WHO'S WHO IN DUST
OLIVIER TARPAGA (Choreographer/Composer/Artistic Director) (USA/ Burkina Faso) is a senior lecturer in music/director of the African Music
Ensemble of Princeton University and a Lester Horton Award–winning choreographer. His music and dance work has been described as “unforgettable” by the LA Times, “extraordinary” by The New York Times, and "exceptionally smart work" by Broad Street Review - Philadelphia
Tarpaga’s choreography is hybrid contemporary dance theatre with an emphasis on original live music. Since 2001 Tarpaga has conceived dynamic dance theater works, touring internationally and the US with an impressive roster of collaborators & commissioning partners: including, Kelly Strayhorn Theater (Pittsburgh), Harlem Stage, Joyce Theater, REDCAT, Crossing the Line Festival, Jacob’s Pillow, Action Danse Festival (Morocco), Charleroi Dance Biennale (Belgium), Natanda Dance Festival (Sri Lanka), and Session House (Tokyo). Tarpaga’s major works includes Once the dust settles, flowers bloom (2023) When Birds Refused to Fly (2019), Declassified Memory Fragment (2015), Not Because You’re African (2010), Disorder Inside Order (2008), Sira Kan (2007), and Tin Suka (2001). Tarpaga is the founder and artistic director of Dafra Drum and Dafra Kura Band, and co-founder of the Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project. He danced with David Rousseve/ REALITY from 2006 to 2010, when he was also a State Department Art Envoy in South Africa, Botswana, Burkina Faso, and Sri Lanka He has been commissioned by the Limón Dance Company, Connecticut Ballet, The Temple of Fine Arts (Perth, Australia), MAYA Dance Theater (Singapore), and HANDS percussion (Malaysia). Tarpaga has performed and taught dance and music in 60 countries throughout Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania.
WASSA KOUYATÉ (Kora & Lead Vocal) is an emerging music celebrity griotte and the only professional female kora player in Mali. She will empower the music with her 21 strings kora and inspire the dancers with ancient griots songs. Born in 1998 in Sikasso, Wassa is from Badougou Djoliba. Of Malinke tradition and from a family of griots, she is an author, composer, singer, kora, and piano player. She trained at the Mali School of Arts (INA) and at the Mali Conservatory with renowned teachers, including maestro Madou Diabaté. Wassa multiplies musical and artistic experiences by mixing musical styles, combining tradition and modernity to perfection. She has several artistic collaborations on her own, including the Africa EXPRESS Project in England. She is currently on tour with Nainy Diabaté’s Kaladjula Band. She is also involved in several projects for the production of advertising spots.
SAIDOU SANGARE (Electric & Bass Guitars)'s guitar playing technique has been described by his peers and by critics as mesmerizing and unique. He has directed award winning bands in Burkina Faso and was the band leader and lead guitarist of Smarty, an international awardwinning rapper from Burkina Faso. He began his music career in 1984 in Bobo (Burkina Faso) with the voice of the pioneers of the revolution under the reign of President Thomas Sankara. He has performed since then with local and international artists including Oumou Sangare, Kanda Bongo, Rido Bayon, Bill Aka Kora, Martin Nterry, Amity Meria. Saidou Sangare is now based in New York and is a frequent guest of Princeton University Afrobeats ensemble. He has toured in over fifty countries in Africa, Europe, and the United States.
SEYDOU KOÏTA (Acoustic & Bass Guitar), a desert blues guitarist and jazz electric bass player, has recorded and performed with some of Burkina Faso's most renowned music celebrities in and is soughtafter by musicians in the region. From the age of nine, he began to learn to play the guitar alongside his father, of whom he became the accompanist from the age of 12. Thereafter, he will learn to play the bass guitar. In 2003, Seydou moved to Burkina Faso. He was quickly called upon by great stars of Burkinabe music and thus participated in the production of their albums. Seydou has also been on major stages and international events: Jazz in Ouaga, the Music Festival, Rock in Ouaga, the Atypical Nights of Koudougou, Fespaco, Danfani Fashion Week, and the Récréaâtrales, among others. In 2015, he formed his own musical group, the Yelisa Banda, where he presented new work at the French Institute and the Petit Bazar in Ouagadougou.
BOUBACAR DJIGA (Musical Director, Djeli ngoni) is an award winning multi-instrumentalist from Burkina Faso. He is an expert of the ancient Jeli ngoni, a traditional seven-string guitar from the Manding empire. He has taught and toured around the world with Dafra Kura Band and his award winning band, Kunde Blues. Born into a family of griots in Burkina Faso, Boubacar Djiga is a talented multi-instrumentalist (djeli ngoni, kameleni ngoni, bougarabou, tamani and acoustic guitar). Former chief percussionist and composer of the National Ballet of Burkina Faso, he is a member of the teaching staff of the International School Irène Tassembédo (EDIT). Founder and artistic director of the famous group “Kundé Blues,” he has collaborated and toured the world with artists such as Smarty, Rido Bayonne, and Bil Aka Kora, among others. He has taught music and performed over 14 other countries. He performs with the Dafra Kura Band and in the play Fragments of Declassified Memory by Olivier Tarpaga Dance Project.
ISSOUF DEMBÉLÉ (Drums) is a master drummer and balafon player born in a griot family. He is an expert Balafon player, djembe, dundun, Kamele ngoni, and tama. He has worked, recorded, and toured with renown musicians in Burkina Faso such as Smokey and Jah Kassa and Dafra Kura Band. He is a musician in Olivier Tarpaga’s Once the dust settles, flowers bloom. Dembele has performed and taught music across North and West Africa, Europe, and the United States.
ABDOUL AZIZ ZOUNDI (Rehearsal Director) is a Ouagadougou based contemporary dancer and a talented amateur photographer. He is a dancer with Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project since 2017 and will tour the USA, Europe, and Africa in 2019 with Olivier Tarpaga’s When Birds Refused to Fly. In 2008, his strong relationship with performing arts started during workshops in dance, theater, and music at the Boamani Africa Center. In 2010, he enrolled in the Je danse donc je suis three-year dance certificate program at the Choreography Development Center La Termitière in Burkina Faso under the artistic direction of Salia Sanou and Seydou Boro. There, he got the opportunity to discover and learn the technique and artistic universe of several worldclass choreographers. Following his training, Zoundi toured the globe, his credits including: Salia Sanou and Bienvenue Bazié's Rue princesse (2010) & Bienvenue Bazié's M-IM (Festival Dense Bamako danse) (2011); compagnie Salia ni Seydou's Poussières de sang (Festival Dialogues de corps) (2014); Salia Sanou's Le Voyage, (Festival Danse l’Afrique danse, 2016). Other performances credits include: Salia Sanou's Jeunesse en songe (Fespaco 2011); Seydou Boro’s Wakat (Fespaco 2013); Yiiki (Fespaco 2017); Salia Sanou's Djatiguila (opening + closing ceremony of the National Week of Culture (SNC) 2014); Naaba Yadéga's Orphélin (2016); compagnie Massaya’s Ghetto. Zoundi recently performed his solo Chute perpétuelle at Ouagadougou International Dance Festival at the French Institute.
OUSSÉNI DABARÉ (Rehearsal Director & Performer), born in Burkina Faso, began his dance career studying West African Traditional Dance with Alassane Congo. His passion for African contemporary dance grew while dancing for Congo Bâ Téria; a dance company created by Souleymane Badolo. From 2009 to 2013, he participated in the workshop Je danse donc je suis organized by CDC La Termitière in Ouagadougou, and directed by Salia Sanou and Seydou Boro. At this workshop, Ousseni Dabare met well known choreographers from Africa and Europe, such as Andréya Ouamba, Serge-Aimé Coulibaly, Christian Rizzo, Anne Lopez, and Irène Tassembédo. Ousseni Dabare also performed in many dance creations directed by Salia Sanou and Bienvenue Bazié. From 2008 to 2010, Ousseni Dabare participated in many dance projects created by Hélène Lawson, Lebeau Boumpoutou, and Boukson Sére across Africa. As a dancer, Ousseni Dabare has performed for the opening ceremonies of the FESPACO (Pan African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou). Ousseni Dabare joined the Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project in 2011. Ousseni has toured in Europe with the French dance company Herman Diephuis in Objet Principal Du Voyage. In 2020, he was featured in Compagnie Auguste-Bienvenue’s piece Crépuscule. He also collaborated with world-renown choreographer Salia Sanou on several of his pieces, including Clameurs
JOANNIE CHRISTIE DOSSOU (Performer) is a dancer from Cotonou, Benin. She has trained in Contemporary dance and dance pedagogy at Centre Choregraphique Multicorps in Benin, Ecole des Sables in Senegal and at the Choreography Development Center la Termitiere in
Burkina Faso, as well as in latin dance and Capoeira. She is currently dancing in Pina Bausch company’s special project Le Sacre du Printemps and with Olivier Tarpaga. She has been working with ANIKAYA since 2017 when she was an apprentice instructor in the first edition of Run Like a Girl in Cotonou and Parakou, Benin.
AICHA KABORÉ (Performer) a former dancer of the National Ballet of Burkina Faso started her career back in 1995 when she first took hip-hop dance classes. Then she tried her hand at different contemporary dance techniques with Souleymane Porgo, Solo Badolo, Andréya Ouamba, Fatou Cissé, as well as at cultural spaces/companies including the ATB Theater, Téguéré, Auguste-Bienvenue, Salia ni Seydou. She was featured in several dance projects developed by world-class choreographers, including: Once the dust settles flowers bloom (Olivier Tarpaga, 2022); Carmen Falinga Awa (Irène Tassembedo, 2004); Les Masques (Solo Badolo, 2007); musical Rencontre avec une Potence (Edouard Lompo, 2009); Sueur des Ombres (Andréya Ouamba, 2010); Regarde ce que nous sommes (Fatou Cissé). As a choreographer, she has created several dance works, toured several countries in Europe and Africa, and teaches traditional African dances.
JEAN ROBERT KOUDOGBO-KIKI (Performer) first joined an artistic ensemble in 2005 and was later introduced to contemporary dance by acclaimed dancer-choreographer Lebeau Turel Boumpoutou. He was featured in several theater plays directed by Prosper Kompaoré in 2008. He then toured France and Luxembourg with the musical comedy Nassango. In 2010, he enrolled in the three-year multi-disciplinary training program Je danse donc je suis (I Dance so I am), at the Choreography Development Center (CDC). His intensive training at CDC included dance and several artistic disciplines with world-class choreographers such as Orokiya Koné, Seydou Boro, Andreya Ouamba, Olivier Tarpaga, and Serge Aimé Coulibaly. His performance credits include: Rue princesse (Salia Sanou, 2010); Danse en papier (Belgian dance company Transe en danse, 2011); Constellation (Salia Sanou and Martin Zam Ebalé, 2012); Tiche lbe aire de jeux (Kettly Noël 2014); J’ai arrêté de croire au futur (Andréya Ouamba, 2015); Figninto, L’oeil troué (Salia Sanou and Seydou Boro). After performing roles in Nuit Blanche a Ouaga and Kalakuta Republik by Serge Aimé Coulibaly, he started making his own work. Today, he is touring Europe with his latest work Kirina. He has toured the USA, Africa, and Europe in 2019 with Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project as a dancer in Olivier Tarpaga’s When Birds Refused to Fly.
MICHAEL NANA (Performer) entered the world of the performing arts through theater, when he joined the Ouagadougou-based troop Wekré. He was featured in two main musical productions in collaboration with Belgian company Bleeding Bulls in 2009. He participated in the creation of the play Hamlet, staged by Maarten Goffin and Astrid Annicaert and collaborated with stage director Hendrick Aert in Sa majesté des mouches, which toured Belgium in 2012. Between 2010 and 2012, Nana trained in Je danse donc je suis, a multidisciplinary certificate program primarily in dance, vocal technique, and set design at the Choreography Development Center La Termitière in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Over this period, he also performed at many festivals. Nana has danced in major works by international choreographers, including Rue Princesse by Salia Sanou, M-IM by Bienvenue Bazié and Salia Sanou, Regard by Serge Koffi, performed at MASA 2014 in Côte d’Ivoire, Kawral by Belgian company Laurent Blondiaut in collaboration with Salia Sanou in 2016. Following this experience, he was selected to dance in Salia Sanou’s highly successful work Du désir d’horizon, performed in major theaters around Africa, Europe, and Brazil. He has toured the USA, Africa, and Europe in 2019 with Olivier Tarpaga Dance Project as a dancer in When Birds Refused to Fly.
SOFIA NMILI (Performer) initially trained by a former soloist of the Opera of Rome in jazz and contemporary dance, she forged a multidisciplinary training mixing academic dance and urban dance with different teachers and choreographers such as Tony Amor, Maryna Hedreville, Séverine Cutivet, and Jean Pierre Musso. She continued her training in Montpellier where she obtained her Technical Aptitude Examination in jazz and contemporary dance. She worked in various creative projects such as Les ï-Messagers with Aïda Boudrigua,
Quartier d’hiver with company Trans’express, and Angélus Novus with company Puls’art. She is now a dancer for Gahé Bama for the piece Mes touristes, the Chinook company for the young audience piece Marelle, and Olivier Tarpaga for Once the dust settles, flowers bloom In parallel to her work as a performer, she founded the company NMIl to create in 2020 her dance and poetry solo Dyali. With her company she organizes contemporary dance workshops in schools and social cultural associations, among other places.
SYLVIE SANOU (Performer) is a Burkinabe dancer born in 1996 in Bobo-Dioulasso. Having grown up in a griot family, she started dancing at a young age by practicing traditional Manding and Afro urban dances. In 2016 she discovered contemporary dance when she joined the company ANITIE directed by Pascal Kaboré, with whom she participated in the creation of two shows: PARADOX in 2016, which was presented at the French Institute of Bobo in June 2017 and at the festival Arts Femme in Bamako, Mali in March 2018, and the show MURAILLE VERTE, presented at the French Institute in July 2018 and at the festival Dialogues de corps in December 2018. Since March 2019, she has been taking part in the three-year training, ANKATA NEXT GENERATION, initiated by choreographer Serge Aimé Coulibaly. In 2020, she participated in the creation of the show La Grande Marche du Retour by the company Ardji-Ambiance, which was represented at the festival Théâtre des Réalités in Sikasso, the festival Dialogues de corps 2020 and In-Out dance festival in 2021.
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Huong Hoang
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Jeff Segal
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THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Amit Wadhwaney, Chair
Charles M. Adelman, Vice Chair
Stephanie R. Breslow, Treasurer
Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary
Kerry Clayton, Chair Emeritus
Virginia A. Millhiser, Chair Emerita
R. Richard Ablon
Rob Ashford
Monica F. Azare
John M. Basnage de Beauval
Ajay Bhandaram
Keane Ehsani
Michael Feller
Ronald Gumbaz
Toni Hoover
Robert Musiker
Susan Gluck Pappajohn
Steven M. Pesner
IN MEMORIAM
Meryl Rosofsky
Saul Sanders
Linda Shelton
Susan Fawcett Sosin
Lauren E. Shortt
Monica B. Voldstad
Cathy Weinroth
Madelyn Wils
Theodore S. Bartwink (Trustee 1993-2014)
Tracy Brown (Trustee 2020-2023)
R. Britton Fisher (Trustee 1990-2020)
David D. Holbrook (Trustee 1994-2023)
Richard Lukins (Trustee 1998-2011)
Anh-Tuyet Nguyen (Trustee 2007-2020)
Richard Shea (Trustee 2015-2022)
Stephen D. Weinroth (Trustee 1996-2022)
Founders and Trustees Emeriti: Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld
ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN
The Joyce honors the following individuals, corporations, and foundations for their visionary support of our mission of advancing the vibrant and extraordinary art of dance. Funds contributed to the endowment campaign will allow The Joyce to continue its support of the dance community and to commission new work.
$1 Million and above
LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust
Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund
Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Charitable Trust
$500,000 and above
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Richard B. Fisher and Family
R. Britton Fisher and Family
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
$250,000 and above
David & Andrea Holbrook
Richard A. Lukins & Karen Fry
Saul & Mary Sanders
Susan Fawcett Sosin
$100,000 and above
Anonymous (1)
Alphawood Foundation
Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer
The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
The Estate of Dorothy Lefkof
The William Randolph Hearst Foundations
Lynne & Richard Pasculano
Michèle & Steve Pesner
The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
The Starr Foundation
$50,000 and above
R. Richard & Margery Ablon
Apollo Management, L.P.
Stephanie Breslow & Paul Watterson
The Coca-Cola Foundation
Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet A. Cozzi
JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Jerome A. and Estelle R. Newman Assistance Fund, Inc.
Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation
$25,000 and above
Jane E. Goldberg
Cecilia & Jim Herbert
Jane Kendall & David Dietz
Elysabeth Kleinhans
Arnie & Susan Scharf
Richard Shea
Jennifer & Jonathan Allan Soros
Fiona J. Tilley & Gürhan Orhan
Dave Waks & Sandy Teger
Chris & Lonna Yegen
Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn
$5,000 and above
Anonymous (3)
Barbara & Robert Berkley
Philanthropic Fund
Barbara Berliner & Sol D. Rymer
The Cory & Bob Donnalley
Charitable Foundation
Jim & Linda Ellis
Mr. & Mrs. Ira Haupt, II
The Lawton W. Fitt & James I. McLaren Foundation
James H. Ottaway, Jr.
Kathleen A. Scott
Linda Shelton
Ferne Goldberg Sperling & Allan Sperling
LEADERSHIP SUPPORT FOR A NEW VENUE FOR DANCE
Support for planning costs associated with establishing a third venue for dance as part of the redeveloped World Trade Center site has been generously provided by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which is funded through Community Development Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Leadership support has also been provided by:
FORD FOUNDATION MELLON FOUNDATION
ROBERT STERLING CLARK FOUNDATION THE SEPTEMBER 11TH FUND ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION
JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION DONORS
The Joyce Theater appreciates the generosity of its supporters listed below as well as its many other supporters too numerous to include on these pages. List as of September 6, 2023.
Platinum Benefactors ($500,000 and above)
Howard Gilman Foundation
LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust
Gold Benefactors ($100,000 and above)
Catskill Mountain Foundation
Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer
Ford Foundation
The Harkness Foundation for Dance
MacMillan Family Foundation
Mellon Foundation
Virginia & Timothy Millhiser
New York City Department Cultural Affairs
Robert Pollock
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
Denise Littlefield Sobel
Silver Benefactors ($75,000 and above)
GKV Charitable Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
Benefactors ($50,000 and above)
Jody & John Arnhold | Arnhold Foundation
*Ann & George Colony
*Leanne Lachman
New York State Council on the Arts
Michèle & Steve Pesner
Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart Coleman
Lauren E. Shortt
The SHS Foundation
Amit Wadhwaney
Chairman’s Circle ($25,000 and above)
Anonymous (2)
Deborah & Charles Adelman
Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
Stephanie R. Breslow & Paul Watterson
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Susan Dickler & Sig Van Raan
Keane Ehsani
Jamshid & Mahsid Ehsani
Melina Fisher
*Jane E. Goldberg
Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi
*Elysabeth Kleinhans
Mertz Gilmore Foundation
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Henry and Lucy Moses Fund
Bob & Sharon Musiker
National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts
Susan & Greg Pappajohn
The Jerome Robbins Foundation
Saul & Mary Sanders
Monica Voldstad
Cathy Weinroth
Madelyn & Steven Wils
Impresario’s Circle ($10,000 and above)
Anonymous (3)
Jen Ablon
Alpern Family Foundation
John Basnage de Beauval
Ajay Bhandaram
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Torrence Boone
Robert Brenner
Con Edison
John & Margaret Falk
Nancy & Michael Feller
*Brandon Fradd
Gregg & Jean Frankel
Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation
Elzbieta Grove
Andrea Holbrook
In Honor of Karen Brooks Hopkins
The Ivill-Weiner Family
The Kingsley Foundation
*LeConte Moore
*Nō Studios of Milwaukee
Tatiana Piankova Foundation
*Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch
*Karen Roth
*Nancy Sands
Kathleen A. Scott
Linda Shelton
*Leslie Siegel
Johanna Weber
*Vicente Wolf
*Ralph Womble & Ashley Edwards
Presenter’s Circle ($5,000 and above)
Anonymous (2)
*Rick & Nurit Amdur
Sarah Arison
Rob Ashford
Monica Azare
Andrew & Froma Benerote
*Marty & Louise Bickman
*Dr. John Bonavita-Goldman
Office of City Council Member
Erik Bottcher
Donna B. Case
The Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust
Chubb LTD
Jeffrey Davis & Michael T. Miller
Dancers Responding to AIDS
Linda Ellis
Martin & Linda Fell
*Judith & Alan Fishman
FUSED
French U.S. Exchange in Dance
Paul Feuerman & Bruce Grivetti
Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Goodman
Sharon B. Gurwitz
Randall & Mary Hack
*Elizabeth Anne Hartman
Judith M. Hoffman
Illuminated Foundation
Christopher Jones & Deborah McAlister
Christine Knuth
Elizabeth & Neil Kurtz
*Jonathan Levinson
Robert R. Littman & Sully Bonnelly
Karen & Martin McDonald
*Joyce F. Menschel
Ronay & Richard Menschel/ Charina Foundation, Inc.
*Cherrie Nanninga
In loving memory of Bill Perlmuth, Patricia Dugan Perlmuth
Rajika & Anupam Puri
Nina B. Quigley
Mr. Stephen Kroll Reidy
Theresa Alessandro Russo Foundation
*Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo
Margaret E. Selby
*Robert A. Schulman
Barbara Madsen Smith
Christopher Soule
Jean & Gene Stark
Linda B. Strumpf
Director’s Circle ($2,500 and above)
Anonymous (2)
R. Richard Ablon
Adrienne Albert
Joel & Rhela Aragona
Sandra Berger
Judi Rappoport Blitzer & David Blitzer
Ralph & Martine Calder
Cathleen Collins
Melanie Coronetz & Bruce G. Miller
*Chris Coulthrust
The Cowles Charitable Trust
Mary Sharp Cronson
Jan, Dick & Nora Demenus
Christopher M. Elmore
*Paul S. Engler
Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson
Thomas von Foerster
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York
*Bart Friedman & Wendy Stein
*Emi Gittleman
*Dorothy Goodman
The Harold K. Gross Family Charitable Trust
Susan Ross Green
Maya Hamlet
Ronald E. Hellman & Stephen B. Roberts
Val Holley & Joseph Plocek
*Deborah Kaye
Jane Kendall
Alan & Gail Koss
*Joe Lanteri, New York City Dance Alliance Inc.
Elaine & Howard Leventhal
Martin & Rosanne Leshner
Jayne Lipman & Robert Goodman
Mark Littman & Johnny Mendoza
In Memory of John MacDonald
Uttara P. Marti
Wendy McCain
Jane & Michael Murphy
Mutual of America Foundation
Omomuki Foundation
David Pasterski
Warrie Price & James David Prince
Philip W. Riskin Charitable Foundation
Wes Schafer & Carlos Galtier
Susan & Arnie Scharf
Xiomara & Charles Scheidt
Fran Schulman
Rena Shagan
Alex & Wendy Stanton
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In honor of Billy Zavelson
Leaders ($1,000 and above)
Anonymous (10)
Robert Allyn
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Edward Brill
Madeline Brine
Matt Brodile
Joanna Bueche
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*Jeff & Susan Campbell
*Karen Carozza
Woody & Janice Collins
Caroline & Paul Cronson
Barbara Dau
Irene Rosner David, in Memory of Dr. Raphael David
Jeffrey Davis & Jamie Alpert
David H. De Weese & Anne Heller
Ms. Beth Rudin DeWoody
The Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Foundation
The Donut Pub
*The Dorothy Fund
Jack & Eleanor Dunn
Trisha & Patrick Duval
Suzanne B. Engel
Mr. Richard Erstad & Dr. Gladys Fenichel
David L. Fanger & Martin Wechsler
Erin Feeley-Nahem & Isaac Nahem
Judy & Richard Feldstein
*Marion Ilene Fischer
Brian Fitzpatrick
*Judith & Walter Flamenbaum
Judith Z. Friedman
Peter C. Friedman
Veronique Bogliolo Friedman & Mark Friedman
Ania Fryszkowska & Alex Louizos
*Jeffrey Olund & Silvia Furia
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Barrie Gillies & William Drummy
Mason & Kim Granger
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Alexandra L. Harper
*Shelia Heimbinder
Dr. Elisabeth Hefti
Laurie & Jack Helfin
Janet L. Henner
Edward Henry & Susan Monk
Ellen Hirsch
In Honor of the Weinroths
Lynn Hopkins
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William Houlihan
Mary & David Iles
Derek Johnson
I. Michael Kadish
Kenneth S. Kail & Ivy Hwang
Margaret Kaplen
Mr. Christian K. Keese
*Murray & Sylvana Klein
Diana Korsh
Kathy Krall
George & Liz Krupp
Sondra Kurtin Robinson
Drs. Benjamin Natelson & Gudrun Lange
LDJ Productions
Reginald van Lee
Mickey Lemle
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*Tina Liu
David Lovett & Meg Ruley
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Joseph M. Marger
Lynn C. Mautner
Marcia Kramer Mayer
*Israel Meir & Steve Rivera
*Lorraine Meeker
Miller Khoshkish Foundation
Mr. Wayne & Mrs. Barbara Miller
David & Diana Milich
Michael Mulligan
*Judith Musiker
Joyce O’Brien
Aaron Singer & Bart Oosterveld
Trisha Ostergaard
*John Owen
David Parsons
Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD
Amy Pennington
Doug & Teresa Peterson
The Plimpton Shattuck Fund
Douglas & Barbara Pitsch
Madeleine Plonsker
Judith J. Plows
Carole Postal
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*Frances A. Resheske
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Ann Sahid Rosche
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Ellen Rosen
Diana & Michael Rothenberg
Marilyn & Alan Rothstein
Deborah Sales & Ted Striggles
Alessandro & Fe Saracino-Fendi
Moshe Sasson
Jesse & Carol Schwartz
Irene Shen
Joseph Smith & Leslie Hendrix
Marilyn Sobel
Leon Sokol
*Michael Solomon
Ellen Sorrin & David York
*Margaret Stern
*William L. Stern
Mamie and Justin Stewart
Roger Stoltz & Shauna Stoltz-Laurie
Abbie M. Strassler
William Sussman & Jane Steele
Ken Tabachnick & Yael Mandelstam
Pamela van Zandt & Gina Gibney
George Vanderploeg
*Lucy Vasserman & Brendan Finnegan
Merna Villarejo
Michael & Carol Weiss
Elly Karp Wong
Cooper Wright & Michael Marino
*Zen & Barbara Yankovig
*Malin Yhr
Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn
Eloise Zeller
Christian Zimmermann
Bonnie Zamosky-Roth
Investors ($500 and above)
Anonymous (13)
*Peggy Adams
LaRue Allen & Ebonya Washington
Debra R. Anisman
Maria Cristina Anzola
Paul Asman & Jill Lenoble
Joan Brooks Baker & Margeaux Klein
Clay H. Barr
Joan & Ira Berkowitz
*Stan & Abby Bloch
*Maria M. Branco
*Dr. Andrea Brandon & Black Rubee
Robert & Carol Braun
Jeffrey B. Bruce
Carol Bryce Buchanan
Diana Cagle
Jennifer Kornreich Cahn & Andrew Cahn
*Nishka Chandrasoma
Jason Chuang
*Maciej Chociej
Matthew C. Cluney
*Kenneth Cole & Maria Cuomo Cole
Bradley Collins
Betsy Cornwall
William Cosper
Victoria Cowles
Duke Dang & Charles E. Rosen
*Mary Craig
*Greg Darnieder
Duane Devries
Debora Domass
Michael Eizenberg
Robert Elder & Jacqueline Fox Elder
David & Ingrid Ellen
*Melissa Elstein & Eric Katzman
Dr. Sarah Fox & Mr. Steven Lochie
*Steven Fox
*The Frazza Foundation
Eileen & Cono Fusco
Karen Gershowitz
Elise Larrabure Girasole
Geraldine Glassman
Prof. James A. Glazier
Virginia Gold
Nita & Chuck Goodgal
Katherine Goodman
Lenore & Edward Grabowski
*Jeffrey Gracer
Grant Family Charitable Fund
*Lawrence W. Green
Bruce Greenwald
Charles & Carol Grossman Family Fund
Jane Groveman
Gina Harman
Charles & Elaine Harris
*Tali Herman
Mr. Michael D. Herskovitz
Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch
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Cheri Hoff
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David H. Hughes, Jr.
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Laura J. Illich
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In Memory of Tracy Scherman
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*Tara Sherman & Tony Weiss
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*Katherine Sinnott
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TPU Local One IATSE
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Charles Walker
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Gregory Ward
Sedgwick & Pamela Ward
Chris Watson
Carol A. Weil
Kate Weil
Sara Weinheimer
George S. Werner & Li Werner
*Kathy M. Wojtas
*The Winkler Prins Charitable Fund
Gregory Youdan
Sponsors ($300 and above)
Anonymous (4)
Patricia Adell
*Fred & Sarah Allilaire
Jane & Stephen Alpert
Elaine & Theodossios Athanassiades
Sherry & Sanford Axelband
Nilda Bayron-Resnick
Joan & Ira Berkowitz
Roz Black & Bob Eimicke
Paul Brohan
Leslie Buckland
Jim Bumgardner & Lou Tharp
Anita Cabrera
Michael & Jennifer Campagna
Kelli Carrol
Margaret Coady
Eileen & Michael Cohen
Galois Cohen
Richard & Mary Ann Cohen
Laurie Colahan
Robert Conkey
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Dr. & Mrs. Frederiick Corio
John Coulter
Mr. John A. Crawford III
Judy Cunningham
Diana Davies
Jacqueline Z. Davis
Mr. Anthony DePersia
Dr. Susan Dicker
Rodney Durso
Jo Ann Engelhardt
Ellen Estes
Martha Evenson & Daniel Hoffman
Trudy Festinger
Jennifer Fitzpatrick
Charles A. Forma
Stephanie French
Barbara Futter
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Barbara Gallay
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Ronald Gilliam & Akram Hélil
Jennifer Goodale & Mark Russell
Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Grant
Susan E. Green
Eric Hemel & Barbara Morgen
Herman & Jacquelyn Heinemann
Mrs. Ruth W. Heuman
*Jerry Heymann
George & Linda Hiltzik
*Martha Evenson & Daniel
Hoffman
Huong Hoang
Sherrilyn Ifill
Ronald Jacquart
Kenneth Silverman & Carin Khatchikian
Bond Koga
Susan & Peter Kopple
Angela de Lara
Lawrence Levine
*Emanuel Lewis
Sukey Lilienthal
*Cynthia Low
Harold W. Low
Peter Maiwald
Judy Mauer
Doug & Regina McCorkle
Colleen McCourtney
Rodney McDaniel
Cynthia Adler McKee
R. McNish
Alan Mendelsohn
Carol and Frank Messineo
Holly & William Mensching
Richard J. Moylan
*Mildred Munich
*Brigitte and Jeff Myhre
Aaron & Marcia Naveh
Madeleine Nichols
Phillip J. Pena
*Marisa Anne Pierson
Posner-Wallace Foundation
The Pulse Performing Arts Studio
Jonathan Raskin
Judith & Gary Richter
*Richard & Rachel Robbins
Barbara S. Rosenthal
Lainie & John Ross
William H. Sadie
*Gregg Passin & Andy Schmidt
Laura E. Schneider
*Marva and Florian Schodel
Sherry Barron-Seabrook
Mary & John Seward
Jennifer Shotwell
*Elizabeth Sledge
*Joseph Small
Anthony & Rosa Smith
Robin Smith & Bill Plante
Martha Sherman
Margaret Stern
Jos Stumpe
Henry & Jo Strouss
Mr. Lars Rosager & Mr. Donald Troise
Ms. Donna Tatro
Pat Tafuro
Tonic Physical Therapy & Wellness
Charles & Susan Tribbitt
Dana A. Troetel
Dick & Carolyn Wallach
*Irmgard Wieland
*Jeanette Williams
* Denotes Joyce Rising Stars, The Joyce's new or increased donors.
The Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance and Ballet Festival Commissions
The Joyce Theater Foundation thanks the Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation for its invaluable partnership in commissioning new works from both established and emerging ballet companies, and enabling these companies to perform on the Joyce stage. The Joyce gratefully recognizes the donors listed below for their generous matching support that has made this effort possible.
Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation
R. Richard Ablon
Deborah & Charles Adelman
Gerald M. Appelstein
Rob Ashford
Stephen M. Baldini
Theodore S. Bartwink
The Harkness Foundation for Dance
Mick Beekhuizen
Evan Behrens & Dara Stern
Ajay Bhandaram
Torrence Boone
Stephanie R. Breslow & Paul Watterson
Madeline Brine
Richard & Martha Byrne
Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer
Rodney S. Cohen
Alan & Chi Colberg
Arlene Cooper
Pamela Crutchfield
Trisha & Patrick Duval
Jamshid & Mahshid Ehsani
Augie K. Fabela II
Britton & Melina Fisher
Kim Friedman
J. Eric Gambrell
Jane E. Goldberg
Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi
David Haines
John & Judith Hannan
Rex S. Heinke
Cecilia & Jim Herbert
David & Andrea Holbrook
Toni Hoover
Kim Koopersmith
Allen Kovac/ Tenth Street Entertainment
Ronald & Stephanie Kramer
Ronald S. Lauder
Jim Leary
Alec & Sarah Machiels
Joyce F. Menschel
David & Diana Milich
Virginia & Timothy Millhiser
Karyl Nairn
Abby McCormick O'Neil
& Carroll Joynes
Anh-Tuyet Nguyen & Robert Pollock
Susan & Gregory Pappajohn
Michèle & Steven Pesner
Tatiana Piankova Foundation
Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch
Gregg Rechler/ Lisa & Gregg Rechler
Charitable Trust
The Jerome Robbins Foundation
Ann Sahid Rosche
Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart H. Coleman
Rowan Family Foundation Inc.
Saul & Mary Sanders
Fran Schulman
Kathleen A. Scott
Frederic & Robin Seegal
Richard Shea
Howard L. Shecter
Linda Shelton
Irene Shen
Henry R. Silverman
Susan Fawcett Sosin
Allan Sperling & Ferne Goldberg
Wendy & Alex Stanton
Justin A. Stevens
Raymond & Margaret Vandenberg
Monica B. Voldstad
Amit Wadhwaney
Daniel Walsh
Stephen & Cathy Weinroth
Steven M. Zagar
Richard Kielar & Christian Zimmermann
The Young Leaders Circle
Kyle Abraham^
Robert Allyn
Patricia Arellano
*Rebecca Aronson
Chellis Baird
Erin Barnes
Alison Baum
Lisa Bonifacic
Isabella Boylston^
Camille A. Brown^
*Scott Caplan
Victor M. Castillo & Blake Wiedenhoeft
Alejandro Cerrudo^
*Julia Chambers
*Nishka Chandrasoma
Dr. Jason Chuang
Mary Craig
Debora Domass
Michelle Dorrance^
Robert Fairchild^
Davalois Fearon^
Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson
Erica Forrence
*Ania Fryszkowska
Tiger Gao
Ronald Gilliam & Akram Hélil
Amita Goyal
Jessica Halper
Mingtong Han
Alexandra Harper, Co-Chair
*Emma Hood
Kile Hotchkiss^
Alixandra Hornyan, Co-Chair
Audrey Hourse
Laura Hsu
Kristen Irby
Amanda Krische
Jean-François Kowalski
Audrey Lam
Debra Levin
Stephanie Lichtinger
Camilla Liou
Mitch Lowenthal
Michelle K. Marck
Katherine Maxwell^
Sara Mearns^
*Katie Mues
*Leah Nelson
*Abigail Nintzel
Justin Peck^
Tiler Peck^
*Abigail Richards
Vanessa Rojas
Setpheap San^
Bette Ann Schlossberg, Co-Chair
Daniil Simkin^
*Madelyn Sirbu
Elisa Smilovitz
*Margaret Stephens
Evan Strain
Mark & Oni Strawn
Sara Strope
*Myriam Varjacques
*Lucy Vasserman & Brendan Finnegan
Alexander Wang
Douglas Weiss
Miss Inga Wells
James Whiteside^
Emma Winder
*LeeAna Wolfman
*Sangeeta Yesley
*Malin Yhr
^Artist Committee members to join The Joyce’s Young Leaders Circle, please contact the Development office at 347-856-5828.
JOYCE PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE WITH PUBLIC FUNDS FROM:
Joyce programs are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council with special thanks to Council Member Erik Bottcher.
FACILITIES & SERVICES
Box Office (212-242-0800): Open Monday thru Sunday, 12pm - 6pm. On days when there is a performance, the box office is open through curtain time; advance sales stop ½ hour prior to curtain time (including matinees). Closed on major holidays. For Hearing Impaired call (TDD) 212-245-2904. To report Lost & Found items, please see an usher or call 212-691-9740.
EMERGENCY RESUSCITATION EQUIPMENT
Resuscitation masks and latex gloves are located in the closet next to the drinking fountain in the Upper Lobby. AED is located downstairs in the reception area. LEARN CPR. For more information, contact the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association.
FIRE NOTICE: The exit indicated by a red light and sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of fire or other emergency, please walk —do not run— to that exit.
WARNING: The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited within the auditorium. Violators will be punished with confiscation of recording device or ejection from the theater, and may be held liable for money damages.
