Leadership support for The Joyce Theater Foundation has been received from the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust.
Champion support for The Joyce’s annual programming has been provided by Howard Gilman Foundation and The Shubert Foundation.
Major support for The Joyce has been provided by Booth Ferris Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, MacMillan Family Foundation, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Program A
June 24-26, 29 (matinee); July 4 (matinee), 5 (evening), 8, 9, 11, 12 (matinee)
TALES FROM THE UNDERWORLD
Created by Stuart Bogie, Renée Jaworski and Matt Kent based on original material developed with Nathaniel Buchsbaum, Krystal Butler, Isabella Diaz, Heather Favretto, Casey Howes, Teo Spencer and Jacob Michael Warren and created in collaboration with Connor Chaparro, Quincy Ellis, Marlon Feliz, Hannah Klinkman, Sean Langford, Derion Loman, and Zack Weiss
Music Composition: Stuart Bogie
Performance Dramaturg: Aaron Posner
Lighting Design: Thom Weaver
Costume Design: Valerie St. Pierre Smith
Props Design: Yannick Godts
PERFORMED BY
Connor Chaparro, Ryan Hayes, Isaac Huerta, Hannah Klinkman, Darren Robinson, and Jessica Robling
Tales From the Underworld was created with support from The O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation. Additional funding from The Ballet Foundation and Hudson Bay Capital.
AWAKEN HEART
Created by Gaspard Louis, Renée Jaworski and Matt Kent in collaboration with Nathaniel Buchsbaum, Marlon Feliz, Hannah Klinkman, and Zack Weiss
Music: Michael Wall
Lighting Design: Diane Ferry Williams
Costume Design: Valerie St. Pierre Smith
PERFORMED BY
Connor Chaparro, Ryan Hayes, Hannah Klinkman, and Jessica Robling
Awaken Heart was supported by Stephanie Fenwick and The Ballet Foundation.
LAMENTATION VARIATIONS
Created by Renée Jaworski, Matt Kent, and Derion Loman in collaboration with Connor Chaparro, Ryan Hayes, Isaac Huerta, Hannah Klinkman, Darren Robinson and Jessica Robling
Music and Sound Design: Matt Kent
Original Music retrieved from the Library of Congress Ernest, C. M. & Watson, G. P. Roll on, Silver Moon, Haydn Quartet, Murray B., Madden, E. & Edwards, G. By the Light of the Silv’ry Moon
Lighting Design: Brian Tovar
Costume Design: Márion Talán de la Rosa
VARIATIONS 1, 2, & 3
PERFORMED BY Connor Chaparro, Ryan Hayes, Isaac Huerta, Hannah Klinkman, Darren Robinson, and Jessica Robling
The Lamentation Variations Project was conceived by Janet Eilber and premiered September 11, 2007 at New York City’s Joyce Theater to commemorate the anniversary of 9/11. The work is based on a film from the early 1940s of Martha Graham dancing movements from her then new, and now iconic, solo, Lamentation. It was so successful that Martha Graham Dance Company has continued to invite choreographers into the project. Pilobolus is honored to participate in the project as part of the GRAHAM100 celebration. Support for Pilobolus’s participation in GRAHAM100 comes from The Ballet Foundation.
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SWEET PURGATORY
Choreographed by Robby Barnett, Alison Chase, Jonathan Wolken, and Michael Tracy in collaboration with Adam Battelstein, Rebecca Jung, Kent Lindemer, Vernon Scott, John-Mario Sevilla, and Jude Woodcock
Music: Chamber Symphony, Opus 110a, by Dimitri Shostakovich orchestral arrangement by Rudolf Barshai
Lighting Design: Stephen Strawbridge
Costume Design: Lawrence Casey
Costume Painting Execution: Martin Izquierdo Studios
Costume Construction: Kitty Daly
PERFORMED BY
Connor Chaparro, Ryan Hayes, Isaac Huerta, Hannah Klinkman, Darren Robinson, and Jessica Robling
Program B
June 27-28; July 1-3, 6 (matinee), 10, 12 (evening), 13 (matinee)
PARTICLE ZOO
Choreographed by Robby Barnett, Michael Tracy, Jonathan Wolken in collaboration with Jack Arnold, Adam Battelstein, Kent Lindemer, and John-Mario Sevilla
Music: David Darling/Terje Rypdal, Jan Garbarek/L. Shankar, Barbara Hyde, Brian Eno, Jack DeJohnette, John Abercrombie, Jean Luc Ponty
Music Editing: Barbara Hyde
Lighting and Special Effects: David M. Chapman Props Design: Rob Faust, Eoin Sprott
PERFORMED BY
Connor Chaparro, Ryan Hayes, Isaac Huerta, and Darren Robinson
BLOODLINES
Created by Renée Jaworski, Matt Kent in collaboration with Marlon Feliz and Hannah Klinkman
Music: Andre Heller, Steve Reich, Michael Gordon, Eva Reiter, Francois Dompierre, and Stephane Tétreault
Sound Design: Matt Kent
Lighting Design: Diane Ferry Williams
Costume Design: Márion Talán de la Rosa
PERFORMED BY
Hannah Klinkman and Jessica Robling
Bloodlines was supported by the Thompson Family Foundation with additional support from the Tracy Lukoff New Work Fund.
FLIGHT
Created by Renée Jaworski and Matt Kent in collaboration with Connor Chaparro, Hannah Klinkman, Darren Robinson and Jessica Robling
Music: Paul Sullivan
Lighting Design: Thom Weaver
Costume Design: Márion Talán de la Rosa
PERFORMED BY
Connor Chaparro, Hannah Klinkman, Darren Robinson, and Jessica Robling
Flight was created with support from Pilobolus founding member Lee Harris in recognition of Pilobolus’s 50 years of collaborative contributions to dance.
RUSHES
Choreographed by Inbal Pinto, Avshalom Pollak and Robby Barnett, based on original material developed with Talia Beck, Otis Cook, Josie M Coyoc, Matt Kent, Renée Jaworski and Andreas Merk, and created in collaboration with Andy Herro, Jeffrey Huang, Renée Jaworski, Jun Kuribayashi, Jenny Mendez, Manelich Minniefee, Edwin Olvera, and Annika Sheaff
Music: Eddie Sauter, Miles Davis, John Blow, Big Noise from Winnetka used by permission, Dukes of Dixieland (dukesofdixieland.com), Arvo Pärt
Lighting Design: Yoann Tivoli
Costume Design: Avshalom Pollak & Inbal Pinto
Film Animation: Peter Sluszka
PERFORMED BY
Connor Chaparro, Ryan Hayes, Isaac Huerta, Hannah Klinkman, Darren Robinson, and Jessica Robling
Rushes was co-commissioned by the American Dance Festival with support from the Doris Duke Awards for New Work and additional funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; by the Joyce Theater’s Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New Work; and by Ruth Eckerd Hall, Clearwater, Florida. It was also made possible in part by generous contributions from the Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York and from Jonathan M. Nadler. Rushes was created through Pilobolus’s International Collaborators Project with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
ABOUT THE COMPANY
PILOBOLUS is a rebellious dance company. Since 1971, it has tested the limits of human physicality to explore the beauty and the power of connected bodies creating aweinspiring and accessible performances. In the five decades since, Pilobolus has continued to propel the seeds of expression through their collaborations with some of the greatest influencers, thinkers, and creators in the world and its unique educational programming. The company offers classes serving all ages and movement abilities. Pilobolus classes use movement to teach dancers and non-dancers alike to harness the creative potential of groups. Bespoke leadership workshops for corporate executives, employees, and business schools teach teams how to maximize creativity, solve problems, create surprise, and generate joy through the power of nonverbal communication. Pilobolus continues to bring the beauty of movement to the world, growing and changing each year while reaching new audiences and exploring new visual and physical planes. Learn more at pilobolus.org.
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WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY
RENÉE JAWORSKI (Executive/Co-Artistic Director) has been an indelible force in Pilobolus’s artistic landscape since joining in 2000. A performer who captivated audiences worldwide, her magnetic stage presence laid the foundation for an expansive creative career. In 2011, she was chosen to lead Pilobolus’s post-succession evolution, becoming Artistic Director, and in 2022, became the first Executive Director with an intimate dance background. Her choreographic experience has been extensive and pioneering, crafting pieces reflecting her innovative dance and theater approach. Her exceptional work spans various platforms, from the 79th Annual Academy Awards to the Grammy®-nominated video for OK Go’s All is Not Lost, as well as overseeing prestigious projects like Radiolab Live: In the Dark and the World Science Festival, Time and the Creative Cosmos. The University of the Arts honored her with the Silver Star Alumni Award, and her collaborative work on Round House Theater’s production of The Tempest, directed by Aaron Posner and Teller, earned Pilobolus the Helen Hayes Award for Best
Choreography in a Play in 2023. Guiding Pilobolus with vision and creativity, she ensures it remains a vibrant, celebrated arts organization.
MATT KENT (Artistic Director) joined Pilobolus in 1996 without any formal dance training. His unconventional entrance into dance and theater parallels the Founders’. In Pilobolus, he found an outlet for his artistic and creative vision and began a diverse and prolific career. He has performed on prestigious stages around the world and created choreography for colleges, professional dance companies, as well as grand productions involving shadow, horses, acrobats, large scale Michael Curry puppets, actors, stunt men, hip hop dancers, athletes, zombies, and more. His work on Shakespeare’s The Tempest co-directed by Aaron Posner and Teller won the Helen Hayes Award for Best Choreography. He developed the movement vocabulary for The Walking Dead. His work has appeared on the Academy Awards, Conan O’Brien, Penn & Teller’s Fool Us, Wetten Dass, and multiple television commercials. As Artistic Director of Pilobolus, he brings an unconventional approach to innovative theatrical experiences. A powerhouse of creativity, he leads the 50 plus year old Company, keeping the vintage historic works authentic and relative, while breaking new ground to create transformative experiences to engage, inspire, and leave audiences in awe.
CONNOR CHAPARRO (Dancer) was born in Lakeland, Florida. He eventually found himself at the University of Memphis where he graduated with a double concentration in Dance and Dance Science. You can find him cooking his mother’s secret salsa recipe and sharing it with people in his spare time. He loves to explore nature, see people’s smiles, and learn about the crazy world we live in. This is Connor’s first season with Pilobolus, and he is SO excited to be performing for you, the audience! He sends you “Mush” love.
RYAN HAYES (Dancer) was born and raised in Spokane, WA. He earned his degree in Dance Performance with a minor in Interdisciplinary Arts from Gonzaga University. After graduation, he continued his training at the Steps on Broadway Conservatory in New York. While in New York, he had the opportunity to perform Paul Taylor and Jerome Robbins’ original choreography in Section 5 of Esplanade and ‘group dances’ of N.Y. Export Opus Jazz. Additionally, he has performed with Jazz Choreography Enterprise, Sound Business Inc. in Dance Harlem!, Inland Northwest Opera, Human Kinetics Inc., and theater companies across the U.S. In addition to performing, he is passionate about dance education and guest teaches at numerous studios and intensives.
ISAAC HUERTA (Dancer) is a movement-based performance artist from Whittier, California, and Orange County School of the Arts alum. He has worked with dance companies including Ezralow Dance, Invertigo Dance Theatre, KDV Dance Ensemble, Andrea Peña and Artist, Carlon Dance, Body Weather, and Wonderbound. He has danced with the LA Philharmonic, LA Opera, and the Pacific Symphony. Some of his Film/TV credits include Shake it Off: Taylor Swift, Chained to the Rhythm: Katy Perry (The Grammys), Bathtubs Over Broadway, and Focus World. He was nominated for a Henry Award for “Best Supporting Actor in a Musical” for Rattlesnake Kate, choreographed by Domonique Kelley. Isaac has presented
original dance works in art galleries and the Episcopal Church with his husband and creative partner William Clayton.
HANNAH KLINKMAN (Dance Captain) was born and raised in Dexter, Michigan where she was classically trained at Ballet Chelsea. She studied at Grand Valley State University and completed her training with BalletMet Columbus in 2016. She has since danced and created with Festival Ballet Providence, Dance The Yard, co-founded the Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project, and toured and created new work with MOMIX. She creates costumes and her own choreography when not on the road. Hannah is a Mindfulness Meditation teacher, Pilates instructor, dance teacher, and houseplant enthusiast. Hannah joined Pilobolus in 2021.
DARREN ROBINSON (Dancer) was born in Enoch, Utah. The youngest of nine children, he studied dance at the University of Utah. Darren has an impressive background in musical theater, performing in shows such as The Little Mermaid, Newsies, Grease, and Les Misérables. He has graced audiences with performances at the Hale Center Theater, Universal Studios Japan, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and the Broadway national tour of Jesus Christ Superstar. He was most recently featured as a dancer/aerialist with Brian Sanders’ JUNK in Prototype. If not on stage, you’ll find Darren hiking, camping, gardening or sitting in a cozy coffee shop.
JESSICA ROBLING (Dancer) was born in China and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She began her training at The New York Chinese Cultural Center, learning Chinese Traditional dance under the guidance of Bei Bei Gu and Yuezhen Hu. She continued training in modern dance at Dancewave, performing works by Andrea Miller, Camille Brown, Kyle Abraham, and Larry Keigwin. In 2019, Jessica graduated from The University of Wisconsin-Madison, with a BFA in Dance and Pilates Certificate. Since graduating, Jessica has danced and worked in collaboration with Jenny Boissiere, Jin Wen Yu, Li Chiao-Ping, Liz Sexe Dance, Michel Kouakou, and Nimbus2 Dance Company. When not in the studio, you can find her napping with her dog, Otis, or taking him on a nice long nature walk.
ROBBY BARNETT (Co-Founder, Choreographer) was born and raised in the Adirondack Mountains and attended Dartmouth College. He joined Pilobolus in 1971.
ALISON CHASE (Co-Founder, Choreographer) is a choreographer, director, master teacher, and theatrical artist. Her work explores emotional terrain through innovative movement, multidimensional storytelling, fusions of film and dance, and site-specific works. During her three decades with Pilobolus, she built an eclectic repertoire of choreography with unorthodox partnering and aerial techniques. Alison founded Alison Chase/Performance in 2009 to pursue her creative vision in bold collaborations. She has commissions from Wolf Trap, La Scala Opera, the Rockettes, and the Fête de l'Humanité, among others.
MICHAEL TRACY (Co-Founder, Choreographer) was born in Florence and raised in New England. He met the other Pilobolus founders at Dartmouth in 1969, and
became an artistic director after graduating magna cum laude in 1973. Michael toured with Pilobolus for 14 years and choreographed and directed the company until his retirement. He has set his work on the Joffrey, Ohio, Hartford, Nancy, and Verona Ballets, and with Pilobolus, choreographed a production of Mozart’s Magic Flute. Michael taught at Yale University for two decades and lives in northwestern Connecticut.
JONATHAN WOLKEN (1949-2010) (Co-Founder, Choreographer) co-founded Pilobolus and remained an Artistic Director until his death, creating 46 Pilobolus works in collaboration with co-artistic directors and guest artists, and as sole choreographer. He also choreographed Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s production of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, and the Royal Danish Ballet’s Oneiric. Mr. Wolken taught many workshops and was dedicated to the furtherance of Pilobolus technique in dance and as a model for creative thinking.
MARTHA GRAHAM (1894-1991) is recognized as a primal artistic force of the 20th Century. She was named “Dancer of the Century” by Time and has been compared with other creative giants such as Picasso, Einstein, Stravinsky, and Freud. She created 181 ballets and a technique that revolutionized dance throughout the greater part of the past century. Using the founding principals of contraction and release, she built a vocabulary of movement to “increase the emotional activity of the dancer’s body,” exploring the depth and diversity of human emotion. Her ballets were inspired by a wide range of sources from the American frontier to Greek Mythology. She created and portrayed prominent women, including Clytemnestra, Jocasta, Medea, Phaedra, Joan of Arc, and Emily Dickenson. During her 70 years of creating dance, she collaborated with other great artists – Noguchi, Copland, Barber and Schuman, and her mentor Louis Horst among others, and is recognized for her groundbreaking work in all aspects of the theater – use of time, space, lighting, costumes, sets, and music. Her company was a training ground for many generations of choreographers including Cunningham, Taylor, and Tharp. At the Neighborhood Playhouse, she is said to have changed the course of American acting through students such as Bette Davis, Gregory Peck, Tony Randall, and Orson Wells. Her creative genius earned numerous honors and awards, including the Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of the Arts. Martha Graham’s extraordinary legacy lives on in the work of the Martha Graham Dance Company, Ensemble, and School, and in the students worldwide studying her technique and performing her masterworks.
DERION LOMAN launched his dance career at 19, blending a B.A. in Psychology and a B.F.A. in Dance from the University of California Santa Barbara into a vision where intellect meets movement. He first captivated audiences with Ballet Hispanico’s Second Company—including at the 2013 Presidential Inauguration—and later joined Pilobolus (2013–2017). Never content to rest on his laurels, Derion toured with Diavolo Architecture in Motion, earning recognition as a finalist on America’s Got Talent and as a divisional finalist on NBC’s World of Dance Season 3 and at the 2019 Emmy Awards. His creative influence has graced stages for Dallas Black Dance Theatre, Google, 2Point4 Dance Company, and more—culminating in a celebrated victory at the Pacific Northwest Ballet Film Festival. In 2024, he received the prestigious honor of being one of eight choreographers selected for the Ann & Weston Hicks Choreographic Fellowship, a testament to his relentless pursuit of artistic innovation. Expanding his creative reach, Derion served as the inaugural guest creative director for 3rd Angle New Music, where he was commissioned to design and choreograph
groundbreaking work. He also extended his collaborative spirit globally by working with internationally known K-pop star Jackson Wang. In 2025, Derion rejoined Pilobolus as an Artistic Associate, marking his most recent accomplishment—a fullcircle return to the company that first ignited his passion. Through his work, Derion deeply champions diversity, striving to leave audiences with the message, “All are welcome here.”
GASPARD LOUIS (Collaborator) is the Founder/Artistic Director of the Durham, NC based company Gaspard&Dancers (G&D). Gaspard received a BFA in Dance from Montclair State University and studied at Gus Giordano's in Chicago and Nikolais/ Louis Dance Lab in New York. Following his studies, he joined the New York based AllNations performing traditional dances from many parts of the world. Later, he joined Pilobolus and traveled worldwide with the company. In 2012, Gaspard received an MFA from the Hollins University/American Dance Festival Program and became the Director of ADF’s year-round creative movement outreach program. Since forming G&D in 2009, he has created over 25 works, presented around the world, and has been a guest teacher and choreographer at University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), Duke, Elon and North Carolina Central Universities.
INBAL PINTO (Choreographer) attended the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design before establishing the Inbal Pinto dance company in 1992. In 2002, she founded the Inbal Pinto and Avshalom Pollak Dance Company. Pinto and Pollack collaborated on a number of works in the world of dance and opera including including Boobies, Shaker, Wallflower, Bombyx Mori, Icetree, and Trout. Pinto and Pollack’s directing credits include Willibald Gluck’s Armide, The Cat Who Lived a Million Times, and original collaboration Fugue AVSHALOM POLLAK (Choreographer), initially trained as an actor, performed in many films, TV programs and theatrical productions. In 1992, Pollak began working with Inbal Pinto, with whom he founded The Inbal Pinto & Avshalom Pollak Dance Company. Together, they created, choreographed and designed, multiple works to be performed by the Company. Pollak has directed designed and choreographed opera productions globally as well as directing musical productions in Japan. In 2018, he founded Avshalom Pollak Dance Theatre.
STUART BOGIE (Composer) writes for film, television, and the stage. He has released 9 albums as a band leader and collaborates with artists including James Murphy, Kronos Quartet, Arcade Fire, Colin Stetson, Matana Roberts, and Will Butler. He is the recipient of a Meet the Composer grant and co-composed the score for the Oscar nominated documentary How to Survive a Plague with Luke O’Malley. Upcoming projects include a score for Flood, a new documentary by Katy Scoggin (Citizen Four) and a series of solo clarinet and drone performances aimed at bringing Bogie’s singular improvisational voice to unexpected locations around New York City.
PAUL SULLIVAN (Composer) has composed fifteen scores for Pilobolus since 1980. He has appeared as a conductor, performer, and composer on and off Broadway several times. Paul currently lives on the coast of Maine where he composes music for his own record label, River Music. Paul's award-winning piano albums include Sketches of Maine, A Visit to the Rockies, Folk Art, Nights in the Gardens of Maine, and Christmas in Maine. His most recent albums are Circle ‘Round The Season and Memory Lane Collection
MICHAEL WALL (Composer) has established a reputation as one of the most innovative and impactful voices in the world of music and dance, writing approximately 200 new commissions a year for leading international dance organizations, and collaborative projects including the Grammy-nominated album Spirit Song by Kenny Barron. Michael also organized, performed, recorded, mixed, and mastered the recording Music for Changing Parts by Philip Glass with the Salt Lake Electronic Ensemble. In dance, Michael has collaborated with Flockworks, Shen Wei, Charles Anderson, The Jose Limon Company, Jesse Zarrit, David Dorfman, Jennifer Nugent, Bebe Miller, and many more. He is currently developing online educational resources to teach composing for dance, accompanying dance classes, and teaching music for dance to dance educators, which will be available through his website www.soundformovement.com
DAVID M. CHAPMAN (Lighting Designer) was Director of Production for Pilobolus from 1978 to 1997. A native of the Berkshires, his early credits include many summers with the Berkshire Theatre Festival and Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival and winters on the road with rock, mime, and dance tours. David has designed the lighting for numerous Pilobolus works including Day Two, Bonsai, Particle Zoo, and Axons. Other work includes positions as assistant lighting designer for the 1978 Spoleto Festival USA and Production Manager of the 1981 American Dance Festival. In his most recent New York project, he served as lighting coordinator for the Japanese singer Tokiko at Carnegie Hall. His lighting designs can also be seen in the repertory of Peter Pucci Plus Dancers. He was, until May 2006, Director of Production for Jacobs Pillow and, until 2008, Director of Facilities and Production at the Colonial Theatre in Pittsfield, MA.
STEPHEN STRAWBRIDGE (Lighting Designer) has many works in the repertory of Pilobolus Dance Theatre. His designs have been seen on Broadway, off-Broadway, and at most major regional theaters and opera houses across the country. Internationally he has designed the lighting for major premiers in Bergen, Copenhagen, The Hague, Hong Kong, Linz, Lisbon, Munich, Naples, Sao Paulo, Stockholm, Stratford-UponAvon (for the Royal Shakespeare Company), Wroclaw, and Vienna. He has been recognized with numerous awards and nominations including the American Theatre Wing, Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle, Connecticut Critics Circle, Dallas-Fort Worth Theater Critics Forum, Drama Desk, Helen Hayes, Henry Hewes Design, and Lucille Lortel. He is Head of the Lighting Design Concentration at David Geffen School of Drama and Lighting Design Advisor at Yale Repertory Theatre.
YOANN TIVOLI (Lighting Designer) was born in France in 1974 and resides in Lyon. After a BTS of lighting design and sound engineer and four years as lighting manager, he signed his first lightings designs in 1994 in all areas of performing arts in France and abroad. He produced numerous lightings designs for dance, theater, music, and opera. He also create set lights for exhibitions and he designs some scenography sets for theater. yoanntivoli-eclairagiste.com
BRIAN TOVAR (Lighting Designer) is an award winning and Drama Desk nominated lighting designer who has created original work for major Off-Broadway and regional theaters everywhere. His body of work spans theater, dance, installations, and live events. As a Creative Director and Producer, Brian has developed and collaborated on multiple groundbreaking and award winning live experiences, earning multiple Clio Awards. Brian is a frequent collaborator with the City of New York and has created
and designed multiple art installations in New York City. BrianTovarDesign.com
THOM WEAVER (Lighting Designer) studied at Carnegie-Mellon and Yale and first worked with Pilobolus on Teller and Aaron Posner’s The Tempest at Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. In New York, his work has been seen at NYSF/Public Theater, Primary Stages, Signature Theatre, Player’s Theatre (Play Dead with Teller), 37ARTS, Cherry Lane, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center Institute, and SPF. Thom has worked regionally at CenterStage, Syracuse Stage, Huntington, Milwaukee Rep, Shakespeare Theatre, Asolo, Berkshire Theatre Festival, Williamstown, Folger Theatre, Roundhouse Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Hangar, Spoleto Festival USA, City Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, and Yale Rep. Thom has received 3 Barrymore Awards (21 nominations), 1 Helen Hayes Award (4 nominations) and 2 AUDELCO Awards.
DIANE FERRY WILLIAMS (Lighting Designer) is a free-lance lighting designer who has lit well over 300 productions of theatre, dance, dance festivals, and opera in the US, Canada, Europe and Asia. Awards include a Jeff Award, an After Dark Award, a Carbonelle Award, six Drammy awards, and six Jeff nominations. Diane has a BA from Ashland University in Ohio with a theatre major and a Master of Fine Arts in Theatrical Design from Northwestern University.
LAWRENCE CASEY (Costume Designer) designs scenery and costumes for drama, dance, and opera. He has had a long association with the San Francisco Opera, designing costumes for the televised Aida, which starred Margaret Price and Luciano Pavarotti. He has designed costumes for several Crowsnest pieces, and his association with Martha Clarke has resulted in two highly praised pieces: Elizabeth Dead with Linda Hunt and the Obie Award production of Metamorphosis in Miniature with Ms. Hunt and David Rounds. For Pilobolus, Mr. Casey has designed costumes for Return to Maria La Baja, Tarleton's Resurrection, Land's Edge, Lure, The Golden Bowl, Clandestiny, A Portrait, Sweet Purgatory, Animundi, Collideoscope, The Doubling Cube, and Aeros.
KITTY DALY (Costume Designer) created costumes for Pilobolus’s Molly's Not Dead, The Detail of Phoebe Strickland, Bonsai, The Empty Suitor, Moonblind, Lost in Fauna, Mirage, What Grows in Huygen's Window, Stabat Mater, Elegy for the Moment. She has designed for the Ohio Ballet, the Pennsylvania Ballet, the Milwaukee Ballet, Merce Cunningham, Crowsnest, and Parker/Pucci. Ms. Daly lives in northern Vermont, creating custom evening gowns and beautiful tracks in the snow.
VALERIE ST. PIERRE SMITH (Costume Designer) White Earth Ojibwe-kwe, mischief maker, scholar, and author has an eclectic design background including stage, fashion, dance, film, opera, and themed entertainment. Her designs have been seen at The Kennedy Center, Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Mixed Blood Theatre, Sea World: San Diego, the National Museum of the American Indian, and more. Valerie’s scholarly work on cultural appropriation, inspiration, and representation in design has her presenting for a variety of institutions and conferences, including Central Saint-Martins Fashion Programme in London, England, and writing for a variety of publications.
MÁRION TALÁN DE LA ROSA (Costume Designer). Dance collaborators include choreographers Caleb Teicher, Hope Boykin, Sonya Tayeh, Jennifer Freedman, Matthew Neenan, Raja Feather Kelly, Chanel DaSilva, Spencer Theberge, Jermaine Spivey, Antonio Brown, Norbert De La Cruz, Cindy Salgado, and Bryan Arias among
many others. Some of her work has been featured with many companies, notably Bodytraffic, AMP Dance, Ballet X, Gibney Dance Company, Limon Dance Company, Buglisi Dance Theater, Parsons Dance, and the Juilliard School. Márion is a proud member of United Scenic Artists Local 829. mariontalandelarosa.com
GABRIEL ESPARZA (Lighting Supervisor) was born and raised in Durham, North Carolina and grew up going to Pilobolus performances at The American Dance Festival. A graduate of Lewis & Clark College, Gabriel now finds his home in New York City. Gabriel has previously worked with The American Dance Festival, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, Beth Morrison Projects, and The Whitney Museum of American Art among others. Gabriel draws on his experiences, heritage, and observations of our world to bring artistic visions to the stage through light.
EVAN HAUSTHOR (Production Stage Manager) hails from Topeka, Kansas, and holds a BFA in Stage Management from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. His recent credits include Circus EVO, American Dance Festival, The Pluck Project, and Utah Festival Opera. Evan is always looking for new art that brings joy into the space. In his free time, he enjoys reading and exploring new destinations.
Pilobolus Board of Trustees
Shauna Holiman
Monica Richter
Gary Johnson
Howard Weinberg
Board Chair
Vice Chair
Treasurer
Secretary
Ciara Burnham, Maria Campbell, Frances Katzen, David Mechlin, Anna Santoleri, Evan Sturza, Conna Weiner, Tyler Wibstad
Major support for Pilobolus Artistic Programming provided by
(REFLECTS SUPPORT RECEIVED FROM JUNE 28, 2024 TO MAY 22, 2025)
Visionary $50,000+
The Shubert Foundation
Shauna Holiman and Robert Hackney
Dick and Carol Netzer
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Evan Sturza and Stephanie Guilpin
Barbara and Gary Johnson
Thompson Family Foundation Anonymous (1)
Patron $10,000+
Jody and John Arnhold Foundation
The Ballet Foundation
Ciara Burnham and John Healy
Maria and Woody Campbell
Connecticut Community Foundation
Connecticut Office of the Arts
Lilah Hilliard Fisher Foundation
O'Donnell Green Music and Dance Foundation
Molly Butler Hart and Michael Griffin
Rachel and Mike Jacobellis
Frances Katzen
Jean and Julien Levy Foundation for the Arts, Inc.
Leslie and Charlotte Moore Foundation
Rebecca and James Neary
Michael A. Nickols
Monica Richter and Wolfgang Guenther
Sara and Robert Savage
Allin Tallmadge
Howard Weinberg and Joanna Seddon
Conna A. Weiner and Eric J. Evans
Tyler Wibstad and Mark Adams
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Linda and Phil Andryc
The Anglo-American Charitable Foundation
Cultural Alliance of Western Connecticut
James R Dougherty Jr Foundation Inc
Margery Feldberg
Daniel Francis and Taylor Owings
Tungare Manohar Family Foundation
Kathryn Meister
Sherman and Christopher Meloni
Helen and Fred Norman
Rob Parker
Northwest Connecticut Community Foundation
John and Carol Santoleri
The Schwartz Family
The Abraham & Beverly Sommer Foundation
Teller
Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch
Alden Y. Warner III and Peter Reed
Sustainer $1,000+
Peggy and Keith Anderson
Julie Bailey
Peter Bakstansky
Lucy and David Ball
Bank of America
Charitable Foundation
Dr. Damon Bayles and Clinton Kelly
Tamara and Brad Bernstein
Nancy and James Better
Leigh Butler
Pamela Cantor MD
Elizabeth and Jay Chandler
Sheila Condon
Consulate General of Spain
Dash Financial Technologies LLC
Angela Dulce de Lara
Janet Elsbach
Ellen and Frank Estes
Karen Florini
Adam Frankel
Alison French
Gary Goldring
Murray and Susan Haber
Charitable Foundation
Judy Currie Hamilton
Lee Harris
Robert Harrison
Wilson Henley and Bruce Glickman
Anne and John Herrmann
Hudson Bay Capital
Maureen Jerome
Jane Klein and Bill Havemeyer
Lesser Evil
Rebecca Lin
Catherine Lyons and Chandler Caton
Sarah Lee Martin
Jenny Mendez and Tito Fung
Michael K. McEvoy
Audrey and Danny Meyer
Harry Moses
J Lee Nelson
New Preston Dermatology
Nancy & John Novogrod
Jonathan and Kelly Opdyke
Lloyd Peterson
Marnie Pillsbury
Eugene Pinover
Steven Potolsky
Elizabeth Richebourg Rea
Andrea Roberts and Marc Foster
Jerome Robbins Foundation
Timothy Russell and Bobbie Sue Smart
Anna Santoleri
Amy Segal
Ines de Seroux and Matias Santa Cruz
Leslie Siegel
Mark Snow
TD Charitable Foundation
Nicole Tongue and Allen Kovac
Leslie and Greg Warner
Katie Watkin
Kelly Williams
Anonymous (2)
Supporter $500+
Katherine Adams
Peggy Adams
Richard Bell
Pamela and Scott Bowman
Ken Brause
Gerald Caporicci
Martha Rogers Cavett
Jeremy and Christine Chase
Depot Dog
Sandra and Charles Drimal
Joanna and Joe Gitterman
Michelle & Michael Gorra
Penny Hammerman
Linda Irving
Elise Jaffe and Jeffrey Brown
Susan G Karchmer
Brianna Killion
Thomas & Christine Koobatian
Kate Karet and Jeff Levick
David Lukoff
Ecton Manning
Amie McKay
Gordon and Maryam Muessel
Netflix Corporate Giving
Carlajo Oehrlein
Adam Parker
Ashley Patterson
Sandra Pinnavaia and Guy Moszkowski
Piper Sandler Companies
Rodney Pleasants and Steve Godwin
Terry Prahl
Ann and Peter Robinson
Anya Peterson Royce
Jackie Beth Shilcutt
The Smithy Cafe & Market
Andrew Smith
Tom Tecklenburg
Kevin Vilke and Christian Jensen
Abigail Washburn
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 more than four 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 475 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 (1st–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 300 performances for audiences of over 100,000. 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 made the reopening of The Joyce Theater in 2021 and the reemergence of many dance companies possible.
Leadership support for The Joyce's year-round programs and services:
LuEsther T. Mertz
Charitable Trust
Season Sponsor:
Champion support for The Joyce's annual programming:
Major support for The Joyce's operations and special projects:
Booth Ferris Foundation
ABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION
VISION STATEMENT
The Joyce Theater Foundation is committed to fostering and supporting a diverse and inclusive environment, both on and off stage. We embrace and celebrate diversity in all its forms, and value the rich experiences and perspectives that arise from differences in race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and cognitive and physical ability.
We strive to counteract the social injustices and racism that exist within our communities, our nation, and our world. Our aim as an organization is to embody the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.
To achieve this, we will:
• Create and implement proactive diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice initiatives;
• Establish and maintain a culture of safe sharing, intentional listening, learning, and growth;
• Engage with and support disenfranchised communities by sharing information and resources and ensuring accessibility;
• Develop metrics and conduct regular reviews of our programs and policies to hold ourselves accountable and shift as neededs.
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
Executive Assistant and Community Engagement Manager........
.....................................................................................................Ayo Janeen Jackson
ADMINISTRATION
General Manager Huong Hoang
Associate General Manager................................................Katy Myers
Head Carpenter.......................................................................Web Crittenden
Head Electrician..................................................................Brittany Spencer
Stage Technicians.......................................Fabrizio Caputo, Edward Hill
The Joyce Theater is a member of APAP, Dance/NYC, and Dance/USA.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Joyce Theater operates on the Lenape island of Manhahtaan (Mannahatta) and acknowledges that it was founded upon the stolen land and erasure of many Indigenous communities. This acknowledgement demonstrates our institution’s commitment to the process of dismantling the legacies of colonialism and cultural imperialism.
We acknowledge the ongoing violence towards Indigenous people through systemic inequality. We pay our respect to the Indigenous peoples who lived and continue to live upon this land, and whose rich history, artistic practices, and spirituality are tied to this land. It is within our responsibility as a cultural institution and our commitment to diversity and inclusion to embody a commitment to Indigenous rights and cultural equity.
We sincerely invite you as an audience member to take a moment to reflect on the history and legacy of displacement, migration, and settlement.
It is our intention to work with local Native American arts councils to better inform our land acknowledgment practices and anticipate that it will evolve over time.
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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.
THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, INC.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Charles M. Adelman, Chair
Madelyn Wils, Vice Chair
Monica F. Azare, Vice Chair
Stephanie R. Breslow, Treasurer
Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary
Kerry Clayton, Chair Emeritus
Virginia A. Millhiser, Chair Emerita
Amit Wadhwaney, Chair Emeritus
R. Richard Ablon
Rob Ashford
Ajay Bhandaram
Alan Cumming
Keane Ehsani
John Philip Falk
Michael Feller
Melina Fisher
IN MEMORIAM
Theodore S. Bartwink (Trustee 1993-2014)
Tracy Brown (Trustee 2020-2023)
R. Britton Fisher (Trustee 1999-2020)
David D. Holbrook (Trustee 1994-2023)
Richard Lukins (Trustee 1998-2011)
Anh-Tuyet Nguyen (Trustee 2007–2020)
Richard Shea (Trustee 2015-2022)
Monica B. Voldstad (Trustee 2016-2023)
Stephen D. Weinroth (Trustee 1996-2022)
Ronald Gumbaz
Toni Hoover
Robert Musiker
Meryl Rosofsky
Saul Sanders
Linda Shelton
Lauren E. Shortt
Cathy Weinroth
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
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 May 23, 2025.
Platinum Benefactors
($500,000 and above)
Sheetal & Tokumbo Shobowale
Howard Gilman Foundation
John & Jody Arnhold
Elysabeth Kleinhans
MacMillan Family Foundation
LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust
Virginia & Timothy Millhiser
Gold Benefactors
($100,000 and above)
Deborah & Charles Adelman
Catskill Mountain Foundation
Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer
Ford Foundation
Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi
The Harkness Foundation for Dance
Leanne Lachman
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Sharon Patrick
Robert Pollock
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
Saul & Mary Sanders
The Shubert Foundation
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels
Amit Wadhwaney
Madelyn & Steven Wils
Silver Benefactors
($50,000 and above)
Anonymous
Stephanie R. Breslow & Paul Watterson
Ann & George Colony
Margaret & John Falk
Nancy & Michael Feller
National Endowment for the Arts
New York State Council on the Arts
The Jerome Robbins Foundation
Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart Coleman
Lauren E. Shortt
SHS Foundation
Denise Littlefield Sobel
TD Bank/TD Charitable Foundation
Conrad Voldstad
Cathy Weinroth
Benefactor's Circle
($25,000 and above)
Anonymous (2)
Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
Jeff & Susan Campbell
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Melina Fisher
Jane E. Goldberg
Elzbieta Grove
Heartfelt Wings Foundation
Henry and Lucy Moses Fund
Bob & Sharon Musiker
National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts
President's Circle
($15,000 and above)
Jen Ablon
Sarah Arison
Citizens Private Bank
Robert Goldberg & Betsy MacIsaac
Aimee Haydinger
Henry Luce Foundation
Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation
Tatiana Piankova Foundation
Karen Roth
Kathleen A. Scott
Joseph LeRoy and Ann C. Warner Fund
Vicente Wolf
Impresario’s Circle
($10,000 and above)
Anonymous
Rick & Nurit Amdur
Ms. Monica Azare
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Dr. John Bonavita-Goldman
Edward Brill
Con Edison
Leslie & Richard Curtis
Ms. Susan Dickler & Mr. Sig Van Raan
Linda & Martin Fell
The FGK Foundation
Gregg & Jean Frankel
Charles and Joan Gross
Family Foundation
Sharon B. Gurwitz
Ms. Elizabeth Haynes
Judith M. Hoffman
Toni Hoover
Illuminated Foundation
Christine Knuth
Eric & Sandy Krasnoff
Andrew Martin-Weber
Mr. James McLaren & Ms. Lawton Fitt
Linda and Ed Morse
No Studios of Milwaukee
Steve Pesner and Peace in loving memory of Michéle Pesner, a person whose entire life was devoted to culture and the arts
Rajika & Anupam Puri
Ellen Rosen
The Scripps Family Fund for Education & the Arts
Linda Shelton
Irene Shen
Leslie Siegel
Barbara Madsen Smith
Jean & Gene Stark
Emiko Terasaki
Johanna Weber
Producer’s Circle
($7,500 and above)
Neme Alperstein
Office of City Council Member Erik Bottcher
Dr. Peter and Mrs. Eszter Friedman
Suzanne Hall & Valentino Carlotti
Melanie Coronetz & Bruce G. Miller
Cherrie Nanninga
Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo
Margaret Stern
Advocates
($5,000 and above)
Anonymous (3)
R. Richard Ablon
Alpern Family Foundation
Rob Ashford
Anne-Victoire Auriault
The Barbara Bell Cumming
Charitable Trust
Andrew & Froma Benerofe
Ajay Bhandaram
Marty and Louise Bickman
Judi Rappoport Blitzer & David M. Blitzer
Donya & Scott Bommer
Robert Brenner
Donna B. Case
Ms. Georgina Cullman
Carol Davis and Joel Marcus, M.D.
Jeffrey Davis & Michael T. Miller
Ms. Patricia Dugan, in memory of William Perlmuth
Mr. Keane Ehsani
Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman
Robert J. Fraiman Jr. & Melanie Harris
Owls Fund at the Triangle Community Foundation
Emi Gittleman
Robert Greenberg
The Randall and Mary Hack
Foundation
Elizabeth Anne Hartman
The Ivill-Weiner Family
Christopher Jones & Deborah McAlister
Alan & Gail Koss
Jonathan Levinson
Uttara P. Marti
Ronay & Richard Menschel
Consulate General of the Kingdom of The Netherlands
New Music USA
Val Holley & Joseph Plocek
Nina B. Quigley
Mr. Stephen Kroll Reidy
Ms. Theresa Russo
Lawrence Safran & Romulo Aromin, Jr.
Nancy Sands
Susan Scharf
Fran Schulman
Robert A. Schulman
Deborah Selch
Christopher Soule
Linda Strumpf
Theresa Alessandra Russo Foundation
Ms. Patricia E. Vance
Barbara Wybraniec
Director’s Circle ($2,750 and above)
Anonymous (2)
Joel & Rhela Aragona
Australian Consulate General in New York
Barbash Family Fund
Sandra Berger
Barbara Berliner & Sol Rymer
Ms. Deanna Bittker
Jeffrey Bruce & Ingrid Steffensen
David Bruson
Capezio/Ballet Makers Dance Foundation
Cathleen Collins
Jane Comer
Chris Coulthrust
The Cowles Charitable Trust
Trisha & Patrick Duval
Christopher M Elmore
David L. Fanger & Martin Wechsler
Ania Fryszkowska
Andrew and Claire-Marine Ferguson
Kenneth Foster
Jeffrey Olund & Silvia Furia
A. Stephanie Gittleman
Dorothy Goodman
Elisabeth Hefti
Carolina Hernandez
Jonathan Kanovsky
David Kernahan
Diana Korsh
Kathy Krall
Joe Lanteri, New York City Dance Alliance Inc.
Rosanne Leshner
Jayne Lipman & Robert Goodman
Johnny Mendoza & Mark Littman
in memory of John MacDonald
Lynn C. Mautner
Karen & Martin McDonald
The McNamee McHugh Family Fund
James Musiker
Warrie Price & James David Price
Donald J. Rose & Victoria Lasdon Rose
Mr. Vernon Scott
Rena Shagan
Mr. Craig Snyder
Consulate General of Spain in New York
Susan Ulick
Alex Z. Wang
Alexandra Wheeler & Rocky Rukan
Michelle D. and Claude L. Winfield
Irving & Elaine Wolbrom
Ralph Womble & Ashley Edwards
Billy F.B. Wong & Stephanie Gordon
Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn In honor of Billy Zavelson
Ms. Barbara Zuckerberg
Leaders
($1,000 and above
Anonymous (5)
Adrienne Albert
Robert Allyn
Gerry & Hank Alpert
Roger and Aida Anderson
Ms. Linda Andrews
Mr. Gerald Appelstein
Aybars Asci
James Asci & Joshua Schulteis
Mr. & Mrs. Ira Asherman
Christina Back
Ms. Sherrie Barr
Ali Baum
Harvey & Stephanie Benjamin
Cheryl Bergenfeld
Mr. Robert Boblitt
Ms. Lisa Bonifacic
Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Bonovitz
Nissan Boury
Ms. A. Bozzi
Barbara & Gary Brandt
Carol & Bob Braun
Ms. Joan Breibart
Madeline Brine
Gerri Brioso
Mr. Matthew Brodlie
Daniel & Elaine Brownstein
Dr. Amy Buchman & Ms. Vicki Haupt
Lisa Jo Reimer-Byrne
Ralph & Martine Calder
Doug & Lisa Caldwell
Joseph and Linda Camardo
Mr. Joel Camche
Mr. William J. Campbell
Mr. Scott Caplan
Karen Carozza
Ms. Cheryl Carruthers
Cengiz Cemaloglu
Julia Chambers
Peri & David Clark
Mike Coffin
Pamela Cook
Ms. Edrie Cote
Ms. Janet Cox
Paul and Caroline Cronson
Greg Darnieder
Irene Rosner David, in Memory of Dr. Raphael David
Diana Davies
Christopher Delong
Jan, Dick and Nora Demenus
Nicole Dietrich & Jack Kraska
The Cory & Bob Donnalley
Charitable Foundation
Miriam & David Donoho
The Dorothy Fund
Benjamin Duster
Suzanne B. Engel
Erin Feely-Nahem & Isaac Nahem
Ms. Audrey Feldman
Thomas Finch MD
Marion Ilene Fischer
Judith & Walter Flamenbaum
Pamela Frankel
Judith Z. Friedman
Mark Friedman & Veronique Bogliolo Friedman
Clio Garland
Swapna Ghanta
Barrie Gillies & William Drummy
Ms. Diane Gooch
Carole Gottlieb
Minda Gralnek
Mason & Kim Granger
Pam Green
Mr. & Mrs. Glen Gunsalus
Jenny Haid & Zohaib Rathore
Alexandra L. Harper
Ms. Vilia Hayes
Laurie and Jack Heflin
Sheila Heimbinder
Mr. Ronald Hellman & Mr. Stephen Roberts
Janet L. Henner
Ms. L Kathy Herre
Mr. Arthur Hill
Emma Hood
Karen Brooks Hopkins
Lynn Hopkins
Ms. Lisa Huertas
David H Hughes Jr
Alexandra Hylton
Mary & David Iles
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Jacobs
Jasteka Foundation
Rebecca Josue
Gloria & Michael Kadish
Kenneth S. Kail & Ivy Hwang
John Kalish & Susan Niederman
Margaret Kaplen
Jane Kendall
John Kirby
Ed Krugman & Ethel Klein
Murray & Sylvana Klein
Vasili Krishnamurti
Bette Lacombe
Ilene H. Lang
Nancy Lashine
Mr. Julius Leiman-Carbia
Mr. Michael Lemle
Howard & Elaine Leventhal
Charitable Fund
Judith Lewis
Dorothy Lichtenstein
Robert & Dorina Link
William Lockwood
David Long
Jonna Mackin
Mr. & Ms. Mangini
Joseph M. Marger
Edwin Maynard
Lorraine J. Meeker
Jeff Melvin
Joyce F. Menschel
Ms. Mary Meyer
Diana and David Milich
Miller Khoshkish Foundation
Mr. Wayne & Mrs. Barbara Miller
Mr. Conte Moore & Ms. Barbara Jones
Mr. Michael Mulligan
Jane & Michael Murphy
Judith Musiker
Judy Musiker
Ms. Eve Mykytyn
James Neisloss
Ms. Maryam Newman
Ms. Molly Nozyce
Mr. Conor O'Neil
Omomuki Foundation
Aaron Singer and Bart Oosterveld
Mrs. Trisha Ostergaard
Rachel Ostry, MD
Candace and Simon Owen-Williams
John Owen
Joseph Pabst
Leonard Pack & Adele Weisman
Mercedes Paratje
David Pasterski
Ms. Amy Penner-Walker
Edith C. Penty
Flora Perskie
Doug and Teresa Peterson
Carl Pforzheimer III
Larry & Barbara Pitsch
The Plimpton-Shattuck Fund
Judith J Plows
Donna & James Pressman
Ms. Karen Provost
Soula Proxenos
Rainbow Sandals Foundation
Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch
Frances A. Resheske
Philip W. Riskin Charitable Foundation
Ms. Ayodele Roach
Mary Jo Robertiello
Donald W. Roeske, Jr.
Ann Sahid Rosche
Felicia Rosenfeld
Elsa Ross-Greifinger
Jane K Royal and John C Lantis II
Alina Roytberg
Ty Rugman
Mrs. Nazak Savitt
Xiomara & Charles Scheidt
Mark Schumer
Jesse & Carol Schwartz
Margaret E. Selby
Martha Sherman
Julie Simpson
Barbara Jean Sinclair
Mr. Irving Sitnick
Elizabeth Sledge
Ms. Elizabeth Smith
Marilyn Sobel
Leon Sokol
Michael Solomon
Daniel Spence and Marcelo Mesquita
Marianne Stegeland
William Stern
Judy Stewart
Mr. & Ms. Justin Stewart
Linda Stocknoff
Abbie M. Strassler
Ms. Alicia Suarez
Consulate General of Sweden in New York
Swedish Institute and the Swedish Embassy in Cuba
Douglas Szlompek
Yael Mandelstam & Ken Tabachnick
Jon Teeuwissen & Welz Kauffman
Jim Tharp
Deirdre Towers
Lucy Vasserman and Brendan Finnegan
Ms. Cheryl L. Wade
Holly Wallace & Edwin Baum
Arlene Weinberg
Peter & Deborah Winograd
Julien Wolfe
Elly Karp Wong
Migs Woodside
Cora Yamamoto
Mr. Christian Zimmermann
Investors ($500 and above)
Anonymous (10)
Mohamed Abdirahman
Dr. LaRue Allen & Ebonya
Washington
West Jersey Youth Ballet, Joanna & Elena Andriopoulos
Debra R. Anisman
Rebecca Aronson
Jane Barr
Joan & Ira Berkowitz
Jan Berris
Ms. Helga Borck
Ms. Valerie Jo Bradley
Maria M Branco
Lize Burr
Robert Calderisi
Lynn Canaan
Mark Carbone
Andrea Chernyk
Amy Cho
Dr. Jason Chuang
Melinda DeChiazza Cloobeck
Galois Cohen
Robert Conkey
Victoria Cowles
Mary E Craig
Bray Creech
John and Nada Culver
Mrs. Eileen Davidson
Paul de Sa
David de Weese
The DiChristina Family
Antonio Dinkins, Sr.
Ms. Deborah Doyle
Richard G. Dudley, Jr.
Jorge Durand
Ms. Susan Feder
Heather Flock
Mr. Charles Forma
Mr. Leroy Fortcher
Sarah Fox and Steven Lofchie
Steven Fox
Pierre Frinault
Nicia Fullwood
Mr. Elan Garonzik
Tom & Nina Geller
Samara Gerard
Karen Gershowitz
Ronald Gilliam & Akram Hélil
David Glaser
Ms. Geraldine Glassman
Mark Evan Goldman
Nita & Chuck Goodgal
Maneesh Goyal
Ms. Nancye Green
Dr. Susan Ross Green
Lawrence W. Greene
Charles & Carol Grossman Family Fund
Jane Groveman
Mia Haber
Elaine & Chuck Harris
Laurie Hart
Paul Hastings
Kathy and Scott Hawley
Ms. Maureen Hayes
Mr. Edward Henry & Ms. Susan Monk
Jonathan Hiltz
Gregory Ho and Linda Sanchez
Thomas Hollingsworth
Alicia Dhyana House
Ralph & Lynn Huber
Daphne Hurford & Sanford Padwe
Stephanie Joel
Miles Johnson and Tim Anderson
Laura Jones
Scot Karr
Nalani Kopp
Mr. Stephen Lane
Ms. Kate Lear
Ms. Julia Levy
Sydnie Liggett
Mitch Lowenthal
Susanna Lowy and Victor Davis
Waiming Man
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Marcon
Jennifer & Michael Markovitz
Mr. William Marraccini
Judy Mauer
Linda and Max Maxwell
Wendy A. McCain
Mrs. Rachel Meidan
Israel Meir & Steve Rivera
Victoria Melendez
Tanya Melich & Noel Silverman
Robert Mihalik
Barbara Miller & Stuart Nordheimer
Bertram Moody
Joe Morra
Richard J. Moylan
Deb Murnin
Jake Musiker
Drs. Benjamin Natelson & Gudrun Lange
Joyce O'Brien
Mrs. Anita Orlin
Ms. Kendra Osterman
Olivier Pechou
Andy Peters
Denae Peters
The L.E. Phillips Family Foundation, Inc.
Brian H. Polovoy
Stephanie Goldson & Stephen Rappaport
Lindy Shuttleworth &
Arthur Reichstetter
Mr. Albert Reid
Sallie Gouverneur & John Riley
Ms. Andrea Rogers
M Felicity Rogers-Chapman
Jean M. Ross
Lainie and John Ross
Marilyn & Alan Rothstein
Lori Rotskoff
Sally and Peter Rudoy
Deborah Sale and Ted Striggles
Ariane Schaffer
Phillip Schmiedl
Amy Schulman
Dr. Dorry Segev
Neal Sheorey
Tony Weiss and Tara Sherman
Sheethal & Tokumbo Shobowale
Nancy Sibell
Edward Siegel
Joseph Small
Andrew & Jennifer Smith
Robin Smith
Jeanne Smythe
Joan and Laurence Sorkin
Jim Stiles & Randy Bird
Harriet Stollman
Seth Stuhl
Greg Sullivan
Dr. Pavur Sundaresan
Gary Tannenbaum & Helen J. Mills
The Winkler Prins Charitable Fund
Rachel Theilheimer
Dana Troetel & George Papageorge
Ms. Marianna Vaidman Stone & Mr. Eric Stone
Mr. Carlos Victoria
Ronald Walcott
Gregory V Ward
Joan Waricha
Ebonya Washington
Michael Wehman
Carol Weil
Kate Weil
Elisabeth Brivic and Alexander Weindling
George S. Werner & Li Werner
Mai Yee
Gregory Youdan Jr.
Evan Zazula
Eloise Zeller
Sponsors
($350 and above)
Anonymous (3)
Dr. Leonid Agranat
Mr. Ronald Alexander
Jane and Stephen Alpert
John Angiolillo, MD
Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble
Elaine Athanassiades
Clay H Barr
Mr. John Barrie & Ms. Elizabeth Smith
Kenneth Berk & Anne Serrell
Stan & Abby Bloch
Bloomberg LP
Andrew Burgie
Dr. J Caldwell
Margaret Coady
Helen & William Covington
Terri Cox
Ashlee Crawford
Barbara Cromer
Ms. Jacqueline Davis
Rodney Durso
Jo Ann Engelhardt and George Elder
Pepi Ertag
Ellen Estes
Mr. Peter Farrell
Lloyd Jay Fass
Miss Valerie Ferrier
Dr. Karen Fiester
Darrell George
James A. Glazier and James A. Ferguson
Susan E Green
Herman & Jacquelyn Heinemann
Brian and Anita Heinz
Jerry Heymann
Huong Hoang
Ms. Kathleen Hughes
Jill Hunter
Marvin Krislov
Salvatore LaRussa, Jr.
Cary and Phyllis Lemkowitz
Lawrence Levine
Ellen Levitt
Amy Litwin
Cynthia A McKee
Mary and Alan Mendelsohn
Ms. Carol Messineo
Mr. Christopher Morales
Mildred Munich
Aaron & Marcia Naveh
Madeleine Nichols
Marisa Anne Pierson
Posner-Wallace Foundation
Carole Postal
Terry Prahl
Liz Gerring Radke
Victoria Rosen
Ellen Rosenberg
Eleanor Sebastian
Virginia Seidel
Mary and John Seward
Madelynn Sirbu
Gautham Sridharan
Mr. Evan Strain
Mr. & Ms. J. Mark Strawn
Jos Stumpe & Karen van Bergen
Catherine Tolchin
Andrew A. Vitale CPA
Dick and Carolyn Wallach
Anne Walsh
Richard Zemel
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar
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
Anonymous
Robert Allyn
Rebecca Aronson
Chellis Baird
Emerald Layne Baker
Alison Baum
Ms. Lisa Bonifacic
Scott Caplan
Victor M. Castillo & Blake Wiedenhoeft
Cengiz Cemaloglu
Julia Chambers
Ellen Chen
Jason Chuang
Jennifer Cook
Marin Correa
Mary Craig
Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson
Bette Ann Fialkov, Co-Chair
Swapna Ghanta
Ronald Gilliam & Akram Hélil
Amita Goyal
Alexandra Harper, Co-Chair
Ronald Gilliam & Mr. Akram Hélil
Molly Hensrud
Madison Hicks
Alixandra Holloway, Co-Chair
Emma Hood
Kristen Irby
Jeremy Lentz
Jacob Levy
Mitch Lowenthal
Kyle Marshall
Katherine Maxwell
Jame McCray
Robert McGowan
Christopher Morales
Terrence Poplar
Abigail Richards
Madalyn Rupprecht
Setpheap San Ariane Schaffer
Elisa Smilovitz
Daniel Spence
Niko Stahl
Myriam Varjacques
Lucy Vasserman
Alexander Wang
Douglas Weiss
Ricke Williams
Emma Winder
LeeAna Wolfman
^Artist Committee members to join The Joyce’s Young Leaders Circle, please contact the Development office at 347-856-5828.
JOYCE PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE WITH PUBLIC FUNDS FROM:
Joyce programs are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council with special thanks to Council Member Erik Bottcher.
FACILITIES & SERVICES
Box Office (212-242-0800): Open Monday thru Sunday, 12pm - 6pm. On days when there is a performance, the box office is open through curtain time; advance sales stop ½ hour prior to curtain time (including matinees). Closed on major holidays. For Hearing Impaired call (TDD) 212-245-2904. To report Lost & Found items, please see an usher or call 212-691-
EMERGENCY RESUSCITATION EQUIPMENT
Resuscitation masks and latex gloves are located in the closet next to the drinking fountain in the Upper Lobby. AED is located downstairs in the reception area. LEARN CPR. For more information, contact the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association.
FIRE NOTICE: The exit indicated by a red light and sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of fire or other emergency, please walk —do not run— to that exit. WARNING: The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited within the auditorium. Violators will be punished with confiscation of recording device or ejection from the theater, and may be held liable for money damages.
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
CELEBRATING
BALLET FESTIVAL: JEROME ROBBINS CURATED BY TILER PECK
Performance at The Joyce Theater | 7:30pm
Followed by a cocktail reception at PHD Rooftop Lounge at Dream Downtown
Scan the QR Code, visit joyce.org/summersoiree , or contact Maeve Brady at mbrady@joyce.org or 347 856 5827 to learn more
