American Dance Platform 2023 Program Book

AMERICAN DANCE PLATFORM JANUARY 10 - 15, 2023

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A MESSAGE FROM THE CURATOR When I looked for the artists who could be a part of the 2023 American Dance Platform, it was important to include artists with a powerful vision and distinct choreographic voice.

The three companies that have been selected are very different, but all three showcase passionate movement and a virtuosity that willl fit beautifully on The Joyce stage.

I remember the first time EVIDENCE, A Dance Company was on The Joyce stage over 20 years ago. It was a momumental moment for us and I hope that these three companies will benefit from the exposure that The Platform provides.

I thank Aaron Mattocks, Danni Gee, Linda Shelton, and The Joyce Theater Foundation for their support and trust in my role as curator this season.

I look forward to an amazing week for these incredible artists who will bless the stage as a part of the American Dance Platform.

Ronald K. Brown Curator, American Dance Platform 2023 Founder & Artistic Director of Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, A Dance Company

The Joyce Theater Foundation presents

AMERICAN DANCE PLATFORM Dedicated to the memory of Theodore S. Bartwink of The Harkness Foundation for Dance.

Theodore S. Bartwink was a Joyce Theater Foundation Trustee from 1993 to 2014.

TUESDAY, JANUARY 10 AT 7:30PM AND FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 AT 8PM LES BALLET AFRIK WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 AT 7:30PM AND SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 AT 8PM B. MOORE DANCE THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 AT 8PM AND SUNDAY, JANUARY 15 AT 2PM waheedworks CURATED BY RONALD K. BROWN

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’s presentation of the American Dance Platform has been provided by The Harkness Foundation for Dance.

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

LES BALLET AFRIK TUESDAY, JANUARY 10 AT 7:30PM AND FRIDAY, JANUARY 13 AT 8PM

NEW YORK IS BURNING (2022) Choreography: Ousmane "Omari" Wiles with contributions from company members Music: Curated by DJ AlginAligns Lighting Design: Zack Lobel OMARI WILES, SHIREEN RAHIMI, EVA MOORE, KYA AZEEN, YUHEE YANG, YUKI SUKEZANE, MILERKA RODRIGUEZ, ALORA MARTINEZ, ALGIN FORD, NICHOLAS SEGAR, MONTELL RUSSELL, CHARLES WILBORN, TYGIÉR MORGAN New York is Burning draws inspiration from the 1990 documentary Paris Is Burning and its depiction of voguing as a powerful expression in the face of racism, homophobia, and the stigma of the AIDS crisis.

Commissioned by Works & Process at the Guggenheim, New York is Burning reflects the aspirations of a diverse group of dancers in a city beset by health, racial, and financial crises. Highlighting the importance of community and connection to ancestry, Les Ballet Afrik continues to provide a space for individual expression and radical acceptance.

New York Is Burning was commissioned by Works & Process and premiered at the Guggenheim on November 5 and 6, 2022.

New York Is Burning Project History: 2019

Commissioned by Works & Process; Works & Process and Kaatsbaan UpStream® Residency; Dancers Responding to AIDS’ Hudson Valley Dance Festival in-process showing.

2020

Works & Process bubble residency at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park culminating in one of New York State’s first permitted public outdoor performance; Filmed performance at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, produced by Works & Process.

2021

ISOLATION TO CREATION features New York Is Burning, produced by Works & Process, the docuseries is broadcast on TV and streams on ALLARTS and PBS; Works & Process bubble residency at Catskill Mountain Foundation, supported by the Mellon Foundation and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation; Spring Pop-Up Guggenheim Rotunda indoor public performance.

2022

Works & Process LaunchPAD residency at The Church, Sag Harbor in collaboration with Guild Hall and Sag Harbor Cinema; Preview performances at Jacob’s Pillow, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New Victory Theater, and SummerStage; Premiere at Works & Process at the Guggenheim.

2023

Joyce Theater’s American Dance Platform, curated by Ronald K. Brown; Works & Process at the Guggenheim’s Underground Uptown Dance Festival.

This work is a New England Foundation for the Arts NDP Grant Finalist.

ARTIST STATEMENT The arts are essential to the socio-economic development of underserved minority groups such as African-Americans, Latinx Americans, and the LGBTQ+ community. Dance is an especially useful tool for learning about human connection and interpersonal relationships.

What we know about underground street dance styles such as: Vogue, Hip-hop, and House is that they parallel and are rooted in the traditional and tribal dances of the African diaspora and all are a reflection of our need to be accepted and be celebrated. The idea of chosen families is one that is common among those with alternative lifestyles: Artists, people of color, people of a trans experience, etc. These people, more often the youth, are not welcomed and even threatened by the communities they are born into. This will lead them on a lifetime search for acceptance.

In the two short years since our inception, Les Ballet Afrik has accomplished more than we could've imagined: Performances at Gibney Dance and Harlem Stage; residencies and commissioned work by Works & Process; two complete, full-length evening shows ready for touring, just to name a few. Perhaps our biggest accomplishment, however, is our growth as a family. Our company is composed of people with very diverse backgrounds that have two things in common: A love of dance and the need for community. Each company member has had a personal struggle that dance has helped them overcome, and Les Ballet Afrik has become a safe space for them to continue that personal development. No one understands this more than our director Omari Wiles. Born in Senegal, he knows the importance of being rooted in family and the grounding that brings as an individual. As a legend in the underground ballroom scene and a founding father of the House of Oricci, he has firsthand experience with how that grounding can be threatened and how the underground and ballroom scenes play a significant role in restoring the foundation of community and acceptance for so many.

ABOUT LES BALLET AFRIK Les Ballet Afrik is a multi-cultural dance company that explores the masculine and feminine energies within different dance forms. Our mission is to bridge the gap between the progressive LGBTQ community and the traditions of the Diaspora. We hope to bring awareness to the Black and Latino experience within the ballroom scene and put a focus on the importance of community and connection to ancestry. Rooted in Traditional African, House, Vogue, and Latin movement, and under the direction of legendary Omari "Oricci" Wiles, Les Ballet Afrik has pioneered a new movement style called "Afrikfusion," a unique blend of dance and movement unlike anything that's ever been done before.

Omari Wiles, Artistic Director Shireen Rahimi, Company Manager | Alora Martinez, Rehearsal Assistant OUSMANE "OMARI" WILES (Artistic Director/Choreographer) is an African American West African and Vogue dancer. Wiles is best know as legendary Omari NiNa Oricci, founder of The House of Nina Oricci [est. OCT. 2019] and Creative Director of LES BALLET AFRIK dance company. Wiles was born in West Africa, Senegal. He began his training in West African dance at the age of six years old under the tutelage of his mother and father who owned a dance company. Wiles joined his mother [Marie Basse Wiles] and father [BaBa Olukose Anthony Wiles] and became the assistant director of the family company, The Maimouna Ketia School of African Dance. Working with master African dancers, Ousmane evolved the skills needed to teach the art of traditional African dance. Venturing further into the world of dance, Wiles found himself learning, training, and falling in love with other styles such as Hip-Hop, House, Modern, Jazz, and Vogue. Through his involvement with the ballroom scene, his love and passion for Vogue (dance) grew. As his notoriety in the ballroom scene grew, it began to grow outside of the ballroom scene as well. Wiles has had the opportunity to work with many artists, featuring his range of dancing. His choreography has been featured with Janet Jackson, Beyoncé, John Legend, Jidenna, and Rashaad Newsome and he has worked as a featured dancer, showcasing Afrobeats [with Goldlink, Jidenna, Maleek Berry, and Wunmi], West African dance [with Janet Jackson, Beyoncé, and Forces], and Vogue [with Rashaad Newsome, Lady Gaga, Madonna, and Jennifer Hudson]. Wiles has been published in Dance Magazine's "Top 25 to Watch," Korean Vogue, British Vogue in a spread featuring Naomi Campbell, The Observer, Dance Mogul Magazine, and The New York Times. Wiles also appeared with his house [the house of Nina Oricci] as a contestant on Legendary Season 2 on HBOMax. Wiles is now evolving his own style of dance with his company LES BALLET AFRIK, blending African, Vogue, Modern, and House as one. He and his company have performed at The Joyce Theater, the Guggenheim, and the New York Metropolitan Museum.

SHIREEN 'SHEA' RAHIMI 007 (Company Manager) (fka Shea Mizrahi) is an Iranian-American dancer, event producer, and mental health advocate based in Oakland, CA. She began her ballroom journey in 2011 when she moved to Brooklyn, NY, and by 2012 became a member of the Iconic House of Mizrahi (mainstream) and House of Unbothered Cartier (Kiki). Shireen is one of the founding team members of Open To All Entertainment (OTA Weekly) and Oakland To All - the first ballroom entertainment company based in the Bay Area. Shireen's life goal is to bring Ballroom to her homeland of IRAN. #WomenLifeFreedom #FreeIran Follow her journey on IG @HypeKitty_ ALORA MARTINEZ (Rehearsal Assistant) is a professional dancer, choreographer, and educator born and raised in New York City. She first captured the stage at the age of eight as a part of The Metropolitan Opera House Choir. At the age of 17 she became the choreographer for BET's 106 & Park. Her Dance credits include: Martha Graham Dance Company, Madonna, MTV VMA's, On Your Feet Broadway, America's Got Talent, Nickelodeon Halo Awards, and the Legally Blonde Musical, among many other productions. Alora's choreography was recently featured on HBO Max's second season of Legendary. Alora is currently working as the Rehearsal Assistant to the company and loves to work with her LBA Family.

Omari Wiles

Shireen Rahimi

Alora Martinez

Kya Azeen

Algin Ford

Eva Moore

Tygiér Morgan

Milerka Rodriguez

Montell Russell

Nicholas Segar

Yuki Sukezane

Charles Wilborn

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Yuhee Yang

B. MOORE DANCE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11 AT 7:30PM AND SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 AT 8PM

SOUTHERN RECOLLECTIONS: ROMARE BEARDEN (2013) Choreography: Bridget L. Moore Music: The Caboose by Wynton Marsalis-Masterworks Jazz, Out of this World by John Coltrane - ASCAP-Public domain; The Shadow of Your Smile by Jacintha, Bedouin by The Orb - BMI Lighting Design: Christopher M. Ham Costume Design: Fernando Hernandez PERFORMED BY THE COMPANY Dedicated to the life and work of Harlem Renaissance painter, Romare Bearden—Each section depicts a series of collected memories, forging the past and the present. Mr. Bearden left a legacy of art that is socially relevant, depicts beauty in color, and his love and passion for humanity. Romare Bearden once remarked, “modern painting progresses through cumulative destructions and new beginnings.”

Southern Recollections: Romare Bearden was made possible by the Princess Grace Foundation, 2012 Choreography Fellowship Award. The work was revised and developed for B. MOORE DANCE in 2022.

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ROSE GOLD (2022) Choreography: Bridget L. Moore Music: F Major, Malasana by Hania Rani - ASCAP; Architect of the Mind

by Kerry Muzzey - ASCAP; Bloom by Thome Yorke/Radiohead - ASCAP; Wash Me Clean by K.D. Lang - Universal Publishing Group Vocalist: Damon K. Clark Lighting Design: Christopher M. Ham Costume Design: Fernando Hernandez JENNA DAVIS, LA-CHELLE DICKENSON, TAY DIGGS, CAROLYN FISHER, CHRISTINA JONES, KRISTYAN A. RIDEAU, ANTHONY J. WADE JR., SARAH WALES

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UNCHARTED TERRITORY (2017) Choreography: Bridget L. Moore Music: Burning Bridges, Serendipity March by Kangding Ray - ASCAP/BMI; Traditional; Khalid Gun by Muslimgauze - ASCAP/BMI Lighting Design: Christopher M. Ham Costume Design: Fernando Hernandez JENNA DAVIS, ANTHONY J. WADE JR., SARAH WALES (Model/Dancers:) SIABHAN BROWN, LA-CHELLE DICKENSON, TAY DIGGS, CHRISTINA JONES, CAROLYN FISHER, JAMEL FRANKS, KRISTYAN A. RIDEAU Uncharted Territory was commissioned by TITAS-2017 Command Performance Gala at the Winspear Opera House, Dallas, TX. The work was revised and developed for B. MOORE DANCE in 2022.

ABOUT B. MOORE DANCE B. MOORE DANCE, founded in 2018, is a Dallas-based Contemporary Modern Dance Company. The diverse collective of performing artists is led by Founder/Artistic-Executive Director and Dallas native, Bridget L. Moore. B. MOORE DANCE is celebrated as a rising company of artistic excellence, and received the Texas Shining Star Award from TAHPERD. B. MOORE DANCE aims to empower and transcend generations through the art of dance through innovative works, performances, leadership, collaboration, education, and community projects. The company has performed throughout Texas at various festivals and in New York and Philadelphia. B. MOORE DANCE is supported by The City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture, Moody Fund for the Arts and TACA | The Arts Community Alliance - Dallas.

BRIDGET L. MOORE (Founder/Artistic-Executive Director), a native of Dallas, TX, has received national and international recognition for her choreography. Moore’s choreographic works provide both cultural and kinesthetic experiences rooted in African-American and global dance aesthetics. Her most recent commissions include, The Sound of Music and Public Works—The Odyssey, produced by Dallas Theater Center. Moore is a recipient of a 2016 Princess Grace Professional Development Award-Arts Administration, and a 2012 Princess Grace Foundation Choreography Fellowship Award. Moore has also been featured in Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” for her NYC-Co-Directorship project, This Woman’s Work.

In addition, she has received commissions from Ailey II, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Urban Bush Women, TITAS, DBDT, Bruce Wood Dance, and Red Clay Dance, to name a few. Moore's work has been presented at New York’s—Fall for Dance Festival, Jacob's Pillow "Inside/Out" series, Ailey Citigroup Theater, Winspear Opera House, Moody Performance Hall, and Wyly Theatre, among others. Moore’s professional dance performing career includes Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE (1999-2009). Moore was a Visiting Professor at Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea, Director of Dance at Joffrey Ballet SchoolTexas, and Tri-Cities High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Atlanta, GA. She also served on faculty at Booker T. Washington HSPVA as the Director of the African and World Dance Ensemble. Moore holds a BFA in Dance from The Ohio State University and an MFA from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts.

CHRISTOPHER M. HAM (Lighting Designer) is the Director of Dance Production for the Meadows School of the Arts Dance Division at Southern Methodist University, where he also received an MFA in Theatre-Production Design. Ham has designed lighting, projection, scenery, sound, and has worked in all technical areas at the professional level. He has produced trade shows for SONY and HASBRO, designed for American College Dance Festival; as well as the International Choreographers’ Showcase in Spain, St. Louis Ballet, and the Shenandoah University Dance Ensemble, where he was an adjunct assistant professor.

Ham has also designed for Hathaway Academy of Ballet, Repertory Company Theatre, Upstart Productions, Cara Mía Theatre Company, Shakespeare Dallas, WaterTower Theatre, Big Thought/Creative Solutions, and 6 o'Clock Dance Theatre. Ham most recently opened LAZER INVASION, a mind-bending celebration of science fiction, space exploration, and pop-culture through the use of multimedia film production, high-tech laser design, theatrical lighting, and atmospheric effects, all conceived and produced by Ham. FERNANDO HERNANDEZ (Costume Designer) is a native of Monterrey, Mexico, where he was introduced to costume design. His professional career started in architectural design, Ballet, and Folklórico dance. He formed Fernando Costume Designs, creating several designs for Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey and dance companies throughout Mexico.

In the United States, he has created costume designs for Orchestra of New Spain, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Bruce Wood Dance/METdance, Flamenco DNA, Ballet Dallas, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, and Red Clay Dance Company. Hernandez serves as a consultant as dance faculty, choreographer, and costumer at Booker T. Washington HSPVA. Currently, he is performing with Compañia Folklórica Alegría Mexicana. Hernandez’s collaboration with Artistic Director Bridget L. Moore started in 2010. He has created designs for B. MOORE DANCE since the inception of the company.

Bridget L. Moore

Christopher M. Ham

Fernando Hernandez

Damon K. Clark

Siabhan Brown

Jenna Davis

La-Chelle Dickenson

Tay Diggs

Carolyn Fisher

Jamel Franks

Christina Jones

Kristyan A. Rideau

Anthony J. Wade Jr.

Sarah Wales

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waheedworks THURSDAY, JANUARY 12 AT 8PM AND SUNDAY, JANUARY 15 AT 2PM artistic director & choreographer TOMMIE-WAHEED EVANS waheedworks artists ANKHTRA MAA BRIVETT-BATTLE • ISABELLE CATTIE • ALIYAH CLAY JAMEEL HENDRICKS • BREYANNA MAPLES • KAREEM MARSH • ZOE MILLER SLOAN PEARSON • RODERICK PHIFER • KIRA SHIINA • SONG AZIZA TUCKER waheedworks staff General & Touring Manager: LAMAR BAYLOR Project Admin Manager: TERRY FOX Public Relations/Marketing Specialist: KAREEM GOODWIN Marketing Creative Associate: ANTHONY RHODES Lighting Supervisor: CALVIN ANDERSON Stage Manager: TANIA SAIZ PEREZ Project Consultants: AMANDA WHITE & ANTONIO WRIGHT for all touring needs, please contact: LaMar Baylor, Baylor Artist Management I baylorartistsmgmt@gmail.com —

BODIES AS SITE OF FAITH AND PROTEST (2016) Choreography: Tommie-Waheed Evans Costume Design: Martha Chamberlain Lighting Design: Calvin Anderson Rehearsal Associate: Roderick Phifer Original Music: Greg Smith Music: Dona nobis pacem by Latvian Radio Choir Walk with me Lord by Martha Bass & The Harold Smith Majestics Choir Wholy Holy by Aretha Franklin Eros by Ludovico Einaudi See below for additional music credits* Sound Design Elements: Jon Baldwin & Raphael Xaiver PERFORMED BY THE COMPANY Section I Section II Section III

Section IV Section V Section VI

Roderick Phifer & Company song aziza tucker Aliyah Clay & Roderick Phifer, Ankhtra Maa Brivett-Battle & Kareem Marsh, Sloan Pearson & JaMeel Hendricks Breyanna Maples & Company Zoe Miller & kira shiina Company

*Dona Nobis Pacem, performed by the Latvian Radio Choir, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, under Exclusive License to Decca Label Group, United States 2007; Wholy Holy, performed by Aretha Franklin, written by Al Cleveland, Marvin Gaye, and Renaldo Benson, courtesy of Atlantic Records 1972; Walk With Me Lord, performed

by Martha Bass & The Harold Smith Majestics Choir, written by Ralph Bass, courtesy of Geffen Records 1970; Eros, performed and composed by Ludovico Einaudi, published by – Chester Music Ltd, licensed To – Decca Music Group Limited 2009.

ABOUT waheedworks Philadelphia-based company, waheedworks, was established in 2006 by the artistic director Tommie-Waheed Evans. Working collaboratively with the company, Evans has led waheedworks in creating an extensive repertoire that propels new contemporary movement work into the next era. waheedworks has also collaborated with composers Greg Smith, Darryl Hoffman, and the poet Gregory Smith and has received generous support from the Princess Grace Foundation, National Endowment of the Arts, Philadelphia Cultural Fund, New Music USA project grant, Center of Ballet and the Arts at NYU, and Dance/USA. The company has also had the pleasure of being presented by SummerStage NYC, The Painted Bride Arts Center, Plays and Players Theatre, Long Island Theatre, the Dance Boom Festival, the Coming Together Festival, The International Association of Blacks in Dance, and Philadelphia Dance Projects. Through movement, waheedworks’ mission is to create a radically collaborative body of work that speaks to human life. Grounded in Evans’ upbringing in the church, the goal of the movement is to offer a path to liberation. The work intertwines an urban street style and contemporary dance vocabulary with an emphasis on gospel music and polyrhythmic sounds. The dancers of waheedworks are unapologetically diverse with bold and raw movement.

TOMMIE-WAHEED EVANS (Artistic Director/Choreographer), 2021 Guggenheim Fellow, is a queer black dance maker, born and raised in Los Angeles, CA, amidst racial divide, gang warfare, and earthquakes. His work explores blackness, spirituality, queerness, and liberation.

He began his formal training with Karen McDonald before receiving a fellowship at The Ailey School, and a Master of Fine Arts in Choreography from Jacksonville University. He has toured and performed nationally and internationally as a company member of Lula Washington Dance Theater, COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet, and PHILADANCO. Since 2004, he has created more than 50 original dance works that range widely in scope, length, tone, and subject matter. waheedworks, his Philadelphia-based dance company, is the primary vehicle for his creative research. The company’s mission is to create a radically collaborative body of work that speaks to the human condition. His work brings together urban street dance styles and contemporary dance vocabulary through bold and raw movements propelled by gospel music and polyrhythmic sounds. He has also been commissioned to create works for BalletX, Dallas Black Dance Theatre, PHILADANCO, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Verb Ballets, Ballet Memphis, The University of the Arts, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, and Louisville Ballet, among others. He has received accolades and honors including Resident Fellow at the Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University, Princess Grace Honoraria Award in Choreography, New Music Project Grant, Howard Gilman Foundation Fellowship, Joffrey Ballet Winning Works, and Dance Research Fellowship at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Tommie is currently a Artistin-Residence at PHILADANCO and on faculty at the University of the Arts.

CALVIN ANDERSON (he/him/they/them) (Lighting Designer) is a lighting and projection designer, as well as a production manager. They have a strong pull towards the devised, the radical and the risky, all while leaning towards projects with heart, vulnerability, and trust.

Some favorite genres Calvin has worked in include dance, musical theater, opera, cabaret, and drag. Some favorite works in New York have been seen at Brooklyn Academy of Music, HERE Arts, The Joyce, NYLA, Judson Church, Park Avenue Armory, Symphony Space, and others. Career highlights include designing The Method Gun (Wesleyan University), Late Night Snacks 2019 (Bearded Ladies Cabaret/Philadelphia) Oscar at the Crown (The Neon Coven/ NYC), Orchid Receipt Service (Mirror/Fire Productions/ NYC), Old Man and the Sea (Pittsburgh Playhouse, PA) Strings & Serpents Tour with Andy Milne, and Flipzoids (Generator Theater/Alaska). Calvin was the Lighting Director for Ailey II, and Production Manager for Do You Want a Cookie? (Bearded Ladies Cabaret/Philadelphia). He is the resident lighting & projection designer and production manager for FJK Dance in New York and has had the privilege to tour the world over with various projects. Calvin is also an educator, mentor, and proud member of Wingspace Design Collective’s Mentorship Committee and United Scenic Artists Local 829. MFA UConn. #blacklivesmatter.

MARTHA CHAMBERLAIN (she/her) (Costume Designer) joined Pennsylvania Ballet as an Apprentice in the fall of 1989, and rose through the ranks to Principal Dancer. She retired from the company in 2011. Martha began designing costumes in the early 1990s and continued throughout her dancing career. Among the choreographers she has created work for are Christopher D’Amboise, Matthew Neenan, Jodie Gates, Claudia Schreier, Meredith Rainey, Jorma Elo, Darrell Moultrie, Helen Pickett, Brian Sanders, Nicolo Fonte, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Gary W. Jeter II, and Sidra Bell. She is currently on the dance faculty and wardrobe supervisor in the dance department at the University of the Arts. She is founder of Chamberlain Goods, a dancewear company specializing in custom-made leotards, tights, and warm-ups.

TANIA “T” SAIZ PEREZ (they/she) (Stage Manager) is a queer immigrant dance artist and stage manager based on Lenape land, known today as Philadelphia, PA. They graduated from the University of the Arts with a BFA in Dance under the direction of Donna Faye Burchfield in 2021. t is currently the Production Coordinator and a Stage Manager for the School of Dance at UArts, working alongside David Ferri, James McGinn, and Niall Jones on the school’s Festival of Senior Thesis Works and Winter/Spring Dance Series. Other stage management credits include works by Bill T. Jones, Doug Varone, Helen Simoneau, Jesse Zaritt, Joanna Kotze, Jordan Lloyd, Mark Caserta/BigKid Dance, Mark Haim, Sidra Bell, Tommie-Waheed Evans, and Ulysses Dove, amongst others.

Tommie-Waheed Evans

Ankhtra Battle

Isabelle Cattie

Aliyah Clay

JaMeel Hendricks

Breyanna Maples

Kareem Marsh

Zoe Miller

Sloan Pearson

Roderick Phifer

kira shiina

song tucker

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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

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

Season Sponsor: Major support for The Joyce's operations and special initiatives: Champion support for The Joyce's Dance Residencies:

The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

Champion support for The Joyce's annual programming: Lead corporate support:

ABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION VISION STATEMENT

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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.

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 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:

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.

• 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.

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.

With these goals in place and our Vision Statement in mind, we are dedicated to the continued learning and growth needed to foster an inclusive environment for all. This is an ongoing process and by nature will be an evolving statement.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR......................................LINDA SHELTON Assistant to the Executive Director........Ayo Janeen Jackson

ADMINISTRATION General Manager..................................................Huong Hoang

Associate General Manager........................................Katy Myers Human Resources Manager.....................Sharonica Williams Office Manager.........................................................Christine Guglia Director of Development.........................................................OPEN Director of Institutional Giving..................................Jean M. Ross Director of Individual Giving.........................................Meg White Assistant Director, Special Events................................Jesse Chin Individual Giving Manager.......................................................OPEN Institutional Giving Manager...................................................OPEN Special Events Associate...........................................Maeve Brady Development Coordinator.....................................Catherine Eng Director of Programming..............................................Danni Gee Programming Manager..................................Noa Rui-Piin Weiss Artist Services Manager..............................................Barb Domue Director of Dance Education & Family Programs................... .........................................................................Heather McCartney Dance Education & Family Programs Assistant.......................... ....................................................................Marianne Rose Weber Dance Education & Family Programs Intern................................ ...........................................................................................Lauren Pagano Director of Marketing.............................................Andy Sheagren Associate Director of Marketing Strategy..............Anjali Amin Digital Marketing Manager.................................Julia Thorncroft Marketing Manager......................................................Nadia Halim Marketing Assistant..........................................................Annie Marx Director of Finance...................................Margaret Hollenbeck Finance Associate................................................Savá M. B. Martin Finance Clerk..............................................................Xavier DelValle Database Administrator............................................Jim Seggelink Director of Information Tech...........................Patricia A. Yost IT Intern...............................................................................Perla Escano

PRODUCTION

Director of Production......................................................Jeff Segal Lighting Supervisor..........................................................Kelly Atallah Technical Director........................................................................OPEN Head Audio.........................................................................Sean Mullins Lighting Board Operator.............................................Kyle Hagen Head Carpenter.......................................................Web Crittenden Head Electrician....................................................Brittany Spencer Stage Technicians........................................Edward Hill, Kahlil Jahi Crunch Fitness is the Official Gym Sponsor of The Joyce Theater.

The Joyce Theater is a member of APAP, Dance/NYC, and Dance/USA.

JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTIONS

Producer.............................................................................Ross LeClair Associate Producer................................................Bridget Caston

FRONT-OF-HOUSE

Senior House Manager..........................Samantha Fernandez House Manager..................................................................Lillian Cole Assistant House Managers......................................Joseph Burke, Gilbert Balasa, Charis Lord-Haines, Kenneth Harlin, Chikako Iwahori, Di’Shai Oquendo, Utafumi Takemura, Nicholas Thomas

BOX OFFICE

Box Office Manager...................................................Lisa Gendell Supervisors.............................................Beth Miller, Vanessa Moton Box Office/JoyceCharge Staff.................................Kiersten Foster, Tatiana Gomez, Yulidal Hernandez Kin, Roy Odom, Jasmine Webb

OPERATIONS

Director of Operations.........................................Lou Albruzzese

FACILITIES

Facilities Manager.............................................................Jimmy Ortiz Maintenance Staff...................................................Madelin Estrella, Yohanna Hernandez, Pablo Rodriguez

SPECIAL SERVICES FOR THE JOYCE THEATER

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP............................................................. ...............................................................................Sara E. Solfanelli (Special Counsel for Pro Bono Initiatives), Howard B. Epstein (Of Counsel), Gregory P. Pressman, Esq. (Of Counsel), Susan E. Bernstein, Esq. (Special Counsel), Andrew B. Lowy, Esq., Ann K. Young, Esq., Sabrina Singh, Esq.,................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.................Ross F. Moskowitz Esq. Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC....................................................... ..............................................................Kimberly M. Maynard, Esq..

Glick and Weintraub PC...............Harry H. Weintraub, Counsel Accounting...........................................................................Lutz & Carr Digital Marketing Firm.................................Capacity Interactive Publicity..............................................................................Billy Zavelson Printer.............................................Direct Printing Impressions Inc. Insurance...................................................Risk Strategies Company Architects.................................................................Hugh Hardy, FAIA General Contractor...............Yorke Construction Corporation Official FlowerSponsor.....................The FlowerSchool NewYork Donald J. Rose, MD Director, Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at NYU Langone Health is the orthopedic and dance medicine consultant for The Joyce Theater Foundation.

First Republic is the preferred private bank of The Joyce Theater Foundation.

THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES Amit Wadhwaney, Chair Charles M. Adelman, Vice Chair Stephanie R. Breslow, Treasurer Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary

Kerry Clayton, Chair Emeritus David D. Holbrook, Chair Emeritus Virginia A. Millhiser, Chair Emeritus

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

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)

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 November 1, 2022.

Platinum Benefactors ($500,000 and above) LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust

Sarah Arison Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation John Basnage de Beauval Gold Benefactors Ajay Bhandaram ($100,000 and above) Bloomberg Philanthropies Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer Torrence Boone & Ted Chapin Ford Foundation Robert Brenner The Harkness Foundation Tracy Brown for Dance Con Edison Howard Gilman Foundation John & Margaret Falk MacMillan Family Foundation Nancy & Michael Feller Mellon Foundation *Brandon Fradd Virginia & Timothy Millhiser Gregg & Jean Frankel National Endowment for Charles and Joan Gross the Arts / American Rescue Family Foundation Plan Act Elzbieta Grove New York City Department David & Andrea Holbrook Cultural Affairs In Honor of Karen Brooks Hopkins Robert Pollock The Ivill-Weiner Family The Fan Fox and Leslie The Kingsley Foundation R. Samuels Foundation Melanie Coronetz & Bruce G. Miler The SHS Foundation LeConte Moore The Shubert Foundation Tatiana Piankova Foundation Denise Littlefield Sobel Karen Roth *Nancy Sands Silver Benefactors Kathleen A. Scott ($75,000 and above) Linda Shelton First Republic Bank Leslie Siegel GKV Charitable Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Johanna Weber Michelle D. & Claude L. Winfield Benefactors Presenter’s Circle ($50,000 and above) ($5,000 and above) Jody & John Arnhold | Anonymous (2) Arnhold Foundation Rob Ashford National Dance Project of Monica Azare the New England Foundation Andrew & Froma Benerote for the Arts Donya & Scott Bommer The Jerome Robbins Foundation Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart Coleman Office of City Council Member Erik Bottcher Lauren E. Shortt Donna B. Case Monica Voldstad The Barbara Bell Cumming Amit Wadhwaney Charitable Trust Chairman’s Circle Chubb LTD ($25,000 and above) Ms. Pamela Crutchfield Anonymous (2) Jeffrey Davis & Michael T. Miller Deborah & Charles Adelman Dancers Responding to AIDS Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation DeWitt Stern Group, Inc. Stephanie R. Breslow Linda Ellis & Paul Watterson Martin & Linda Fell The Gladys Krieble Delmas *Judith & Alan Fishman Foundation FUSED Susan Dickler & Sig Van Raan French U.S. Exchange in Dance Keane Ehsani Barbara Goldstein Jamshid & Mahsid Ehsani Paul Feuerman & Bruce Grivetti Melina Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Goodman Jane E. Goldberg Randall & Mary Hack Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi Elizabeth Anne Hartman Toni Hoover Judith M. Hoffman In Motion Illuminated Foundation *Elysabeth Kleinhans Christopher Jones & Leanne Lachman Deborah McAlister Mertz Gilmore Foundation Christine Knuth Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Alan & Gail Koss Henry and Lucy Moses Fund Elizabeth & Neil Kurtz Robert Musiker Robert R. Littman & New York State Council on the Arts Sully Bonnelly The O’Donnell-Green Music and Karen & Martin McDonald Dance Foundation Ronay & Richard Susan & Greg Pappajohn Menschel/ Michèle & Steve Pesner Charina Foundation, Inc. Saul & Mary Sanders In loving memory of Bill Perlmuth, Susan Fawcett Sosin Patricia Dugan Perlmuth Stephen & Cathy Weinroth Rajika & Anupam Puri Madelyn & Steven Wils Nina B. Quigley Mr. Stephen Kroll Reidy Impresario’s Circle Margaret E. Selby ($10,000 and above) SER.O.YA Anonymous (3) Barbara Madsen Smith Jen Ablon Christopher Soule Alpern Family Foundation 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

Leaders ($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

Douglas McCorkle 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.

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Versa-Style Dance Company dancer Harry Weston. Photo by George Simian.