BODYTRAFFIC MARCH 1 - 6, 2022
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Welcome to The Joyce’s Spring/Summer ’22 season! This past September, we were elated to reopen our doors after 18 months of distance. We welcomed 10 extraordinary companies and thousands of audience members back for live performances. While the necessary intermission this winter kept our artists, audiences, and staff safe, we continued to look to the exciting new programs on the horizon. Today, we are happy to have you in the theater as BODYTRAFFIC opens our season with a captivating program infused with the creative spirit of its Los Angeles home. Our Director of Programming, Aaron Mattocks, has put together a robust season that showcases the vitality of our dance community, and we are grateful that you have joined us at the start of this exciting journey. This year, we celebrate the landmark anniversary seasons of some of New York’s most influential companies. The Limón Dance Company marks its 75th year by sharing José Limón's inspiring life story through works old and new, while Trisha Brown Dance Company honors Brown’s creative partnership with visual artist Robert Rauschenberg to commemorate its 50 years. Both celebrating their 35th anniversary seasons, Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE and Doug Varone and Dancers revisit us with continued vibrancy for their New York season. Also returning to our stage, Trinity Irish Dance Company plays at the intersection of the rhythmic sensibilities of Irish step and American tap, with a new work by Michelle Dorrance and Melinda Sullivan. L.A. Dance Project returns with a mixed bill specially curated by Artistic Director Benjamin Millepied, while Stephen Petronio Company offers moving meditations, featuring live music by The Young People’s Chorus of New York City. For our balletomanes, The Sarasota Ballet brings celebrated works of Sir Frederick Ashton and a world premiere by Jessica Lang. Postponed premieres finally make their way to our stage this season with reinvigorated visions. Christopher Williams offers a program of his own original queer versions of legendary ballets from the Ballets Russes era. In a new Joyce Theater Production, New York City Ballet principal dancer Sara Mearns invites new collaborators into her artistic orbit in a series of works that span mediums and transcend genres. Celebrating their first appearance at The Joyce, Paul Taylor Dance Company draws a line from the Company’s beginnings to its future with groundbreaking early works from the choreographer’s canon. Paving the way for female tap artists, Michela Marino Lerman fuses tap improvography with live jazz and music performance in Once Upon a Time Called Now, featuring her unique ensemble Love Movement. The incomparable Dormeshia reaches for new heights in her latest work, Rhythm Is Life. Working within the rich, percussive traditions of flamenco, Noche Flamenca & Soledad Barrio discover fresh techniques in their return to The Joyce. With a stellar international cast, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana presents the world premiere of FRONTERAS, choreographed by José Maldonado and Karen Lugo. Later this season, our international presentations bring their distinct styles to our Chelsea home. New Zealand’s Black Grace returns with a program melding contemporary influences and traditional Pacific dances. Spain’s Compania Nacional de Danza, under the direction of former New York City Ballet principal Joaquin de Luz, makes its Joyce debut with a reimagining of Carmen. This summer, audience favorites return as Ballet Tech honors its founder Eliot Feld with Kids Dance classics. MOMIX blends illusion, acrobatics, and whimsy in ALICE, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s tales of Wonderland, while Rennie Harris draws upon themes of healing and redemption from the tale of Oliver Twist in his latest work LIFTED. A season of endless possibilities – we are thrilled to have audiences back in New York’s home for dance. Enjoy! Sincerely, Linda Shelton, Executive Director
The Joyce Theater Foundation presents
B O DY T R A F F I C ARTISTIC DIRECTOR TINA FINKELMAN BERKETT ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR GUZMÁN ROSADO THE COMPANY JOSEPH DAVIS KATIE GARCIA PEDRO GARCIA ALANA JONES TIARE KEENO TY MORRISON JOAN RODRIGUEZ JORDYN SANTIAGO WHITNEY SCHMANSKI GENERAL MANAGER CALLEN GOSSELIN DANCE CAPTAIN TIARE KEENO PRODUCTION TEAM MICHAEL JARETT BURKE WILMORE REPRESENTATION MARGARET SELBY PRESIDENT, SELBY/ARTISTS MGMT 212.382.3260 MSELBY@SELBYARTISTSMGMT.COM Leadership support for The Joyce Theater Foundation has been provided by the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust. Leadership support for The Joyce’s presentation of dance has been provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Leadership support for The Joyce's annual programming is provided by Howard Gilman Foundation. Major support for The Joyce has been provided by Booth Ferris Foundation, Ford Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, The SHS Foundation, and The Shubert Foundation. The presentation of BODYTRAFFIC was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
DIRECTOR'S NOTE There's nothing quite like coming home. Growing up in NYC, I dreamt of performing on The Joyce stage, and each time our company returns is incredibly meaningful. This feels like a particularly special moment for BODYTRAFFIC, as we have spent the past two years reimagining our company and implementing big changes. This week, I am proud to present our strongest company yet, performing works in which I believe so deeply. Our program kicks off with the world premiere of The One to Stay With by Baye & Asa. Working with Sam Pratt and Amadi Washington has been a dream, and they have brought out the best of our dancers in this powerful work. SNAP by Micaela Taylor, (d)elusive minds by Fernando Hernando Magadan, and PACOPEPEPLUTO by Alejandro Cerrudo make up a program (of audience favorites) which shares what we at BODYTRAFFIC love most: dance that enlivens and connects us. Here's to the return of live performing arts, the strength of our dance community, and the resilience of the artists I have the pleasure of calling my family. I am filled with gratitude for our dancers, our staff, our board, Guzmán, Callen and Margaret (and the SELBY/ARTISTS MGMT team); Linda, Aaron, Andy, Jeff, Billy and everyone at The Joyce; and the unmatched NYC audiences. Thank you to Brian, Rachel, Dora, Burke, Michael, and my forever mentor, Michele. And finally, a special shout out to Guz's and my greatest loves, Jack and Sofia, who serve as the ultimate inspiration, and to our endlessly supportive parents who make it all possible. With big apple love, Tina Finkelman Berkett BODYTRAFFIC, Artistic Director
ABOUT THE PROGRAM The One to Stay With World Premiere
Choreography by Baye & Asa Music by The Snowstorm: Waltz written by Tchaikovsky under license from and courtesy of Blue Pie Productions USA LLC as a public domain work. On the Hills of Manchuria [Na Sopkah Manchzhurii] by Russian Brass Band; Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56:III. Pe-loc-Andante, Composed by Bèla Bartók, Performed by Andrew Rangell Sound Design by Jack Grabow Lighting Design by Michael Jarett Set Design by Baye & Asa and Michael Jarett Costume Design by Oana Botez Costume Alterations by Angela Manke KATIE GARCIA PEDRO GARCIA TIARE KEENO TY MORRISON JOAN RODRIGUEZ GUZMÁN ROSADO JORDYN SANTIAGO WHITNEY SCHMANSKI Thank you to Vilar Performing Arts Center in Beaver Creek, CO for a technical residency in support of the creation of this work.
THE ONE TO STAY WITH: CHOREOGRAPHERS' NOTE The Company is incentivized towards perpetual growth. The Company develops relationships with politicians and regulatory agencies, lobbying for legislative language that protects their constant growth. The Company language is parroted until fabrication becomes fact. The Company’s profit margins are built on theft: of natural resources, human labor, and life. You don’t make a billion dollars, you steal a billion dollars.
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(d)elusive minds New York Premiere
Choreography and Set Design by Fernando Hernando Magadan Choreography Assistance by Katherine Cowie and Dominic Santia Music by Schubert / Trio Pour Piano, Violon Et Violoncelle En Mi Bemol, Op. 100 Music and Sound Editing by Fernando Hernando Magadan Composition by Fernando Hernando Magadan and Harmen Straatman Text Inspired by All the stories by Dora García's Inserts in Real Time Lighting Design by Peter Lemmens TINA FINKELMAN BERKETT
GUZMÁN ROSADO
(d)elusive minds is an original Korzo production in collaboration with Nederlands Dans Theater. (d)elusive minds is based on the true story of Santiago, a mental patient with Capgras Delusion, a type of Schizophrenia where the person becomes convinced that a family member has been replaced by an identical imposter. In a delusional fit, Santiago killed his wife, whom he deeply loved. For the following fifteen years he spent in prison, he wrote a letter to his wife every single day, convinced she was still alive. Today, he is still looking for his wife. Inspired by this story and many other extraordinary stories, this work explores the line between reality and fiction, health and insanity, and the deceiving characteristics of appearances. Premiered on November 13, 2014 - Korzo/NDT
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SNAP New York Premiere
Choreography by Micaela Taylor Lighting Design by Burke Wilmore Costume Design by Kristina Marie Garnett - KAART KAART GALLERY Music by James Brown Original Music and Sound Editing by SHOCKEY JOSEPH DAVIS KATIE GARCIA ALANA JONES TIARE KEENO TY MORRISON JOAN RODRIGUEZ JORDYN SANTIAGO
SNAP, is inspired by the ethnically diverse, yet isolating crowds of Los Angeles. It urges audiences to “snap out of” social pressures to conform, and to connect with their individuality as well as with people around them. — SNAP was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. SNAP was made possible with lead support by: Renae Williams Niles & Greg Niles, Allen and Anita Kohl Charitable Foundation, The Norris and Debra Bishton Foundation, Pat & Carol Kinsella, and Catharine & Jeffrey Soros. SNAP’s costumes were generously underwritten by Harold I. Huttas & Scott A. McPhail in honor of Renae Williams Niles’ birthday.
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PACOPEPEPLUTO Choreography by Alejandro Cerrudo Music by Memories Are Made of This by Joe Scalisi, In The Chapel In The Moonlight by Dean Martin, That’s Amore by Dean Martin Lighting Design by Matthew Miller FIRST SOLO: JOAN RODRIGUEZ SECOND SOLO: PEDRO GARCIA THIRD SOLO: GUZMÁN ROSADO (3/1, 3/3, 3/4, 3/5) JOSEPH DAVIS (3/2, 3/6) Three solos for male dancers set to songs popularized by “the king of cool,” Dean Martin, in the ’50s and ’60s, PACOPEPEPLUTO shows Alejando Cerrudo’s skill at balancing aesthetic austerity and sharp wit.
ABOUT THE COMPANY BODYTRAFFIC uses the creative spirit of its Los Angeles home as a backdrop for delivering performances that inspire audiences around the globe to simply love dance. The company attracts skilled dancers from throughout the world who have trained at such places as The Juilliard School and the School of American Ballet, and its enviable repertory includes the works of stellar contemporary choreographers like Kyle Abraham, Ohad Naharin, Fernando Magadan, Sidra Bell, Victor Quijada, Hofesh Shechter, and Micaela Taylor. This combination of superb artists and highly creative choreographers has elicited numerous critical accolades, including one from the Los Angeles Times which described BODYTRAFFIC as “one of the most talked about companies—not just in LA, but nationwide.” Since its founding in 2007 by Artistic Director Tina Finkelman Berkett and her co-founder Lillian Barbeito, BODYTRAFFIC has preserved its place at the forefront of the concert dance world with a style that, according to The Boston Globe, “suggests invention,
attitude, and urban edge,” an aesthetic that has led to appearances at many prestigious international theaters and festivals. In 2015, the company was selected by the Obama administration to be United States cultural ambassadors to Israel and Jordan through DanceMotion USA, a program of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the US State Department that sought to engage international audiences through educational opportunities, cultural exchange, and performance. BODYTRAFFIC also served as cultural ambassadors of the United States in South Korea (2016), Algeria (2017-2018), and Indonesia (2018). In 2016, the company made its Hollywood Bowl debut when it performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and, during the 2017-2018 season, it went on to celebrate its 10th anniversary season with an international tour to more than 20 cities, including Moscow and St. Petersburg for the CONTEXT Diana Vishneva Festival, and The Hague for The Holland Dance Festival. The celebratory season culminated with performances at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, where BODYTRAFFIC is honored to be the current company-in-residence. BODYTRAFFIC’s extensive outreach and education programs are essential to its commitment to ensuring that dance endures for both the artists and the audiences of the next generation. Touching lives in Los Angeles and beyond, the company provides training opportunities for pre-professional and professional dancers, as well as customized dance experiences for all people, with an emphasis on sharing the art form with underserved and diverse populations. For more than fourteen years, BODYTRAFFIC has exhibited the talent, devotion, and discipline necessary for preserving the art form. As it looks forward to a future filled with even more dance, the company thanks those who have supported it along the way. www.BODYTRAFFIC.com
WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP TINA FINKELMAN BERKETT, Artistic Director and a Founder of BODYTRAFFIC, is an influential dance leader and community builder, producing original, compelling repertoire and sharing a new vision of dance across the U.S. and around the world. Tina grew up in New York City attending Stuyvesant High School of Math and Science and graduating summa cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University with a double major in Mathematics and Economics. Her love of dance was ignited by her teacher and mentor, Michele Cuccaro Cain. Tina’s professional dance career began at Aszure Barton & Artists, a distinguished contemporary dance company where she quickly became a featured dancer and then Barton’s assistant, teaching both in the U.S. and abroad. A true highlight of Tina's career was being a founding member of Mikhail Baryshnikov's Hell's Kitchen Dance and touring internationally alongside Mr. Baryshnikov himself. Tina began her interest in arts administration when she served as the company's dancer liaison.
In 2007, Tina relocated to Los Angeles and launched BODYTRAFFIC with Lillian Barbeito. Now serving as the company's sole Artistic Director, Tina is focusing on reenvisioning and revitalizing BODYTRAFFIC. With her deep commitment to taking the company to new heights, she is discovering exciting choreographers and curating challenging programs that audiences enjoy, seeing incredible dancers doing their best work. "BODYTRAFFIC is a home for dancers, choreographers, and dance-lovers of all ages. We’re excited about the future and touring again!” GUZMÁN ROSADO, Associate Artistic Director of BODYTRAFFIC, started dancing at the International School of Dance of Carmen Roche Scaena in Madrid on a scholarship sponsored by the Ministerio de Cultura de Madrid. Guzmán danced with Ballet Joven de Carmen Roche until 1999, when he was offered a scholarship to attend the School of American Ballet (SAB). After his time at SAB, Edward Villella invited him to dance with Miami City Ballet. From 2002 to 2007, Guzmán danced with Compania Portuguesa de Bailado Contemporaneo. In 2007, with André Mesquita and Teresa Alves da Silva, Guzmán co-founded Tok’Art, a cultural platform. He has performed extensively as a guest artist throughout Europe. He teaches ballet, yoga, and movement workshops. Guzmán is also currently BODYTRAFFIC’s resident filmmaker and has won awards for his film work. Guzmán joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2012.
CHOREOGRAPHERS BAYE & ASA is a company creating movement art projects directed by Amadi ‘Baye’ Washington & Sam ‘Asa’ Pratt. Individually, we have performed with Akram Khan Company, Punchdrunk’s Sleep No More, Abraham in Motion, David Dorfman Dance, Gallim, Kate Weare Company, and The Francesca Harper Project. We’ve presented our stage and film work internationally and we are one of Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch for 2022. We are currently artists in residence at the 92nd Street Y, and working on commissions for Pioneer Works and The Martha Graham Dance Company. ALEJANDRO CERRUDO is a Chicago-based choreographer born in Madrid, Spain. His professional career includes work with Victor Ullate Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Nederlands Dans Theater 2, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC). Cerrudo became HSDC's first-ever Resident Choreographer in 2008 and held that position until 2018. Cerrudo's body of work has been performed by over 20 professional dance companies around the world. In March 2012, Pacific Northwest Ballet invited Cerrudo to choreograph, upon receiving the Joyce Theater Foundation's second Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance, his first work for the company, Memory Glow. Additional honors include an award from the Boomerang Fund for Artists (2011) and the Prince Prize for Commissioning Original Work from the Prince Charitable Trusts (2012) for his acclaimed, first evening-length work, One Thousand Pieces. In 2014, he was awarded the USA Donnelley Fellowship by United States Artists. Also, Mr. Cerrudo was one of four choreographers invited by New York City Ballet's Wendy Whelan to create and perform original duets for Restless Creature. In 2017, Cerrudo was invited by Daniil Simkin to choreograph a site-specific performance for the Guggenheim Rotunda, a Works & Process Rotunda Project commission, featuring Daniil Simkin and original costumes by Dior. Cerrudo's Sleeping Beauty, created with Ballet Theater Basel in 2016, was nominated as "Production of the Year" in Switzerland in the "Tanz, Jahrbuch 2016" by the Neue Zürcher Zeitung.
FERNANDO HERNANDO MAGADAN is a Spanish dancer and choreographer with roots in professional gymnastics. He joined Nederlands Dans Theater 2 in 2001, and was later appointed to the main company. Throughout his 15 seasons as a performer with NDT, he collaborated with renowned choreographers such as Jiří Kylián, Paul Lightfoot, Sol Leon, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, Johan Inger, Crystal Pite, and Hofesh Shechter, among others. He later went on to be Artistic Leader for NDT2. As a choreographer, Fernando’s works have been presented by companies worldwide, which include NDT 1 and 2, The Curve Foundation Dance Company (Scotland), Luna Negra Dance Theater (Chicago), Cross Connection Ballet Company (Copenhagen), Ballet Mainz (Germany), Donlon Dance Company (Saarbrücken), Ballet BC (Vancouver), Korzo Theater (The Hague), Dance Lucerne Theater (Switzerland), and more recently, BODYTRAFFIC (Los Angeles). MICAELA TAYLOR is a dancer, choreographer, and the Artistic Director, Founder, and Choreographer of the TL Collective. Trained in hip-hop and ballet, she has created her own dance genre called Expand Practice, exuding emotion from the core and creating varied physical shapes and textures as expressions of one's authentic self. Her quirky style of exaggerated facial expressions, gesture, and athletic theatricality sets her work apart. Taylor created her own technique and is building The TL Collective all from the ground up. She received the Inaugural Springboard EMERGE Choreographic Award, was named in Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch" in 2019, and graced the cover of Dance Magazine in April 2020. A millennial herself, Taylor is a role model and influencer to aspiring BIPOC artists and is creating groundbreaking work that introduces commercial styles to concert dance. Taylor's work has been presented at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, The Broad Stage, Ford Amphitheatre, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, and more. Alongside the launch of her company, Taylor has been commissioned to choreograph and teach by Rambert Dance Company, The Getty Museum, BODYTRAFFIC, Springboard Danse Montreal/Gibney Dance Company, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, B12 Festival Berlin, Carlos Acosta's Acosta Danza, and more. Upcoming commissions include Martha Graham Dance Company and a co-commission by Jacob's Pillow and American Dance Festival.
PERFORMERS JOSEPH DAVIS was born and raised in upstate New York. He began his training in Rochester and received his BFA from The Juilliard School on scholarships from The NYCDA Foundation and Cornell University. While at Juilliard, he performed principal roles in Jirí Kylián Symphony of Psalms and Twyla Tharp’s Baker’s Dozen. He also performed works by notable choreographers such as Nacho Duato, Kyle Abraham, Martha Graham, Camille A. Brown, and Brian Brooks. Joe has danced for BODYTRAFFIC since 2017 where he toured both throughout the U.S. and internationally and taught and choreographed in the U.S. as well as in Jakarta and Hong Kong. Joe can be seen in the music video "Man’s World," written by MARINA and directed by Alexandra Gavillet, as well as Requiem for Air and Normalcy by Laurie Sefton. Currently, he is on the Ballet Faculty at California Institute of the Arts and is a core Dance Church® teacher. KATIE GARCIA, originally from Miami, Florida, graduated from The Juilliard School in 2017. She also trained at New World School of the Arts, Dance Town Studios Miami, San Francisco Conservatory of Dance, and Springboard Danse Montréal. After graduation from Juilliard, she was a member of Parsons Dance for two and a half years and performed in her own collaborative works. Katie has taught master classes at such
institutions as Yale University, New York University, Akron University, Florida State University, and Hunter College. In pursuing her passion for community outreach, she participated in GLUCK and TAP for Life, programs allowing her to perform in NYC and Miami hospitals and wellness centers. In 2016, she orchestrated a project in Botswana, where she taught dance and special education movement therapy classes for children. She has also presented her co-produced dance films with Joan Rodriguez at the Blacktinx Dance Festival, Solo Due Dance Festival, Dumbo Dance Festival, and at a NYC art gallery with mixed media artist, Anna Khachatryan. PEDRO GARCIA began his studies at the National Conservatory of Lisbon, working with teachers including Mikahall Zavialova, Irina Zavialova, Catarina Moreira, and José Luís Vieira, among others. In 2014, he won the 3° prize at Tanzolymp Competition in Berlin. He received his diploma in 2015 and continued on to earn a degree from School Superieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower. Pedro joined the junior ballet Rosella Hightower DNSP3 for one year and then went on to join the Ballet Nacional de Marseille, where he worked with Emio Greco and Pieter C. Scholten until 2018. In 2019, he joined Companhia Portuguesa de Bailado Contemporaneo, under the direction of Vasco Wellenkamp. Most recently, Pedro has worked with choreographers Nelia Pinheiro and André Mesquita, and joined Quórum Ballet for one season where he worked with Daniel Cardoso and Lior Tavori. ALANA JONES is a Houston native. She is a founding member of Vitacca Dance Project under the direction of Kelly Ann Vitacca and trained under Ballet Master Phillip Broomhead while attending the High School of Performing and Visual Arts. In 2014, Alana was accepted on scholarship and trained with American Ballet Theatre and Dance Theatre of Harlem. Thereafter, Alana was accepted on scholarship to SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance, where she received her BFA. While at Purchase, she was invited into the ballet concentration, where she performed and studied works by George Balanchine, Norbert De la Cruz, Michelle Ulerich, and Colby Damon. She has also trained with Ballet X, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance, and Arts Umbrella. Alana earned her BFA and began her professional career with Visceral Dance Chicago. TIARE KEENO, Dance Captain of BODYTRAFFIC, received her BFA from The Juilliard School in 2016. While at Juilliard, she worked with choreographers Camille A. Brown, Kyle Abraham, Kate Weare, and Brian Brooks. She also performed repertoire by Jíri Kylián and Twyla Tharp, as well as lead roles in Martha Graham’s Dark Meadow and José Limón’s Missa Brevis. After graduation, Tiare was a company member of Nevada Ballet Theatre and worked in collaboration with Cirque du Soleil. She attended Springboard Danse Montreal, where she performed works by Aszure Barton, Spenser Theberge, RUBBERBAND Dance Group, and Kidd Pivot. She has been a faculty member of FRESH Dance Intensive in Canada and is currently a member of Share the Movement, an organization aiming to increase diversity in the professional dance community through educational and financial support to young BIPOC artists. In 2017, Tiare moved to Macau, China to appear in a cirque show with MGM’s ScenoPlus Productions. Upon returning to the US, she performed in Al Blackstone’s Freddie Falls in Love at The Joyce Theater. Tiare joined BODYTRAFFIC in 2019. TY MORRISON from the greater Boston area, dedicated 13 years of his life to versatile dance training at The Gold School Dance Art under the direction of Rennie Gold. Ty received a BFA in Contemporary Dance from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee on full scholarship. During his time at The Boston Conservatory, he worked with and performed works by such acclaimed choreographers as Darrell Moultrie, Catherine
Coury, Bradley Shelver, Adrianne Hawkins and Martha Nichols. Immediately after graduation, he was featured in on-site dance film productions with choreographers Roderick George, Ashley Lindsay, and Antonio Brown. He has had the honor of being a guest artist with The Limón Dance Company and an active artist with a little house dance company. JOAN RODRIGUEZ was born in La Habana, Cuba, where he graduated from the Escuela Nacional de Arte with the “Best Graduate of the Year” award. His professional career began with DanzAbierta, and he went on to join Malpaso Dance Company. He became a political refugee in 2017 and relocated to Arizona, where he focused on creating, teaching, and producing multimedia projects. He has also served as a Guest Artist in Residency for universities and arts centers throughout the U.S. and has received awards in several dance competitions. In 2019, he joined Parsons Dance and choreographed an original work for the company as part of the 2019 GenerationNow fellowship program. Throughout 2020 and 2021, Joan has focused on freelancing in dance, teaching, and videography. Joan has also showcased his own collaborative works at the Blacktinx Dance Festival, the Solo/Duo Dance Festival, and at NYC art galleries as part of mixed media performances. He has taught guest classes at The Juilliard School, New York University, Gibney Dance, Yale University, Hunter College, Akron University, and RWU. He was recently commissioned as a choreographer by Connecticut Ballet for their “Ballet Under the Stars” 2021 summer program. JORDYN SANTIAGO is from North Carolina and is a Los Angeles-based dancer and choreographer who studied at The Dance Theatre of Jacksonville before continuing to train throughout the U.S and in Israel and Europe. She has danced for Ate9, Freemove Dance, tedted Performance Group and Mg+artists. In 2021, Jordyn performed at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in a production of the opera Prism, under the direction of Beth Morrison Projects. She has toured as a backup dancer with the Los Angeles band Half Alive in a piece choreographed by The JA Collective and has created new works with Bryan Arias for the Arias Company. Along with choreographers Dana Wilson, Ebony Williams, and Christopher Scott, she appeared in the recent film production of In The Heights. Jordyn has taught at highly respected institutions and collectives like Peridance Capezio Center, Brickhouse, and The University of the Arts. Most recently, she was a guest artist with Ate9 in its premiere of Joy at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts. WHITNEY SCHMANSKI received a BFA from The Juilliard School in 2016 and is currently an MFA candidate at UC Irvine. A performer, choreographer, and movement educator, she has performed works by such revered contemporary choreographers as Merce Cunningham, Jirí Kylián, Kyle Abraham, Camille A. Brown, Peter Chu, Kate Weare, Eliot Feld, and Bobbi Jene Smith. She danced with Brian Brooks Moving Company in performances at the 2015 Chicago Dancing Festival and the Hudson Valley Dance Festival and has appeared with MOMIX. Whitney is enthusiastic about exploring the profound connections between the mind and body, especially within the realms of science, somatic practices, and storytelling.
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:
Major support for The Joyce's operations and special projects:
LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust Leadership support for The Joyce’s presentation of dance:
Season Sponsor:
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
Major support for The Joyce's Dance Residencies:
Major support for The Joyce’s American Dance Platform and Harkness First debuts:
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..............................................Erika Langmeyer Director of Development................................................OPEN Director of Institutional Giving..........................Jean M. Ross Assistant Director of Individual Giving............Meg White Assistant Director, Special Events.................Vernon Scott Individual Giving Manager.....................................Jesse Chin Institutional Giving Manager..............Myriam Varjacques Special Events Associate....................................Katie Gorsky Development Coordinator...............................................OPEN Director of Programming..........................Aaron Mattocks Programming Manager.....................................Christine Tully Interim Artist Services Manager.....................Barb Domue Programming Associate...........................Noa Rui-Piin Weiss Director of Dance Education & Family Programs........... .........................................................................Heather McCartney Dance Education & Family Programs Assistant.................. ....................................................................Marianne Rose Weber 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...................................Andrew Williams-Leazer Database Administrator.....................................Jim Seggelink Director of Information Tech....................Patricia A. Yost PRODUCTION Director of Production.............................................Jeff Segal Lighting Supervisor.................................................Kelly Atallah Technical Director.............................................Lou Albruzzese Head Audio.................................................................Sean Mullins Lighting Board Operator....................................Kyle Hagen Head Carpenter................................................Web Crittenden Head Electrician..............................................Brittany Spencer Stage Technicians................................Edward Hill, Kahlil Jahi 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
JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTIONS Producer.....................................................................Ross LeClair Company Manager for Ronald K. Brown/ EVIDENCE & Associate Producer for Joyce Theater Productions..........................Meghan Rose Murphy FRONT-OF-HOUSE House Manager.................................Samantha Fernandez Assistant House Managers........Joseph Burke, Xavier DelValle, Charis Lord-Haines, Kenneth Harlin, Chikako Iwahori, Di’Shai Oquendo, Utafumi Takemura, Nicholas Thomas BOX OFFICE Box Office Manager..............................................Lisa Gendell Supervisors.............................Maeve Brady, Vanessa Moton Box Office/JoyceCharge Staff..........................Kiersten Foster, Tatiana Gomez, Yulidal Hernandez Kin, Roy Odom, Agnes Scotti, Jasmine Webb FACILITIES Facilities Manager....................................................Jimmy Ortiz Maintenance Staff.........................................Madelin Estrella, Yohanna Hernandez, Pablo Rodriguez, David Matos SPECIAL SERVICES FOR THE JOYCE THEATER Ross F. Moskowitz Esq..................................................................... .....................................................Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP Kimberly M. Maynard, Esq...................................................... ..............................................Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC J. Stephen Sheppard......................................................................... ....................Cowan DeBaets Abrahams and Sheppard LLP Harry H. Weintraub, Counsel....................................................... ...............................................................Glick and Weintraub PC 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 Donut Sponsor...................................The Donut Pub Official Flower Sponsor.......The FlowerSchool New York Crunch Fitness is the Official Gym Sponsor of The Joyce Theater. The Joyce Theater is a member of APAP, Dance/NYC, and Dance/USA.
THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Virginia A. Millhiser, Chair Amit Wadhwaney, Vice Chair Stephanie R. Breslow, Treasurer Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary
Kerry Clayton, Chair Emeritus David D. Holbrook, Chair Emeritus Stephen D. Weinroth, Chair Emeritus
R. Richard Ablon Charles M. Adelman 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 Richard Shea Linda Shelton Susan Fawcett Sosin Lauren E. Shortt Monica B. Voldstad Madelyn Wils
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) 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 THE ANDREW W. 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 30, 2021. Platinum Benefactors Sarah Arison Linda B. Strumpf ($500,000 and above) *Barbro Osher Pro Suecia *David E. Vogel *Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Foundation Director’s Circle *Howard Gilman Foundation *John Basnage de Beauval ($2,500 and above) *LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust Ajay Bhandaram Anonymous (2) Bloomberg Philanthropies Gold Benefactors R. Richard Ablon *Torrence Boone & Ted Chapin ($100,000 and above) Adrienne Albert *Robert Brenner *Booth Ferris Foundation James J. Andrews Con Edison Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer *Joel & Rhela Aragona *John & Margaret Falk *Ford Foundation *Marty & Louise Bickman Martin & Linda Fell The Harkness Foundation for Dance Nancy & Michael Feller Judi Rappoport Blitzer The Andrew W. Mellon & David Blitzer *Gregg & Jean Frankel Foundation *Victoria V. Carey Jane E. Goldberg *Virginia & Timothy Millhiser *Larry & Ronnie Cohen Sylvia Golden *NYC COVID-19 Response and Donna B. Case Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Goodman Impact Fund in The New York Cathleen Collins *Charles and Joan Gross Community Trust Mary Sharp Cronson Family Foundation *New York City Department of Barbara Dau *Elzbieta Grove Cultural Affairs *Miriam & David Donoho David & Andrea Holbrook *Robert Pollock *Andrew & Toni Hoover *Rockefeller Brothers Fund Claire-Marine Ferguson In Honor of Karen Brooks Hopkins The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels *David S. Ivill & Joanna Fisher Foundation Thomas von Foerster Vincent J. Weiner, Jr. *SHS Foundation Bart Friedman & Wendy Stein The Kingsley Foundation The Shubert Foundation Geraldine Glassman Elysabeth Kleinhans The Harold K. Gross Family Alan & Gail Koss Silver Benefactors Charitable Trust *Melanie Coronetz ($75,000 and above) *Susan Ross Green & Bruce G. Miller First Republic Bank *Sharon B. Gurwitz *Edward J. Petrou National Endowment for the Arts Tatiana Piankova Foundation Ronald E. Hellman & Stephen B. Roberts Kathleen A. Scott Benefactors *William Houlihan Linda Shelton ($50,000 and above) *Office of Cultural Affairs, *Leslie Siegel *Jody & John Arnhold | Consulate General of Israel Jean & Gene Stark Arnhold Foundation in New York *National Dance Project of the *Allyson Tang *Jane Kendall New England Foundation for Presenter’s Circle *Elaine & Howard Leventhal the Arts ($5,000 and above) In Memory of John MacDonald The Jerome Robbins Foundation *Anonymous (2) *Maria Mackey Lauren E. Shortt The Aaron Copland Fund *Wendy McCain Denise Littlefield Sobel for Music Joyce F. Menschel *The Jennifer and Jonathan Allan *Sam & Annie Alfstad Ronay & Richard Menschel/ Soros Foundation *Rick & Nurit Amdur Charina Foundation, Inc. *Amit Wadhwaney *Mary & Adam Amsterdam David & Diana Milich Rob Ashford *Jane & Michael Murphy Chairman’s Circle *Monica Azare Mutual of America Foundation ($25,000 and above) Lani & Emanuel Azenberg Cherrie Nanninga Anonymous (2) *Andrew & Froma Benerofe *Mr. & Ms. William Pollock Deborah & Charles Adelman The Barbara Bell Cumming Warrie Price & James David Price *Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation Charitable Trust Québec Government Office Stephanie R. Breslow *Chubb LTD in New York & Paul Watterson *Ms. Pamela Crutchfield Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch The Gladys Krieble Delmas Dancers Responding to AIDS Mr. Stephen Kroll Reidy Foundation DeWitt Stern Group, Inc. *Case van Rij *Susan Dickler & Sig van Raan *Jamshid & Mahshid Ehsani *Wes Schafer & Carlos Galtier Melina Fisher *Keane Ehsani Susan & Arnie Scharf *GKV Charitable Foundation Linda Ellis Xiomara & Charles Scheidt Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi Christopher Evans & Josh Garner *Fran Schulman *Leanne Lachman *Paul Feuerman & Bruce Grivetti Barbara Madsen Smith Mertz Gilmore Foundation Jeanne Donovan Fisher *Mark Stevens & Mary Murphy *Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation *Randall & Mary Hack *Linda Stocknoff Henry and Lucy Moses Fund *Elizabeth Anne Hartman Christopher Soule Robert Musiker Consulate General of Sweden in New York State Council on the Arts Judith M. Hoffman *Val Holley & Joseph Plocek New York The O'Donnell-Green Music and *Illuminated Foundation *Theresa Alessandra Russo Dance Foundation Christopher Jones & Foundation Susan & Greg Pappajohn Deborah McAlister *Susan Ulick Michèle & Steve Pesner Ms. Patricia E. Vance Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart H. Coleman Office of City Council Speaker Corey Johnson Alexandra Wheeler & Rocky Rukan Saul & Mary Sanders Christine Knuth *Shelley & Claude Winfield Richard Shea Irving & Elaine Wolbrom Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation *Elizabeth & Neil Kurtz *Karen & Martin McDonald *Ralph Womble & Ashley Edwards Susan Fawcett Sosin *LeConte Moore *Billy F.B. Wong Wendy & Alex Stanton *In loving memory of Bill Perlmuth, & Stephanie Gordon Monica B. Voldstad Patricia Dugan Perlmuth Stephen & Cathy Weinroth Leaders Rajika & Anupam Puri *Madelyn & Steven Wils ($1,000 and above) Nina B. Quigley Anonymous (10) *Karen Roth Impresario’s Circle Robert Allyn *Nancy Sands ($10,000 and above) Neme Alperstein *Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo *Anonymous (3) *Allan Sperling & Ferne Goldberg *Jeffrey Applegate Sylvia Ablon Gerald M. Appelstein *Marianna Vaidman Stone & Alpern Family Foundation Bank of America Merrill Lynch Eric Stone American Express
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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 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 amshid & 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 *Lisa Bonifacic Isabella Boylston^ Camille A. Brown^ *Victor M. Castillo Alejandro Cerrudo^ Phil Chan Dr. Jason Chuang Brandon T. Cournay Mary Craig *Dayana De La Torre *Debora Domass Michelle Dorrance^
*Giancarlo Facchi Robert Fairchild^ Davalois Fearon^ Andrew D. Ferguson Erica Forrence *Jordan Freisleben Amita Goyal *Cari Griggs *Ting Guo *Jessica Halper *Mingtong Han Alexandra Harper, Co-Chair *Ariana Hellerman *Lauren Hlubny 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^ Justin Peck^ Tiler Peck^ Ruby Rosetta Pittman *Dora Pulido *Brecht Putman Vanessa Rojas *Amir Rouzrokh Setpheap San^ Claire-Marine Sarner Bette Ann Schlossberg, Co-Chair Anthony Seaboyer *Caroline Shadle Victoria Shadle Daniil Simkin^ *Elisa Smilovitz *Samara Stern Evan Strain *Mark & Oni Strawn *Sara Strope *Laura Vang Lucy Vasserman *Alexander Wang *Miss Inga Wells James Whiteside^ Emma Winder *Lila Ziegler ^Artist Committee members To join The Joyce’s Young Leaders Circle, please contact the Development office at 347-856-5828.
JOYCE PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE WITH PUBLIC FUNDS FROM:
Joyce programs are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council with special thanks to Council Member Erik Bottcher.
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