MAX ROACH 100
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Photo of Dorrance Dance by Steven Pisano See them at The Joyce July 16 - July 21, 2024The Joyce Theater Foundation presents
MAX ROACH 100
A JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTION
Honoring the Legacy of Musician & Activist
Max Roach
RICHARD COLTON, Curator
with works by KIT FITZGERALD
AYODELE CASEL
RENNIE HARRIS
Performed by Rennie Harris Puremovement
RONALD K. BROWN & ARCELL CABUAG
Performed by RONALD K. BROWN/EVIDENCE, A Dance Company & Malpaso Dance Company
MANUEL DA SILVA, Production Manager
TSUBASA KAMEI, Lighting Supervisor
DIANA ROSA HERNANDEZ, Stage Manager
Max Roach 100 performances made possible by residency support from Catskill Mountain Foundation, Summer Stages Dance @ The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Williams College, and the Chautauqua Institution. Additional support provided by New Jersey Performing Arts Center and ASU Gammage.
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.
Max Roach 100, a Joyce Theater Production, was made possible by: Lead Production Sponsor: Ann & George Colony
Presenting Sponsor: Virginia & Timothy Millhiser
Max Roach 100 was supported by a Joyce Creative Residency awarded to Rennie Harris with funding from the Mellon Foundation. Major support was generously provided by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund to support Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, residency support for EVIDENCE was provided through a partnership project with the Catskill Mountain Foundation, and additional support for Percussion Bitter Sweet: Tender Warriors was provided by The Harkness Foundation for Dance.
Additional creation support generously provided by Anonymous, Deborah & Charles Adelman, Carol & Tony Friscia, Emi Gittleman, Olivia Howard & Greg Griffith, David Hughes, Jr., Christopher Jones & Deborah McAlister, Jane Kendall, Dana & Michael Robinson, and Susan Sillins.
A NOTE FROM THE CURATOR
Thank you for joining this centennial celebration of the iconic drummer, composer, and activist Max Roach (1924-2007). Max Roach’s career spans the beginning of BeBop, the intersection of Jazz with the civil rights movement, free improvisation, and Jazz’s current state of crossdisciplinary experiments and multimedia performances. Max was a pioneer in the development of Jazz music, what he called “the music of collective creativity.”
Tonight’s program highlights Max’s music of social struggle and shines a light on the promise of freedom and joy. You will experience three of his great works, The Dream/It’s Time, Percussion Bitter Sweet, and Duet Improvisation #2, featuring Cecil Taylor. Highlighting Max’s musical achievements are works by the brilliant choreographers: Ayodele Casel, Rennie Harris, and Ronald K. Brown & Arcell Cabuag, with performances by Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, A Dance Company, Cuba's Malpaso Dance Company, Ayodele Casel, and Rennie Harris Puremovement.
I will never forget Max’s words to me late in his life: “Richard, I make music so that people will dance.” It is a deep honor to work with tonight’s dance artists on this tribute. And fitting that these works be performed at The Joyce Theater, where Max proudly served on the Board of Trustees. Max Roach 100 shows our gratitude for Max and pays homage to his amazing artistry and humanity. Enjoy!
Richard Colton Curator, Max Roach 100 at The Joyce TheaterABOUT THE PROGRAM
Max Roach Live (short film)
Directed by Kit Fitzgerald
Music by Max Roach
Video Art by Kit Fitzgerald
Performances at LaMaMa E.T.C.
Stage Direction: George Ferencz
Video Image Restoration: Dean Winkler
Digital Transfer: Bill Seery, Standby Program
Working with Max was a magical experience. In 1985, composer Peter Gordon and I presented “The Passion of Passion,” music and live video performance with a band, video monitors, and projection at LaMaMa. Ellen Stewart - “La Mama” herself - saw what we were doing and suggested that Max and I meet. Max came over to my studio. I showed him some work, and he proposed working together. He saw what I was doing as visual improvisation and an opportunity to explore this form of music and the visual arts. Stage director George Ferencz (who was working with Max and Amiri Baraka at the time) was brought in. We approached it very directly - Max’s solo drums and my live video, projected on a large screen (It should be noted that while video projection is ubiquitous today, it was rare when we first collaborated). At the time of the LaMaMa performances, Max was just back from Paris, having played a concert for jailed anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela. Max was about freedom (in the ‘60s, “Freedom Now Suite”, in the ‘80s “Liberez Mandela”), political and artistic freedom, and pushing artistic boundaries. In the video you will see Max’s drumsticks become paintbrushes, creating washes of color onscreen, and visual syncopation: image as music, mining textural depths. Our first shows were with Max solo. JUJU (1993-94) expanded to include dance by Donald Byrd/The Group and The Max Roach Double Quartet. Working together through the ‘90s, our performances took on varied configurations. With Max, collaboration in performance was about being in the moment, the moment where there is freedom. A freedom achieved through mastery of one’s art.
-Kit FitzgeraldFreedom… In Progress
Improvisation by Ayodele Casel
Devised by Ayodele Casel and Torya Beard
Music by Max Roach and Cecil Taylor: Duet Improvisation #2*
Creative Collaborator & Understudy: Naomi Funaki
Lighting Design: serena wong
Costume Design: Susan Hilferty
Stage Manager: Erin McCoy
Performed by AYODELE CASEL
*Duet Improvisation #2 recorded in 1979 at McMillin Theatre, Columbia University, New York, NY. Soul Note Records.
Creation support for Freedom... In Progress generously provided by Deborah & Charles Adelman. Residency support for Freedom... In Progress provided by New Jersey Performing Arts Center and Summer Stages Dance @ The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston.
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Jim Has Crowed
Choreography by Rennie Harris
Music by Max Roach, The Dream/It’s Time*
Performed by Max Roach Quartet
Max Roach (drums), Cecil Bridgewater (trumpet), Calvin Hill (bass), Odeon Pope (tenor sax)
Lighting Design: Tsubasa Kamei
Performed by
ANGEL ANDERSON • JOSHUA ARCHIBALD • CONSTANCE HARRIS
ZAKHELE GRABOWSKI • JAMES SOLIS GUTIERREZ • TAYLOR MADGETT
MICHAEL MANSON • NATASHA MARKWICK • FYNESS T. MASON
ROUKIJAH ROOKS • RACHEL SNIDER • MIYEKO URVASHI • MARGUERITE WALLER
As a street dance theater choreographer and artist, to be chosen to participate in the centennial celebration of Max Roach is profoundly meaningful to me. Max Roach, a trailblazing jazz musician, transformed the genre with his innovative drumming style, artistic expression, and devotion to social activism. His influence deeply resonates with Hip-hop culture, which also values artistic expression and social consciousness. The track "The Dream/It's Time" by Max Roach inspired me and is reminiscent of my early exposure to raw Hip-hop music (prior to its creation). While uncertain about the current state and future of Hip-hop, one thing remains clear: in its infancy it carried forward the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. In honor of Max Roach, this piece is titled Jim Has Crowed, which aims to reflect his activism. It is a humbling and exciting opportunity to connect with like-minded artists and share ideas on the same frequency. This work will bridge the diasporic traditions of Jazz and Hip-hop, enriching our work with a broader narrative of artistic and social significance. Participating in this centennial celebration symbolizes the enduring impact of a legendary musician whose legacy continues to influence and inspire generations, showcasing the power of artistic expression to transcend boundaries and foster meaningful connections.
Humbled, Rennie Harris
*The Dream/It's Time recorded in 1981 at CBS Recording Studios, New York, NY. Columbia Records.
A SPECIAL THANKS TO Joan Myers Brown and PHILADANCO!, The Theater and Dance Department at the University of Colorado @ Boulder, Pew Charitable Trust, Dance Advance, Penn Pat, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, Guggenheim, Dance USA, The Alan M. Kriegsman Residency, Mellon Foundation, National Dance Project, National Performance Network, and NEFA for over thirty years of unwavering support.
Percussion Bitter Sweet: Tender Warriors
Choreography by Ronald K. Brown and Arcell Cabuag
Music by Max Roach, Percussion Bitter Sweet*
Tender Warriors, Praise For A Martyr, Garvey's Ghost, Man From South Africa
Performed by Max Roach (drums, percussion), Eugenio "Totico" Arango (cowbell), Art Davis (double bass), Eric Dolphy (alto, saxophone, flute, bass clarinet), Clifford Jordan (tenor sax), Abbey Lincoln (vocal), Booker Little (trumpet), Julian Priester (trombone), Carlos "Patato" Valdés (congas), Mal Waldron (piano)
Lighting Design: Tsubasa Kamei
Costume Design: Ibiwunmi Omotayo Olaiya
Wardrobe Supervisor: Amy Page
Associate Producer: Pamela M. Green
Performed by
(EVIDENCE) DEMETRIUS BURNS
AUSTIN WARREN COATS
JOYCE EDWARDS
UI-SENG FRANCOIS
ISAIAH K. HARVEY
STEPHANIE CHRONOPOULOS
GREGORY HAMILTON
SHAYLIN D. WATSON
(Malpaso) ESTEBAN AGUILAR • DAILE CARRAZANA • OSNEL DELGADO
DAYRON DOMINGUEZ PIEDRA
ARLET AMANDA FERNÁNDEZ • ESVEN GONZALEZ
LAURA BEATRIZ RODRIGUEZ GUERRA • CARLOS VALLADARES • GRETA YERO ORTIZ
LIZ MARIAN LORENZO RODRIGUEZ (Understudy)
Working on Percussion Bitter Sweet: Tender Warriors has been bigger than a dream come true. We first worked with Malpaso Dance Company 11 years ago and have been looking for not only an opportunity to work with Osnel and the talented artists, but to have Malpaso and EVIDENCE, A Dance Company in the studio at the same time building the piece. It's been amazing. I’m so grateful to Arcell Cabuag for being an anchor during this process. Arcell has been instrumental in manifesting our ideas physically and teaching the movement to the dancers.
Special thanks to Richard Colton, long time friend and colleague for over 22 years, Pam Green, Ross LeClair, Bridget Caston, Linda Shelton, The Joyce Theater, Deborah Sunya Moore, the Chautauqua Institution, Sandra Burton, Randall Flippinger, Nate Wiessner, Williams College, 62 Center for Theater and Dance, as well as the dance artists of Malpaso, EVIDENCE, and our amazing collaborative team. In the 25+ years that Arcell Cabuag and I have worked together, this process has been the most in-depth and awe inspiring.
The creative process continues to be one of innovation with countless rewarding moments. In Williamstown, MA, a dancer from Malpaso told me: “This is magic, I feel Africa in my bones." When Malpaso’s Executive Director told me he had seen the sketches of the costumes and was excited to see them "look like Kings and Queens," I knew we were looking at a production more than we could have anticipated. I’m looking forward to audiences seeing the power in the ways the dancers embody the music and how the costumes and lighting design elevate the whole.
-Ronald K. Brown*Percussion Bitter Sweet recorded in 1961 at Am-Par Record Corporation (ABC Records), New York, NY. Impulse! Records. Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE's programs are made possible by Mellon Foundation, Ford Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, SHS Foundation, and the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project. Additional generous support has been provided by Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, FB Heron Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, PMG Arts Management, Select Equity Group Foundation, and Marcia Brady Tucker Foundation.
Residency support for Percussion Bitter Sweet: Tender Warriors provided by the 62 Center at Williams College, ASU Gammage, the Chautauqua Institution, and Catskill Mountain Foundation.
We thank Williams College, Sandra Burton, Randal Fippinger, and Nate Wiessner and the tech & administrative staff of the 62 Center and the dance department for their support.
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MAX ROACH, a master percussionist and composer, was a pioneer in the development of contemporary American music. As a bandleader, Mr. Roach played with renowned musicians including Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, Stan Getz, and Bud Powell, and remains one of the most versatile and inventive percussionists of the modern Jazz era. He contributed to the definition of the sound known as Bop and celebrated diverse percussion traditions from around the world. A staunch advocate for civil rights, Roach's social consciousness permeated his music; his sound was inseparable from his commitment to justice and equality. Roach first performed at The Kitchen in 1983 for the program Estate Fresh, a collaboration between himself, Fab 5 Freddy, and DJ Spy. In 1984, Roach returned to participate in the Downtown/Uptown Television Festival, presenting work by independent television producers and video artists. On this centennial year of his birth, The Joyce Theater joins the nationwide celebration of Max Roach with an evening of commissioned works made in tribute to the legendary Jazz pioneer. Curated by Richard Colton, this special program brings Joyce artists together in conversation with Roach’s lasting legacy set to recordings of the late musician performing his greatest works.
Courtesy of the Max Roach family.WHO'S WHO IN MAX ROACH
RICHARD COLTON (Curator) is the Founder Director of Movement Without Borders at Judson Memorial Church, an organization that brings artists and activists together around the urgent issues of immigration, homelessness, and social justice. www.movementwithoutborders.com. He Co-Founded Summer Stages Dance @ The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston with Amy Spencer in 2007. The program provides developmental residencies that bring together choreographers, visual artists, writers, and musicians for the creation of new cross disciplinary work. JACK Quartet, Lucinda Childs, Dan Wagoner, John Luther Adams, Wendy Whelan, Sandbox Percussion, Gandini Jugglers, Carmen de Lavallade, Jenny Holzer, Anne Carson, Sarah Sze, Trajal Harrell, Pam Tanowitz, Miguel Gutierrez, David Michalek, Claudia Rankine, Eiko & Koma, Jennifer Tipton, Liz Gerring, David Lang, Shamel Pitts, Maya Beiser, Jasmine Hearn, Twyla Tharp, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and others have all been a vital part. Colton performed with James Waring Dance Company in the 60’s, City Center Joffrey Ballet in the 70’s, Twyla Tharp Dance and American Ballet Theatre in the 70’s and 80’s, and Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project in the 90’s. He has staged the work of Tharp for London’s Royal Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, and American Ballet Theater. Colton appears in the Milos Foreman films Hair and Amadeus and PBS Great Performances presentation of The Catherine Wheel. He co-founded Spencer/Colton Dance with Amy Spencer in 2000, performing new dance theater works inspired by writers Grace Paley, Anton Chekhov, Raymond Carver, and others. With Spencer, he choreographed numerous productions at Robert Brustein’s American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA. Colton is currently working on a film inspired by the writings of Clarice Lispector, and creating a dance evening celebrating 100 years of the biodynamic farming movement, for Churchtown Dairy Farm in Claverack, NY, centered around Bela Bartok’s Field Recordings and his Sonata for Solo Violin, with violinist Emmanuel Vukovich and dancer Storyboard P. In addition, Colton is part of a team writing a book on his mentor and teacher James Waring. Colton has guest taught dance, cross-media collaboration, and dance history at New York University, Columbia University, M.I.T, Harvard University, The Juilliard School, The New School, Princeton University, Yale University, University of California San Diego, and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
KIT FITZGERALD (Video Artist: Max Roach Live) is a media artist and director whose work encompasses video art, music, and dance video, interactive performance, digital painting, and documentary. Fitzgerald’s involvement with dance is extensive. She has worked with Trisha Brown, Twyla Tharp, Bebe Miller, Donald Byrd, Bill T. Jones, and Arnie Zane. She directed the documentary Bart Cook: Choreographer. Fitzgerald collaborates with leading contemporary artists, including composers Peter Gordon, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Ned Sublette, and Max Roach; poet Sekou Sundiata; and theater companies The Talking Band and Northern Netherlands Theatre. Her live video performances include Max Roach Live! and JUJU with Max Roach (La MaMa, Lincoln Center, Aaron Davis Hall, 92nd Street Y), The Mother of Us All (MetLiveArts), Arthur Russell’s Instrumentals (Sydney Festival, Primavera Festival) The Return of the Native (BAM Next Wave, Het Muziektheater), Adelic Penguins (Sony Japan), and Into the Hot, Out of the Cool and Frozen Moments of Passion (Roulette Intermedium). Fitzgerald was artist-in-residence at the WNET Television Laboratory. Her video has been included twice in the Whitney Biennial and presented in exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, where it is part of the collection. She
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garnered first prizes at the International Electronic Cinema Festival (Montreux), Tokyo International HDTV Festival, and International Women’s Biennale (Vienna). Her work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts and is distributed by Electronic Arts Intermix.
AYODELE CASEL (Co-Creator & Soloist: Freedom... In Progress), a Doris Duke Artist in the dance category, is an award-winning and critically acclaimed tap dancer and choreographer named one of The New York Times’ “biggest breakout stars of 2019.” Born in The Bronx and raised in Puerto Rico, her practice centers highly narrative works rooted in expressions of selfhood, culture, and legacy. Her projects include 'Bessie' Award-winning film Chasing Magic, one-woman show While I Have the Floor, and theatrical and film series Diary of a Tap Dancer. She served as a tap choreographer for the Broadway revival of Funny Girl, which garnered a 2022 Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Choreography. A frequent New York City Center collaborator, Casel created an interactive show for the inaugural On the Move five-borough tour and was the featured “Artists at the Center” in 2023. Her collaboration with Grammy award-winning Latin jazz composer and pianist Arturo O’Farrill is hailed by The New York Times as “next level” and “thrilling.” Casel was a 2019-2020 fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University, an artist-in-residence at Harvard University and Little Island and is the recipient of a United States Artist Fellowship, a Herb Alpert Award, and Hoofer and FloBert Award. In 2021, Casel was depicted on a U.S. Postal Service Forever Stamp celebrating tap dance. Casel is an alumna of New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts and The William Esper Studio. A dance educator for over 25 years, Casel is the co-director of Operation Tap, an online tap dance educational platform, DL/ NY Tap Dance Project, and serves on the board of New York City Center.
TORYA BEARD (Co-Creator: Freedom... In Progress) is the recipient of APAP's inaugural CIPA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Creative Producing and was featured in Variety and Lifetime's Power of Women: The Changemakers special for her work with A BroaderWay Foundation. One of Torya's most significant creative collaborations has been with Ayodele Casel, with whom she has developed numerous projects, including the Bessie Award-winning dance film and stage production Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic, Diary of a Tap Dancer V.6: Us: Artist At The Center | Ayodele Casel, Rooted for the inaugural five-borough tour of New York City Center's On The Move, Diary of A Tap Dancer v.4, While I Have The Floor, and the Rooted residency project. Broadway credits include The Lion King (Dance Captain/ Swing), Funny Girl Broadway revival, and Waitress Broadway remount (Assistant Director). Torya is Co-Resident Director of the Dance Lab New York (DL/NY) Tap Project, was an Executive Producer on Jesus Christ Superstar: Highlights from the All-Female Studio Cast Recording and serves on the boards of the percussive dance company Sole Defined and the dance-theatre-media company the feath3r theory (TF3T). toryabeard.com, @thatgirltorya.
RENNIE HARRIS (Choreographer: Jim Has Crowed) has been called "the most respected—and the most brilliant—hip-hop choreographer in America" by the New Yorker. Recently, The New York Times wrote of Harris' work: "Harris, the Hip-hop master who has become one of his generation's most exacting and exciting choreographers—There are two sides to Harris's Rhythmic Wizardry; both are impeccable." Born and raised in an African American community in North Philadelphia, Harris has taught at universities around the country since 15. Advocating for the significance of "street" origins in any dance style, Harris believes Hip-hop
expresses universal themes that extend beyond racial, religious, and economic boundaries and one that, because of its pan-racial and global popularity, can help bridge these divisions.
In addition, Harris toured with the first Rap tour to cross the country entitled The Fresh Fest, starring Run DMC & Jam Master Jay, LL Cool J, Kurtis Blow, Fat Boys, Salt and Peppa, and many noted pioneers of rap. Known for bringing social dances to the concert stage and coining the term "Street Dance Theater," Harris has broken new ground as one of the first Hip-hop choreographers to set works on ballet-based companies such as Ballet Memphis, Colorado Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO!), Giordano Dance Chicago, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Cleo Parker Robinson, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC), and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, among others. He is the first Street Dancer commissioned to create an evening length work on the Alvin Ailey American Theater and serve as a resident artist at The Ailey School. He has received three 'Bessie' Awards, five Black Theater Alvin Ailey Awards, Herb Alpert Award, and was nominated for a Lawrence Olivier Award (UK); he has also received a Life-Time Achievement Award in choreography (McCullum Theater 2019). Harris was also voted one of the most influential people in the last one hundred years of Philadelphia’s history (City Paper), and he has been compared to Basquiat, Alvin Ailey, and Bob Fosse. In addition, he has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, PEW Fellowship, a USA Artist of the Year Fellowship, a Governors Artist of the Year Award, and is noted as the first Street Dancer to receive two honorary doctorate degrees from both Bates College (Lewiston, ME) and Columbia College (Chicago, IL). Harris served as cultural ambassadors for former President Ronald Reagan’s US Embassy Tour in 1986 and invited to the White House by the President Clinton Administration to share in the recognition of African American artist making a difference in the world (2001) and received a medal in choreography from the Kennedy Center. Rennie Harris Puremovement has performed for such dignitaries as the Queen of England and Princess of Monaco and was chosen as one of four U.S. companies to serve as Hip-hop cultural ambassadors for President Obama's Dance Motion USA and toured (Middle-East) Israel, Jordan, Ramulah, Egypt, Palestine, and surrounding countries, as well as Japan, China, Gambia, and Kazakstan, to name a few. In 2020, Harris became a recipient of the Doris Duke Artist Award. He was also awarded the Mellon Grant “Building A Legacy of Street Dance” (2022), as well as the Hermitage Greenfield Prize (2023), and the Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award (2023). Rennie Harris is atop the Hip-hop heap, its leading ambassador.
RONALD K. BROWN (Choreographer: Percussion Bitter Sweet: Tender Warriors), raised in Brooklyn, NY, founded EVIDENCE, A Dance Company in 1985. He has worked with Mary Anthony Dance Theater, Jennifer Muller/The Works, as well as other choreographers and artists, and has been on the faculty of The Juilliard School. Brown has set works on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ailey II, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Jeune Ballet d’Afrique Noire, Ko-Thi Dance Company, PHILADANCO!, Muntu Dance Theater of Chicago, Ballet Hispánico, TU Dance, and Malpaso Dance Company. He has collaborated with such artists as composer/designer Omotayo Wunmi Olaiya, the late writer Craig G. Harris, director Ernie McClintock’s Jazz Actors Theater, choreographers Patricia Hoffbauer and Rokiya Kone, composers Robert Een,
Oliver Lake, Bernadette Speech, David Simons, and Don Meissner, and musicians Jason Moran, Arturo O'Farrill, and Meshell Ndegeocello. Brown is the recipient of the 2020 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award. His other awards and recognitions include the AUDELCO Award for his choreography in Regina Taylor’s award-winning play Crowns, two Black Theater Alliance Awards, and a Fred & Adele Astaire Award for Outstanding Choreography in the Tony Award winning Broadway and national touring production of The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, adapted by Suzan Lori Parks, arranged by Diedre Murray, and directed by Diane Paulus. Brown was named Def Dance Jam Workshop 2000 Mentor of the Year and has received a Doris Duke Artist Award, New York City Center Fellowship, Joyce Theater Artist Residency Center Fellowship, Scripps/ADF Award, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Choreographers Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, United States Artists Fellowship, a New York Dance and Performance 'Bessie' Award, Dance Magazine Award, and The Ailey Apex Award. Ronald K. Brown is a Creative Administration Research artist at NCCAkron. Brown is Co-Artistic Director of the Restoration Dance Youth Ensemble and a member of Stage Directors & Choreographers Society.
ARCELL CABUAG (Choreographer: Percussion Bitter Sweet: Tender Warriors) is a first-generation Filipino-American from San Jose, CA. He moved to New York City in 1996 to attend the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, where he was introduced to Ronald K. Brown. Soon after, he joined EVIDENCE, A Dance Company as its first apprentice, became a company member one year later, and has served as its Associate Artistic Director since 2004. He currently teaches EVIDENCE repertory at Princeton University and is thrilled to be the newly appointed Billie Holiday Theatre’s Youth Arts Academy Director of Education. Performance credits include: Dancing with Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Mekeda Thomas, Rock the House for Paramount Pictures; The Shoji Tabuchi Show (Branson, MO); the Richard Rodgers Centennial Production of The King and I; and dance festivals worldwide. Arcell taught classes and performed with EVIDENCE throughout Africa as a U.S. Ambassador with Dance Motion USA. TV Credits include: Law & Order: SVU (choreographed episode) and Codorniu Cava commercial with PILOBOLUS shot in Barcelona and aired on Spanish television. He has assisted Mr. Brown in creating repertory on PHILADANCO!; MUNTU Drum and Dance Company; TU Dance; Ballet Hispánico; Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Cuba’s Malpaso Dance Company; and served as associate choreographer for the Tony Award winning Broadway and national touring productions of The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. Mr. Cabuag is proud to serve the dance community as a long standing educator and advocate nationally and abroad. Education, advocacy, and teaching EVIDENCE repertory work include: Professor of Dance at Long Island University (Brooklyn Campus); Education Director of the Youth Arts Academy / Restoration Dance Youth Ensemble; Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, University of Massachusetts; Boston Arts Academy, Peridance Certificate Program, The Ailey Fordham BFA and Certificate Programs; University of Washington, University of the Arts, Kent State, DeSales University, Coker College, Marymount Manhattan College, Connecticut College, Guest Instructor at Jacob’s Pillow, and Boston Conservatory. Arcell is a 2004 New York Dance and Performance 'Bessie' Award winner for his performance and work with EVIDENCE, and will be receiving an Abundance Dance Award in February 2024.
“The Basquiat of the US. contemporary dance scene, Rennie Harris has literally embodied the history of hip-hop dance.” ~London Times
Rennie Harris Puremovement (RHPM) is the leading Street dance theater company in the U.S., and for 30 years has been dedicated to preserving and disseminating Hip-hop aesthetics and Street dance culture through workshops, classes, history, lecture demonstrations, long-term residencies, mentoring programs, and public performances. With his roots in the inner-city, Harris and RHPM present unique stories that are riveting, intimate, and honest. RHPM’s mission is to re-educate the public about Hip-hop culture and Street Dance through its artistic work, sharing the essence and spirit of Street Dance rather than the commercially exploited stereotype portrayed by the media.
Dr. Lorenzo “Rennie” Harris is a leading ambassador for Hip-hop. Harris grew up entrenched in Hip-hop culture in all its forms — music, dance, language. Throughout his career, he has embraced the culture and sought to honor its legacy, believing that Hip-hop and Street dance is the purest form of movement in that it honors both African and African American-Latino culture. Harris is well versed in the vernacular of what he calls Hip-hop “proper” as well as the various techniques of B-boy (often mistakenly called “breakdancing”), House, GQ, and other styles that have emerged spontaneously from the urban, inner cities of America, like the North Philadelphia community in which he was raised. Harris brings social dances to the concert stage, creating a cohesive dance style that finds a cogent voice in the theater, all while developing works that challenge audiences’ expectations about Hip-hop and Street Dance. Harris’ artistic philosophy reflects a deeper understanding of people that extends beyond racial, religious, and economic boundaries, and he believes that Hip-hop can help bridge these divisions. Harris’ work encompasses the diverse and rich traditions of the past, while simultaneously presenting the voice of a new generation through its ever-evolving interpretations of dance.
Artistic Director: Rennie Harris
Executive Director: Rodney S. Hill I 267-236-4097 I rodneyhill@RHPM.org
Company Manager: Marguerite Waller I www.RHPM.org
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RENNIE HARRIS PUREMOVEMENT
RONALD K. BROWN/EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY
Founded by Ronald K. Brown in 1985 and based in Brooklyn, New York, EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY, integrates African dance with contemporary choreography, music, and spoken word. Through its work, the company provides a unique view of human struggles, tragedies, and triumphs. Brown uses movement as a way to reinforce the importance of community in African-American culture and to acquaint audiences with the beauty of African dance forms and rhythms. EVIDENCE tours to 30 communities in the United States annually, and has traveled to Cuba, Brazil, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Hawaii, Ireland, Holland, Mexico, Colombia, South Africa, Nigeria, Senegal, and the United Kingdom to perform and teach. EVIDENCE is a dance company in demand, not only for the work presented on stage, but also for the company's dance workshops, community classes, and master classes provided for dancers of all ages and levels of dance experience. Annually, the company reaches an audience of more than 30,000. EVIDENCE works in partnership with the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, The Billie Holiday Theatre, and The Joyce Theater.
Artistic Director: Ronald K. Brown I Associate Artistic Director: Arcell Cabuag Interim Managing Director: Pamela M. Green Company Manager: Kristina Varshavskaya I IG: @evidencedance 347-493-2414 I info@evidencedance.com I www.evidencedance.com
MALPASO DANCE 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. An Associate Company of Joyce Theater Productions, Malpaso— together with The Joyce—has commissioned original works from a number of prominent international choreographers, including Ronald K. Brown (Why You Follow), Trey McIntyre (Under Fire), Aszure Barton (Indomitable Waltz and Stillness in Bloom), Emmy-award winning Sonya Tayeh (Face the Torrent), Robyn Mineko Williams (Elemental), and celebrated Ephrat Asherie (Floor… y ando!). As a means of foregrounding Cuban choreographers, Malpaso recently has also world-premiered works by company member Daile Carrazana, Lullaby for Insomnia, Habanera, and La Última Canción, bolstering the list of long-toured pieces by Artistic Director Osnel Delgado, notably, Ocaso as well as 24 Hours and a Dog and Dreaming of Lions, which are often accompanied live by Grammy award-winning, CubanAmerican composer/pianist Arturo O’Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Ensemble. In a recent collaboration with Alejandro Falcón, Ted Nash and Cubadentro Trio, Delgado choreographed A Dancing Island. The company’s repertory includes Tabula Rasa by world-renowned Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin, who traveled to Cuba in spring of 2018 specifically to work one on one with Malpaso dancers to crystalize the re-staging of this seldom performed piece; and woman with water by the distinguished Swedish choreographer Mats Ek, who also travel to Havana to premiere the work at Martí Theatre on December 2021.
Executive Director: Fernando Sáez
Artistic Director: Osnel Delgado
Associate Artistic Director: Daile Carrazana IG: @malpasodance
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TSUBASA KAMEI (Lighting Supervisor) has toured with EVIDENCE for more than 65 venues globally and internationally. Credits include: Scene and lighting for Mercy (World Premiere), lighting for Four Corners; Dancing Spirit (Company Premiere); New Conversations: Iron Meets Water (World Premiere) for Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE. He has also designed The Call (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater) and Where The Light Shines Through (TU Dance), all choreographed by Ronald K. Brown.
serena wong (Lighting Designer: Freedom...In Progress) is a Brooklyn-based freelance lighting designer for theater and dance. Her designs have been seen at Lincoln Center, Fall For Dance at City Center, Danspace, and Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, among others in the US and abroad- including, oddly enough, a Celebrity cruise ship. Most recently she has designed for choreographers LaTasha Barnes, Gemma Bond, Caleb Teicher, Leonardo Sandoval, and Bill T. Jones. She enjoys biking, baking, and pottery.
IBIWUNMI OMOTAYO OLAIYA (Costume Designer: Percussion Bitter Sweet: Tender Warriors), aka Wunmi, is a singer, songwriter, performer, and fashion designer. Born in London, and raised in Lagos, Nigeria, Wunmi is regularly commissioned to design costumes for the most influential choreographers and dance companies of our time, and was awarded a "Bessie" (New York Dance and Performance Award) for her work with both Ronald K. Brown and Marlies Yearby. Wunmi was commissioned to design and produced costumes for the 66th Annual Grammys, and her designs were also featured on the HBO hit series And Just Like That. Wunmi formally trained at the London College of Fashion, and was a collaborative partner in a number of small design companies before starting her own line, Wow Wow by Wunmi, in 2012. Wow Wow is primarily crafted in Nigeria and Togo, where Wunmi works closely with textile artisans and a small group of tailors, to create her exclusive line of heirloom quality, one of a kind pieces.
MANUEL DA SILVA (Production Manager) 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.
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 and Mefisto Teatro. 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 Ronald K. Brown, Trey McIntyre, Aszure Barton, Sonya Tayeh, Robyn Mineko Williams, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, and Ephrat Asherie, among others.
ERIN McCOY (Stage Manager: Freedom...In Progress). Works include Rooted Tour 2023, Ayodele Casel Artists At The Center (New York City Center), Chasing Magic (The Joyce Theater & Spoleto Festival), Fall for Dance 2022 (New York City Center) with Ayodele Casel. Theatrical works include Broadway/National Tour: Bernhardt/Hamlet, Hamilton. Off-Broadway: Ain’t No Mo, Tiny Beautiful Things, Dry Powder, Buzzer (Public Theater), The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest (Public Theater Shakespeare in the Park), Sugar In Our Wounds (MTC). Regional: Moby-Dick (American Repertory Theater), The Folks at Home, Shakespeare in Love, Jazz (Baltimore Center Stage).
JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTIONS (JTP) is the in-house producing entity for The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc., formed to create original work for The Joyce’s stage and for worldwide touring. This initiative provides dance artists who have little or no formal management or infrastructure the means to create productions of the highest standards of excellence. The program also includes the Associate Company model, offering sustained producing, fiscal, and/or administrative management to companies that may require short or longer term support.
RENNIE HARRIS PUREMOVEMENT
Joshua Archibald
Zakhele Grabowski
Angel Anderson
Constance Harris
Rachel Snider Miyeko UrvashI
Marguerite Waller
Roukijah Rooks
Taylor Madgett
Natasha Markwick
Fyness T. Mason
Michael Manson
Kit Fitzergald Video Artist
Rennie Harris Choreographer
Ayodele Casel Co-Creator & Soloist
James Solis Gutierrez
Torya Beard Co-Creator
Naomi Funaki Understudy
EVIDENCE, A DANCE COMPANY
MALPASO DANCE COMPANY
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Daile Carrazana Dayron Dominguez Piedra Arlet Amanda Fernandez Esteban Aguilar Osnel Delgado Laura Beatriz Rodriguez Guerra Greta Yero Ortiz Liz Marian Lorenzo Rodriguez Esven Gonzalez Carlos Valladares Joyce Edwards Stephanie Chronopoulos Austin Warren Coats Demetrius Burns Isaiah K. Harvey Shaylin D. Watson Ui-Seng Francois Gregory Hamilton Arcell Cabuag Choreographer Ronald K. Brown ChoreographerABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION
The Joyce Theater Foundation ("The Joyce," Executive Director, Linda Shelton), a nonprofit organization, has proudly served the dance community for more than four decades. Under the direction of founders Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld, Ballet Tech Foundation acquired and The Joyce renovated the Elgin Theater in Chelsea. Opening as The Joyce Theater in 1982, it was named in honor of Joyce Mertz, beloved daughter of LuEsther T. Mertz. It was LuEsther’s clear, undaunted vision and abundant generosity that made it imaginable and ultimately possible to build the theater. Ownership was secured by The Joyce in 2015. The theater is one of the only theaters built by dancers for dance and has provided an intimate and elegant home for over 475 U.S.-based and international companies. The Joyce has also expanded its reach beyond its Chelsea home through off-site presentations at venues ranging in scope from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, to Brooklyn’s Invisible Dog Art Center, and to outdoor programming in spaces such as Hudson River Park. To further support the creation of new work, The Joyce maintains longstanding commissioning and residency programs. Local students and teachers (1st–12th grade) benefit from its school program, and family and adult audiences get closer to dance with access to artists. The Joyce’s annual season of about 48 weeks of dance now includes over 300 performances for audiences of over 100,000. Visit Joyce.org for more information.
FUNDERS
Many Thanks to The Joyce's Institutional Funders for Keeping Us Moving Forward
An abundance of gratitude to Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Representative Jerrold Nadler, and Representative Nydia M. Velázquez for their visionary leadership that established the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, which made the reopening of The Joyce Theater in 2021 and the reemergence of many dance companies possible.
Leadership support for The Joyce's year-round programs and services:
LuEsther T. Mertz
Charitable Trust
Season Sponsor:
Champion support for The Joyce's Dance Residencies:
Champion support for The Joyce's annual programming:
Major support for The Joyce’s American Dance Platform and Harkness First debuts:
Major support for The Joyce's operations and special initiatives:
The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
ABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION
VISION STATEMENT
The Joyce Theater Foundation is committed to fostering and supporting a diverse and inclusive environment, both on and off stage. We embrace and celebrate diversity in all its forms, and value the rich experiences and perspectives that arise from differences in race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and cognitive and physical ability.
We strive to counteract the social injustices and racism that exist within our communities, our nation, and our world. Our aim as an organization is to embody the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.
To achieve this, we will:
• Create and implement proactive diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice initiatives;
• Establish and maintain a culture of safe sharing, intentional listening, learning, and growth;
• Engage with and support disenfranchised communities by sharing information and resources and ensuring accessibility;
• Develop metrics and conduct regular reviews of our programs and policies to hold ourselves accountable and shift as neededs.
With these goals in place and our Vision Statement in mind, we are dedicated to the continued learning and growth needed to foster an inclusive environment for all. This is an ongoing process and by nature will be an evolving statement.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
LINDA SHELTON
Assistant to the Executive Director...........Ayo Janeen Jackson
ADMINISTRATION
General Manager
Huong Hoang
Associate General Manager...........................................Katy Myers
Human Resources Manager.......................Sharonica Williams
Office Manager................................................................Christine Guglia
Director of Development
Kirsten Munro
Director of Institutional Giving.....................................Jean M. Ross
Director of Individual Giving............................................Meg White
Associate Director of Special Events............................Jesse Chin
Individual Giving Manager...........................................Catherine Eng
Institutional Giving Manager...............................Brianna Anderson
Special Events Associate..................................................Maeve Brady
Development Associate...................................................Hannah Berry
Development Intern............................................Carol SeungWon Lee
Director of Programming
Danni Gee
Programming Manager........................................Noa Rui-Piin Weiss
Artist Services Manager..................................................Barb Domue
Director of Dance Education & Family Programs
Heather McCartney
Dance Education & Family Programs Manager..............................
.......................................................................................................Joyce Laoagan
Dance Education & Family Programs Intern.....................................
..........................................................................................................Daniel Orozco
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
Marketing Intern.........................................................Mikayla Weissberg
Director of Finance
Margaret Hollenbeck
Finance Associate.......................................................Savá M. B. Martin
Finance Clerk......................................................................Xavier DelValle
Database Administrator.....................................................Jim Seggelink
Director of Information Tech
PRODUCTION
Patricia A. Yost
Director of Production......................................................Jeff Segal
Lighting Supervisor...................................................................Kelly Atallah
Assistant Production Manager........................................Olivia Brown
Head Audio..................................................................................Sean Mullins
Lighting Board Operator...................................................................OPEN
Head Carpenter................................................................Web Crittenden
Head Electrician..............................................................Brittany Spencer
Stage Technicians...............................Fabrizio Caputo, Edward Hill
The Joyce Theater is a member of APAP, Dance/NYC, and Dance/USA.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Joyce Theater operates on the Lenape island of Manhahtaan (Mannahatta) and acknowledges that it was founded upon the stolen land and erasure of many Indigenous communities. This acknowledgement demonstrates our institution’s commitment to the process of dismantling the legacies of colonialism and cultural imperialism.
We acknowledge the ongoing violence towards Indigenous people through systemic inequality. We pay our respect to the Indigenous peoples who lived and continue to live upon this land, and whose rich history, artistic practices, and spirituality are tied to this land. It is within our responsibility as a cultural institution and our commitment to diversity and inclusion to embody a commitment to Indigenous rights and cultural equity.
We sincerely invite you as an audience member to take a moment to reflect on the history and legacy of displacement, migration, and settlement.
It is our intention to work with local Native American arts councils to better inform our land acknowledgment practices and anticipate that it will evolve over time.
Producer
JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTIONS
Ross LeClair
Associate Producer.........................................................Bridget Caston
FRONT-OF-HOUSE
Senior House Manager
Samantha Fernandez
House Manager....................................................................Drew O'Bryan
Assistant House Managers..............................................Joseph Burke, Lily Cole, Kenneth Harlin, Chikako Iwahori, Di’Shai Oquendo, Utafumi Takemura, Nicholas Thomas
Box Office Manager
BOX OFFICE
Lisa Gendell
Supervisors.......................................................Beth Miller, Vanessa Moton
Box Office/JoyceCharge Staff...................................................Kelly Collins, Robert Craddock, Tatiana Gomez, Yulidal Hernandez Kin, Valencia Lombardi-Chisholm, Roy Odom, Jeremy Scharf, Jasmine Webb
OPERATIONS
Director of Operations
Lou Albruzzese
Studio Manager (NYCC&D)........................................Tamika Daniels
Studio Operations (NYCC&D)..................................................Julia Dunne, Lauren Marcolus, Mak Thornquest
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..........................................................................
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC............................................................... ..........................................................................Kimberly M. Maynard, Esq. Glick and Weintraub PC...................Harry H. Weintraub, Counsel Accounting.....................................................................................Lutz & Carr Digital Marketing Firm..........................................Capacity Interactive Publicity..........................................................................................Billy Zavelson Printer....................................................Direct Printing Impressions Inc.
Insurance...........................................................Risk Strategies Company
Architects.................................................................................................H3 General Contractor......................Yorke Construction Corporation
Donald J. Rose, MD Director, Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at NYU Langone Health is the orthopedic and dance medicine consultant for The Joyce Theater Foundation.
THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Amit Wadhwaney, Chair
Charles M. Adelman, Vice Chair
Stephanie R. Breslow, Treasurer
Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary
Kerry Clayton, Chair Emeritus
Virginia A. Millhiser, Chair Emerita
R. Richard Ablon
Rob Ashford
Monica F. Azare
John M. Basnage de Beauval
Ajay Bhandaram
Keane Ehsani
Michael Feller
Ronald Gumbaz
Toni Hoover
Robert Musiker
Theodore S. Bartwink (Trustee 1993-2014)
Tracy Brown (Trustee 2020-2023)
R. Britton Fisher (Trustee 1990-2020)
David D. Holbrook (Trustee 1994-2023)
Richard Lukins (Trustee 1998-2011)
Anh-Tuyet Nguyen (Trustee 2007-2020)
Richard Shea (Trustee 2015-2022)
Monica B. Volstad (Trustee 2016-2023)
Stephen D. Weinroth (Trustee 1996-2022)
Steven M. Pesner
Meryl Rosofsky
Saul Sanders
Linda Shelton
Lauren E. Shortt
Cathy Weinroth
Madelyn Wils
Founders and Trustees Emeriti: Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld
ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN
The Joyce honors the following individuals, corporations, and foundations for their visionary support of our mission of advancing the vibrant and extraordinary art of dance. Funds contributed to the endowment campaign will allow The Joyce to continue its support of the dance community and to commission new work.
$1 Million and above
LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust
Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund
Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Charitable Trust
$500,000 and above
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Richard B. Fisher and Family
R. Britton Fisher and Family Rockefeller Brothers Fund
$250,000 and above
David & Andrea Holbrook
Richard A. Lukins & Karen Fry
Saul & Mary Sanders
Susan Fawcett Sosin
$100,000 and above
Anonymous (1)
Alphawood Foundation
Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer
The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
The Estate of Dorothy Lefkof
The William Randolph Hearst Foundations
Lynne & Richard Pasculano
Michèle & Steve Pesner
The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
The Starr Foundation
$50,000 and above
R. Richard & Margery Ablon
Apollo Management, L.P.
Stephanie Breslow & Paul Watterson
The Coca-Cola Foundation
Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet A. Cozzi
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Jerome A. and Estelle R.
Newman Assistance Fund, Inc.
Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation
$25,000 and above
Jane E. Goldberg
Cecilia & Jim Herbert
Jane Kendall & David Dietz
Elysabeth Kleinhans
Arnie & Susan Scharf
Richard Shea
Jennifer & Jonathan Allan Soros
Fiona J. Tilley & Gürhan Orhan
Dave Waks & Sandy Teger
Chris & Lonna Yegen
Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn
$5,000 and above
Anonymous (3)
Barbara & Robert Berkley
Philanthropic Fund
Barbara Berliner & Sol D. Rymer
The Cory & Bob Donnalley
Charitable Foundation
Jim & Linda Ellis
Mr. & Mrs. Ira Haupt, II
The Lawton W. Fitt & James I. McLaren Foundation
James H. Ottaway, Jr.
Kathleen A. Scott
Linda Shelton
Ferne Goldberg Sperling & Allan Sperling
IN
MEMORIAM
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 March 1, 2024.
Platinum Benefactors ($500,000 and above)
Howard Gilman Foundation
Elysabeth Kleinhans
LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust
Gold Benefactors ($100,000 and above)
Catskill Mountain Foundation
Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer
Ford Foundation
The Harkness Foundation for Dance
MacMillan Family Foundation
Mellon Foundation
Virginia & Timothy Millhiser
New York City Department Cultural Affairs
Robert Pollock
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
Denise Littlefield Sobel
Silver Benefactors ($50,000 and above)
Jody & John Arnhold | Arnhold Foundation
*Ann & George Colony
GKV Charitable Foundation
*Leanne Lachman
National Endowment for the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
Michèle & Steve Pesner
Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart Coleman
Lauren E. Shortt
The SHS Foundation
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
Amit Wadhwaney
Benefactor's Circle ($25,000 and above)
Anonymous (2)
Deborah & Charles Adelman
Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
Stephanie R. Breslow & Paul Watterson
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Keane Ehsani
Jamshid & Mahsid Ehsani
*Nancy & Michael Feller
Melina Fisher
*Jane E. Goldberg
Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi
Heartfelt Wings Foundation
Mertz Gilmore Foundation
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Henry and Lucy Moses Fund
Bob & Sharon Musiker
National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts
Susan & Greg Pappajohn
The Jerome Robbins Foundation
Saul & Mary Sanders
TD Bank
Cathy Weinroth
Madelyn & Steven Wils
President's Circle ($15,000 and above)
Jen Ablon
Andrea Holbrook
Sharon L. Patrick
Tatiana Piankova Foundation
Barbro Osher Pro
Suecia Foundation
Nancy Sands
Kathleen A. Scott
Impresario’s Circle ($10,000 and above)
Anonymous (3)
Alpern Family Foundation
John Basnage de Beauval
Andrew & Froma Benerofe
Ajay Bhandaram
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Torrence Boone
Con Edison
Leslie & Richard Curtis
John & Margaret Falk
Linda & Martin Fell
FGK Foundation
Gregg & Jean Frankel
Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation
Elzbieta Grove
Judith M. Hoffman
In Honor of Karen Brooks Hopkins
Illuminated Foundation
The Ivill-Weiner Family
Andrew Martin-Weber
*LeConte Moore
*Nō Studios of Milwaukee
*Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch
*Karen Roth
Linda Shelton
Irene Shen
*Leslie Siegel
Jean & Gene Stark
Johanna Weber
*Vicente Wolf
*Ralph Womble & Ashley Edwards
Producer’s Circle ($7,500 and above)
Rick & Nurit Amdur
Judi Rappoport Blitzer & David M. Blitzer
Robert Brenner
Donna B. Case
Elizabeth Anne Hartman
Val Holley & Joseph Plocek
*Alan & Gail Koss
Jonathan Levinson
Cherrie Nanninga
Mr. Stephen Kroll Reidy
Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo
*Ms. Patricia E. Vance
Advocates ($5,000 and above)
Anonymous (2)
Alpern Family Foundation
Neme Alperstein
Sarah Arison
Rob Ashford
Monica Azare
*Sandra Berger
*Marty & Louise Bickman
*Dr. John Bonavita-Goldman
Office of City Council Member
Erik Bottcher
The Barbara Bell Cumming
Charitable Trust
Chubb LTD
*Cathleen Collins
*Melanie Coronetz & Bruce G. Miller
Jeffrey Davis & Michael T. Miller
Dancers Responding to AIDS
Carol Davis & Joel Marcus, M.D.
Susan Dickler & Sig Van Raan
Ania Fryszkowska
*Judith & Alan Fishman
FUSED
French U.S. Exchange in Dance
Paul Feuerman & Bruce Grivetti
*Thomas von Foerster
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Goodman
Sharon B. Gurwitz
Randall & Mary Hack
Olivia Howard & Greg Griffith
Christopher Jones & Deborah McAlister
*Jane Kendall
Christine Knuth
Elizabeth & Neil Kurtz
*Jayne Lipman & Robert Goodman
Robert R. Littman & Sully Bonnelly
*Joyce F. Menschel
Ronay & Richard Menschel/ Charina Foundation, Inc.
Owls Fund at the Triangle Community Foundation
In loving memory of Bill Perlmuth, Patricia Dugan Perlmuth
*Warrie Price & James David Prince
Rajika & Anupam Puri
Nina B. Quigly
Theresa Alessandro Russo Foundation
Lawrence Safran & Romulo Aromin, Jr.
Margaret E. Selby
*Robert A. Schulman
Barbara Madsen Smith
Christopher Soule
Linda B. Strumpf
*Irving & Elaine Wolbrom
Barbara Wybraniec
Director’s Circle ($2,750 and above)
Anonymous (2)
R. Richard Ablon
Joel & Rhela Aragona
Capezio/Ballet Makers Dance Foundation
Jane Comer
*Chris Coulthrust
The Cowles Charitable Trust
Mary Sharp Cronson
Jan, Dick & Nora Demenus
*Paul S. Engler
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York
Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson
*Bart Friedman & Wendy Stein
*Emi Gittleman
*Dorothy Goodman
The Harold K. Gross Family Charitable Trust
Susan Ross Green
Ronald E. Hellman & Stephen B. Roberts
*Deborah Kaye
*Vasili Krishnamurti
*Joe Lanteri, New York City Dance Alliance Inc.
Elaine & Howard Leventhal
Mark Littman & Johnny Mendoza
In Memory of John MacDonald
Karen & Martin McDonald
Mutual of America Foundation
Omomuki Foundation
Philip W. Riskin Charitable Foundation
Wes Schafer & Carlos Galtier
Susan & Arnie Scharf
Xiomara & Charles Scheidt
*Fran Schulman
Alex & Wendy Stanton
Marianna Vaidman Stone & Eric Stone
*Temple St Clair LLC
Michelle D. & Claude L. Winfield
Billy F.B. Wong & Stephanie Gordon
In honor of Billy Zavelson
Leaders ($1,000 and above)
Anonymous (10)
Adrienne Albert
Robert Allyn
Gerry & Hank Alpert
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
*Christina Back
Alison Baum
Harvey & Stephanie Benjamin
Cheryl Bergenfeld
*Barbara Berliner
Dorothy Black
Nissan Boury
Barbara & Gary Brandt
*Jonathan Brecht
*Joan Breibart
Edward Brill
Madeline Brine
Gerri Brioso
Matt Brodile
Jeffrey Bruce & Ingrid Steffensen
Joanna Bueche
*Rachael Venner & Michael Byars
Lisa Jo Reimer-Byrne
Ralph & Martine Calder
*Doug & Lisa Caldwell
Linda & Joseph Camardo
*Jeff & Susan Campbell
*Karen Carozza
Peri & David Clark
Mike Coffin
Woody & Janice Collins
Pamela Cook
Caroline & Paul Cronson
Irene Rosner David, in Memory of Dr. Raphael David
Diana Davies
David H. De Weese & Anne Heller
Ms. Beth Rudin DeWoody
The Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Foundation
Domitilia Dos Santos
The Donut Pub
*The Dorothy Fund
Jack & Eleanor Dunn
Trisha & Patrick Duval
Christopher M. Elmore
Suzanne B. Engel
Mr. Richard Erstad & Dr. Gladys Fenichel
David L. Fanger & Martin Wechsler
Erin Feeley-Nahem & Isaac Nahem
*Marion Ilene Fischer
Brian Fitzpatrick
*Judith & Walter Flamenbaum
Pamela Frankel
Dr. Peter & Mrs. Eszter Friedman
Veronique Bogliolo Friedman & Mark Friedman
Tony & Carol Friscia
*Jeffrey Olund & Silvia Furia
*Tom & Nina Geller
Barrie Gillies & William Drummy
Carole Gottlieb
Minda Gralnek
Mason & Kim Granger
Lawrence Greene
Patric & Patricia Gregory
*Glen & Paula Gunsalus
Maya Hamlet
*Catherine Hartnett
Alexandra L. Harper
Aimee Haydinger
*Shelia Heimbinder
Dr. Elisabeth Hefti
Laurie & Jack Helfin
Janet L. Henner
Edward Henry & Susan Monk
Ellen Hirsch
In Honor of the Weinroths
Lynn Hopkins
George C. Howell, III
William Houlihan
David H. Hughes Jr.
Mary & David Iles
Derek Johnson
I. Michael Kadish
Kenneth S. Kail & Ivy Hwang
Margaret Kaplen
Matthew Karas
John Kirby
*Murray & Sylvana Klein
Diana Korsh
Kathy Krall
George & Liz Krupp
Sondra Kurtin Robinson
Bette Lacombe
Drs. Benjamin Natelson & Gudrun Lange
Reginald van Lee
Mickey Lemle
Rosanne Leshner
Dorothy Lichtenstein
TJ & Laura Lim - In Memory of Monica Voldstad
Robert & Dorina Link
*Tina Liu
David Lovett & Meg Ruley
Sharon Luckman & Paul Shapiro
Elizabeth A. Maher
Joseph M. Marger
Lynn C. Mautner
The McNamee McHugh Family Fund
*Israel Meir & Steve Rivera
*Lorraine Meeker
Miller Khoshkish Foundation
Mr. Wayne & Mrs. Barbara Miller
David & Diana Milich
Linda & Ed Morse
Michael Mulligan
Jane & Michael Murphy
*Judith Musiker
Jonathan M. Nadler
Kate Nguyen & Tom Eastwick
Aaron Singer & Bart Oosterveld
Trisha Ostergaard
*John Owen
Mercedes Paratje
David Parsons
David Pasterski
Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD
Amy Pennington
Edith C. Penty
Roxanne Permesly
Doug & Teresa Peterson
The Plimpton Shattuck Fund
Douglas & Barbara Pitsch
Madeleine Plonsker
Judith J. Plows
Carole Postal
Donna & James Pressman
*Frances A. Resheske
Philip W. Riskin Foundation
Mary Jo Robertiello
Ann Sahid Rosche
Donald J. Rose & Victoria Lasdon Rose
Ellen Rosen
Diana & Michael Rothenberg
Marilyn & Alan Rothstein
Ty Rugman
Deborah Sales & Ted Striggles
Alessandro & Fe Saracino-Fendi
Jesse & Carol Schwartz
Rena Shagan
Irene Shen
Susan Sillins
Barbara Jean Sinclair
Elizabeth Sledge
Joseph Smith & Leslie Hendrix
Marilyn Sobel
Leon Sokol
*Michael Solomon
Ellen Sorrin & David York
*Margaret Stern
*William L. Stern
Mamie and Justin Stewart
Linda Stocknoff
Roger Stoltz & Shauna Stoltz-Laurie
Abbie M. Strassler
William Sussman & Jane Steele
Consulate General of Sweden in New York
Ken Tabachnick & Yael Mandelstam
Jon Teeuwissen & Welz Kauffman
Pamela van Zandt & Gina Gibney
George Vanderploeg
*Lucy Vasserman & Brendan Finnegan
Merna Villarejo
David E. Vogel
Michael & Carol Weiss
Alexandra Wheeler & Rocky Rukan
Elly Karp Wong
Cora Yamamoto
Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn
Christian Zimmermann
Bonnie Zamosky-Roth
Investors ($500 and above)
Anonymous (13)
*Peggy Adams
LaRue Allen & Ebonya Washington
Debra R. Anisman
Maria Cristina Anzola
Paul Asman & Jill Lenoble
Joan Brooks Baker & Margeaux Klein
Clay H. Barr
Joan & Ira Berkowitz
*Stan & Abby Bloch
*Maria M. Branco
*Dr. Andrea Brandon & Black Rubee
Carol & Bob Braun
Jeffrey B. Bruce
Carol Bryce Buchanan
Amy Buchman & Vicki Haupt
Diana Cagle
Robert Calderisi
Jennifer Kornreich Cahn & Andrew Cahn
Julia Chambers
*Nishka Chandrasoma
Andrea Chernyk
Jason Chuang
*Maciej Chociej
Matthew C. Cluney
Eileen & Michael Cohen
*Kenneth Cole & Maria Cuomo Cole
Bradley Collins
Betsy Cornwall
William Cosper
Duke Dang & Charles E. Rosen
*Mary Craig
*Greg Darnieder
Duane Devries
Debora Domass
Michael Eizenberg
Robert Elder & Jacqueline Fox Elder
David & Ingrid Ellen
*Melissa Elstein & Eric Katzman
Dr. Sarah Fox & Mr. Steven Lochie
*Steven Fox
*The Frazza Foundation
Eileen & Cono Fusco
Karen Gershowitz
Elise Larrabure Girasole
Geraldine Glassman
Prof. James A. Glazier
Virginia Gold
Nita & Chuck Goodgal
Katherine Goodman
Lenore & Edward Grabowski
*Jeffrey Gracer
Grant Family Charitable Fund
Bruce Greenwald
Charles & Carol Grossman Family Fund
Jane Groveman
Gina Harman
Charles & Elaine Harris
*Tali Herman
Mr. Michael D. Herskovitz
Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch
Mr. Gregory Ho & Ms. Linda Sanchez
Cheri Hoff
Emma Hood
*Alicia Dhyana House
Ralph & Lynn Huber
*Daphne Hurford & Sanford Padwe
Laura J. Illich
Walter Jaffe & Paul King
*Ann Rosalind Jones
H. David Kaplan
Ethelle Katz
Robert & Marcy Katz
Jan S. Keithly
Jennifer Aley Kenney
Robert & Elaine Klein
Valarie Koch
*Eric & Sandra Krasnoff
*Sanford Krieger
Arthur & Jane Lane
Stephen B. Lane
Nancy Lashine
Kenneth M. LeClair
*Rosanne Legrand
Phyllis & Cary Lemkowitz
Elizabeth & Durwood Littlefield
*David Long
Jennifer & Gideon Malherbe
Joseph M. Marger
*Jennifer Markowitz
Margaret Mastrianni
Judy Mauer
Wendy A. McCain
Victoria Melendez
Tanya Melich & Noel Silverman
Joe Morra
Victoria Morris
Richard J. Moylan
Deb Murnin
Barry Nalebuff
Amanda Lee Neville
*The Carol & Melvin Newman Family Foundation
John Kalish & Susan Niederman
Stuart Nordheimer & Barbara Miller
Joyce O’Brien
Peter J. Occolowitz
Katherine Ogg
Rachel Ostry, MD
Bob Ouimette
Flora Perskie
The L.E. Phillips Family Foundation, Inc.
Toniann Pitassi
The Marshall Franklin Foundation
Stephanie M. Goldson & Stephen Rappaport
Charles Ragland
Donald W. Roeske, Jr.
*Ellen & Mike Rosenberg
*Felicia Rosenfeld
Jean M. Ross
Elsa Ross-Greifinger
Jennifer Goodale & Mark Russell
Prince & Petar Sanders
*Lies Sapp
Dr. Carol Ann Satler
In Memory of Tracy Scherman
Marva & Florian Schodel
Deborah Selch
Elizabeth Shapiro
Neal Sheorey
*Tara Sherman & Tony Weiss
Sheetal & Tokumbo Shobowale
Lindy Shuttleworth & Arthur Reichstetter
*Katherine Sinnott
Andrew & Jennifer Smith
Joan & Laurence Sorkin
Michael Stanley
Jessica E. Stack
Helen Sullivan
Dr. Pavur R. Sundaresan
*Esther Tan
Pamela Tatge
Jennifer Tipton
William Tomai & John Eric Sebesta
TPU Local One IATSE
*Dana Troetel & George Papageorge
Frank Troutman
Ellie Tweedy
Thomas Van Winkle
Ernie Vickroy
Ronald Walcott
Thomas Allen Walker
Charles Walker
Louise Washer & Mary Clay Fields
Gregory Ward
Sedgwick & Pamela Ward
Chris Watson
Michael Wehman
Carol A. Weil
Kate Weil
Sara Weinheimer
George S. Werner & Li Werner
*Kathy M. Wojtas
*The Winkler Prins Charitable Fund
Gregory Youdan
Eloise Zeller
Sponsors ($350 and above)
Anonymous (4)
Patricia Adell
*Fred & Sarah Allilaire
Elaine & Theodossios Athanassiades
Kenneth Berk & Anne Serrell
Joan & Ira Berkowitz
Eugene Black
Paul Brohan
Leslie Buckland
Anita Cabrera
Gia Carifo
Amy Cho
Galois Cohen
Richard & Mary Ann Cohen
Robert Conkey
Dr. & Mrs. Frederiick Corio
John Coulter
Mr. John A. Crawford III
Judy Cunningham
Jacqueline Z. Davis
Mr. Anthony DePersia
Rodney Durso
Jo Ann Engelhardt
Ellen Estes
Martha Evenson & Daniel Hoffman
Susan E. Green
Eric Hemel & Barbara Morgen
Herman & Jacquelyn Heinemann
Mrs. Ruth W. Heuman
*Jerry Heymann
George & Linda Hiltzik
Huong Hoang
Sherrilyn Ifill
Ronald Jacquart
Bond Koga
Susan & Peter Kopple
Angela de Lara
*Emanuel Lewis
*Cynthia Low
Judy Mauer
Doug & Regina McCorkle
Cynthia Adler McKee
Alan Mendelsohn
Carol and Frank Messineo
*Mildred Munich
*Brigitte and Jeff Myhre
Aaron & Marcia Naveh
Madeleine Nichols
Phillip J. Pena
*Marisa Anne Pierson
Posner-Wallace Foundation
Terry Prahl
The Pulse Performing Arts Studio
Jonathan Raskin
*Richard & Rachel Robbins
Eileen Robert
Lainie & John Ross
Paul de Sa
*Gregg Passin & Andy Schmidt
Phillip Schmiedl
Sherry Barron-Seabrook
Martha Sherman
*Joseph Small
Robin Smith & Bill Plante
Margaret Stern
Jos Stumpe
Mr. Lars Rosager & Mr. Donald Troise
Ms. Donna Tatro
Tonic Physical Therapy & Wellness
Dana A. Troetel
Dick & Carolyn Wallach
*Irmgard Wieland
*Jeanette Williams
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
* Denotes Joyce Rising Stars, The Joyce's new or increased donors.
The Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance and Ballet Festival Commissions
The Joyce Theater Foundation thanks the Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation for its invaluable partnership in commissioning new works from both established and emerging ballet companies, and enabling these companies to perform on the Joyce stage. The Joyce gratefully recognizes the donors listed below for their generous matching support that has made this effort possible.
Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation
R. Richard Ablon
Deborah & Charles Adelman
Gerald M. Appelstein
Rob Ashford
Stephen M. Baldini
Theodore S. Bartwink
The Harkness Foundation for Dance
Mick Beekhuizen
Evan Behrens & Dara Stern
Ajay Bhandaram
Torrence Boone
Stephanie R. Breslow & Paul Watterson
Madeline Brine
Richard & Martha Byrne
Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer
Rodney S. Cohen
Alan & Chi Colberg
Arlene Cooper
Pamela Crutchfield
Trisha & Patrick Duval
Jamshid & Mahshid Ehsani
Augie K. Fabela II
Britton & Melina Fisher
Kim Friedman
J. Eric Gambrell
Jane E. Goldberg
Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi
David Haines
John & Judith Hannan
Rex S. Heinke
Cecilia & Jim Herbert
David & Andrea Holbrook
Toni Hoover
Kim Koopersmith
Allen Kovac/ Tenth Street Entertainment
Ronald & Stephanie Kramer
Ronald S. Lauder
Jim Leary
Alec & Sarah Machiels
Joyce F. Menschel
David & Diana Milich
Virginia & Timothy Millhiser
Karyl Nairn
Abby McCormick O'Neil & Carroll Joynes
Anh-Tuyet Nguyen & Robert Pollock
Susan & Gregory Pappajohn
Michèle & Steven Pesner
Tatiana Piankova Foundation
Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch
Gregg Rechler/ Lisa & Gregg Rechler Charitable Trust
The Jerome Robbins Foundation
Ann Sahid Rosche
Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart H. Coleman
Rowan Family Foundation Inc.
Saul & Mary Sanders
Fran Schulman
Kathleen A. Scott
Frederic & Robin Seegal
Richard Shea
Howard L. Shecter
Linda Shelton
Irene Shen
Henry R. Silverman
Susan Fawcett Sosin
Allan Sperling & Ferne Goldberg
Wendy & Alex Stanton
Justin A. Stevens
Raymond & Margaret Vandenberg
Monica B. Voldstad
Amit Wadhwaney
Daniel Walsh
Stephen & Cathy Weinroth
Steven M. Zagar
Richard Kielar & Christian Zimmermann
The Young Leaders Circle
Rebecca Aronson
Chellis Baird
Emerald Layne Baker
Alison Baum
Lisa Bonifacic
Scott Caplan
Victor M. Castillo & Blake Wiedenhoeft
Julia Chambers
Nishka Chandrasoma
Ellen Chen
Dr. Jason Chuang
Mary Craig
Debora Domass
Ayesha Pirbhai Fardell
Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson
Bette Ann Fialkov, Co-Chair
Erica Forrence
Ania Fryszkowska
Tiger Gao
Swapna Ghanta
Ronald Gilliam & Akram Hélil
Amita Goyal
Alexandra Harper, Co-Chair
Molly Hensrud
Madison Hicks
Alixandra Holloway, Co-Chair
Emma Hood
Kristen Irby
Amanda Knight
Jeremy Lentz
Jacob Levy
Stephanie Lichtinger
Camilla Liou
Mitch Lowenthal
Kyle Marshall
Katherine Maxwell
Christopher Morales
Katie Mues
Leah Nelson
Abigail Nintzel
Abigail Richards
Setpheap San
Rafi Sahanoor Sarkar
Ariane Schaffer
Elisa Smilovitz
Andrea Nicole Smith
Daniel Spence
Margaret Stephens
J. Mark & Oni Strawn
Myriam Varjacques
Lucy Vasserman
Alexander Wang
Douglas Weiss
Ricke Williams
Emma Winder
LeeAna Wolfman
^Artist Committee members to join The Joyce’s Young Leaders Circle, please contact the Development office at 347-856-5828.
JOYCE PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE WITH PUBLIC FUNDS FROM:
Joyce programs are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council with special thanks to Council Member Erik Bottcher.
FACILITIES & SERVICES
Box Office (212-242-0800): Open Monday thru Sunday, 12pm - 6pm. On days when there is a performance, the box office is open through curtain time; advance sales stop ½ hour prior to curtain time (including matinees). Closed on major holidays. For Hearing Impaired call (TDD) 212-245-2904. To report Lost & Found items, please see an usher or call 212-691-
EMERGENCY RESUSCITATION EQUIPMENT
Resuscitation masks and latex gloves are located in the closet next to the drinking fountain in the Upper Lobby. AED is located downstairs in the reception area. LEARN CPR. For more information, contact the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association.
FIRE NOTICE: The exit indicated by a red light and sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of fire or other emergency, please walk —do not run— to that exit.
WARNING: The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited within the auditorium. Violators will be punished with confiscation of recording device or ejection from the theater, and may be held liable for money damages.
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