Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Program Book

The Joyce Theater Foundation presents

FEATURING

COLETTE ADAE LUDMILA BEAULEMOVA MARIA CLUBFOOT HOLLY DEY-ABROAD NADIA DOUMIAFEYVA NINA ENIMENIMYNIMOVA HELEN HIGHWATERS ELVIRA KHABABGALLINA VARVARA LAPTOPOVA ANYA MARX GRUNYA PROTOZOVA EUGENIA REPELSKII OLGA SUPPHOZOVA MAYA THICKENTHIGHYA MINNIE VAN DRIVER

JACQUES D’ANIELS BRUNO BACKPFEIFENGESICH BORIS DUMBKOPF KETEVAN IOSIFIDI NICHOLAS KHACHAFALLENJAR MARAT LEGUPSKI SERGEY LEGUPSKI TIMUR LEGUPSKI VLADIMIR LEGUPSKI CHIP PIDIDOUDA YURI SMIRNOV KRAVLJI SNEPEK WILLIAM VANILLA JENS WITZELSUCHT TINO XIRAU-LOPEZ

TORY DOBRIN LIZ HARLER

ISABEL MARTINEZ RIVERA

Special thanks to the following institutions for their generosity and support: Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, The Rallis Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, and NYU Community Fund; and public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and support in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

MAC Cosmetics is the official makeup partner of the TROCKs. Pointe shoes provided by Nikolay.

Leadership support for The Joyce Theater Foundation has been received from the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust.

Champion support for The Joyce’s annual programming has been provided by Howard Gilman Foundation and The Shubert Foundation.

Champion support for The Joyce’s Creative Residencies Program supporting choreographers and dance companies has been provided by Mellon Foundation.

Major support for The Joyce has been provided by Ford Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and The SHS Foundation.

LE LAC DES CYGNES (SWAN LAKE, ACT II)

MUSIC BY PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY CHOREOGRAPHY AFTER LEV IVANOVICH IVANOV COSTUMES BY MIKE GONZALES DECOR BY CLIO YOUNG

LIGHTING BY KIP MARSH

Swept up into the magical realm of swans (and birds), this elegiac phantasmagoria of variations and ensembles in line and music is the signature work of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. The story of Odette - the beautiful princess turned into a swan by the evil sorcerer - and how she is nearly saved by the love of Prince Siegfried was not so unusual a theme when Tchaikovsky first wrote his ballet in 1877 -- the metamorphosis of mortals to birds (and vice versa) occurs frequently in Russian folklore. The original Swan Lake at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow was treated unsuccessfully; a year after Tchaikovsky's death in 1893, the St. Petersburg Maryinsky Ballet produced the version we know today. Perhaps the world's best-known ballet, its appeal seems to stem from the mysterious and pathetic qualities of the heroine, juxtaposed with the canonized glamour of 19th century Russian ballet.

PERFORMED BY BENNO: TINO XIRAU-LOPEZ (FRIEND AND CONFIDANT TO:)

PRINCE SIEGFRIED: VLADIMIR LEGUPSKI (WHO FALLS IN LOVE WITH:)

VARVARA LAPTOPOVA (QUEEN OF THE:)

SWANS: ARTISTS OF THE TROCKADERO (ALL OF WHOM GOT THIS WAY BECAUSE OF:)

VON ROTHBART: YURI SMIRNOV (AN EVIL WIZARD WHO GOES ABOUT TURNING GIRLS INTO SWANS)

- INTERMISSION -

PAS DE DEUX, SOLO, OR MODERN WORK (TO BE ANNOUNCED)

- PAUSE -

THE DYING SWAN

MUSIC BY CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS COSTUME BY MIKE GONZALES

This solo, created for Anna Pavlova in 1905, would become in later years her signature dance - and perhaps the most famous solo in ballet. The Trockadero offers its own distinctive interpretation of the terminal fowl.

PERFORMED BY OLGA SUPPHOZOVA - PAUSE -

MAJISIMAS

MUSIC BY JULES MASSENET STAGED WITH ADDITIONAL CHOREOGRAPHY BY RAFFAELE MORRA COSTUMES BY CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY VERGARA LIGHTING BY JAX MESSENGER

The music for Majisimas, which occurs in the second act of the 1885 opera Le Cid, provides the opportunity for a seductive, exotic, and Spanish-flavored demonstration of the intricate beauty of classical ballet technique.

PERFORMED BY

SEÑORAS: VARVARA LAPTOPOVA, MINNIE VAN DRIVER, MARIA CLUBFOOT, NADIA DOUMIAFEYVA

SEÑORS: JACQUES D’ANIELS, CHIP PIDIDOUDA, JENS WITZELSUCHT, MARAT LEGUPSKI

SEÑORITAS: ARTISTS OF THE TROCKADERO

Left: Majisimas; Right: Swan Lake; Photos by Zoran Jelenic.

ChopEniana

MUSIC BY FREDERIC CHOPIN STAGED FOR THE TROCKADERO BY ALEXANDRE MINZ COSTUMES BY MIKE GONZALES, after BENOIS DECOR BY JOHN CLAASSEN LIGHTING BY KIP MARSH

ChopEniana is an "abstract" classical ballet, without narrative structure or defined characters. Although it atmospherically suggests Giselle and La Sylphide, the sentiments aroused spring from the sublime music of Chopin - the evanescence of dreams, desire, and melancholy.

Nocturne, Op. 32, No. 2

Valse, Op. 70, No. 1

Prelude, Op. 28, No. 7

Mazurka, Op. 67, No. 3

Mazurka, Op. 33, No. 3

Valse, Op. 64, No. 2

THE COMPANY

NINA ENIMENIMYNIMOVA

ELVIRA KHABABGALLINA NICHOLAS KHACHAFALLENJAR VARVARA LAPTOPOVA

ELVIRA KHABABGALLINA & NICHOLAS KHACHAFALLENJAR

Valse, Op. 18., No. 1

PERFORMED BY - PAUSEPAS DE DEUX,

THE COMPANY

SOLO, OR MODERN WORK (TO BE ANNOUNCED) - PAUSE -

THE DYING SWAN

MUSIC BY CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS COSTUME BY MIKE GONZALES

This solo, created for Anna Pavlova in 1905, would become in later years her signature dance - and perhaps the most famous solo in ballet. The Trockadero offers its own distinctive interpretation of the terminal fowl.

PERFORMED BY OLGA SUPPHOZOVA

- INTERMISSION -

PAQUITA

MUSIC

BY LUDWIG MINKUS

CHOREOGRAPHY AFTER MARIUS PETIPA STAGED

BY ELENA KUNIKOVA COSTUMES

AND DECOR

BY MIKE GONZALES LIGHTING BY KIP MARSH

Paquita is a superb example of the French style as it was exported to Saint Petersburg in the late 19th Century. Paquita was originally a ballet-pantomine in two acts, choreographed by Joseph Mazillier, to music by Ernest Deldevez. The story had a Spanish theme, with Carlotta Grisi (creator of Giselle) as a young woman kidnapped by gypsies, who saves a young and handsome officer from certain death. Premiering at the Paris Opera in 1846, the ballet was produced a year later in Russia by Marius Petipa. Petipa commissioned Ludwig Minkus, the composer of his two most recent successes (Don Quixote and La Bayadere) to write additional music in order to add a brilliant “divertissement” to Mazillier’s Paquita. Petipa choreographed for this a Pas de Trois and a Grand Pas de Deux in his characteristic style. These soon became the bravura highlights of the evening-to the point that they are the only fragments of Paquita that have been preserved. The dancers display a range of choreographic fireworks, which exploit the virtuoso possibilities of academic classical dance, enriched by the unexpected combinations of steps.

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo was founded in 1974 by a group of ballet enthusiasts for the purpose of presenting a playful, entertaining view of traditional, classical ballet in parody form and en travesti, Les Ballets Trockadero first performed in the late-late shows in Off-Off Broadway lofts. The Trocks, as they are affectionately known, quickly garnered a major critical essay by Arlene Croce in The New Yorker, which combined with reviews in The New York Times and The Village Voice established the Company as an artistic and popular success. By mid-1975, the Trocks’ loving knowledge of dance, comic approach, and commitment to the notion that men can, indeed, dance en pointe without falling flat on their faces, was already garnering attention beyond the Company’s New York home. Articles and notices in publications such as Variety, Oui, The London Daily Telegraph, as well as a Richard Avedon photo essay in Vogue, made the Company nationally and internationally known.

The 1975-76 season was a year of growth and full professionalization. The Company found management, qualified for the National Endowment for the Arts Touring Program, and hired a full-time teacher and ballet mistress to oversee daily classes and rehearsals. Also in this season, they made their first extended tours of the United States and Canada. Packing, unpacking, and repacking tutus and drops, stocking giant-sized toe shoes by the case, running for planes and chartered buses all became routine parts of life. Since those beginnings, the Trocks have established themselves as a major dance phenomenon throughout the world. They have participated in dance festivals worldwide and there have been television appearances as varied as a Shirley MacLaine special, The Dick Cavett Show, What's My Line?, Real People, On-Stage America, with Kermit and Miss Piggy on their show Muppet Babies, and a BBC Omnibus special on the world of ballet hosted by Jennifer Saunders. Documentaries about the company, Rebels on Pointe by Bobbi Jo Hart, and Ballerina Boys by Chana Gazit and Martie Barylick, which aired on PBS American Masters, have been released in the past few years. Awards that the Trocks have garnered over the years include: Best Classical Repertoire from the prestigious Critic’s Circle National Dance Awards (2007) (UK) and nominated as Outstanding Company for 2016, the Theatrical Managers Award (2006) (UK), and the 2007 Positano Award (Italy) for excellence in dance. In December 2008, the Trocks performed for members of the British royal family at the 80th anniversary Royal Variety Performance to aid of the Entertainment Artistes’ Benevolent Fund, in London.

The Trocks’ numerous tours have been both popular and critical successes - their frenzied annual schedule has included appearances in over 35 countries and over 600 cities worldwide since its founding in 1974, including seasons at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow and the Chatelet Theater in Paris. The Company continues to appear in benefits for international AIDS organizations such as DRA (Dancers Responding to AIDS) and Classical Action in New York City, the Life Ball in Vienna, Austria, Dancers for Life in Toronto, Canada, London’s Stonewall Gala and Germany’s AIDS Tanz Gala.

The original concept of LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO has not changed. It is a Company of professional male dancers performing the full range of the ballet and modern dance repertoire, including classical and original works in faithful renditions of the manners and conceits of those dance styles. The comedy is achieved by incorporating and exaggerating the foibles, accidents, and underlying incongruities of serious dance. The fact that men dance all the parts--heavy bodies delicately balancing on toes as swans, sylphs, water sprites, romantic princesses, angstridden Victorian ladies--enhances rather than mocks the spirit of dance as an art form, delighting and amusing the most knowledgeable, as well as novices, in the audiences.

For the future, there are plans for new works in the repertoire: New cities, states, and countries to perform in, and for the continuation of the Trocks’ original purpose: To bring the pleasure of dance to the widest possible audience. They will, as they have for almost 50 years, “Keep on Trockin’.”

MEET THE ARTISTS

COLETTE ADAE was orphaned at the age of three when her mother, a ballerina of some dubious distinction, impaled herself on the first violinist’s bow after a series of rather uncontrolled fouette voyage. Colette was raised and educated with the “rats” of the Opera House but the trauma of her childhood never let her reach her full potential. However, under the kind and watchful eye of the Trockadero, she has begun to flower and we are sure you will enjoy watching her growth.

LUDMILA BEAULEMOVA, famed country and western ballerina and formerly prima ballerina of the grand Ole Opry, recently defected from that company when they moved to their new Nashville home. The rift was caused by their refusal to stage the ballet with which her name has become synonymous, I Never Promised You a Rose Adagio.

MARIA CLUBFOOT. Last of the great American Indian ballerinas: Larkin, Tallchief (Maria and Marjorie), Clubfoot. Maria, pride of the Luni Tribe, blazed a path with her literal interpretation of Slaughter on 10th Avenue, set in the club at Mohegan Sun. Maria appears with the Trockadero under special permission from Federal authorities.

HOLLY DEY-ABROAD. Miss Dey-Abroad lacks the talent and intelligence that are required to be good at dancing and did not understand that this lack of talent and intelligence are often the same qualities needed to recognize that one is not good at dancing—and if one lacks such talent and intelligence, one remains ignorant that one is not good at dancing. Consequently she auditioned for the Trocks and was accepted.

NADIA DOUMIAFEYVA. No one who has seen Heliazpopkin will soon forget the spiritual athleticism of Nadia Doumiafeyva, a child of Caucasus who changed her name for show business reasons. Her fiery attack, combined with her lyric somnolence, produces confusion in audiences the world over, particularly when applied to ballet.

NINA ENIMENIMYNIMOVA’s frail spiritual qualities have caused this elfin charmer to be likened to a lemon soufflé, poised delicately on the brink of total collapse. Her adorably over-stretched tendons exude a childlike sweetness that belies her actual age.

HELEN HIGHWATERS has defected to America three times and been promptly returned on each occasion -- for "artistic reasons." Recently discovered en omelette at the Easter Egg Hunt in Washington, D.C., she was hired by the Trockadero, where her inexplicable rise to stardom answers the musical question: Who put the bop in the bop-shibop shibop?

ELVIRA KHABABGALLINA, voted “the girl most likely to,” is the living example that a common hard-working girl can make it to the top. Our friendly ballerina was pounding the pavement looking for work when the Trockadero found her. Her brilliant technique has endeared her to several fans, as well as to some of the stage hands. Her motto is “a smile is better than talent.” Her nickname is... well, never mind what her nickname is.

VARVARA LAPTOPOVA is one of those rare dancers who, with one look at a ballet, not only knows all the steps but can also dance all the roles. As a former member of the Kiev Toe and Heel Club, she was awarded first-prize at the Pan Siberian Czardash and Kazotski Festival for artistic mis-interpretation.

ANYA MARX comes to the ballet stage after her hair-raising escape from the successful (but not terribly tasteful) overthrow of her country’s glamorous government. She made a counter-revolutionary figure of herself when she was arrested for single-handedly storming the State Museum of Revolutionary Evolution, where her fabulous collection of jewels were being insensitively displayed alongside a machine gun. The resilient Madame Marx is currently the proprietress of American’s only mail-order Course in Classical Ballet.

GRUNYA PROTAZOVA is the missing link between the crustaceans of the old Russian school and the more modern amphibians now dancing. Before joining the Trockadero, Grunya was the featured ballerina at SeaWorld, where her famous autobiographic solo, Dance of the Lower Orders, brought several marine biologists to tears. Later, Grunya became an esteemed SeaWorld Ambassador, known throughout the world for her fight for equality in the lower depths, earning an admirable mention in the updated Ichthyologic Ohiensis manual of the Elasmobranch Society.

EUGENIA REPELSKII. The secrets of Mme. Repelskii's beginnings lie shrouded behind the Kremlin wall; in fact, no fewer than six lie in the wall (in jars of assorted sizes). Dancing lightly over pogroms and other sordid reorganizational measures, Eugenia has emerged as a ballerina nonpareil whose pungency is indisputable.

OLGA SUPPHOZOVA made her first public appearance in a KGB line-up under dubious circumstances. After a seven-year-to-life hiatus, she now returns to her adoring fans. When questioned about her forced sabbatical, Olga’s only comment was “I did it for Art’s sake.” Art, however, said nothing.

MAYA THICKENTHIGHYA’s radioactive properties prevented her from appearing with the Trockadero until her recent release from a special sanitarium on the Black Sea. A brilliant virtuoso in the Moscow style, Madame Thickenthighya’s torque was applied to the running of Generator 14 near the Gorsky Dam during the period of her political disgrace. She is, this season, reinstated to her unique position in the ballet world.

MINNIE VAN DRIVER. Always running to rehearsals, costume fittings, and performances, Miss Driver has a strong sense of movement. She has performed worldwide and has a natural aptitude for touring. Famous for her beautiful port de bras, she gives credit to her many hours behind the wheel.

JACQUES d’ANIELS was originally trained as an astronaut before entering the world of ballet. Strong but flexible, good natured but dedicated, sensible but not given to unbelievable flights of fantastic behavior, Mr. d’Aniels is an expert on recovering from ballet injuries (including the dread “Pavlova’s clavicle”).

BRUNO BACKPFEIFENGESICHT soared into prominence as the first East German defector whose leave-taking was accomplished at the virtual insistence of the defectees (although in subsequent days Herr Backpfeifengesicht was accused of abandoning his joyous comrades for “a mountain of beer and an ocean of dollars”). His meteoric rise to stardom caused him to be named Official Bicentennial Porteur by a committee of New York balletomanes who singled out his winning feet and losing smile.

BORIS DUMBKOPF has been with the greatest ballerinas of our time; he has even danced with some of them. One of the first defective Russian male stars, he left the motherland for purely capitalistic reasons. Amazingly, between his appearances on television and Broadway and in movies, commercials, magazines, special events, and women’s nylons, he occasionally still has time to dance.

KETEVAN IOSIFIDI. Ketevan was dismissed from the Kirov Ballet in 1991 when he blackmailed the horn section of the orchestra and forced them to play Papa Don’t Preach in the third act of Romeo and Juliet while he vogued en pointe. Though Ketevan’s appreciation of high culture is second to none, he still thinks that prima donna means any song recorded before Like a Virgin

NICHOLAS KHACHAFALLENJAR. The demi-semi-hemi-character dancer from innermost Outer Tashkent, was awarded the Order of Stalin for his partnering techniques. Although no ballerina has ever lived to describe the thrill of his touch, he continues to astound the public (and elude the police) with his brute strength. He is fondly known in the Trockadero as "Igor the Crusher."

THE LEGUPSKI BROTHERS. Marat, Sergey, Timur, and Vladimir are not really brothers, nor are their names really Marat, Sergey, Timur, or Vladimir, nor are they real Russians, nor can they tell the difference between a pirouette and a jete...but...well...they do move about rather nicely...and...they fit into the costumes.

CHIP PIDIDOUDA is a renowned Greek cricket player who stumbled into the world of English ballet after a wrong turn on the M-90 to Folkestone. Chip was heralded for his simple and inspiring interpretation of “Doppe” in Dizzney’s world premiere of La Fille de Neige Blanche. Unaffected by technique, Chip brings his special brand of athleticism and “je ne sais quoi pas” to the Trocks.

YURI SMIRNOV. At the age of 16, Yuri ran away from home and joined the Kirov Opera because he thought Borodin was a prescription barbiturate. Luckily for the Trockadero, he soon discovered that he didn’t know his arias from his elbow, and decided to become a ballet star instead.

KRAVLJI SNEPEK comes to the Trockadero from his split-level birthplace in Siberia, where he excelled in toe, tap, acrobatic, and Hawaiian. This good-natured Slav is famous for his breathtaking technique--a blend of froth and frou-frou centered on a spine of steel, painfully acquired at the hands and feet of his teacher, Glib Generalization, who has already trained many able dancers. As an artist in the classical, heroic, tragical mold, young Kravlji wrenched the heart of all who saw him dance Harlene, the Goat Roper in The Best Little Dacha in Sverdlovsk.

WILLIAM VANILLA. Despite the fact that he is American, he is very popular within the company. He is extremely personable, the ballerinas very much enjoy dancing with him, the management finds him agreeable, his costumes are never soiled, his fans admire his directness, he photographs well, he keeps regular hours, brushes his teeth after every meal, and he has never said a bad word about anybody. He will never really understand Russian ballet.

JENS WITZELSUCHT. Mr. Witzelsucht has a pure and rare neurological disorder characterized by a tendency to make puns or tell inappropriate jokes or pointless stories in socially inappropriate situations, along with a pathological giddiness with lunatic mood swings. As he does not understand that this behavior is abnormal, he has found a place in the company as one of the more comedic artists.

TINO XIRAU-LOPEZ, a well-known figure to the Off-Off-Off audiences, returns to the Trockadero flushed from last season's Nutcracker, in which he played the fiendishly difficult role of the Father. His numerous theatrical successes have not prevented his stern aristocratic family from disavowing any claims he might make to title.

ROBERT CARTER. Birthplace: Charleston, SC. Training: Robert Ivey Ballet School, Joffrey Ballet School. Joined Trockadero: November 1995. Previous companies: Florence Civic Ballet, Dance Theater of Harlem Ensemble, Bay Ballet Theater.

UGO CIRRI. Birthplace: Lausanne, Switzerland. Training: Vevey Youth Ballet School, Association pour la Formation des Jeunes Danseurs, Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington D.C., Ballettschule Theater Basel, Miami City Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet School. Joined Trockadero: June 2019. Previous Company: Los Angeles Ballet.

KEVIN GARCIA. Birthplace: Gran Canaria, Spain. Training: Centro Coreografico de Las Palmas Trini Borrull, Conservatory of Dance Carmen Amaya. Joined Trockadero: August 2017. Previous companies: Ballet Jose Manuel Armas, Lifedanscenter, Peridance Contemporary Dance Company.

ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ. Birthplace: Holguin, Cuba. Training: Camaguey Academy of Ballet, Habana National School of Ballet Provincial Ballet School, Holguin, Cuba. Joined Trockadero: May 2019. Previous companies: Holguin Chamber Ballet, Ecuadorian Chamber Ballet, Municipal Ballet of Lima, Peru.

DUANE GOSA. Birthplace: Chicago, IL. Training: University of Akron, Ailey School. Joined Trockadero: September 2013. Previous companies: Jennifer Muller/The Works, Brooklyn Ballet, The Love Show.

SHOHEI IWAHAMA. Birthplace: Komae-shi, Tokyo, Japan. Training: Sam Houston State University, The Ailey School, Miyako Kato Dance Academy. Joined Trockadero: March 2022. Previous Companies: NobleMOtion Dance, James Sewell Ballet, Hope Stone Dance.

PHILIP MARTIN NIELSON. Birthplace: Middletown, NY. Training: Natasha Bar, School of American Ballet, Chautauqua Institution of Dance. Joined Trockadero: September 2012. Previous company: North Carolina Dance Theater.

FELIX MOLINERO DEL PASO. Birthplace: Granada, Spain. Training: Hochschule fur Darstellende kunst Frankfurt am Main. Joined Trockadero: August 2019.

TRENT MONTGOMERY. Birthplace: McGehee, AR. Training: Arkansas Academy of Dance, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Accademiá dell’Arte, Florida State University. Joined Trockadero: August 2021. Previous companies: Arkansas Festival Ballet, Tallahassee Ballet.

SALVADOR SASOT SELLART. Birthplace: Lleida, Spain. Training: Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Madrid Mariemma. Escuela de Ballet Camina Ocaña and Pablo Savoye. Joined Trockadero: August 2019. Previous company: Severočeske Divadlo Opera a Balet.

JAKE SPEAKMAN. Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA. Training: Marymount Manhattan College. Joined Trockadero: November 2021. Previous companies: New York Dance Project, New York Theatre Ballet.

JOSHUA THAKE. Birthplace: Providence, RI. Training: Boston Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet School, Brae Crest School of Classical Ballet. Joined Trockadero: November 2011. Previous company: Man Dance Company of San Francisco.

HAOJUN XIE. Birthplace: Xi’an, Shaanxi, China. Training: Beijing Dance Academy, Joffrey Ballet School. Joined Trockadero: August 2018. Previous company: Columbia Classical Ballet Company.

TAKAOMI YOSHINO. Birthplace: Osaka, Japan. Training: Vaganova Ballet Academy, Ellison Ballet. Joined Trockadero: August 2018. Previous company: Atlantic City Ballet.

LONG ZOU. Birthplace: Li Ling, China. Training: Central School of Ballet (London), Guangzhou Art School. Joined Trockadero: May 2009 / rejoined 2016 / rejoined December 2022. Previous Companies: Ballet Central (UK), Guangzhou Ballet, Jin Xing Dance Theatre, Ballet of Difference (Koln, Germany).

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Olga Supphozova & Yuri Smirnov Robert Carter

Minnie van Driver & William Vanilla Ugo Cirri

Elvira Khababgallina & Sergey Legupski

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Maria Clubfoot & Tino Xirau-Lopez Alejandro Gonzalez

Helen Highwaters & Vladimir Legupski

Duane Gosa

Anya Marx & Chip Pididouda Shohei Iwahama

Nadia Doumiafeyva & Kravlji Snepek

Philip Martin Nielson

Holly Dey-Abroad & Bruno Backpfeifengesicht

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Artists from left to right. Photos by Zoran Jelenic.

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Catherine Sloan Cheryl Swisher Harumi Takahama# Kathy Wojtas Suzanne Wray

QUADRILLE

Anonymous (5) Marilyn Bach Sherry Bilbeisi Garland Blanch Rae Bolton Douglas Boltson Kyle L. Brandon Lynne Butenhoff Michele B.F. Campo Eunice Chang GJAC Cooke Tome Cousin

Tracy Derryberry

Ms. Donna D’Ambrosio

Josephine Dano

V. Dunlap

David Fanger and Martin Wechsler

Charles Fraser and Guillermo Gil Ellen and David Freeman

Catherine Gerasimov

Lawrence Greene

George Gregory Nan Hackett

Drs. Marcia Kaplan and Michael Privitera

Judith M. Keller

Tom Knechtel

Daniel R. Lacroix

Louise Laheurte

Richard Lanahan

Kirsten Leon and Shane Mongar

Jane Lytle

Nancy Magliari

Anne Maltz

Louis Monetti

Kathryn Naughton

Jimmy Newcomer

Dr. Susan Reed-Jones Lenore K. Rey

Kyle Ridaught Ann Roesler

Brie Rogers Jeanne Roy Lorrain Salerno

Lisa Schnettler Kate Schubart

Catherine Sloan Kathryn Sullivan

Dale VanDyke

Ruth and Howard Warshower Carol Weil

Deborah McGowen Wein Martha Wells

Victoria R. Wooters and Matthew Mattoon

* Denotes member of the Board of Directors # Denotes member of the Trock Flock

List in formation from July 1, 2021 through November 30, 2022

Special thanks also to the following ticket buyers and contributors to the May 2022 Feather Fete fundraiser:

Anonymous (2)

Mark and Leslie Aaron#

Elaine Baden

Lynne Beaumont-Hinkle

Sarah Becher#

Mary Lynn Bergman-Rallis*#, Event Chair

James C.P. Berry*# Sharon Bilbeisi

Rae Bolton Marsha Borin

Dorothy Bullard

Leslie Burgin# H D Causbie

Deborah Cooper

Martha Cooper *#

Matthew Cluney#

Diana and Jim Davies

Joan and Donald Damask#

Jessie de Santiago and Robert Guida#

Paulette Diamant

Ann Eskridge

Ellen and David Freeman

Nicole Frisina

Carol Hanney

Liz Harler

David Kernahan

Darcy Kind

Margaret Leibowitz

Rita Liedags

Denise Littlefield Sobel

Mary and Peter Manno Lorraine and Kip Marsh

Amy P. Minter*#

Lynn and Paul Murphy Susan and Tom Neas Suzanne Newman

Marcia O'Hern

Jenny Palmer*#

The Parkers#

Svetlana Pezier

Cordelia Roberts

Ann Rosche#

Joanna Roe

George and Andre Rovder

Murray Schane

Linda Senat

Megan Skidmore

Richard Slate#

Catherine Sloan

Emily Sproch

Wingate Steitz

Cheryl Swisher

Amal Vitale

* Denotes member of the Board of Directors

# Denotes member of the Trock Flock

ABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION

The Joyce Theater Foundation ("The Joyce," Executive Director, Linda Shelton), a nonprofit organization, has proudly served the dance community for over three decades. Under the direction of founders Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld, Ballet Tech Foundation acquired and The Joyce renovated the Elgin Theater in Chelsea. Opening as The Joyce Theater in 1982, it was named in honor of Joyce Mertz, beloved daughter of LuEsther T. Mertz. It was LuEsther’s clear, undaunted vision and abundant generosity that made it imaginable and ultimately possible to build the theater. Ownership was secured by The Joyce in 2015. The theater is one of the only theaters built by dancers for dance and has provided an intimate and elegant home for over 400 U.S.-based and international companies. The Joyce has also expanded its reach beyond its Chelsea home through off-site presentations at venues ranging in scope from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, to Brooklyn’s Invisible Dog Art Center, and to outdoor programming in spaces such as Hudson River Park. To further support the creation of new work, The Joyce maintains longstanding commissioning and residency programs. Local students and teachers (K–12th grade) benefit from its school program, and family and adult audiences get closer to dance with access to artists. The Joyce’s annual season of about 48 weeks of dance now includes over 340 performances for audiences in excess of 150,000 patrons. Visit Joyce.org for more information.

FUNDERS

Many Thanks to The Joyce's Institutional Funders for Keeping Us Moving Forward

An abundance of gratitude to Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Representative Jerrold Nadler, and Representative Nydia M. Velázquez for their visionary leadership that established the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, which has helped make the reopening of The Joyce Theater and the reemergence of many dance companies possible.

Leadership support for The Joyce's year-round programs and services: LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust

Season Sponsor:

Champion support for The Joyce's Dance Residencies:

Major support for The Joyce’s American Dance Platform and Harkness First debuts:

Champion support for The Joyce's annual programming:

Major support for The Joyce's operations and special initiatives:

The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

Lead corporate support:

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.

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. EXECUTIVE

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.

ADMINISTRATION

JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTIONS

THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Amit Wadhwaney, Chair

Charles M. Adelman, Vice Chair

Stephanie R. Breslow, Treasurer

Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary

R. Richard Ablon

Rob Ashford

Monica F. Azare

John M. Basnage de Beauval

Ajay Bhandaram

Tracy Brown

Keane Ehsani

Ronald Gumbaz

Toni Hoover

Robert Musiker

Susan Gluck Pappajohn Steven M. Pesner

Kerry Clayton, Chair Emeritus

David D. Holbrook, Chair Emeritus

Virginia A. Millhiser, Chair Emeritus

Meryl Rosofsky

Saul Sanders

Linda Shelton

Susan Fawcett Sosin

Lauren E. Shortt Monica B. Voldstad

In Memoriam: Theodore S. Bartwink (Trustee 1993-2014), R. Britton Fisher (Trustee 1990-2020), Richard Lukins (Trustee 1998-2011), Anh-Tuyet Nguyen (Trustee 2007-2020), Richard Shea (Trustee 2015-2022), Stephen D. Weinroth (Trustee 1996-2022)

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

Founders and Trustees Emeriti: Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld

JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION DONORS

The Joyce Theater appreciates the generosity of its supporters listed below as well as its many other supporters too numerous to include on these pages. List as of November 1, 2022.

Platinum Benefactors ($500,000 and above)

LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust

Gold Benefactors ($100,000 and above)

Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer

Ford Foundation

The Harkness Foundation for Dance

Howard Gilman Foundation Mellon Foundation

Virginia & Timothy Millhiser National Endowment for the Arts / American Rescue Plan Act

New York City Department Cultural Affairs

Robert Pollock

The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

The SHS Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

Denise Littlefield Sobel

Silver Benefactors ($75,000 and above)

First Republic Bank

GKV Charitable Foundation

National Endowment for the Arts

Benefactors ($50,000 and above)

Jody & John Arnhold | Arnhold Foundation

National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts

The Jerome Robbins Foundation

Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart Coleman

Lauren E. Shortt

Monica Voldstad 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

Toni Hoover

In Motion

*Elysabeth Kleinhans

Leanne Lachman

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

Henry and Lucy Moses Fund

Robert Musiker

New York State Council on the Arts

The O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation

Susan & Greg Pappajohn

Michèle & Steve Pesner

Saul & Mary Sanders

Susan Fawcett Sosin

Stephen & Cathy Weinroth

Madelyn & Steven Wils

Impresario’s Circle ($10,000 and above)

Anonymous (3)

Jen Ablon Alpern Family Foundation

Sarah Arison

Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation

John Basnage de Beauval

Ajay Bhandaram

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Torrence Boone & Ted Chapin

Robert Brenner

Tracy Brown

Con Edison

John & Margaret Falk

Nancy & Michael Feller

*Brandon Fradd

Gregg & Jean Frankel

Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation

Elzbieta Grove

David & Andrea Holbrook

In Honor of Karen Brooks Hopkins The Ivill-Weiner Family

The Kingsley Foundation

Melanie Coronetz & Bruce G. Miler

LeConte Moore

Tatiana Piankova Foundation

Karen Roth

*Nancy Sands Kathleen A. Scott

Linda Shelton

Leslie Siegel

Johanna Weber

Michelle D. & Claude L. Winfield

Presenter’s Circle ($5,000 and above)

Anonymous (2)

Rob Ashford

Monica Azare

Andrew & Froma Benerote

Donya & Scott Bommer

Office of City Council Member Erik Bottcher

Donna B. Case

The Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust Chubb LTD Ms. Pamela Crutchfield Jeffrey Davis & Michael T. Miller Dancers Responding to AIDS DeWitt Stern Group, Inc. Linda Ellis

Martin & Linda Fell *Judith & Alan Fishman

FUSED

French U.S. Exchange in Dance

Barbara Goldstein

Paul Feuerman & Bruce Grivetti

Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Goodman

Randall & Mary Hack

Elizabeth Anne Hartman

Judith M. Hoffman

Illuminated Foundation

Christopher Jones & Deborah McAlister

Christine Knuth

Alan & Gail Koss

Elizabeth & Neil Kurtz

Robert R. Littman & Sully Bonnelly

Karen & Martin McDonald

Ronay & Richard Menschel/ Charina Foundation, Inc.

In loving memory of Bill Perlmuth, Patricia Dugan Perlmuth Rajika & Anupam Puri

Nina B. Quigley

Mr. Stephen Kroll Reidy

Margaret E. Selby SER.O.YA

Barbara Madsen Smith Christopher Soule

Allan Sperling & Ferne Goldberg

Jean & Gene Stark

Linda B. Strumpf

Director’s Circle ($2,500 and above)

Anonymous (2) R. Richard Ablon

Adrienne Albert

Rick & Nurit Amdur

Joel & Rhela Aragona

Sandra Berger

Marty & Louise Bickman

Judi Rappoport Blitzer & David Blitzer

Ralph & Martine Calder

Victoria V. Carey

Cathleen Collins

Mary Sharp Cronson

Miriam & David Donoho

Christopher M. Elmore

Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson

Thomas von Foerster

Bart Friedman & Wendy Stein

Rochel Gelman

*Dorothy Goodman

The Harold K. Gross Family Charitable Trust

Susan Ross Green

Sharon B. Gurwitz

Maya Hamlet

Ronald E. Hellman & Stephen B. Roberts

Val Holley & Joseph Plocek

William Houlihan

Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York

*Deborah Kaye

Jane Kendall

Elaine & Howard Leventhal

Martin & Rosanne Leshner

Jayne Lipman & Robert Goodman

Mark Littman & Johnny Mendoza

In Memory of John MacDonald

Maria Mackey

Uttara P. Marti

Wendy McCain

Joyce F. Menschel

David & Diana Milich

Jane & Michael Murphy

Mutual of America Foundation

Cherrie Nanninga

Omomuki Foundation

David Pasterski

Warrie Price & James David Prince

Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch

Theresa Alessandro Russo Foundation

Wes Schafer & Carlos Galtier

Susan & Arnie Scharf

Xiomara & Charles Scheidt

Fran Schulman

Robert A. Schulman

Rena Shagan

Alex & Wendy Stanton

Mark Stevens & Mary Murphy

Linda Stocknoff

Marianna Vaidman Stone & Eric Stone

Consulate General of Sweden in New York

Susan Ulick

Ms. Patricia E. Vance

David E. Vogel

Alexandra Wheeler & Rocky Rukan

Irving & Elaine Wolbrom

Ralph Womble & Ashley Edwards

Billy F.B. Wong & Stephanie Gordon

($1,000 and above)

Anonymous (10)

Robert Allyn

Neme Alperstein

Gerald M. Appelstein

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

Kara Medoff Barnett & Dov Barnett

Alison Baum

Pamela Baxter

*Barbara Berliner & Sol Rymer

Dorothy Black

Kim Bleimann & Paola Duran

Joe Bonnaud

Nissan Boury

Barbara & Gary Brandt

Edward Brill Madeline Brine Matt Brodile

Joanna Bueche

Linda & Joseph Camardo

Ann Chao

Woody & Janice Collins

Caroline & Paul Cronson

Charles T. Davis

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

Jack & Eleanor Dunn

The Eilers Family

Suzanne B. Engel

Mr. Richard Erstad & Dr. Gladys Fenichel

David L. Fanger & Martin Wechsler

Erin Feeley-Nahem & Isaac Nahem

Judy & Richard Feldstein

Maria Vittoria Foglia

John and Janet Foord

Judith Z. Friedman

Peter C. Friedman

Veronique Bogliolo Freidman & Mark Freidman

*Grace Frisone & Michael Metzger

Ania Fryszkowska & Alex Louizos

Barrie Gillies & William Drummy

Susan Egbert Gilroy

John Graney, MD

Mason & Kim Granger

Patric & Patricia Gregory

*Glen & Paula Gunsalus

Ava Hamilton

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

Gary Horowitz & Tom Wyse

George C. Howell, III

Mary & David Iles

James B. Jacobs & Jan Sweeney

Derek Johnson

I. Michael Kadish

Kenneth S. Kail & Ivy Hwang

Margaret Kaplen

Mr. Christian K. Keese

*Murray & Sylvana Klein

Hans Koch

Kathy Krall

Sondra Kurtin Robinson

Susan Lampard

LDJ Productions Reginald van Lee

Michael G. Lemle

Rachel S. Levine

Robert & Dorina Link

*Tina Liu

David Lovett & Meg Ruley

Sharon Luckman & Paul Shapiro

Elizabeth A. Maher

Joseph M. Marger

Lynn C. Mautner

Marcia Kramer Mayer

*Israel Meir

Miller Khoshkish Foundation

Mr. Wayne & Mrs. Barbara Miller

Michael Mulligan

Barbara Nagel

Joyce O’Brien

Aaron Singer and Bart Oosterveld

Trisha Ostergaard

David Parsons

Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD

Amy Pennington

Doug & Teresa Peterson

Douglas & Barbara Pitsch

Judith Plows

Carole Postal

Donna & James Pressman

David Alan & Susan Berkman Rahm

Case van Rij

Philip W. Riskin

Charitable Foundation Mary Jo Robertiello

Ann Sahid Rosche

Donald J. Rose & Victoria Lasdon Rose

Ellen Rosen

Diana & Michael Rothenberg

Marilyn & Alan Rothstein

Gail Russell

Deborah Sales & Ted Striggles

Alessandro & Fe Saracino-Fendi

Moshe Sasson

Barbara & David Schimansky

Jesse & Carol Schwartz

Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo

Irene Shen

Joseph Smith & Leslie Hendrix

Marilyn Sobel

Leon Sokol

Ellen Sorrin & David York

Fran Sperling

Mamie and Justin Stewart

Roger Stoltz & Shauna Stoltz-Laurie Abbie M. Strassler

William Sussman & Jane Steele

Swedish Institute and the Swedish Embassy in Cuba Ken Tabachnick & Yael Mandelstam

Gary Tannenbaum & Helen J. Mills

Temple St Clair LLC

Pamela van Zandt & Gina Gibney George Vanderploeg

Lucy Vasserman

Michael & Carol Weiss

Vicente Wolf

Elly Karp Wong

Cooper Wright & Michael Marino

Brann & Ellen Wry

Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn Eloise Zeller

Christian Zimmermann Bonnie Zamosky-Roth

Investors

($500 and above)

Anonymous (13) Donald R. Allen & Mildred Munich

LaRue Allen & Ebonya Washington

Ellen Alpert

Debra R. Anisman

Maria Cristina Anzola Lucie S. Archbold

Paul Asman & Jill Lenoble

Joan Brooks Baker & Margeaux Klein

Betsy Barbanell

Clay H. Barr

Pamela Baxter

Joan & Ira Berkowitz

*Dr. Andrea Brandon & Black Rubee

Robert & Carol Braun

Jeffrey B. Bruce

Carol Bryce Buchanan

Diana Cagle

Jennifer Kornreich Cahn & Andrew Cahn

Susan Campbell

Karen Carozza

Jason Chuang

Matthew C. Cluney

*Kenneth Cole & Maria Cuomo Cole

Betsy Cornwall

William Cosper

Victoria Cowles

Duke Dang & Charles E. Rosen

*Mary Craig

*Greg Darnieder

Tony & Suzy Davis

Duane Devries

Debora Domass

Michael Eizenberg

Robert Elder & Jacqueline Fox Elder

David & Ingrid Ellen

Judith & Walter Flamenbaum

Dr. Sarah Fox & Mr. Steven Lochie

Eileen & Cono Fusco

Tom & Nina Geller

Karen Gershowitz

Elise Larrabure Girasole

Geraldine Glassman

Prof. James A. Glazier

Virginia Gold Nita & Chuck Goodgal

Katherine Goodman

Lenore & Edward Grabowski

Grant Family Charitable Fund

Bruce Greenwald Charles & Carol Grossman Family Fund

Jane Groveman

Gina Harman

Charles & Elaine Harris

Ira Haupt, II

Mr. Michael D. Herskovitz

Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch

Mr. Gregory Ho & Ms. Linda Sanchez

Cheri Hoff

Erica Hartman-Horvitz

Ralph & Lynn Huber

David H. Hughes, Jr.

Laura J. Illich

Walter Jaffe & Paul King

Robert & Marcy Katz

H. David Kaplan

Jan S. Keithly

Jennifer Aley Kenney

Robert & Elaine Klein

Valarie Koch

Audrey Lam

Arthus & Jane Lane

Stephen B. Lane

Kenneth M. LeClair

*Rosanne Legrand Phyllis & Cary Lemkowitz

Michael Lemle

Elizabeth & Durwood Littlefield

Sophie Main Jennifer & Gideon Malherbe

Julie Mandel Marcus

Joseph M. Marger

*Jennifer Markowitz

Margaret Mastrianni William Mavrelis

Lorraine J. Meeker

Kati Meister

Tanya Melich & Noel Silverman

Victoria Morris

Paula Moss

Ann Mulally Deb Murnin

Barry Nalebuff

Drs. Benjamin Natelson & Gudrun Lange

Peter Nelson

Genevieve Nestor

Amanda Lee Neville

Stuart Nordheimer & Barbara Miller

Peter J. Occolowitz

Katherine Ogg

Rachel Ostry, MD

John Owen Bob Ouimette

The L.E. Phillips Family Foundation, Inc.

The Marshall Franklin Foundation

Brian Polovoy

James & Deborah Purdon

Deborah A. Quirk

Stephanie M. Goldson & Stephen Rappaport

Charles Ragland

Donald W. Roeske, Jr.

Deborah Ronnen

Ellen Rosen

Jean M. Ross

Elsa Ross-Greifinger

Anya Peterson Royce

Jennifer Goodale & Mark Russell

Prince & Petar Sanders

Dr. Carol Ann Satler

In Memory of Tracy Scherman

Marva & Florian Schodel

Lynn N. Schusterman

Robert Score

Deborah Selch

Elizabeth Shapiro

George Sheanshang

Tara Sherman & Tony Weiss

Lindy Shuttleworth & Arthur Reichstetter

Edward Siegel

Dr. Jorge Sigal

Rabbi Charles Simon

Andrew & Jennifer Smith

Joan & Laurence Sorkin

Jason Spiro

Michael Stanley

Jessica E. Stack

William L. Stern

Jim Stiles & Randy Bird

Robin Stout

Helen Sullivan

Dr. Pavur R. Sundaresan

Pamela Tatge

William Tomai & John Eric Sebesta

TPU Local One IATSE

Frank Troutman

Ellie Tweedy

Thomas Van Winkle

Ernie Vickroy

Merna Villarejo

Thomas Allen Walker

Charles Walker

Louise Washer & Mary Clay Fields

Gregory Ward

Sedgwick & Pamela Ward

Chris Watson

Carol A. Weil

Kate Weil

Sara Weinheimer

Stephen D. Weinstein

George S. Werner & Li Werner

Tom Whelan

Gregory Youdan

Sponsors

($300 and above)

Anonymous (4)

Patricia Adell

Jane & Stephen Alpert

John Angiolillo, MD

Elaine & Theodossios Athanassiades

Sherry & Sanford Axelband

Vivian Awner

Elena Baum

Nilda Bayron-Resnick

Joan & Ira Berkowitz

Roz Black & Bob Eimicke

Stan & Abby Bloch

Paul Brohan

Leslie Buckland

Jim Bumgardner & Lou Tharp

Deborah Burand Michael & Jennifer Campagna

Kelli Carrol Neil & Kathleen Chrisman

Margaret Coady

Eileen & Michael Cohen

Galois Cohen

Richard & Mary Ann Cohen

Laurie Colahan

Robert Conkey

Dr. Arturo & Ms. Caren Constantiner

Dr. & Mrs. Frederiick Corio

John Coulter

Mr. John A. Crawford III

Judy Cunningham

Diana Davies

Jacqueline Z. Davis

Mr. Anthony DePersia Dr. Susan Dicker

Rodney Durso

Ms. Hope Eliasof

Jo Ann Engelhardt Ellen & Frank Estes

Martha Evenson & Daniel Hoffman

Trudy Festinger

Jennifer Fitzpatrick Ellen Fleysher

Charles A. Forma Ella M. Foshay & Michael B. Rothfeld Roy Fowler

*Steven Fox

Stephanie French

Barbara Futter

Mr. Maura Gaenzle

Barbara Gallay

Loren Gesinsky & Judy Rudin

Richard Gilden

Ronald Gilliam

Denyse Ginzberg

John D. Goldman

Jennifer Goodale & Mark Russell

Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Grant

Susan E. Green

Lawrence W. Greene

Sandra Gubin

Laurie Hart

Eric Hemel & Barbara Morgen

George & Linda Hiltzik

Herman & Jacquelyn Heinemann Mrs. Ruth W. Heuman

Peter Holleran

Huong Hoang Susan Israel

Sherrilyn Ifill Ronald Jacquart

Willie Johnson Drew Reid Kerr

Kenneth Silverman & Carin Khatchikian

Barbara Knox Bond Koga Susan & Peter Kopple

Irene H. Lang Angela de Lara

Lawrence Levine

*Emanuel Lewis

Sukey Lilienthal

Leslie Lin

David Long

Harold W. Low

Peter Maiwald

Judy Mauer

John & Linda Maxwell

Doug & Regina McCorkle

Colleen McCourtney

Rodney McDaniel

Cynthia Adler McKee

R. McNish

Alan Mendelsohn

Carol and Frank Messineo Holly & William Mensching

Vincent Mirrione

Richard J. Moylan

Aaron & Marcia Naveh

Stephen A. Newman Madeleine Nichols

Anne & Harvey Nisselson

Jeffrey Nunn

Phillip J. Pena

Posner-Wallace Foundation

The Pulse Performing Arts Studio

Jonathan Raskin

Dr. & Mrs. Robert Refowitz

Lan Rice

Judith & Gary Richter

Barbara D. Riehl

Eileen Robert

Susan M. Rosenberg

Barbara S. Rosenthal

Lainie & John Ross

Alan Russell

William H. Sadie

Lies Sapp

Gregg Passin & Andy Schmidt

Laura E. Schneider

Sherry Barron-Seabrook

Mary & John Seward

Rita Shawn

Kenneth Shelley

Jennifer Shotwell

*Elizabeth Sledge Anthony & Rosa Smith

Robin Smith & Bill Plante

Martha Sherman

Robert & Curtis Spencer

Margaret Stern

Jos Stumpe

Henry & Jo Strouss

Mr. Lars Rosager & Mr. Donald Troise

Ms. Donna Tatro

Pat Tafuro

Jennifer Tipton

Margot Tohn

Tonic Physical Therapy & Wellness

Deirdre Towers

Bruce Tredwell

Charles & Susan Tribbitt

Dana A. Troetel

Patricia Truscelli

Scott Votey

Dick & Carolyn Wallach

Jeff Walsh

Doreen Wright

Yelena Yeretsky

Peter Yorgin

* 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^

Annie Alfstad

Patricia Arellano

Chellis Baird

Erin Barnes

Alison Baum

Rachel & Dyllan Beck

* Anmol Bhagchand Lisa Bonifacic

Isabella Boylston^ Camille A. Brown^

Victor M. Castillo Alejandro Cerrudo^

*Julia Chambers

Phil Chan Dr. Jason Chuang Mary Craig

Dayana De La Torre

Debora Domass Michelle Dorrance^

Giancarlo Facchi

Robert Fairchild^ Davalois Fearon^ Andrew D. Ferguson

Erica Forrence Jordan Freisleben

*Anna Fryszkowska

Amita Goyal

Ting Guo

Jessica Halper

Mingtong Han

Alexandra Harper, Co-Chair

Kile Hotchkiss^

Alixandra Hornyan, Co-Chair

Audrey Hourse

Laura Hsu

Kristen Irby Amanda Krische Sireesha Kalapala

Jean-François Kowalski

Audrey Lam

Stephanie Lichtinger

Lydia Lin Mitch Lowenthal Michelle K. Marck

Jose Martinez

Katherine Maxwell^

Sara Mearns^

*Katie Mues

*Abigail Nintzel Justin Peck^

Tiler Peck^

Ruby Rosetta Pittman Brecht Putman

Vanessa Rojas Setpheap San^ Claire-Marine Sarner

Bette Ann Schlossberg, Co-Chair

Daniil Simkin^

Elisa Smilovitz

Samara Stern

Evan Strain Mark & Oni Strawn

Sara Strope

Lucy Vasserman Alexander Wang Miss Inga Wells James Whiteside^ Emma Winder

^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:

The Joyce is supported in part by an American Rescue Plan Act grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support general operating expenses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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.

Photo: Company member Barrington Hinds by Maria Baranova