RAGAMALA DANCE COMPANY FIRES OF VARANASI: DANCE OF THE ETERNAL PILGRIM SEPTEMBER 22 - 26, 2021
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FOUNDER RANEE RAMASWAMY ARTISTIC DIRECTORS RANEE RAMASWAMY & APARNA RAMASWAMY CHOREOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATE & DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS ASHWINI RAMASWAMY DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS ERIK MADSEN-BOND DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT TAMARA NADEL EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATION BY LAURA COLBY, DIRECTOR, ELSIE MANAGEMENT
Leadership support for The Joyce Theater Foundation has been received from the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust. Leadership support for The Joyce’s presentation of dance is provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Leadership support for The Joyce’s annual programming is provided by Howard Gilman Foundation. Additional support has been provided by the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund to encourage the performances of out-of-town companies at The Joyce Theater. The presentation of Ragamala Dance Company was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Fires of Varanasi: Dance of the Eternal Pilgrim, was commissioned, in part, with the support of The Joyce Theater Foundation’s Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New Work.
A NOTE FROM THE ARTISTS Varanasi, India is a city where past, present, and future mingle within a single space—the sacred city is a portal between the ancient and the current. We have created Fires of Varanasi: Dance of the Eternal Pilgrim as a narrative nested within a narrative, nested within another narrative—the art forms, philosophies, and rituals borne from our Hindu ancestry which remain a source of hope, solace, and truth; the pilgrim who travels through time and space singing and dancing the name of the Sacred; and finally, the powerful voices of those who journey from one home to another. We began envisioning this project after the death of our father/ grandfather away from his homeland of India. A devout Hindu, his desire was for his ashes to be scattered in the Ganges River in Varanasi just as our ancestors before him. For millennia, Varanasi has symbolized the crossing place between this world and the ‘far shore.’ Cremation fires burn night and day, and one is surrounded by rituals of death, both beautiful and apocalyptic. Ours is a religious tradition that contemplates life and death as an integrated whole. Upon death, the funereal fires dissolve the five elements of the physical body in order to take these elements to a new body. Our dance tradition of Bharatanatyam provides a rich and expansive lexicon that serves as our wellspring. With a history that goes back over two millenia, the form grows within and with each practitioner. Through this language, we celebrate the body and spirit, and the joyous and healing quest for physical and spiritual transcendence. The creation process of Fires of Varanasi began well before the pandemic, yet the themes of mortality and resilience became even more salient, and the sharing of stories and honoring of ancestors even more urgent. We are incredibly grateful to our commissioners and funders who made this work possible. We could not have created this work without the commitment of our dancers, musical and technical collaborators, and staff, who spent hundreds of hours with us and each other over Zoom and WhatsApp. Finally, we dedicate Fires of Varanasi: Dance of the Eternal Pilgrim to the memory of our dear friend, Patricia Barretto, who lost her battle with cancer in March 2020. Patricia was a visionary and a force, and we miss her greatly. Thank you, Patricia, for blessing this work with your light. - Aparna Ramaswamy and Ranee Ramaswamy
ABOUT THE COMPANY
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“Ragamala shows how Indian forms can be some of the most transcendent experiences that dance has to offer.” —The New York Times Driven by the artistic vision of mother-daughters Ranee Ramaswamy, Aparna Ramaswamy (Artistic Directors) and Ashwini Ramaswamy (Choreographic Associate), Ragamala Dance Company is committed to the idea that while history is time bound, the stories we share are timeless. Rooted in the South Indian dance form of Bharatanatyam, Ragamala's work is expansive – extending beyond the stage to embody their immigrant experiences and show a kindred relationship between ancient and contemporary within today’s world. Ragamala has toured extensively throughout the U.S., India, and abroad, highlighted by the Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.), Joyce Theater (New York), Lincoln Center (New York), Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival (MA), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), American Dance Festival (Durham, NC), Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, International Festival of Arts & Ideas (New Haven, CT), Cal Performances (Berkeley), Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), Just Festival (Edinburgh, U.K.), Bali Arts Festival (Indonesia), Sri Krishna Gana Sabha (Chennai, India), and National Centre for Performing Arts (Mumbai, India), among others. For upcoming tour dates or to subscribe to Ragamala’s e-newsletter, please visit www.ragamaladance.org info@ragamaladance.org • 612-824-1968 Facebook: @ragamala • Instagram: @ragamala_dance YouTube: youtube.com/c/RagamalaDanceCompany For booking information, please contact, Laura Colby, Director, Elsie Management www.elsieman.org • info@elsieman.org • 718-797-4577
ABOUT THE PROGRAM FIRES OF VARANASI: DANCE OF THE ETERNAL PILGRIM Creators/Directors/Choreographers: Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy Choreographic Assistant: Ashwini Ramaswamy Dramaturg: Ranee Ramaswamy Original Compositions: Prema Ramamurthy, Ranee Ramaswamy, S. Sakthivel Muruganantham, and Lalit Subramanian Development of Score: Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy, with the musical ensemble Choreography of Bho Shambho: (performed by Aparna Ramaswamy) Padmabhushan Smt. Alarmél Valli Dancers: Aparna Ramaswamy, Ranee Ramaswamy, Ashwini Ramaswamy, Kasi Aysola, Chaitra Chandrashekar, Jessica Fiala, Sri Guntipally, Ramya Kapadia, Tamara Nadel, Radhika Naidu, Alan Tse Musicians: Preethy Mahesh (vocal), Lalit Subramanian (vocal), C.K. Vasudevan (nattuvangam), S. Sakthivel Muruganantham (mridangam), Ramanathan Kalaiarasan (violin), Sruthi Sagar (flute) Maulav Ganga (performed by Ranee Ramaswamy) pre-recorded by Vidwan Sri T.M. Krishna (vocal), with K. Arun Prakash (mridangam), R.K. Shriram Kumar (violin), and Bhagyashri (tanpura), included by special permission from the artists Scenic and Lighting Design: Willy Cessa Costumes: D.S. Aiyellu, Ranee Ramaswamy, and Carole Bruns Couture Production Manager/Sound Engineer/Prop Construction: Maury Jensen Associate Lighting Designer/Technical Director: Mary Shabatura Set Construction: Joseph Stanley Sound Recording/Editing/Mixing: Kalaiarasan Ramanathan, Baba Prasad, Michael DeMark
ABOUT THE PROGRAM COMMISSIONING CREDITS The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Lead Commissioner) The Harris Theater for Music and Dance Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts at Cal State Northridge Northrop at the University of Minnesota (Co-Commissioners) With additional commissioning support from: The Jay and Susie Gogue Performing Arts Center at Auburn University, Meany Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington, American Dance Festival, The Joyce Theater Foundation's Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New Work Developed in part in residence at: Hopkins Center for the Arts at Dartmouth College, Northrop at the University of Minnesota, The Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, with support from Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy’s Guggenheim Fellowships Creative Producer: Laura Colby, President, Elsie Management The creation and touring of Fires of Varanasi has been made possible in part through grants from the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; and the National Endowment for the Arts. The Dr. Dash Foundation, whose mission is to preserve and promote rich Indian heritage and culture Additional support for the creation comes from the Marbrook Foundation; the MAP Fund, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; New Music USA, made possible by annual program support and/or endowment gifts from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, Baisley Powell Elebash Fund, & The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation; the Fredrikson & Byron Foundation; the APAP Cultural Exchange Fund; American Dance Abroad; Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy's 2018 Guggenheim Fellowships; Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy’s 2020 McKnight Fellowship; a residential fellowship at the Rockefeller Foundation's Bellagio Center in Italy; and a residency at the Bogliasco Foundation in Genoa, Italy. Additional support for Ragamala’s work comes from The McKnight Foundation; The Goodale Family Foundation; Target; RBC Wealth Management; the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund; and Friends of Ragamala.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM FIRES OF VARANASI: DANCE OF THE ETERNAL PILGRIM The Sacred pilgrimage routes, The Ganges River, and the patron deity Shiva together form the cosmic trinity of Varanasi, each providing a tirtha—or metaphorical crossing place—where one may leave the mundane and enter into the world of immortality. We unfold this work as a sacred pilgrimage, which seeks the mystical connection between the divine and the human, where ultimately the physical journey transforms into a psychic one. SCENE ONE Darshanam, To See and Be Seen Agni The fire god, Agni, is the intermediary between Gods and humans, and a witness of our actions. The blessings of Agni are sought on all solemn occasions, including birth, marriage, and death. He is conceptualized in ancient Hindu texts to exist at three levels—on earth as fire, in the atmosphere as lightning, and in the sky as the sun. The banks of the Ganges River become the alter to worship the sun every morning, bringing light and life, an end to the actual and metaphoric darkness. Sankalpam, Conviction to the Deity of Cosmic Balance As the veil of darkness lifts, we prepare to glimpse Shiva, the reigning deity of Varanasi. S C E N E TWO Liquid Shakti The Power of the Ganges River The Ganges River—mythologized as falling from heaven to earth—is a manifestation of Shakti, the female life-energy of Shiva. Bathing in the Ganges River is an essential daily act of the pilgrim in Varanasi, invoking the water as a giver of life, immortality, and healing. The Myth of the Rivers The Ganges is believed to feed thousands of rivers and water bodies, forever making the gods present and humans linked.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM In His incarnation as Vamana, Vishnu tranformed into Trivikrama, lifting His left foot and, with His big toe, tearing the sheath of the universe and releasing Ganga from the heavens. Shiva calmed her ferocious waters in His hair, releasing Her in small streams. As Vishnu’s incarnation of Krishna, He saved the Yamuna River. The water of the Yamuna seethed with the poison of the snake-demon, Kaliya. Nothing grew on the river bank; no bird or beast was spared. To save the river and save the people, Krishna leapt onto Kaliya's head, assuming the weight of the whole universe, dancing the snake into submission. Ganga as Mother Goddess Goddess Ganga is the liquid essence of life, the celestial river cascading from heaven to nourish humanity. Goddess Ganga is worshipped through an immersive engagement with the river. The repetitive pouring of water by devotees recognizes the life-giving force of the water, the ability to wash away troubles, and the acceptance of old age and death. The devotee ultimately seeks the embrace of Mother Ganga to cross over into a place of joy after death. SCENE THREE The Purification of the Living and the Salvation of the Dead Weaving Eternity “An extraordinary weaver has woven this shawl of life, by stretching the vertical threads of one's actions and the horizontal threads of destiny. This human body is a combination of past actions and destiny.” -15th c. Sufi poet Kabir Das of Varanasi The Eternal Pilgrim In her longing for Shiva, the 5th century Bhakti poet Karaikal Ammayar yearned to shed her body—flesh, skin, and gender—to emphasize the true essence of her humanity. I aspired to only one thing; I settled on it and left the rest I kept in my heart only that lord whose crest bears the Ganga whose matted locks are adorned with the sun and moon whose palm holds the flames—
ABOUT THE PROGRAM and I have become his servant. At twilight, flawlessly in time to the rhythm of heavenly drums effortlessly bearing fire in his palm the beautiful one dances. The City of Shiva The cosmic dance of Shiva symbolizes the interplay of dynamic and static divine energy flow, containing the five principles of eternal energy— creation, preservation, destruction, illusion, and emancipation. The ecstatic pilgrimage journey begins and ends at the Kasi Vishweshvara temple—the center of Varanasi, a city where people surrender their earthly bodies to death and receive spiritual bodies like Shiva himself. For additional information, please visit Ragamala’s website to access Fires of Varanasi: An Illustrated Guide, developed by Ranee Ramaswamy: ragamaladance.org/fires-of-varanasi-links
WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY RANEE RAMASWAMY AND APARNA RAMASWAMY (Artistic Directors, Creators, Choreographers, and Principal Dancers) explore the dynamic tension between the ancestral and the contemporary, highlighting the fluidity between the secular and the spiritual, the inner and the outer, the human and the natural. Working in an intergenerational partnership between mother and daughter, their creative vision merges the rich traditions and deep philosophical roots of their Indian heritage with their hybridic perspective as first generation Indian- Americans. As protégés and senior disciples of legendary dancer/choreographer Padma Bhushan Smt. Alarmél Valli, known as one of India’s greatest living masters, Ranee and Aparna’s training in the South Indian classical dance form of Bharatanatyam is the bedrock of their creative aesthetic. Among their recent awards and honors are a Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship (Italy), Guggenheim Fellowships, and a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center Research Fellowship (Italy). Their choreographic work has been commissioned by the Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.),
WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY Lincoln Center (New York), American Dance Festival (Durham, NC), Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), International Festival of Arts & Ideas (New Haven, CT), and the Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), among others, and supporters of their work include the National Endowment for the Arts, National Dance Project, MAP Fund, and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. They have developed work in residence at MANCC (the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography), the Arts Center at NYU Abu Dhabi, the Hopkins Center at Dartmouth, Northrop (Minneapolis), and during an NPN residency at The Yard. Ranee currently serves on the National Council on the Arts, appointed by President Barack Obama. She is a recipient of a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a United States Artists Fellowship, a McKnight Distinguished Artist Award, a Bush Fellowship for Choreography, and 15 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Choreography and Interdisciplinary Art, among others. (www.raneeramaswamy.com) Aparna is a recipient of a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a Joyce Award, a Bush Fellowship for Choreography, and four McKnight Artist Fellowships, among others. Described by The New York Times as “thrillingly three-dimensional…rapturous and profound,” she has been selected as one of Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch. and is an empaneled artist with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR). Her projects include solo, evening-length works which have toured widely, nationally and internationally, and commissions from the American Dance Festival and the Silk Road Ensemble, among others. (www.aparnaramaswamy.net) ASHWINI RAMASWAMY (Choreographic Associate, Dancer) has spent over 25 years studying Bharatanatyam from her gurus - her mother Ranee Ramaswamy, sister Aparna Ramaswamy, and the legendary Smt. Alarmel Valli of Chennai, India. The New York Times describes Ashwini as “weaving together, both fearfully and joyfully, the human and the divine…there is a continual flow of energy coursing through her limbs.” As a founding member of Ragamala, she has toured extensively, performing throughout the U.S. and in Russia, Taiwan, Indonesia, Japan, the U.K, and India. Ashwini has received commissions from the SPCO’s Liquid Music Series, American Dance Platform, and Great Northern Festival, residencies at the Baryshnikov Arts Center (NYC), UNC
WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY Chapel Hill (North Carolina), and National Center for Choreography (Akron, OH), and support from the National Dance Project, MAP Fund, USArtists International, Minnesota State Arts Board, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, South Asian Arts Resiliency Fund, a Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, and McKnight Foundation Artist Fellowships for Dance and Choreography. Her choreography has been listed among the ‘Best of the Year’ in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Minnpost, and Big Dance Town. As a 2019 City Pages ‘Artist of the Year, Ashwini's work was highlighted for ‘illuminating Bharatanatyam’s future.” Her current work, Let the Crows Come, will begin touring nationally in the fall of 2021. (www.ashwiniramaswamy.com) SMT. PREMA RAMAMURTHY (Composer) has been an outstanding vocalist and composer for more than four decades. She received intensive training under the great Maestro ‘Padmavibhushan’ Dr. Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna, specialized in the art of ‘Pallavi singing’ from Vidwan Sri T. V. Gopalakrishnan, and learned the art of singing ‘Padams & Javalis’ from the veteran musician, Mrs. T. Muktha. An A-TOP Grade Artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan TV, she has won critical acclaim as a composer, and has performed in many of the top venues and festivals of India, the U.S., Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Australia, Mexico, and South Africa. WILLY CESSA (Scenic and Lighting Design) has worked as a director, light director, and light designer since 2001. In 2007, he met Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui in Paris for the project La Zon-Mai at the Cité Nationale de l’Histoire de l’Immigration. Since that time, they have collaborated on 13 projects for Cherkaoui’s Antwerp-based company Eastman. Additionally, he has worked with multiple renowned artists and institutions, including Yabin Wang, Aakash Odedra, Herman Diephuis, Esther Aumatell, Fanny de Chaillé, Damian Jalet, Le Centre Dramatique Régional des Pays de la Loire, Cie Les Aphoristes, Cie KLP, Danse l’Afrique Danse!, and Franck II Louise. KASI AYSOLA (Dancer) is a dancer, choreographer, and nattuvangam artist who trained under Guru Viji Prakash in Bharata Natyam and Mythili Prakash. He also trained under late Guru Vempati Ravi Shankar in Kuchipudi and continues with Yamini Saripalli. He is the Co-founder & Artistic Director of Prakriti Dance, an innovative dance company.
WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY CHAITRA CHANDRASHEKAR (Dancer) is a disciple of Guru Dr. Mala Shashikanth and Guru Vid. Asha Ravindra, and has practiced and honed the art form of Bharatanatyam for over two decades, performing at prestigious cultural events and competitions from a young age. She completed major levels of examinations conducted by KSEEB (Educational Board of Karnataka) in India and attained pre-vidushi honorary title. She is currently an Apprentice with Ragamala, learning under Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy since 2020. JESSICA FIALA (Dancer) began training with Ranee and Aparna Ramaswamy in 2006 and has performed with Ragamala throughout the US and in India, the UK, and the UAE. She holds an interdisciplinary master’s degree in museum studies and cultural studies from the University of Minnesota, with research published in the anthology The Ruined Archive and the journals Diálogos com a arte and the Journal of Somaesthetics. Jessica is also a research associate at the consulting firm 8 Bridges Workshop. SRI GUNTIPALLY (Dancer) has been learning Bharatanatyam under Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy since 2018. She is an Apprentice with Ragamala and has performed with the company at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts. Sri graduated high school in 2021 as valedictorian at Eagle Ridge Academy, a U.S. Presidential Scholar Candidate, and National Merit Scholar. She is attending the University of Minnesota to study Human Physiology, and aspires to be a dancing doctor. RAMYA S. KAPADIA (Dancer) is a Knoxville-based Bharatanatyam dancer/choreographer and a Carnatic vocalist. Ramya has toured around the world to present solo and ensemble works and is a much sought-after vocalist and composer for Bharatanatyam dancers. She has received the Emerging Artist award, Choreography Fellowship and Individual Artist awards from the Durham Arts Council and the NC Arts Council and is a teaching artist with United Arts the Durham Arts Council.
WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY TAMARA NADEL (Dancer) is a disciple of Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy and a founding member of Ragamala, performing throughout the U.S, India, and abroad. She has received grants and fellowships from the McKnight Foundation, Jerome Foundation, and Minnesota State Arts Board, among others. In 2017, she premiered a solo created for her by Ranee Ramaswamy, illuminating the synergies between Hindu and Jewish mystical traditions. Tamara is Ragamala’s Director of Institutional Development and board member of Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. RADHIKA NAIDU (Dancer) joined Ragamala in October 2019 as a participant in the development of Fires of Varanasi. As an immigrant to the U.S. in her teens, and having visited Varanasi, she was particularly drawn to and inspired by Ranee and Aparna’s portrayal of the theme of this project through Bharatanatyam. In her spare time, Radhika is a practicing pediatrician. ALAN TSE (Dancer) is a creative soul expressing his artistic skills through design, dance, and yoga. Born and raised in Hong Kong, Alan moved to the Twin Cities two decades ago. He has danced with Sole to Soul Dance Conversion, Ballet of the Dolls, and MotionArts, and has performed in works by Myron Johnson, Jim Liberthal, Pam Gleason, and more. Alan is currently a company member of Continental Ballet Company. PREETHY MAHESH (Vocal) is a Carnatic musician who has been accompanying eminent dancers since 2002. She owes her art to her respected gurus Sri DK Jayaraman and Sri S Kalyanaraman. A graded artist of All India Radio, she has performed extensively as a soloist and has recorded multiple commercially-available albums of dance music. She has performed in some of the world’s best theaters with accomplished artists such as Priyadarsini Govind, Shobana, Padmabhushan Alarmél Valli, Revati Ramachandran, Parvati Ghantasala, The Dhananjayans, and Ragamala. In recognition of her contribution to the art, has been honored her with the titles Gana Kokilam, Sangeetagna, and Nritya Sangeeta Varshini.
WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY LALIT SUBRAMANIAN (Composer/Vocal) is a vocalist proficient in both the South Indian (Carnatic) and North Indian (Hindustani) styles of Indian classical music. He is the disciple of renowned Carnatic musicians Tiruvarur Sri S. Girish and Neyveli Sri R. Santhanagopalan, and renowned Hindustani musician Pandit Shekhar Kumbhojkar. Lalit has won multiple awards and performs at various venues in the U.S. and India, both as a solo vocalist and as an accompanist for dance performances. He also plays the mridangam and the tabla and has trained under tabla artist Pandit Anand Godse. He has been a junior artiste at All India Radio as a Hindustani vocalist, and holds a graduate degree in Carnatic music from India. Lalit has been working with Ragamala Dance Company since 2008. C.K. VASUDEVAN (Nattuvangam) is a student of renowned Carnatic percussion maestro, Sangeetha Kalanidhi Dr. Umayalpuram Sivaraman, and has been trained by Padma Bhushan Smt. Alarmél Valli in the art of nattuvangam. Mr. Vasudevan has provided vocal support to several renowned dancers at the major festivals and theatres of India, and in Europe, the U.S., Canada, Japan, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. He has a diploma in mridangam from the Tamil Nadu Government Music College, and is a recipient of multiple honors, including the Vaadhya Kalaimani, Laya Kala Sironmani, and Rukmani Thala Samuthiram awards and the title Laya Vidyadara. S. SAKTHIVEL MURUGANANTHAM (Mridangam) has been a preeminent performer on the mridangam, specializing in the accompaniment of classical dance, for 34 years. He learned by traditional Gurukulavasam under the great Guru Shri Mayavaram G. Somasundaram Pillai and later under Guru Shri Bakthavatchalam, and Guru Shri M. Balachander. Mr. Sakthivel has accompanied preeminent dancers at leading festivals and theaters in India and worldwide, including Dr. Vyayanthimala Bali, Padmabhushan Alarmél Valli, Shri Leela Samson, and Priyadarshini Govind, and great gurus such as Shri K.J. Sarasa, Shri Udupi Lakshmi Narayan, and Shri Narasimhachari. His titles include Laya Vidhyadhara from Smt. Alarmel Valli’s Deepashika, Natya Sangeetha Kala Bharathi from Bharath Kalachar, Laya Kala Vipanchee from Vipanchee Trust, Laya Kala Ratna, Laya Sironmani, and Mridanga Mamani.
WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY RAMANATHAN KALAIARASAN (Violin) is the son of distinguished Mirudanga Vidwan Sangeetha Bhusanam Professor Thiru A.S. Ramanathan. A disciple of Smt. Dhanadevi Mithradeve, he graduated with honors from Annamalai University, Chidambaram, India, with the title of ‘Sangeetha Bhushanam.’ He has over 25 years of experience accompanying leading dancers in India and abroad, and recording music and dance DVDs for E-Parampara Infotainment and Swathi Soft Solutions. He is a permanent staff member/performer with Padmabhushan Sri. V.P.Dhananjayan and Smt Shantha Dhananjayan’s Bharatha Kalanjali. His honors include "Best Violin Artist for Dance" from Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, "Best Accompanying Artist for Dance" from VDS Arts Academy, and the Sudharani Raghupathy Endowment Award for senior musician from Natyarangam—the dance wing of Narada Gana Sabha, Chennai. SRUTHI SAGAR (Flute) has earned a place for himself in the field of Carnatic Music. A disciple of Kalaimamani Dr. Sunder for more than fifteen years, he had his initial training on the Flute from Shri B. V. Balasai and his father Shri Sudarsana Rao. Sruthi Sagar has performed at prestigious venues and festivals throughout India and is a recipient of the Air India Radio first prize and other coveted awards such as Kuzhal Isai Chelvan, Yuva Kala Bharathi, and Yuva Kala Vipanchee. Since 2005, Sruthi Sagar has been a Central Government scholarship awardee, and recipient of a Young Achiever’s Scholarship conferred by the Government of India. He has performed at the Olympic Games in London as part of the STACCATO Band.
SPECIAL THANKS This work is a reflection of the long training Ranee, Aparna, and Ashwini have had under our respected guru Smt. Alarmél Valli. As a guru par excellence, she has molded our technique, elevated our thinking, imparted clarity of aesthetic, and mined the depth of abhinaya. As she has said many times, a true guru is like a banyan tree and the students are its numerous roots that drop to form individual trees. We are humbled to take root to form our own plants, but always be a part of that magnificent tree. With deep respect and love to the one who has given us everything.
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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.............................LINDA SHELTON ADMINISTRATION General Manager.............................................Huong Hoang Associate General Manager.................................Katy Myers Human Resources Manager.........Sharonica Williams Office Manager..............................................Erika Langmeyer Director of Development................................................OPEN Director of Institutional Giving..........................Jean M. Ross Assistant Director of Individual Giving............Meg White Assistant Director, Special Events.................Vernon Scott Individual Giving Manager.....................................Jesse Chin Institutional Giving Manager..............Myriam Varjacques Special Events Associate....................................Katie Gorsky Development Coordinator..................................Ivan Huang Director of Programming..........................Aaron Mattocks Programming Manager.....................................Christine Tully Artist Services Manager..................................Elmes Gomez Director of School & Family Programs................................... .........................................................................Heather McCartney School & Family Programs Assistant......................................... ....................................................................Marianne Rose Weber Director of Marketing..................................Andy Sheagren Associate Director, Context and Interpretation................. .............................................................................Laura Diffenderfer Associate Director of Marketing Strategy.....Anjali Amin Digital Marketing Manager........................Julia Thorncroft Marketing Associate.............................................Nadia Halim Director of Finance............................Margaret Hollenbeck Finance Associate......................................Savá M.. B. Martin Finance Clerk...................................Andrew Williams-Leazer Database Administrator.....................................Jim Seggelink Director of Information Tech....................Patricia A. Yost PRODUCTION Director of Production.............................................Jeff Segal Lighting Supervisor.................................................Kelly Atallah Technical Director.................................................................OPEN Head Audio.................................................................Sean Mullins Lighting Board Operator.....................................Kyle Hagen Head Carpenter................................................Web Crittenden Head Electrician....................................................................OPEN Stage Technicians................................Edward Hill, Kahlil Jahi Donald J. Rose, MD Director, Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at NYU Langone Health is the orthopedic and dance medicine consultant for The Joyce Theater Foundation. First Republic is the preferred private bank of The Joyce Theater Foundation.
JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTIONS Producer.....................................................................Ross LeClair Company Manager for Ronald K. Brown/ EVIDENCE & Associate Producer for Joyce Theater Productions..........................Meghan Rose Murphy FRONT-OF-HOUSE House Manager.................................Samantha Fernandez Assistant House Managers.............................Joseph Burke, Xavier DelValle, Charis Lord-Haines, Kenneth Harlin, Chikako Iwahori, Utafumi Takemura BOX OFFICE Box Office Manager..............................................Lisa Gendell Supervisors.............................Maeve Brady, Vanessa Moton Box Office/JoyceCharge Staff...................................Roy Odom, Jasmine Webb, Daniel Stompor, Lydia Paulos, Christine Hinchee, Kiersten Foster FACILITIES Facilities Manager....................................................Jimmy Ortiz Maintenance Staff.........................................Madelin Estrella, Yohanna Hernandez, Pablo Rodriguez, David Matos SPECIAL SERVICES FOR THE JOYCE THEATER Ross F. Moskowitz Esq..................................................................... .....................................................Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP Kimberly M. Maynard, Esq...................................................... ..............................................Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC J. Stephen Sheppard......................................................................... ....................Cowan DeBaets Abrahams and Sheppard LLP Harry H. Weintraub, Counsel....................................................... ...............................................................Glick and Weintraub PC Accounting...................................................................Lutz & Carr Digital Marketing Firm.........................Capacity Interactive Publicity.....................................................................Billy Zavelson Printer....................................Direct Printing Impressions Inc. Insurance.....................................................DeWitt Stern Group Architects.......................................................Hugh Hardy, FAIA General Contractor.....Yorke Construction Corporation Official Donut Sponsor...................................The Donut Pub Official Flower Sponsor.......The FlowerSchool New York Crunch Fitness is the Official Gym Sponsor of The Joyce Theater. The Joyce Theater is a member of APAP, Dance/NYC, and Dance/USA.
THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Virginia A. Millhiser, Chair Amit Wadhwaney, Vice Chair Stephanie R. Breslow, Treasurer Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary
Kerry Clayton, Chair Emeritus David D. Holbrook, Chair Emeritus Stephen D. Weinroth, Chair Emeritus
R. Richard Ablon Charles M. Adelman Rob Ashford Monica F. Azare John M. Basnage de Beauval Ajay Bhandaram Tracy Brown
Keane Ehsani Ronald Gumbaz Toni Hoover Robert Musiker Susan Gluck Pappajohn Steven M. Pesner Meryl Rosofsky
Saul Sanders Richard Shea Linda Shelton Susan Fawcett Sosin Lauren E. Shortt Monica B. Voldstad Madelyn Wils
In Memoriam: Theodore S. Bartwink (Trustee 1993-2014), R. Britton Fisher (Trustee 1990-2020), Richard Lukins (Trustee 1998-2011), Anh-Tuyet Nguyen (Trustee 2007-2020) Founders and Trustees Emeriti: Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld
ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN The Joyce honors the following individuals, corporations, and foundations for their visionary support of our mission of advancing the vibrant and extraordinary art of dance. Funds contributed to the endowment campaign will allow The Joyce to continue its support of the dance community and to commission new work. $1 Million and above LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Charitable Trust $500,000 and above Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Richard B. Fisher and Family R. Britton Fisher and Family Rockefeller Brothers Fund $250,000 and above David & Andrea Holbrook Richard A. Lukins & Karen Fry Saul & Mary Sanders Susan Fawcett Sosin $100,000 and above Anonymous (1) Alphawood Foundation Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation The Estate of Dorothy Lefkof The William Randolph Hearst Foundations Lynne & Richard Pasculano Michèle & Steve Pesner The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation The Starr Foundation $50,000 and above R. Richard & Margery Ablon Apollo Management, L.P. Stephanie Breslow & Paul Watterson The Coca-Cola Foundation Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet A. Cozzi JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Jerome A. and Estelle R. Newman Assistance Fund, Inc. Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation $25,000 and above Jane E. Goldberg Cecilia & Jim Herbert Jane Kendall & David Dietz Elysabeth Kleinhans Arnie & Susan Scharf Richard Shea Jennifer & Jonathan Allan Soros Fiona J. Tilley & Gürhan Orhan Dave Waks & Sandy Teger Chris & Lonna Yegen Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn $5,000 and above Anonymous (3) Barbara & Robert Berkley Philanthropic Fund Barbara Berliner & Sol D. Rymer The Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Foundation Jim & Linda Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Ira Haupt, II The Lawton W. Fitt & James I. McLaren Foundation James H. Ottaway, Jr. Kathleen A. Scott Linda Shelton Ferne Goldberg Sperling & Allan Sperling
LEADERSHIP SUPPORT FOR A NEW VENUE FOR DANCE Support for planning costs associated with establishing a third venue for dance as part of the redeveloped World Trade Center site has been generously provided by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which is funded through Community Development Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Leadership support has also been provided by: FORD FOUNDATION THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION ROBERT STERLING CLARK FOUNDATION THE SEPTEMBER 11TH FUND ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION
JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION DONORS
The Joyce Theater appreciates the generosity of its supporters listed below as well as its many other supporters too numerous to include on these pages. List as of September 10, 2021. Platinum Benefactors Sarah Arison *Karen Roth ($500,000 and above) *Barbro Osher Pro Suecia *Nancy Sands *Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Foundation *Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo *Howard Gilman Foundation *John Basnage de Beauval *Allan Sperling & Ferne Goldberg *Marianna Vaidman Stone and *LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust Ajay Bhandaram Bloomberg Philanthropies Eric Stone Gold Benefactors *Torrence Boone & Ted Chapin Linda B. Strumpf ($100,000 and above) *Robert Brenner *David E. Vogel *Booth Ferris Foundation Con Edison Director’s Circle Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer Martin & Linda Fell ($2,500 and above) *Ford Foundation Nancy & Michael Feller Anonymous (3) The Harkness Foundation for Dance *Gregg & Jean Frankel R. Richard Ablon The Andrew W. Mellon Jane E. Goldberg Adrienne Albert Foundation Sylvia Golden James J. Andrews *Virginia & Timothy Millhiser Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Goodman *Joel & Rhela Aragona *NYC COVID-19 Response and *Charles and Joan Gross *Marty and Louise Bickman Impact Fund in The New York Family Foundation Judi Rappoport Blitzer Community Trust *Elzbieta Grove & David Blitzer New York City Department of David & Andrea Holbrook *Victoria V. Carey Cultural Affairs Toni Hoover *Larry & Ronnie Cohen New York State Council on the Arts In Honor of Karen Brooks Hopkins Donna B. Case *Robert Pollock *David S. Ivill & Cathleen Collins *Rockefeller Brothers Fund Vincent J. Weiner, Jr. Mary Sharp Cronson The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels The Kingsley Foundation Barbara Dau Foundation Elysabeth Kleinhans *Miriam & David Donoho *SHS Foundation *Christine Knuth *Andrew and The Shubert Foundation Alan & Gail Koss Claire-Marine Ferguson *Melanie Coronetz Silver Benefactors Joanna Fisher & Bruce G. Miller ($75,000 and above) Bart Friedman & Wendy Stein *Edward J. Petrou First Republic Bank *Britt-Louise Gilder National Endowment for the Arts Tatiana Piankova Foundation Geraldine Glassman Kathleen A. Scott The Harold K. Gross Family Benefactors Linda Shelton Charitable Trust ($50,000 and above) *Leslie Siegel *Susan Ross Green *Jody & John Arnhold | Jean & Gene Stark *Sharon B. Gurwitz Arnhold Foundation *Allyson Tang Ronald E. Hellman *National Dance Project of the Presenter’s Circle & Stephen B. Roberts New England Foundation for ($5,000 and above) *William Houlihan the Arts *Anonymous (1) *Office of Cultural Affairs, The Jerome Robbins Foundation The Aaron Copland Fund Consulate General of Israel Lauren E. Shortt for Music in New York Denise Littlefield Sobel *Sam & Annie Alfstad Thomas von Foerster *The Jennifer and Jonathan Allan *Rick & Nurit Amdur In Memory of John MacDonald Soros Foundation *Mary & Adam Amsterdam *Maria Mackey *Amit Wadhwaney Rob Ashford Joyce F. Menschel Chairman’s Circle *Monica Azare Ronay & Richard Menschel/ ($25,000 and above) Lani & Emanuel Azenberg Charina Foundation, Inc. Anonymous (2) *Andrew & Froma Benerofe David & Diana Milich Deborah & Charles Adelman The Barbara Bell Cumming *Jane & Michael Murphy *Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation Charitable Trust Mutual of America Foundation Stephanie R. Breslow *Chubb LTD Cherrie Nanninga & Paul Watterson Consulate General of Brazil in *Mr. & Ms. William Pollock The Gladys Krieble Delmas New York Warrie Price & James David Price Foundation *Ms. Pamela Crutchfield Québec Government Office *Susan Dickler & Sig van Raan Dancers Responding to AIDS in New York Melina Fisher DeWitt Stern Group, Inc. Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch *GKV Charitable Foundation *Jamshid & Mahshid Ehsani Mr. Stephen Kroll Reidy Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi *Keane Ehsani *Case van Rij *Leanne Lachman Linda Ellis *Wes Schafer and Carlos Galtier Mertz Gilmore Foundation Christopher Evans & Josh Garner Susan & Arnie Scharf Henry and Lucy Moses Fund Jeanne Donovan Fisher Xiomara & Charles Scheidt Robert Musiker John & Margaret Falk *Fran Schulman *The O'Donnell-Green Music and General Delegation of the Barbara Madsen Smith Dance Foundation Government of Flanders to the *Mark Stevens & Mary Murphy Susan & Greg Pappajohn USA *Linda Stocknoff Michèle & Steve Pesner *Paul Feuerman & Bruce Grivetti Christopher Soule *Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation *Randall and Mary Hack Consulate General of Sweden in Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart H. Coleman *Elizabeth Anne Hartman New York Saul & Mary Sanders Judith M. Hoffman *Theresa Alessandra Russo Richard Shea *Val Holley & Joseph Plocek Foundation Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation *Illuminated Foundation Ms. Patricia E. Vance Susan Fawcett Sosin Christopher Jones & Alexandra Wheeler & Rocky Rukan Wendy & Alex Stanton Deborah McAlister *Shelley & Claude Winfield Monica B. Voldstad Office of City Council Speaker Irving & Elaine Wolbrom Stephen & Cathy Weinroth Corey Johnson *Ralph Womble & Ashley Edwards *Madelyn & Steven Wils *Elizabeth & Neil Kurtz *Billy F.B. Wong *Karen & Martin McDonald & Stephanie Gordon Impresario’s Circle *LeConte Moore ($10,000 and above) *In loving memory of Bill Perlmuth, Leaders Anonymous (2) ($1,000 and above) Patricia Dugan Perlmuth Sylvia Ablon Anonymous (10) Rajika & Anupam Puri Alpern Family Foundation Robert Allyn Nina B. Quigley American Express Neme Alperstein
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The Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance and Ballet Festival Commissions The Joyce Theater Foundation thanks the Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation for its invaluable partnership in commissioning new works from both established and emerging ballet companies, and enabling these companies to perform on the Joyce stage. The Joyce gratefully recognizes the donors listed below for their generous matching support that has made this effort possible.
Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation R. Richard Ablon Deborah & Charles Adelman Gerald M. Appelstein Rob Ashford Stephen M. Baldini Theodore S. Bartwink The Harkness Foundation for Mick Beekhuizen Evan Behrens & Dara Stern Ajay Bhandaram Torrence Boone Stephanie R. Breslow & Paul Watterson Madeline Brine Richard & Martha Byrne Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer Rodney S. Cohen Alan & Chi Colberg Arlene Cooper Pamela Crutchfield Trisha & Patrick Duval amshid & Mahshid Ehsani Augie K. Fabela II Britton & Melina Fisher Kim Friedman J. Eric Gambrell Jane E. Goldberg Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi David Haines John & Judith Hannan Rex S. Heinke Cecilia & Jim Herbert David & Andrea Holbrook Toni Hoover Kim Koopersmith Allen Kovac/ Tenth Street Entertainment Ronald & Stephanie Kramer Ronald S. Lauder Jim Leary
Alec & Sarah Machiels Joyce F. Menschel David & Diana Milich Virginia & Timothy Millhiser Karyl Nairn Abby McCormick O'Neil & Carroll Joynes Anh-Tuyet Nguyen & Robert Pollock Susan & Gregory Pappajohn Michèle & Steven Pesner Tatiana Piankova Foundation Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch Gregg Rechler/ Lisa & Gregg Rechler Charitable Trust The Jerome Robbins Foundation Ann Sahid Rosche Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart H. Coleman Rowan Family Foundation Inc. Saul & Mary Sanders Fran Schulman Kathleen A. Scott Frederic & Robin Seegal Richard Shea Howard L. Shecter Linda Shelton Irene Shen Henry R. Silverman Susan Fawcett Sosin Allan Sperling & Ferne Goldberg Wendy & Alex Stanton Justin A. Stevens Raymond & Margaret Vandenberg Monica B. Voldstad Amit Wadhwaney Daniel Walsh Stephen & Cathy Weinroth Steven M. Zagar Richard Kielar & Christian Zimmermann The Young Leaders Circle Kyle Abraham^ Annie Alfstad Patricia Arellano *Chellis Baird Erin Barnes *Alison Baum Rachel & Dyllan Beck *Lisa Bonifacic Isabella Boylston^ Camille A. Brown^ *Victor M. Castillo Alejandro Cerrudo^ Phil Chan Dr. Jason Chuang Brandon T. Cournay Mary Craig *Dayana De La Torre *Debora Domass
Michelle Dorrance^ *Giancarlo Facchi Robert Fairchild^ Davalois Fearon^ Andrew D. Ferguson Erica Forrence *Jordan Freisleben Amita Goyal *Cari Griggs *Ting Guo *Jessica Halper *Mingtong Han Alexandra Harper, Co-Chair *Ariana Hellerman *Lauren Hlubny Kile Hotchkiss^ Alixandra Hornyan, Co-Chair *Audrey Hourse Laura Hsu Kristen Irby *Amanda Krische Sireesha Kalapala *Jean-François Kowalski Audrey Lam Stephanie Lichtinger Lydia Lin *Mitch Lowenthal Michelle K. Marck *Jose Martinez Katherine Maxwell^ Sara Mearns^ Justin Peck^ Tiler Peck^ Ruby Rosetta Pittman *Dora Pulido *Brecht Putman Vanessa Rojas *Amir Rouzrokh Setpheap San^ Claire-Marine Sarner Bette Ann Schlossberg, Co-Chair Anthony Seaboyer *Caroline Shadle Victoria Shadle Daniil Simkin^ *Elisa Smilovitz *Samara Stern Evan Strain *Mark & Oni Strawn *Sara Strope *Laura Vang Lucy Vasserman *Alexander Wang *Miss Inga Wells James Whiteside^ Emma Winder *Lila Ziegler ^Artist Committee members To join The Joyce’s Young Leaders Circle, please contact the Development office at 347-856-5828.
JOYCE PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE WITH PUBLIC FUNDS FROM:
Joyce programs are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo 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 Speaker Corey Johnson.
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