin Feely-Nahem & Isaac Nahem
Ms. Audrey Feldman
Marion Ilene Fischer
Judith & Walter Flamenbaum
Pamela Frankel
Judith Z. Friedman
Mark Friedman & Veronique Bogliolo Friedman
Tony & Carol Frischia
Clio Garland
Barrie Gillies & William Drummy
Ms. Esther Goldbas
Ms. Diane Gooch
Carole Gottlieb
Minda Gralnek
Pam Green
Mr. & Mrs. Glen Gunsalus
Alexandra L. Harper
Laurie and Jack Heflin
Sheila Heimbinder
Janet L. Henner
Ms. L Kathy Herre
Mrs. Alixandra Holloway
Lynn Hopkins
William Houlihan
Ms. Lisa Huertas
David H. Hughes, Jr.
Mary & David Iles
Jasteka Foundation
Rebecca Josue
I. Michael Kadish
Kenneth S. Kail & Ivy Hwang
Margaret Kaplen
Mr. Matthew Karas
Ms. Jane Karol
Jane Kendall
John Kirby
Ed Krugman & Ethel Klein
Murray & Sylvana Klein
Eric & Sandra Krasnoff
Bette Lacombe
Mr. Richard Lanahan
Ilene H Lang
Nancy Lashine
Howard & Elaine Leventhal Charitable Fund
Judith Lewis
Dorothy Lichtenstein
TJ & Laura Lim - In Memory of Monica Voldstad
Robert & Dorina Link
Jonna Mackin
Mr. & Ms. Mangini
Joseph M. Marger
Edwin Maynard
The McNamee McHugh Family Fund
Lorraine J. Meeker
Joyce F. Menschel
Diana and David Milich
Miller Khoshkish Foundation
Mr. Wayne & Mrs. Barbara Miller
Mr. Michael Mulligan
Jane & Michael Murphy
Judith Musiker
Judy Musiker
Ms. Eve Mykytyn
James Neisloss
Ms. Molly Nozyce
Mr. Conor O'Neil
Aaron Singer & Bart Oosterveld
Rachel Ostry, MD
Candace and Simon Owen-Williams
John Owen
Mercedes Paratje
David Pasterski
Ms. Amy Penner-Walker
Edith C. Penty
Mrs. Roxanne Permesly
Doug and Teresa Peterson
Carl Pforzheimer III
Larry & Barbara Pitsch
The Plimpton-Shattuck Fund
Judith J Plows
Donna & James Pressman
Soula Proxenos
Rainbow Sandals Foundation
Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch
Frances A. Resheske
Philip W. Riskin Charitable Foundation
Ms. Ayodele Roach
Mary Jo Robertiello
Donald W. Roeske, Jr.
Ann Sahid Rosche
Felicia Rosenfeld
Jane K Royal and John C Lantis II
Ty Rugman
Xiomara & Charles Scheidt
Mark Schumer
Jesse & Carol Schwartz
Margaret E. Selby
Martha Sherman
Susan Sillins
Barbara Jean Sinclair
Mr. Irving Sitnick
Marilyn Sobel
Leon Sokol
Michael Solomon
Daniel Spence
William Stern
Linda Stocknoff
Abbie M. Strassler
Ms. Alicia Suarez
Consulate General of Sweden in New York
Swedish Institute and the Swedish Embassy in Cuba
Douglas Szlompek
Yael Mandelstam & Ken Tabachnick
Jon Teeuwissen & Welz Kauffman
Deirdre Towers
Lucy Vasserman & Brendan Finnegan
Holly Wallace & Edwin Baum
Alex Z. Wang
Arlene Weinberg
Ms. Adele Weisman
Peter & Deborah Winograd
Elly Karp Wong
Cora Yamamoto
Ms. Bonnie Zamosky-Roth
Investors
($500 and above)
Anonymous (7)
Mohamed Abdirahman
Dr. LaRue Allen & Ebonya Washington
West Jersey Youth Ballet, Joanna & Elena Andriopoulos
Debra R. Anisman
Rebecca Aronson
Joan & Ira Berkowitz
Jan Berris
Ms. Helga Borck
Ms. Valerie Jo Bradley
Maria M Branco
Robert Calderisi
Mr. Scott Caplan
Andrea Chernyk
Amy Cho
Melinda DeChiazza Cloobeck
Eileen & Michael Cohen
Galois Cohen
Robert Conkey
Victoria Cowles
Mary Craig
John and Nada Culver
David de Weese
The DiChristina Family
Richard G. Dudley, Jr.
Ita Ekpoudom
Miss Valerie Ferrier
Mr. Leroy Fortcher
Sarah Fox and Steven Lofchie
Steven Fox
Pierre Frinault
Nicia Fullwood
Ms. Irna Gadd & Ms. Helen Fosbery
Karen Gershowitz
Ronald Gilliam & Akram Hélil
Ms. Geraldine Glassman
Elysa Goldman
Nita Silverman & Chuck Goodgal
Ms. Nancye Green
Lawrence W. Greene
Charles & Carol Grossman
Family Fund
Jane Groveman
Mia Haber
Gina Harman
Elaine & Chuck Harris
Laurie Hart
Kathy and Scott Hawley
Jonathan Hiltz
Gregory Ho and Linda Sanchez
Huong Hoang
Thomas Hollingsworth
Emma Hood
Alicia Dhyana House
Ralph & Lynn Huber
Daphne Hurford & Sanford Padwe
Stephanie Joel
John Kalish & Susan Niederman
Scot Karr
Ethelle Katz
Sanford Krieger
Mr. & Mrs. George Krupp
Mr. Stephen Lane
Sydnie Liggett
Mr. David Long
Mitch Lowenthal
Jennifer Markovitz
Mr. William Marraccini
Judy Mauer
Linda and Max Maxwell
Wendy A. McCain
Alexis McCormack
Israel Meir & Steve Rivera
Victoria Melendez
Tanya Melich & Noel Silverman
Joe Morra
Richard J. Moylan
Deb Murnin
Jake Musiker
Drs. Benjamin Natelson & Gudrun Lange
Kristina Ng
Stuart Nordheimer & Barbara Miller
Joyce O'Brien
Mrs. Anita Orlin
Flora Perskie
Andy Peters
The L.E. Phillips Family Foundation, Inc.
Toniann Pitassi
Brian H. Polovoy
Charles Ragland
Stephanie Goldson & Stephen Rappaport
Lindy Shuttleworth & Arthur Reichstetter
Mr. Albert Reid
Sallie Gouverneur & John Riley
Jean M. Ross
Lainie and John Ross
Elsa & Marvin Ross-Greifinger
Marilyn & Alan Rothstein
Lori Rotskoff
Deborah Sale and Ted Striggles
Ariane Schaffer
Amy Schulman
Drs. Dorry Segev & Sommer Gentry
Neal Sheorey
Tony Weiss and Tara Sherman
Sheetal & Tokumbo Shobowale
Nancy Sibell
Edward Siegel
Ms. Katherine Sinnott
Elizabeth Sledge
Joseph Small
Andrew & Jennifer Smith
Robin Smith
Jeanne Smythe
Joan and Laurence Sorkin
Judy Stewart
Jim Stiles & Randy Bird
Harriet Stollman
Dr. Pavur Sundaresan
Gary Tannenbaum & Helen J. Mills
Jennifer Tipton
Mr. William Tomai
Dana Troetel & George Papageorge
Ronald Walcott
Gregory V Ward
Ebonya Washington
Michael Wehman
Carol Weil
Kate Weil
George S. Werner & Li Werner
Migs Woodside
Mai Yee
Gregory Youdan Jr.
Eloise Zeller
Sponsors
($350 and above)
Anonymous (4)
Mr. Ronald Alexander
Jane and Stephen Alpert
John Angiolillo, MD
Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble
Elaine Athanassiades
Clay H Barr
Kenneth Berk & Anne Serrell
Eugene Black
Stan & Abby Bloch
Gia Carifo
Ms. Ginger Chinn
Margaret Coady
Ashlee Crawford
Barbara Cromer
Lauren Cronk
Ms. Jacqueline Davis
Paul de Sa
Nicole Dietrich & Jack Kraska
Rodney Durso
Ellen Estes
Lloyd Jay Fass
Dr. Karen Fiester
James A. Glazier & James A. Ferguson
Susan E Green
Herman & Jacquelyn Heinemann
Mr. Eric Hemel & Ms. Barbara Morgen
Jerry Heymann
Jill Hunter
Ms. Christine Jowers
Jonathan Kanovsky
Mr. & Mrs. Cary Lemkowitz
Mr. Joshua Lenihan
Lawrence Levine
Rachel Levine
Cynthia McKee
Grete Meilman
Mary and Alan Mendelsohn
Mildred Munich
Aaron & Marcia Naveh
Madeleine Nichols
Gregg Passin & Andy Schmidt
Marisa Anne Pierson
Posner-Wallace Foundation
Carole Postal
Terry Prahl
Eileen Robert
Victoria Rosen
Ellen Rosenberg
Phillip Schmiedl
Mr. & Ms. J. Mark Strawn
Jos Stumpe & Karen van Bergen
Catherine Tolchin
Andrew A. Vitale CPA
Dick and Carolyn Wallach
Mrs. Irmgard Wieland
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
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
Robert Allyn
Rebecca Aronson
Chellis Baird
Emerald Layne Baker
Alison Baum
Lisa Bonifacic
Scott Caplan
Victor M. Castillo & Blake Wiedenhoeft
Cengiz Cemaloglu
Julia Chambers
Nishka Chandrasoma
Ellen Chen
Dr. Jason Chuang
Jennifer Cook
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
Jame McCray
Robert McGowan
Christopher Morales
Katie Mues
Leah Nelson
Abigail Nintzel
Abigail Richards
Setpheap San
Rafi Sahanoor Sarkar
Ariane Schaffer
Elisa Smilovitz
Andrea Nicole Smith
Daniel Spence
Niko Stahl
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.
