Olivier Tarpaga Dance Project Program Book

OLIVIER TARPAGA DANCE PROJECT OCTOBER 3 - 8, 2023

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The Joyce Theater Foundation presents

Once the dust settles, flowers bloom

Concept, Direction, & Choreography Olivier Tarpaga Creation & Performance Ousséni Dabaré, Joannie Christie Dossou, Aicha Kaboré, Jean Robert Koudogbo-Kiki, Michael Nana, Sofia Nmili, Sylvie Sanou Music Composition Olivier Tarpaga; composed in collaboration with & performed by Issouf Dembélé (drums), Boubacar Djiga (djeli ngoni), Seydou Koïta (acoustic & bass guitars), Wassa Kouyaté (kora & lead vocal), and Saidou Sangare (electric & bass guitars) Co-commissioned by The Joyce Theater, Charleroi danse (NY), Centre chorégraphique de Wallonie - Bruxelles, The Department of Music - Princeton University, and French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) (NY).

Major residency support from Charleroi-Danse (Belgium), Catskill Mountain Foundation (USA), The Choreography Development Center “la Termitière” (Burkina Faso), and French Institute of Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso).

Acknowledgements: Cyril Givort, Sylvie Guellé, Pierre Muller, Yacouba Ouedraogo, Tatiana Gueria Nade, Eric Nebié, Sandra Clark (Ambassador of the United States to Burkina Faso), and Ellen Barros (Ambassador of Brazil to Burkina Faso).

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

The Joyce’s presentation of Olivier Tarpaga Dance Project is in generous partnership with French Institute Alliance Française’s (FIAF) Crossing the Line Festival.

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.

The Joyce’s presentation of Olivier Tarpaga Dance Project is a HARKNESS FIRST Joyce Theater debut, generously supported by The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Major support generously provided by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Residency support provided by a partnership project with Catskill Mountain Foundation. Commissioning support provided, in part, by The Joyce Theater Foundation's Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New Work.

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

Support for The Joyce’s presentation of international dance provided by the R. Britton Fisher and Family Gift for International Dance. Additional support provided by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund to encourage the performances of out-of-town companies at The Joyce Theater.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM Once the dust settles, flowers bloom (2023) Duration: 1 hour and 10 minutes, no intermission.

Set Design Rehearsal Directors Dramaturgy Costumes Lighting Design & Technical Direction Project Management in Burkina Faso Production

Michaela Solnická Volná Abdoul Aziz Zoundi & Oussení Dabaré Janera Solomon & Aristide Tarnagda Olivier Tarpaga Fabrice Barbotin Sankhof´Arts Productions Olivier Tarpaga Dance Project

“An extraordinary, distilled piece of dance and music” -The New York Times Olivier Tarpaga is a dynamic artist who divides his time between Burkina Faso and the United States. For Dust, choreographer and composer, Tarpaga finds inspiration in his ancestral home, the north of Burkina Faso, now occupied and living under the shadow of jihadists.

Womenface abductions and with their children seek refuge from the violence and abuse. Dust takes the audience through the complicated journey of resistance, empathy, and courage.

Created and performed to live score with five musicians and seven dancers gives voice and body to the stories of these uprooted lives. Dust chronicles both the horror of this human tragedy, the strength and beauty of resilience, and the promise of hope.

STAT E M E N T O F I N T E N T This was not the intention I had for my next piece. I had been planning to explore my interest in how African names of places or people tend to resonate with things that happen in the course of the place or the person’s life, causing me to question our ability to see into the future. For example, my brother is named Sararé Pasaloum, which means “rain has a purpose.” His name rang like a bell when he died on rainy day in the middle of the dry season. I was getting ready to travel to the district where my father is buried, which is called “Zink Zugu,” which means “hold your head up.” However, I was told it was too dangerous to visit my father’s grave, because jihadists have taken over the region. Since I could not do my original research, I turned my attention to what is really going on there, which is that there is now a refugee camp for women and children in the city of Kaya, my birthplace. So the whole concept of the piece changed. Now the necessity is to give voice to those displaced people.

In the midst of this ideological and political chaos, the women cannot bloom. This project reflects on our routine disregard of tragedy, death, and displacement; our misconceptions of motherhood, womanhood, and feminism. This work looks beyond the horror and tragedy by channeling the strength and beauty of this displaced population. I want to take audiences on a long dusty journey of courage, empathy, and timeless hope. This project is responding to globally-impactful political situations, touching on religious extremism, that are developing in real time. This project will focus on the matter as it affects the women of Burkina Faso, specifically—but it is a matter for global consideration. I hope that by giving voice to the struggles of Burkinabe women this will bring a recognizable and personal humanity to the issues, raise empathy, and contribute to greater understanding among audiences around the world.

UNIVERSAL MUSIC This work marks Olivier Tarpaga’s return to live original music since the international success of his live score Declassified Memory Fragment.

Five musicians will embrace the movements and scenes with original songs composed by Olivier Tarpaga in collaboration with his Dafra Kura Band.

WHO'S WHO IN DUST OLIVIER TARPAGA (Choreographer/Composer/Artistic Director) (USA/ Burkina Faso) is a senior lecturer in music/director of the African Music Ensemble of Princeton University and a Lester Horton Award–winning choreographer. His music and dance work has been described as “unforgettable” by the LA Times, “extraordinary” by The New York Times, and "exceptionally smart work" by Broad Street Review - Philadelphia.

Tarpaga’s choreography is hybrid contemporary dance theatre with an emphasis on original live music. Since 2001 Tarpaga has conceived dynamic dance theater works, touring internationally and the US with an impressive roster of collaborators & commissioning partners: including, Kelly Strayhorn Theater (Pittsburgh), Harlem Stage, Joyce Theater, REDCAT, Crossing the Line Festival, Jacob’s Pillow, Action Danse Festival (Morocco), Charleroi Dance Biennale (Belgium), Natanda Dance Festival (Sri Lanka), and Session House (Tokyo). Tarpaga’s major works includes Once the dust settles, flowers bloom (2023) When Birds Refused to Fly (2019), Declassified Memory Fragment (2015), Not Because You’re African (2010), Disorder Inside Order (2008), Sira Kan (2007), and Tin Suka (2001). Tarpaga is the founder and artistic director of Dafra Drum and Dafra Kura Band, and co-founder of the Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project. He danced with David Rousseve/ REALITY from 2006 to 2010, when he was also a State Department Art Envoy in South Africa, Botswana, Burkina Faso, and Sri Lanka He has been commissioned by the Limón Dance Company, Connecticut Ballet, The Temple of Fine Arts (Perth, Australia), MAYA Dance Theater (Singapore), and HANDS percussion (Malaysia). Tarpaga has performed and taught dance and music in 60 countries throughout Africa, Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania.

WASSA KOUYATÉ (Kora & Lead Vocal) is an emerging music celebrity griotte and the only professional female kora player in Mali. She will empower the music with her 21 strings kora and inspire the dancers with ancient griots songs. Born in 1998 in Sikasso, Wassa is from Badougou Djoliba. Of Malinke tradition and from a family of griots, she is an author, composer, singer, kora, and piano player. She trained at the Mali School of Arts (INA) and at the Mali Conservatory with renowned teachers, including maestro Madou Diabaté. Wassa multiplies musical and artistic experiences by mixing musical styles, combining tradition and modernity to perfection. She has several artistic collaborations on her own, including the Africa EXPRESS Project in England. She is currently on tour with Nainy Diabaté’s Kaladjula Band. She is also involved in several projects for the production of advertising spots.

SAIDOU SANGARE (Electric & Bass Guitars)'s guitar playing technique has been described by his peers and by critics as mesmerizing and unique. He has directed award winning bands in Burkina Faso and was the band leader and lead guitarist of Smarty, an international awardwinning rapper from Burkina Faso. He began his music career in 1984 in Bobo (Burkina Faso) with the voice of the pioneers of the revolution under the reign of President Thomas Sankara.

He has performed since then with local and international artists including Oumou Sangare, Kanda Bongo, Rido Bayon, Bill Aka Kora, Martin Nterry, Amity Meria. Saidou Sangare is now based in New York and is a frequent guest of Princeton University Afrobeats ensemble. He has toured in over fifty countries in Africa, Europe, and the United States.

SEYDOU KOÏTA (Acoustic & Bass Guitar), a desert blues guitarist and jazz electric bass player, has recorded and performed with some of Burkina Faso's most renowned music celebrities in and is soughtafter by musicians in the region. From the age of nine, he began to learn to play the guitar alongside his father, of whom he became the accompanist from the age of 12. Thereafter, he will learn to play the bass guitar. In 2003, Seydou moved to Burkina Faso. He was quickly called upon by great stars of Burkinabe music and thus participated in the production of their albums. Seydou has also been on major stages and international events: Jazz in Ouaga, the Music Festival, Rock in Ouaga, the Atypical Nights of Koudougou, Fespaco, Danfani Fashion Week, and the Récréaâtrales, among others. In 2015, he formed his own musical group, the Yelisa Banda, where he presented new work at the French Institute and the Petit Bazar in Ouagadougou.

BOUBACAR DJIGA (Musical Director, Djeli ngoni) is an award winning multi-instrumentalist from Burkina Faso. He is an expert of the ancient Jeli ngoni, a traditional seven-string guitar from the Manding empire. He has taught and toured around the world with Dafra Kura Band and his award winning band, Kunde Blues. Born into a family of griots in Burkina Faso, Boubacar Djiga is a talented multi-instrumentalist (djeli ngoni, kameleni ngoni, bougarabou, tamani and acoustic guitar). Former chief percussionist and composer of the National Ballet of Burkina Faso, he is a member of the teaching staff of the International School Irène Tassembédo (EDIT). Founder and artistic director of the famous group “Kundé Blues,” he has collaborated and toured the world with artists such as Smarty, Rido Bayonne, and Bil Aka Kora, among others. He has taught music and performed over 14 other countries. He performs with the Dafra Kura Band and in the play Fragments of Declassified Memory by Olivier Tarpaga Dance Project.

ISSOUF DEMBÉLÉ (Drums) is a master drummer and balafon player born in a griot family.

He is an expert Balafon player, djembe, dundun, Kamele ngoni, and tama. He has worked, recorded, and toured with renown musicians in Burkina Faso such as Smokey and Jah Kassa and Dafra Kura Band. He is a musician in Olivier Tarpaga’s Once the dust settles, flowers bloom. Dembele has performed and taught music across North and West Africa, Europe, and the United States.

ABDOUL AZIZ ZOUNDI (Rehearsal Director) is a Ouagadougou based contemporary dancer and a talented amateur photographer. He is a dancer with Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project since 2017 and will tour the USA, Europe, and Africa in 2019 with Olivier Tarpaga’s When Birds Refused to Fly. In 2008, his strong relationship with performing arts started during workshops in dance, theater, and music at the Boamani Africa Center. In 2010, he enrolled in the Je danse donc je suis three-year dance certificate program at the Choreography Development Center La Termitière in Burkina Faso under the artistic direction of Salia Sanou and Seydou Boro. There, he got the opportunity to discover and learn the technique and artistic universe of several worldclass choreographers. Following his training, Zoundi toured the globe, his credits including: Salia Sanou and Bienvenue Bazié's Rue princesse (2010) & Bienvenue Bazié's M-IM (Festival Dense Bamako danse) (2011); compagnie Salia ni Seydou's Poussières de sang (Festival Dialogues de corps) (2014); Salia Sanou's Le Voyage, (Festival Danse l’Afrique danse, 2016). Other performances credits include: Salia Sanou's Jeunesse en songe (Fespaco 2011); Seydou Boro’s Wakat (Fespaco 2013); Yiiki (Fespaco 2017); Salia Sanou's Djatiguila (opening + closing ceremony of the National Week of Culture (SNC) 2014); Naaba Yadéga's Orphélin (2016); compagnie Massaya’s Ghetto. Zoundi recently performed his solo Chute perpétuelle at Ouagadougou International Dance Festival at the French Institute.

OUSSÉNI DABARÉ (Rehearsal Director & Performer), born in Burkina Faso, began his dance career studying West African Traditional Dance with Alassane Congo. His passion for African contemporary dance grew while dancing for Congo Bâ Téria; a dance company created

by Souleymane Badolo. From 2009 to 2013, he participated in the workshop Je danse donc je suis organized by CDC La Termitière in Ouagadougou, and directed by Salia Sanou and Seydou Boro. At this workshop, Ousseni Dabare met well known choreographers from Africa and Europe, such as Andréya Ouamba, Serge-Aimé Coulibaly, Christian Rizzo, Anne Lopez, and Irène Tassembédo. Ousseni Dabare also performed in many dance creations directed

by Salia Sanou and Bienvenue Bazié. From 2008 to 2010, Ousseni Dabare participated in many dance projects created by Hélène Lawson, Lebeau Boumpoutou, and Boukson Sére across Africa. As a dancer, Ousseni Dabare has performed for the opening ceremonies of the FESPACO (Pan African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou). Ousseni Dabare joined the Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project in 2011. Ousseni has toured in Europe with the French dance company Herman Diephuis in Objet Principal Du Voyage. In 2020, he was featured in Compagnie Auguste-Bienvenue’s piece Crépuscule. He also collaborated with world-renown choreographer Salia Sanou on several of his pieces, including Clameurs.

JOANNIE CHRISTIE DOSSOU (Performer) is a dancer from Cotonou, Benin. She has trained in Contemporary dance and dance pedagogy at Centre Choregraphique Multicorps in Benin, Ecole des Sables in Senegal and at the Choreography Development Center la Termitiere in

Burkina Faso, as well as in latin dance and Capoeira. She is currently dancing in Pina Bausch company’s special project Le Sacre du Printemps and with Olivier Tarpaga. She has been working with ANIKAYA since 2017 when she was an apprentice instructor in the first edition of Run Like a Girl in Cotonou and Parakou, Benin.

AICHA KABORÉ (Performer) a former dancer of the National Ballet of Burkina Faso started her career back in 1995 when she first took hip-hop dance classes. Then she tried her hand at different contemporary dance techniques with Souleymane Porgo, Solo Badolo, Andréya Ouamba, Fatou Cissé, as well as at cultural spaces/companies including the ATB Theater, Téguéré, Auguste-Bienvenue, Salia ni Seydou. She was featured in several dance projects developed by world-class choreographers, including: Once the dust settles flowers bloom (Olivier Tarpaga, 2022); Carmen Falinga Awa (Irène Tassembedo, 2004); Les Masques (Solo Badolo, 2007); musical Rencontre avec une Potence (Edouard Lompo, 2009); Sueur des Ombres (Andréya Ouamba, 2010); Regarde ce que nous sommes (Fatou Cissé). As a choreographer, she has created several dance works, toured several countries in Europe and Africa, and teaches traditional African dances.

JEAN ROBERT KOUDOGBO-KIKI (Performer) first joined an artistic ensemble in 2005 and was later introduced to contemporary dance by acclaimed dancer-choreographer Lebeau Turel Boumpoutou. He was featured in several theater plays directed by Prosper Kompaoré in 2008. He then toured France and Luxembourg with the musical comedy Nassango. In 2010, he enrolled in the three-year multi-disciplinary training program Je danse donc je suis (I Dance so I am), at the Choreography Development Center (CDC). His intensive training at CDC included dance and several artistic disciplines with world-class choreographers such as Orokiya Koné, Seydou Boro, Andreya Ouamba, Olivier Tarpaga, and Serge Aimé Coulibaly.

His performance credits include: Rue princesse (Salia Sanou, 2010); Danse en papier (Belgian dance company Transe en danse, 2011); Constellation (Salia Sanou and Martin Zam Ebalé, 2012); Tiche lbe aire de jeux (Kettly Noël 2014); J’ai arrêté de croire au futur (Andréya Ouamba, 2015); Figninto, L’oeil troué (Salia Sanou and Seydou Boro). After performing roles in Nuit Blanche a Ouaga and Kalakuta Republik by Serge Aimé Coulibaly, he started making his own work. Today, he is touring Europe with his latest work Kirina. He has toured the USA, Africa, and Europe in 2019 with Baker & Tarpaga Dance Project as a dancer in Olivier Tarpaga’s When Birds Refused to Fly. MICHAEL NANA (Performer) entered the world of the performing arts through theater, when he joined the Ouagadougou-based troop Wekré. He was featured in two main musical productions in collaboration with Belgian company Bleeding Bulls in 2009. He participated in the creation of the play Hamlet, staged by Maarten Goffin and Astrid Annicaert and collaborated with stage director Hendrick Aert in Sa majesté des mouches, which toured Belgium in 2012. Between 2010 and 2012, Nana trained in Je danse donc je suis, a multidisciplinary certificate program primarily in dance, vocal technique, and set design at the Choreography Development Center La Termitière in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Over this period, he also performed at many festivals. Nana has danced in major works by international choreographers, including Rue Princesse by Salia Sanou, M-IM by Bienvenue Bazié and Salia Sanou, Regard by Serge Koffi, performed at MASA 2014 in Côte d’Ivoire, Kawral by Belgian company Laurent Blondiaut in collaboration with Salia Sanou in 2016.

Following this experience, he was selected to dance in Salia Sanou’s highly successful work Du désir d’horizon, performed in major theaters around Africa, Europe, and Brazil. He has toured the USA, Africa, and Europe in 2019 with Olivier Tarpaga Dance Project as a dancer in When Birds Refused to Fly. SOFIA NMILI (Performer) initially trained by a former soloist of the Opera of Rome in jazz and contemporary dance, she forged a multidisciplinary training mixing academic dance and urban dance with different teachers and choreographers such as Tony Amor, Maryna Hedreville, Séverine Cutivet, and Jean Pierre Musso. She continued her training in Montpellier where she obtained her Technical Aptitude Examination in jazz and contemporary dance.

She worked in various creative projects such as Les ï-Messagers with Aïda Boudrigua,

Quartier d’hiver with company Trans’express, and Angélus Novus with company Puls’art. She is now a dancer for Gahé Bama for the piece Mes touristes, the Chinook company for the young audience piece Marelle, and Olivier Tarpaga for Once the dust settles, flowers bloom.

In parallel to her work as a performer, she founded the company NMIl to create in 2020 her dance and poetry solo Dyali. With her company she organizes contemporary dance workshops in schools and social cultural associations, among other places.

SYLVIE SANOU (Performer) is a Burkinabe dancer born in 1996 in Bobo-Dioulasso. Having grown up in a griot family, she started dancing at a young age by practicing traditional Manding and Afro urban dances. In 2016 she discovered contemporary dance when she joined the company ANITIE directed by Pascal Kaboré, with whom she participated in the creation of two shows: PARADOX in 2016, which was presented at the French Institute of Bobo in June 2017 and at the festival Arts Femme in Bamako, Mali in March 2018, and the show MURAILLE VERTE, presented at the French Institute in July 2018 and at the festival Dialogues de corps in December 2018. Since March 2019, she has been taking part in the three-year training, ANKATA NEXT GENERATION, initiated by choreographer Serge Aimé Coulibaly. In 2020, she participated in the creation of the show La Grande Marche du Retour by the company Ardji-Ambiance, which was represented at the festival Théâtre des Réalités in Sikasso, the festival Dialogues de corps 2020 and In-Out dance festival in 2021.

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ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN The Joyce honors the following individuals, corporations, and foundations for their visionary support of our mission of advancing the vibrant and extraordinary art of dance. Funds contributed to the endowment campaign will allow The Joyce to continue its support of the dance community and to commission new work. $1 Million and above LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Charitable Trust $500,000 and above Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Richard B. Fisher and Family R. Britton Fisher and Family Rockefeller Brothers Fund $250,000 and above David & Andrea Holbrook Richard A. Lukins & Karen Fry Saul & Mary Sanders Susan Fawcett Sosin $100,000 and above Anonymous (1) Alphawood Foundation Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation The Estate of Dorothy Lefkof The William Randolph Hearst Foundations Lynne & Richard Pasculano Michèle & Steve Pesner The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation The Starr Foundation $50,000 and above R. Richard & Margery Ablon Apollo Management, L.P. Stephanie Breslow & Paul Watterson The Coca-Cola Foundation Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet A. Cozzi JPMorgan Chase Foundation

Jerome A. and Estelle R. Newman Assistance Fund, Inc. Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation $25,000 and above Jane E. Goldberg Cecilia & Jim Herbert Jane Kendall & David Dietz Elysabeth Kleinhans Arnie & Susan Scharf Richard Shea Jennifer & Jonathan Allan Soros Fiona J. Tilley & Gürhan Orhan Dave Waks & Sandy Teger Chris & Lonna Yegen Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn $5,000 and above Anonymous (3) Barbara & Robert Berkley Philanthropic Fund Barbara Berliner & Sol D. Rymer The Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Foundation Jim & Linda Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Ira Haupt, II The Lawton W. Fitt & James I. McLaren Foundation James H. Ottaway, Jr. Kathleen A. Scott Linda Shelton Ferne Goldberg Sperling & Allan Sperling

LEADERSHIP SUPPORT FOR A NEW VENUE FOR DANCE Support for planning costs associated with establishing a third venue for dance as part of the redeveloped World Trade Center site has been generously provided by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which is funded through Community Development Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Leadership support has also been provided by: FORD FOUNDATION MELLON FOUNDATION ROBERT STERLING CLARK FOUNDATION THE SEPTEMBER 11TH FUND ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION

JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION DONORS

The Joyce Theater appreciates the generosity of its supporters listed below as well as its many other supporters too numerous to include on these pages. List as of September 6, 2023.

Platinum Benefactors ($500,000 and above) Howard Gilman Foundation LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust Gold Benefactors ($100,000 and above) Catskill Mountain Foundation Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer Ford Foundation The Harkness Foundation for Dance MacMillan Family Foundation Mellon Foundation Virginia & Timothy Millhiser New York City Department Cultural Affairs Robert Pollock Rockefeller Brothers Fund The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation The Shubert Foundation Denise Littlefield Sobel

Alpern Family Foundation John Basnage de Beauval Ajay Bhandaram Bloomberg Philanthropies Torrence Boone Robert Brenner Con Edison John & Margaret Falk Nancy & Michael Feller *Brandon Fradd Gregg & Jean Frankel Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation Elzbieta Grove Andrea Holbrook In Honor of Karen Brooks Hopkins The Ivill-Weiner Family The Kingsley Foundation *LeConte Moore *Nō Studios of Milwaukee Tatiana Piankova Foundation *Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch *Karen Roth *Nancy Sands Kathleen A. Scott Linda Shelton *Leslie Siegel Johanna Weber *Vicente Wolf *Ralph Womble & Ashley Edwards

Nina B. Quigley Mr. Stephen Kroll Reidy Theresa Alessandro Russo Foundation *Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo Margaret E. Selby *Robert A. Schulman Barbara Madsen Smith Christopher Soule Jean & Gene Stark Linda B. Strumpf

Director’s Circle ($2,500 and above) Anonymous (2) R. Richard Ablon Adrienne Albert Joel & Rhela Aragona Sandra Berger Judi Rappoport Blitzer & David Blitzer Ralph & Martine Calder Cathleen Collins Melanie Coronetz & Silver Benefactors Bruce G. Miller ($75,000 and above) *Chris Coulthrust GKV Charitable Foundation The Cowles Charitable Trust National Endowment for the Arts Mary Sharp Cronson Dance Reflections by Jan, Dick & Nora Demenus Van Cleef & Arpels Christopher M. Elmore *Paul S. Engler Benefactors Presenter’s Circle Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson ($50,000 and above) ($5,000 and above) Thomas von Foerster Jody & John Arnhold | Anonymous (2) Consulate General of the Federal Arnhold Foundation *Rick & Nurit Amdur Republic of Germany in *Ann & George Colony Sarah Arison New York *Leanne Lachman *Bart Friedman & Wendy Stein New York State Council on the Arts Rob Ashford Monica Azare *Emi Gittleman Michèle & Steve Pesner *Dorothy Goodman Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart Coleman Andrew & Froma Benerote *Marty & Louise Bickman The Harold K. Gross Family Lauren E. Shortt *Dr. John Bonavita-Goldman Charitable Trust The SHS Foundation Office of City Council Member Susan Ross Green Amit Wadhwaney Erik Bottcher Maya Hamlet Donna B. Case Ronald E. Hellman & Chairman’s Circle The Barbara Bell Cumming Stephen B. Roberts ($25,000 and above) Charitable Trust Val Holley & Joseph Plocek Anonymous (2) Chubb LTD *Deborah Kaye Deborah & Charles Adelman Jeffrey Davis & Michael T. Miller Jane Kendall Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation Dancers Responding to AIDS Alan & Gail Koss Stephanie R. Breslow & Linda Ellis *Joe Lanteri, New York City Paul Watterson Martin & Linda Fell Dance Alliance Inc. The Gladys Krieble Delmas *Judith & Alan Fishman Elaine & Howard Leventhal Foundation FUSED Martin & Rosanne Leshner Susan Dickler & Sig Van Raan French U.S. Exchange in Dance Jayne Lipman & Robert Goodman Keane Ehsani Paul Feuerman & Bruce Grivetti Mark Littman & Johnny Mendoza Jamshid & Mahsid Ehsani Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Goodman In Memory of John MacDonald Melina Fisher Sharon B. Gurwitz Uttara P. Marti *Jane E. Goldberg Randall & Mary Hack Wendy McCain Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi *Elizabeth Anne Hartman Jane & Michael Murphy *Elysabeth Kleinhans Judith M. Hoffman Mutual of America Foundation Mertz Gilmore Foundation Illuminated Foundation Omomuki Foundation Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Christopher Jones & David Pasterski Henry and Lucy Moses Fund Deborah McAlister Warrie Price & Bob & Sharon Musiker Christine Knuth James David Prince National Dance Project of Elizabeth & Neil Kurtz Philip W. Riskin the New England Foundation *Jonathan Levinson Charitable Foundation for the Arts Robert R. Littman & Wes Schafer & Carlos Galtier Susan & Greg Pappajohn Sully Bonnelly Susan & Arnie Scharf The Jerome Robbins Foundation Karen & Martin McDonald Xiomara & Charles Scheidt Saul & Mary Sanders *Joyce F. Menschel Fran Schulman Monica Voldstad Ronay & Richard Rena Shagan Cathy Weinroth Menschel/ Alex & Wendy Stanton Madelyn & Steven Wils Charina Foundation, Inc. Linda Stocknoff Impresario’s Circle *Cherrie Nanninga Marianna Vaidman Stone & ($10,000 and above) In loving memory of Bill Perlmuth, Eric Stone Anonymous (3) Patricia Dugan Perlmuth *Temple St Clair LLC Jen Ablon Rajika & Anupam Puri Ms. Patricia E. Vance

David E. Vogel Alexandra Wheeler & Rocky Rukan Michelle D. & Claude L. Winfield Irving & Elaine Wolbrom Billy F.B. Wong & Stephanie Gordon In honor of Billy Zavelson

George C. Howell, III William Houlihan Mary & David Iles Derek Johnson I. Michael Kadish Kenneth S. Kail & Ivy Hwang Margaret Kaplen Mr. Christian K. Keese Leaders *Murray & Sylvana Klein ($1,000 and above) Diana Korsh Anonymous (10) Kathy Krall Robert Allyn George & Liz Krupp *Neme Alperstein Sondra Kurtin Robinson Bank of America Merrill Lynch Drs. Benjamin Natelson & *Christina Back Gudrun Lange Alison Baum LDJ Productions Cheryl Bergenfeld Reginald van Lee *Barbara Berliner Mickey Lemle Dorothy Black Robert & Dorina Link Kim Bleimann & Paola Duran *Tina Liu Joe Bonnaud David Lovett & Meg Ruley Nissan Boury Sharon Luckman & Paul Shapiro Barbara & Gary Brandt Elizabeth A. Maher *Jonathan Brecht Joseph M. Marger *Joan Breibart Lynn C. Mautner Edward Brill Marcia Kramer Mayer Madeline Brine *Israel Meir & Steve Rivera Matt Brodile *Lorraine Meeker Joanna Bueche Miller Khoshkish Foundation *Rachael Venner & Michael Byars Mr. Wayne & Mrs. Barbara Miller *Doug & Lisa Caldwell David & Diana Milich Linda & Joseph Camardo Michael Mulligan *Jeff & Susan Campbell *Judith Musiker *Karen Carozza Joyce O’Brien Woody & Janice Collins Aaron Singer & Bart Oosterveld Caroline & Paul Cronson Trisha Ostergaard Barbara Dau *John Owen Irene Rosner David, David Parsons in Memory of Dr. Raphael David Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD Jeffrey Davis & Jamie Alpert Amy Pennington David H. De Weese & Anne Heller Doug & Teresa Peterson Ms. Beth Rudin DeWoody The Plimpton Shattuck Fund The Cory & Bob Donnalley Douglas & Barbara Pitsch Charitable Foundation Madeleine Plonsker The Donut Pub Judith J. Plows *The Dorothy Fund Carole Postal Jack & Eleanor Dunn Donna & James Pressman Trisha & Patrick Duval *Frances A. Resheske Suzanne B. Engel Mary Jo Robertiello Mr. Richard Erstad & Ann Sahid Rosche Dr. Gladys Fenichel Donald J. Rose & David L. Fanger & Victoria Lasdon Rose Martin Wechsler Ellen Rosen Erin Feeley-Nahem & Diana & Michael Rothenberg Isaac Nahem Marilyn & Alan Rothstein Judy & Richard Feldstein Deborah Sales & Ted Striggles *Marion Ilene Fischer Alessandro & Fe Saracino-Fendi Brian Fitzpatrick Moshe Sasson *Judith & Walter Flamenbaum Jesse & Carol Schwartz Judith Z. Friedman Irene Shen Peter C. Friedman Joseph Smith & Leslie Hendrix Veronique Bogliolo Friedman Marilyn Sobel & Mark Friedman Leon Sokol Ania Fryszkowska & *Michael Solomon Alex Louizos Ellen Sorrin & David York *Jeffrey Olund & Silvia Furia *Margaret Stern *Tom & Nina Geller *William L. Stern Barrie Gillies & William Drummy Mamie and Justin Stewart Mason & Kim Granger Roger Stoltz & Patric & Patricia Gregory Shauna Stoltz-Laurie *Glen & Paula Gunsalus Abbie M. Strassler *Catherine Hartnett William Sussman & Jane Steele Alexandra L. Harper Ken Tabachnick & *Shelia Heimbinder Yael Mandelstam Dr. Elisabeth Hefti Pamela van Zandt & Gina Gibney Laurie & Jack Helfin George Vanderploeg Janet L. Henner *Lucy Vasserman & Edward Henry & Susan Monk Brendan Finnegan Ellen Hirsch Merna Villarejo In Honor of the Weinroths Michael & Carol Weiss Lynn Hopkins Elly Karp Wong

Cooper Wright & Michael Marino *Zen & Barbara Yankovig *Malin Yhr Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn Eloise Zeller Christian Zimmermann Bonnie Zamosky-Roth Investors ($500 and above) Anonymous (13) *Peggy Adams LaRue Allen & Ebonya Washington Debra R. Anisman Maria Cristina Anzola Paul Asman & Jill Lenoble Joan Brooks Baker & Margeaux Klein Clay H. Barr Joan & Ira Berkowitz *Stan & Abby Bloch *Maria M. Branco *Dr. Andrea Brandon & Black Rubee Robert & Carol Braun Jeffrey B. Bruce Carol Bryce Buchanan Diana Cagle Jennifer Kornreich Cahn & Andrew Cahn *Nishka Chandrasoma Jason Chuang *Maciej Chociej Matthew C. Cluney *Kenneth Cole & Maria Cuomo Cole Bradley Collins Betsy Cornwall William Cosper Victoria Cowles Duke Dang & Charles E. Rosen *Mary Craig *Greg Darnieder Duane Devries Debora Domass Michael Eizenberg Robert Elder & Jacqueline Fox Elder David & Ingrid Ellen *Melissa Elstein & Eric Katzman Dr. Sarah Fox & Mr. Steven Lochie *Steven Fox *The Frazza Foundation Eileen & Cono Fusco Karen Gershowitz Elise Larrabure Girasole Geraldine Glassman Prof. James A. Glazier Virginia Gold Nita & Chuck Goodgal Katherine Goodman Lenore & Edward Grabowski *Jeffrey Gracer Grant Family Charitable Fund *Lawrence W. Green Bruce Greenwald Charles & Carol Grossman Family Fund Jane Groveman Gina Harman Charles & Elaine Harris *Tali Herman Mr. Michael D. Herskovitz Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch Mr. Gregory Ho & Ms. Linda Sanchez Cheri Hoff *Alicia Dhyana House Ralph & Lynn Huber

David H. Hughes, Jr. *Daphne Hurford & Sanford Padwe Laura J. Illich Walter Jaffe & Paul King *Ann Rosalind Jones Robert & Marcy Katz H. David Kaplan Jan S. Keithly Jennifer Aley Kenney Robert & Elaine Klein Valarie Koch *Eric & Sandra Krasnoff *Sanford Krieger Arthur & Jane Lane Stephen B. Lane Kenneth M. LeClair *Rosanne Legrand Phyllis & Cary Lemkowitz Elizabeth & Durwood Littlefield *David Long Jennifer & Gideon Malherbe Joseph M. Marger *Jennifer Markowitz Margaret Mastrianni Victoria Melendez Tanya Melich & Noel Silverman Joe Morra Victoria Morris Deb Murnin Barry Nalebuff Amanda Lee Neville *The Carol & Melvin Newman Family Foundation Stuart Nordheimer & Barbara Miller Peter J. Occolowitz Katherine Ogg Rachel Ostry, MD Bob Ouimette The L.E. Phillips Family Foundation, Inc. The Marshall Franklin Foundation James & Deborah Purdon Stephanie M. Goldson & Stephen Rappaport Charles Ragland Donald W. Roeske, Jr. *Ellen & Mike Rosenberg *Felicia Rosenfeld Jean M. Ross Elsa Ross-Greifinger Jennifer Goodale & Mark Russell Prince & Petar Sanders *Lies Sapp Dr. Carol Ann Satler In Memory of Tracy Scherman Marva & Florian Schodel Deborah Selch Elizabeth Shapiro *Tara Sherman & Tony Weiss Lindy Shuttleworth & Arthur Reichstetter *Katherine Sinnott Andrew & Jennifer Smith Joan & Laurence Sorkin Jason Spiro Michael Stanley Jessica E. Stack Helen Sullivan Dr. Pavur R. Sundaresan *Esther Tan Pamela Tatge William Tomai & John Eric Sebesta TPU Local One IATSE *Dana Troetel & George Papageorge Frank Troutman Ellie Tweedy Thomas Van Winkle

Ernie Vickroy Thomas Allen Walker Charles Walker Louise Washer & Mary Clay Fields Gregory Ward Sedgwick & Pamela Ward Chris Watson Carol A. Weil Kate Weil Sara Weinheimer George S. Werner & Li Werner *Kathy M. Wojtas *The Winkler Prins Charitable Fund Gregory Youdan Sponsors ($300 and above) Anonymous (4) Patricia Adell *Fred & Sarah Allilaire Jane & Stephen Alpert Elaine & Theodossios Athanassiades Sherry & Sanford Axelband Nilda Bayron-Resnick Joan & Ira Berkowitz Roz Black & Bob Eimicke Paul Brohan Leslie Buckland Jim Bumgardner & Lou Tharp Anita Cabrera Michael & Jennifer Campagna Kelli Carrol Margaret Coady Eileen & Michael Cohen Galois Cohen Richard & Mary Ann Cohen Laurie Colahan Robert Conkey 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 Jo Ann Engelhardt Ellen Estes Martha Evenson & Daniel Hoffman Trudy Festinger Jennifer Fitzpatrick Charles A. Forma Stephanie French Barbara Futter Mr. Maura Gaenzle Barbara Gallay Loren Gesinsky & Judy Rudin Ronald Gilliam & Akram Hélil Jennifer Goodale & Mark Russell Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Grant Susan E. Green Eric Hemel & Barbara Morgen Herman & Jacquelyn Heinemann Mrs. Ruth W. Heuman *Jerry Heymann George & Linda Hiltzik *Martha Evenson & Daniel Hoffman Huong Hoang Sherrilyn Ifill Ronald Jacquart Kenneth Silverman & Carin Khatchikian Bond Koga

Susan & Peter Kopple Angela de Lara Lawrence Levine *Emanuel Lewis Sukey Lilienthal *Cynthia Low Harold W. Low Peter Maiwald Judy Mauer Doug & Regina McCorkle Colleen McCourtney Rodney McDaniel Cynthia Adler McKee R. McNish Alan Mendelsohn Carol and Frank Messineo Holly & William Mensching Richard J. Moylan *Mildred Munich *Brigitte and Jeff Myhre Aaron & Marcia Naveh Madeleine Nichols Phillip J. Pena *Marisa Anne Pierson Posner-Wallace Foundation The Pulse Performing Arts Studio Jonathan Raskin Judith & Gary Richter *Richard & Rachel Robbins Barbara S. Rosenthal Lainie & John Ross William H. Sadie *Gregg Passin & Andy Schmidt Laura E. Schneider *Marva and Florian Schodel Sherry Barron-Seabrook Mary & John Seward Jennifer Shotwell *Elizabeth Sledge *Joseph Small Anthony & Rosa Smith Robin Smith & Bill Plante Martha Sherman Margaret Stern Jos Stumpe Henry & Jo Strouss Mr. Lars Rosager & Mr. Donald Troise Ms. Donna Tatro Pat Tafuro Tonic Physical Therapy & Wellness Charles & Susan Tribbitt Dana A. Troetel Dick & Carolyn Wallach *Irmgard Wieland *Jeanette Williams * Denotes Joyce Rising Stars, The Joyce's new or increased donors.

The Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance and Ballet Festival Commissions The Joyce Theater Foundation thanks the Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation for its invaluable partnership in commissioning new works from both established and emerging ballet companies, and enabling these companies to perform on the Joyce stage. The Joyce gratefully recognizes the donors listed below for their generous matching support that has made this effort possible.

Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation R. Richard Ablon Deborah & Charles Adelman Gerald M. Appelstein Rob Ashford Stephen M. Baldini Theodore S. Bartwink The Harkness Foundation for Dance Mick Beekhuizen Evan Behrens & Dara Stern Ajay Bhandaram Torrence Boone Stephanie R. Breslow & Paul Watterson Madeline Brine Richard & Martha Byrne Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer Rodney S. Cohen Alan & Chi Colberg Arlene Cooper Pamela Crutchfield Trisha & Patrick Duval Jamshid & Mahshid Ehsani Augie K. Fabela II Britton & Melina Fisher Kim Friedman J. Eric Gambrell Jane E. Goldberg Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi David Haines John & Judith Hannan Rex S. Heinke Cecilia & Jim Herbert David & Andrea Holbrook Toni Hoover Kim Koopersmith Allen Kovac/ Tenth Street Entertainment Ronald & Stephanie Kramer Ronald S. Lauder Jim Leary Alec & Sarah Machiels Joyce F. Menschel David & Diana Milich Virginia & Timothy Millhiser Karyl Nairn Abby McCormick O'Neil

& Carroll Joynes Anh-Tuyet Nguyen & Robert Pollock Susan & Gregory Pappajohn Michèle & Steven Pesner Tatiana Piankova Foundation Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch Gregg Rechler/ Lisa & Gregg Rechler Charitable Trust The Jerome Robbins Foundation Ann Sahid Rosche Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart H. Coleman Rowan Family Foundation Inc. Saul & Mary Sanders Fran Schulman Kathleen A. Scott Frederic & Robin Seegal Richard Shea Howard L. Shecter Linda Shelton Irene Shen Henry R. Silverman Susan Fawcett Sosin Allan Sperling & Ferne Goldberg Wendy & Alex Stanton Justin A. Stevens Raymond & Margaret Vandenberg Monica B. Voldstad Amit Wadhwaney Daniel Walsh Stephen & Cathy Weinroth Steven M. Zagar Richard Kielar & Christian Zimmermann The Young Leaders Circle Kyle Abraham^ Robert Allyn Patricia Arellano *Rebecca Aronson Chellis Baird Erin Barnes Alison Baum Lisa Bonifacic Isabella Boylston^ Camille A. Brown^ *Scott Caplan Victor M. Castillo & Blake Wiedenhoeft Alejandro Cerrudo^ *Julia Chambers *Nishka Chandrasoma Dr. Jason Chuang Mary Craig Debora Domass Michelle Dorrance^

Robert Fairchild^ Davalois Fearon^ Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson Erica Forrence *Ania Fryszkowska Tiger Gao Ronald Gilliam & Akram Hélil Amita Goyal Jessica Halper Mingtong Han Alexandra Harper, Co-Chair *Emma Hood Kile Hotchkiss^ Alixandra Hornyan, Co-Chair Audrey Hourse Laura Hsu Kristen Irby Amanda Krische Jean-François Kowalski Audrey Lam Debra Levin Stephanie Lichtinger Camilla Liou Mitch Lowenthal Michelle K. Marck Katherine Maxwell^ Sara Mearns^ *Katie Mues *Leah Nelson *Abigail Nintzel Justin Peck^ Tiler Peck^ *Abigail Richards Vanessa Rojas Setpheap San^ Bette Ann Schlossberg, Co-Chair Daniil Simkin^ *Madelyn Sirbu Elisa Smilovitz *Margaret Stephens Evan Strain Mark & Oni Strawn Sara Strope *Myriam Varjacques *Lucy Vasserman & Brendan Finnegan Alexander Wang Douglas Weiss Miss Inga Wells James Whiteside^ Emma Winder *LeeAna Wolfman *Sangeeta Yesley *Malin Yhr ^Artist Committee members to join The Joyce’s Young Leaders Circle, please contact the Development office at 347-856-5828.

JOYCE PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE WITH PUBLIC FUNDS FROM:

Joyce programs are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council with special thanks to Council Member Erik Bottcher.

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C&C

CHOREOGRAPHERS & COCKTAILS A Benefit for The Joyce Theater Foundation Monday, October 30, 2023 LOCATION Gibney: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center 53A Chambers Street

FEATURING COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet with Desmond Richardson GALLIM with Andrea Miller Kayla Farrish Kyle Marshall Choreography Soles of Duende

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