Rennie Harris Presents: Rome & Jewels Program Book

RENNIE HARRIS PRESENTS: ROME & JEWELS FEBRUARY 7 - 12, 2023

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CHOREOGRAPHER’S NOTE, ROME & JEWELS When I was young, I saw West Side Story and immediately thought to myself, “Why aren’t there street dancers in this movie?” I re-imagined it with street dancers every time I watched the film. Little did I know, I’d grow up to become a choreographer. Some years later, around the mid to late 1990s, a thought popped into my mind: “Do a Hip-hop version of West Side Story.” Immediately, I began to create the work in my head and dreamt of it for weeks. By 1996-97, I started to set phrases on the company. Unbeknownst to the company I secretly cast Duane Holland as Rome. I continued to work out ideas every day with no financial support or performance in sight. Eventually Mark Murphy, the former presenter of On The Boards, caught wind of what I was doing and asked if I would present the workshop version of it at On The Boards Theater in Seattle, WA. I agreed and presented a 45-minute workshop of the Rome & Jewels. At this point, there were no monologues; it was purely dance. By 1998, I wrote the first draft of the script. It was a fusion of the original script of Romeo and Juliet mixed with colloquial language. One day, before the start of rehearsal, Rodney Mason walked through the door and yelled aloud, “Yo Rome, thou art a villain, so what’s up”?!, and there you have it! Down goes Sonny Liston. It became clear to me we didn’t really have to stay so exact.

That night, I began re-writing the script and gave everyone updated scripts, but there was a problem. The dancers couldn’t act. Well, not the way that would be believable. I then reached outside of the company for actors that could street dance and remembered a young man I worked with in the past by the name of d. Sabela Grimes. Next, I brought in a dramaturg who I knew as an accomplished director and rapper in Philadelphia, Mr. Ozzie Jones. At some point during the creation process I hired Ozzie to play my version of the Tony character in West Side Story “Old Man.” The last change to the script came as a default decision but not in a negative way. d. Sabela Grimes and Rodney Mason were established poets and readers of Shakespeare, and, as if ordained by Shakespeare himself, each of them began to fuse their poetry with dialogues and eventually wrote their own monologues. Ozzie Jones also wrote his own monologue and the rest is history.

The title Rome & Jewels is an encoded jab at the Hip-hop community. Rome = Roam, Jewels = jewelry. It means roaming for jewelry. In my opinion, the Hip-hop community is always roaming, or rather searching, for the golden grail/money/riches, as if it were their only means of rising out of their current situation. Ozzie Jones’ opening monologue explains it brilliantly.

“Big and Pac roamed for jewels, but don’t we all? You ain’t nobody until you’re somebody on some motherfucka’s wall. One big, black, fat, and ugly, the other scarred up like tags on a train. Spitting freestyles for thirty Gs with pounds of weed on the brain. Now, here, heartbreak gets popped too while bullets crash through. Cause in the jungle sometimes what love got to do? When all your eyes are set on nothing you get tempted like David Ruffin. Cause in the death angel’s arms, our screams sound like mumbling. Through Rome, we see Jewels, and Rome stands for quest to get love, props, or dough before he dies from the stress.”

Photos by Bob Emmott.

The Joyce Theater Foundation presents

Rennie Harris Presents

ROME & JEWELS Adaptation of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

DIRECTED, CHOREOGRAPHED, WRITTEN, & CONCEIVED BY RENNIE HARRIS ADDITIONAL WRITERS OZZIE JONES, D. SABELA GRIMES, RODNEY MASON, RAPHAEL XAVIER DRAMATURG OZZIE JONES (Old Man) SOUND DESIGN & MUSICAL DIRECTION DARRIN ROSS MUSIC NUMB BY PORTISHEAD, LEAVE IT BY YES DJS EVIL TRACY THE INTERNATIONAL SHOWOFF, DJ RAZOR RAMON ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGN PAMELA HOBSON

COSTUME DESIGN DON MILLER

LIGHTING DESIGN ANDY SCHMITZ

ORIGINAL VISUAL DESIGN HOWARD GOLDKRANZ

ADDITIONAL LIGHTING JULIE E. BALLARD

VISUAL DESIGN RYDER PALMERE

CAST & DANCERS BRANDON ALBRIGHT (Tybault), ANGEL ANDERSON, JAMES COLTER, JOSHUA CULBREATH, PHIL CUTTINO (Ben V), ANTHONY DENARO, DUANE LEE HOLLAND JR., MIYEKO URVASHI RENNIE HARRIS, JOEL MARTINEZ (Merc), RODNEY MASON (Rome), FYNESS MASON, EMILY PIETRUSZKA, JEREMY TAYLOR, JULIE URICH Leadership support for The Joyce Theater Foundation has been received from the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust.

Champion support for The Joyce’s annual programming has been provided by Howard Gilman Foundation and The Shubert Foundation.

Champion support for The Joyce’s Creative Residencies Program supporting choreographers and dance companies has been provided by Mellon Foundation.

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

This engagement of Rennie Harris Puremovement is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

RHPM 30th Anniversary is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project co-commissioned by FIRSTWORKS, World Music Inc, Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, The Joyce Theater Foundation's Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New Work, Bates Dance Festival, and NPN. The Creation & Development Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Mellon Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). For more information: www.npnweb.org.

WHO'S WHO LORENZO RENNIE HARRIS (Founder/Artistic Director/Choreographer/Director) Dr. Lorenzo (Rennie) Harris was born and raised in an African American community in North Philadelphia.

Since the age of 15, Harris has been teaching workshops and classes at universities around the country and is a powerful spokesperson for the significance of “street” origins in any dance style. In 1992, Harris founded Rennie Harris Puremovement, a street dance theatre company dedicated to preserving and disseminating street dance culture through workshops, classes, lecture, lecture demonstrations, residencies, mentoring programs, and public performances.

Coining the term Street Dance Theater and Hip-hop Concert dance, Harris founded his company based on the belief that hip hop culture is the most important original expression of a new generation. With its roots in the inner-city African American and Latino communities, hip hop can be characterized as a contemporary indigenous form, one that expresses universal themes that extend beyond racial, religious, and economic boundaries, and one that (because of its pan-racial and transnational popularity) can help bridge these divisions. Harris’ work encompasses the diverse and rich African American traditions of the past, while simultaneously presenting the voice of a new generation through its ever-evolving interpretations of dance.

Harris is committed to providing audiences with a sincere view of the essence and spirit of hip hop rather than the commercially exploited stereotypes portrayed by the media. Currently, Harris tours a collection of evening-length works as well as classic repertory works of the last 30 years. Rome & Jewels, the first evening-length work written, choreographed, and directed

by Rennie Harris, uses Shakespeare’s text to tell its own story based on West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet. To date, Rome & Jewels is the longest touring street dance theater work in American history with three Bessie Awards and four Black Theater Alvin Ailey Awards. It was also nominated for a Lawrence Olivier Award (UK) and received The Harman Shakespeare Theater Award for adaptation of West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet. Rome & Jewels has performed for sold-out audiences nationally and internationally. The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote of the work, “Harris has built a wedge that will open the doors of America’s art centers, displaying hip hop as clear cultural expression, compelling to all races and generations'… 'Rome & Jewels is clearly the work of an artist of uncommon vision'…'we get to witness, right here in our city, the evolution of an important new dance form.”

In addition, Harris’s body of work includes evening length works such as Falling Crumbs From the Cake, Something To Do With Love, Legends of Hip hop, Facing Mekka, 100NAKEDLOCKS, HEAVEN, LUV American-Style, Rennie Harris Funkedified, LIFTED, and two new works still in creation and development phase - American Street Dancer and Losing My Religion. In Facing Mekka, Harris continues his quest to present street dance on the concert stage. To this end, he has developed a solo that challenges his own choreographic experiences and audience’s expectations of hip hop and street dance. Harris approaches the vocabulary of this work, entitled Lorenzo’s Oil, as a butoh-style hip hop dance. The solo is meant to integrate calming, serene space (represented by the butoh style) with Popping. Lorenzo’s Oil turns street dance on its head in order to draw attention away from the spectacle and acrobatic and high-powered movements that many audiences, particularly those outside of hip hop movement, expect, and see what it could/should be. Dr. Harris has found a way to marry his story with social dances and bring them to the concert stage, creating a cohesive dance style that finds a cogent voice in the theater. Much of Dr. Harris’s work has explored his personal experiences as an African American male growing up in North Philadelphia. At the turn of the century, alongside Princess Grace Kelly, Dr. and Julius Erving, Rennie Harris was voted one of the most influential people in the last one hundred years of Philadelphia history. He’s been compared to twentieth-century legends, Basquiat, Alvin Ailey, and Bob Fosse. In 2010, he received an honorary doctorate in the Arts and Humanities from Bates College (Maine) and a 2nd Honorary Doctorate in the Fine Arts from Columbia College (Chicago). He received the Kulu Mele’ African Rooted Dance award and the Guggenheim (2010). He has also been featured in Rose Eichenbaum’s Masters of Movement-Portraits of America’s Great Choreographers with dance legends such as Carmen de Lavallade, Judith Jamison, Fayard Nicolas, and Gregory Hines. In addition, he was awarded a medal from the Kennedy Center (DC) as a master of African American Choreography.

Touring Egypt, Jordan, Palestine, and surrounding countries, Rennie Harris served as one of four Ambassadors for the United States as part of President Obama’s cultural exchange program, Dance Motion USA, which was led by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Recently, Rennie Harris became a recipient of The Doris Duke Artist Award (2020). He and his group of dancers and their infectious brand of movement have toured around the globe pioneering Hip-hop Dance Theater as a cogent and viable voice. Dr. Lorenzo "Rennie" Harris is atop the hip-hop heap, its leading ambassador.

RODNEY HILL (Executive Director) was born and raised in the tough streets of North Philadelphia, entering the Hip-hop scene in 1988. For more than a decade, Hill has blazed the stages in venues, nationally and abroad. He has been featured in many videos for such artists as Boys II Men, Will Smith, and Musiq Soulchild, to name just a few. He has also performed on TV shows such as R&B Divas: Los Angeles, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Soul Train, NBC’s NFL Under the Helmet, and BET’s Teen Summit. In addition, he has toured and performed with Rennie Harris Puremovement, R&B singer Brave Williams, Julian King, R&B group AAries, Mad Skillz, rapper Eve, R&B legend Teddy Pendergrass, Janet Jackson’s Dj Aktive, R&B singer Shanice Wilson, Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, and Philly’s own The Roots. An accomplished dancer, choreographer, and teacher, Hill has performed and taught on faculty at the American Dance Festival as well as universities and dance studios nationally and internationally in 12 countries across five continents. In 2020, Hill graduated from Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, with an MFA in choreography. Hill continues to educate and inspire others through his hard work, dedication, and commitment to Hip-hop and its culture. In January 2022, Hill was sworn into office as a Councilman for Sharon Hill, PA, a suburban community outside Philadelphia, PA, where he grew up.

DARRIN ROSS (Sound Design/Musical Direction) Original Sound Designer/Composer. Ross recently completing the score and soundscape for Alvin Ailey American Dance theater's first two-act ballet called Lazarus. He has been collaborating with Dr. Rennie Harris for over 35 years. He started by producing and engineering songs with Jam On Productions in 1984. His work with Jam On Productions led to various television and record productions. Eventually, Darrin founded I.Q. Records. He also did sound design and composition for Suzan Lori Parks' TopDog/Underdog. Ross, over the years, has received numerous grants for his works from the Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, Meet The Composer, Dance Advance, and, recently, from the Gross Foundation. He is the recipient of a 2001 New York Dance & Performance Award (Bessie) for his music composition and soundscape for Rome & Jewels. Ross has worked with and many established artists in the industry such as: Jazzy Jeff, Newcleus, Doug E. Fresh, Freeway, Kim Waters, The Roots, Bahamadia Todd Terry, Joanna Gardner, The Intruders, Mike Knox, and many more. His sound design and composition credits include Rennie Harris' Funkedified, Rennie Harris LIFTED, HEAVEN, Facing Mekka, Rome & Jewels, LOW, Prince Scarecrow's Road To The Emerald City, The Kimmel Center Presents, Philadanco: The Philadelphia Experience, Same Spirit Different Movement, Impossible Izz Possible, Evolution, Champions of the Dance, BREAK!, The Urban Funk Spectacular, King Michael, Fallen Crumbs from the Cake, Cool Heat Urban Beat, BREAK! and Skate, The Pennsylvania Ballet, The Memphis Ballet, The Colorado Ballet, Hot Mouth, RHAW Love American Style, Maurice Hines' Hot Feet, The Kennedy Center Honors, Carols in Color, We Dance to Inspire, and numerous other dance theater works. Ross is the president of RossLive Entertainment. He is currently touring his production Invincible: A Glorious Tribute to Michael Jackson and scoring an upcoming T.V. drama called the N.C. OZZIE JONES (Old Man, Dramaturg/Additional Writing) Original Cast. Born in West Philadelphia, September 6th, 1970 Mr. Jones has directed The Countess Cathleen by William Butler Yeats and composed the score for Third and Indiana by Steve Lopez for the Arden Theater Company. A representative for the Philadelphia Theater Initiative in the United States and Europe, he also became the First African American in the Republic of Ireland’s history to direct a play in Ireland for an Irish Theater company, directing a production of Othello for Second Age Theater. David Nolan of The Irish Times called the production “the most creative and innovative production of Shakespeare seen in Ireland in decades.” Ozzie “Old Man” Jones, along with Larry “Mr. Cisum” Fowler Jr. and Jared “Grand Agent” Taylor, started the hip hop group NAME. NAME went on to become one of the central figures in the Neo-Soul and underground Hip hop scene in Philadelphia, which produced stars like DJ Drama, Jill Scott, Musiq Soulchild, and The Roots. The records released by NAME within 1995 and 2000 include, Mohammed Ali, Black Thought, Artist of the Yeah (Featuring Poor Righteous Teachers and Schooly D), Twelve, Logic, and By Design by Grand Agent featuring Ozzie “Old Man” Jones. NAME toured throughout the United States and Canada. In 2000, Mr. Jones became the Producing Artistic Director of the Walt Whitman Arts Center in Camden, NJ, until 2007.

Currently, Mr. Jones is developing an extensive series of plays on Jazz called The Real Book.

He has directed staged readings for Chasin’ the Bird and Kind of Blue an African. Mr. Jones has just completed writing a road gang and cotton field hollers opera called, Gwine Dig a Hole, and recently starred in the film Hail Mary, which is written and directed by Nnamdi Kanga and will be released in Spring of 2021.

RODNEY MASON AKA DUCK BUTT (Rome, Additional Writing) Original Cast. Transplanted to Portland from South Philly, Rodney is a Song and Dance man who won the starring role of “Tony Sinclair” for the Tanqueray worldwide campaign beating out the Wayans brothers and 800 candidates in the US and UK for this sophisticated Black Brit. Rodney has become a famous character in commercials, print/editorial, billboards, and live guest appearances at major events. Rodney has served his country and is a Gulf War Veteran. His experience defending his country as a Marine has colored his work and his performance message. He is also a theatre and performance artist, utilizing his Street Dance skills, spoken word poetry, and rap to create many unusual and original characters for film, television, commercials, and stand-up comedy appearances. Rodney has also worked with the Groundlings and Second City in Chicago and toured the world with Rennie Harris Puremovement as a core member. He is known for his awardwinning role (Lawrence Olivier Award—Best Performance) in Rome & Jewels. Other stage work includes TOTEM ROAD with the Olive Dance Company and a stint with the Baltimore Outreach Program in YO BALTIMORE where he received critical acclaim. His TV appearances include the MTV Vibe awards, hosting Comedy Central, and cable TV. PHIL CUTTINO AKA JIPTHERULER (Ben V) is a Philadelphia native hip-hopper from birth and is skilled in breakin’, graffiti, DJ-ing, and rapping. His first performance was at the age of four with his father, a prominent MC and B-Boy in the Philadelphia hip-hop scene. He started in a crew called the X-men doing local talent shows and learned from some of the Philadelphia greats. He has toured throughout the United States and internationally and is currently a core member of Rennie Harris Puremovement American Street Dance Theater.

JOEL MARTINEZ AKA TEKNYC (Merc) was born and raised in Santurce, Puerto Rico until 13. He credits an early interest in breaking "breakdancing" to his older brother Willie Martinez. As a B-boy, Teknyc and his crew, Skill Methodz, became one of the most iconic crews in the dance's street dance history as a graffiti writer Teknyc is a proud member of one of the most legendary crews, Fame City Kings (FC) and Fast Breaking Artists (FBA). Teknyc has painted murals worldwide, from NYC to Puerto Rico, Los Angeles, Paris, Japan, London, Amsterdam, Portugal, Dubai, Prague, Berlin, Argentina, and Brazil. As a member of Rennie Harris Puremovement, he has performed in Rome & Jewels, Facing Mekka, among others. He has also served as an ambassador of Hip-hop for President Obama's Dance Motion USA that toured Israel, Eygpt, Jerusalem, Palestine, and other surrounding countries on behalf of the United States.

BRANDON ALBRIGHT AKA BROTHER PEACE (Tybault) Original Cast. Brandon began his career in 1984 as a member of the famed Philadelphia based popping group “The Scanner Boys”(19801992). Working his way up in the industry as a B-boy and Hip-hop dancer, he toured and danced for major recording artists such as the first gangster rapper Schooly D, Will Smith, Tuff Crew, Boys II Men, LLCool J, Run DMC, and the Beach Boys, to name a few. After his stint in the commercial entertainment industry he performed, danced, and directed for Rennie Harris Puremovement. In 2000 he founded Illstyle & Peace Productions a multicultural Philadelphia-based dance company.

His company creates work rooted in contemporary, West African, old-school, and new school hip-hop blended with an eclectic mix of disciplines, including breaking, popping, locking, tap, hip-hop, and house dancing. Illstyle & Peace Productions has toured to critical acclaim nationally and internationally, and is committed to delivering positive messages to all audiences. Illstyle & Peace Productions was a 2013 US Culture Ambassador, chosen by the US State Department and Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), and toured Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. Artistic Director Brandon Peace Albright is well-versed in various styles of street dance. His most recent work for Illstyle, Impossible IZZpossible, which entails locking, popping, breaking, beatboxing, hiphop, tap, modern, jazz, African dance, belly dance, singing, and DJ’ing was presented at BAM and has been touring nationally and internationally to critical acclaim. Albright also leads high energy workshops, master classes, and educational programs including Become Your Dreams, a history of hip-hop; Hip-Hop Math a math lecture demonstration program; and No-Bullying STOP-Bullying, And Let’s Be Friends, an anti-bullying show. He is especially passionate about the universality of hip-hop and continues to seek inspiration from other dance forms and arts. His latest project for Illstyle is called we dance to inspire.

ANGEL ANDERSON is an artist, performer, and improviser. She is a recent graduate from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a dual degree in dance and psychology.

Her interests include street and club dance styles, African Diasporic forms, contemporary, and improvisation. While in college, Anderson has received the Outstanding Undergraduate Performance Award, the Dance Project Award, and the William McClellan Award. Some of her recent performance credits include Rennie Harris’ LIFTED, Danzel Thompson-Stout’s Manifesting our Movement, Manifesting our Dance, as well as his work The Undying and Resilient.

JAMES COLTER AKA CRICKET Original Cast. James “Cricket” Colter is a professional street dancer who has performed, taught, and lectured on the form internationally for over 22 years. In addition, he is a well versed visual artist (sequential art, children’s book illustrations, etc) choreographer and artistic director. Mr. Colter (Cricket) has taught globally at numerous hip hop dance festivals including Bates Dance Festival and the Illadelph Legends Festival.

Cricket was a featured dancer in the Disney movie Step Up 2: The Street and has danced for various recording artists including, Boys II Men, KRS-1, Will Smith, Eve, Avril Lavigne, Fall Out-Boy, and was a host MTV Japan’s Dreamers television show. Cricket has worked with the legendary street dance pioneer Bill "Crutch Master" Shannon, urban tap dancer, Tamango Van Cayseeleas, and London’s best known urban theatrical wordsmith and curator, Jonzi D. Cricket has produced and directed various dance pieces in Philadelphia, New York City and London, including Heroes, a London based hip hop theater show where he acted as director and principal costume designer. Mr. Colter is a part of the “Step-Fenz” dance crew, a NY based dance group that is known for its mix of B-boy and House dance. He is a founding member of Rennie Harris Puremovement (RHPM) and has worked with the company for over 16 years. He is an original cast member of Rennie Harris’s Bessie award winning multidisciplinary hip hop theater presentation, Rome & Jewels. Cricket taught and performed throughout the globe and was the director of RHPM’s educational program. Cricket’s artistic mission is to push the limits of the various movements that exist in Hip- Hop and in other contemporary dance forms by blending various art forms in order to tell a viable story on the concert dance stage and rid the stigma that Hip-Hop is merely an athletic form of dance that can only be performed in a showcase setting. Cricket believes that, through Hip Hop, complex stories can be told and the boundaries of theater can be pushed by adding the urban/hip hop aesthetic to costume design, set design, soundscapes, etc. Mr. Colter has recently founded his own company “Concept Kinetics” to accomplish his goal.

JOSHUA CULBREATH AKA SUPA JOSH was born and raised in Philadelphia, where he started dancing at the age of ten. During his middle school years, Joshua joined a dance group called K.R.S. Ent., which won many talent shows and went on to perform on the TV show Showtime at the Apollo in the New York. While dancing with K.R.S. Ent., Joshua met B-boy Hannibal, owner and artist director of 360 Flava, and began to train with him. Joshua is currently a core member of Rennie Harris Puremovement.

ANTHONY DENARO AKA B-BOY YNOT (M.F.A) explores the design, sustainability, history, and community of Hip Hop. Through a futurist lens, YNOT’s work manifests in dance, typography, music, and architecture. YNOT’s reputation in the dance world precedes him. As a B-boy, he’s traveled the world extensively judging battles, teaching workshops, and building cultural awareness. In YNOT’s vision of the sustainability of Hip Hop, teaching and mentorship are paramount. Currently, YNOT teaches workshops internationally as well as virtually and in person through University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Arizona State University, and Texas Tech where he facilitates Breaking Technique, Stylized letterform Design, and Sound Design For Electronic Music Production. Alongside his dance and professorship, YNOT creates two- and three-dimensional visual works (physical and digital) that construct a possible future of the Hip Hop aesthetic.

DUANE LEE HOLLAND JR. Original Cast. Duane began his professional dance career at the age of 17, dancing for the first Hip-Hop theater dance company, Rennie Harris Puremovement (RHPM); he was later named Assistant Artistic Director of the company. He received his Master of Fine Arts in Dance (Magna Cum Laude), with a focus in Choreography, from the University of Iowa. Throughout his career, Holland has been a pioneer in bringing Hip-Hop to college dance programs. He became the first full-time Hip-Hop professor at Boston Conservatory at Berklee in 2016, and at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2019.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst Dance Program welcomed new faculty member Duane Lee Holland Jr. in the Fall of 2022. Holland has had the privilege of working with choreographers Bill T. Jones (We Shall Not Be Moved), Garth Fagan (The Lion King, original

Broadway cast), and Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE. He was also assistant choreographer/ dance captain and featured dancer in Maurice Hines’ Broadway production of Hot Feet. In 2010, he released his first independent R&B/Hip-Hop music project, Life Expansion, and his second project, Love-n-Life, featuring songs from his one-man show, The Adventures of Maxx Lancaster, was released in March, 2021, with a premiere planned for 2023.

MIYEKO URVASHI RENNIE HARRIS, the eldest daughter of Rennie Harris, was born in Philadelphia and began training at the age of eight in Austin, TX. She later returned to Philadelphia and began her pre-professional training at the Koresh School of Dance where she trained under Melissa Rector, Roni Koresh, and Eva Szabo. Harris performed with Koresh Youth Ensemble for three years. Most recently, she performed with Maura Townsend Dance at the 2022 Los Angeles Dance Festival at the Luckman Theatre. A recent high school graduate, she currently attends California State University (L.A.) with a major in Communication Disorders.

FYNESS MASON, raised in New York City, is a Temple University, BA, and Harcum College Graduate. Her Hip Hop dance career began with Rennie Harris Puremovement Dance Company in 2005. Mason has performed nationally and internationally in theaters such as the Kimmel Center, Kennedy Center, Sadler's Wells, Ailey Citigroup Theater, Carpenters Center, The Joyce Theater, Lied Center, Bates Dance Festival, Bryn Mawr College, Wells Fargo Center, NYC SummerStage, and BAM. She's taught classes at Temple University, Bryn Mawr College, Florida State University, Bates Dance Festival, and more. Mason has performed with Rennie Harris Puremovement, Face Da Phlave Entertainment, Montazh all woman's Hip Hop Dance Company, Flyground with Lela Aisha Jones, Oyin Hardy's Troupe Dada, and the late Kariamu Welsh. After a hiatus of going back to school to study Occupational Therapy Assisting and raising three children with her husband Steve Mason, she is back and ready to share her love for dance with her community and to uplift women through hip hop dance culture with a message that you can do anything you put your mind to.

EMILY PIETRUSZKA AKA LADY EM is a Colorado native currently residing in NYC. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Magna Cum Laude) from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Emily began her street styles training as a core member of Rennie Harris Grassroots Project in Denver, CO in 2015. She has been teaching in various contexts since graduation, ranging from the Front Range Community College of Thornton, CO to assistant teaching at the Ailey School in NYC. Emily is honored to have the opportunity to perform with RHPM and is excited to continue on her journey of taking risks as a movement artist and forever student.

JEREMY TAYLOR born in Chicago, IL, is a freelance dance artist immersed deeply in street dance culture, kinesthetic movement, and the African Diaspora. Upon receiving his BFA in Dance in 2020 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), Jeremy relocated to Los Angeles, California to further elevate his career and art with his newly formed collective, Maverickz. He has danced with variety of artists such as Kaytranada, Young Thug, Kanye West, and, as of late, performed at the 2022 BET Awards Show, to name a few.

Now, Jeremy is currently exploring his newfound interest of becoming a dance historian by traveling to various regions inside and outside the US to gain more clarity of the influence and advancements of both African and street dance styles.

JULIE URICH AKA LADY JULES. Original Cast. Jules was born in St. Paul, Minnesota and raised in Boulder, Colorado. She can't remember a time when she didn't dance, though she started her formal dance training at a relatively late age taking jazz and ballet classes when she was 16. She quickly mastered the art of breaking and made quite a name for herself in the dance community. With an amazing career as a professional dancer under her belt, as well as being one of the most decorated female break-dancers in the world, Lady Jules set her sights on the acting world. She starred in a feature film called B-GIRL as well as other film projects and stage shows. Some of Jules' highlights include appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show as well as performing alongside Madonna and Sarah Jessica Parker in consecutive Gap campaigns. She has also been featured in several other commercial campaigns such as Coke, iPod, Wal-Mart, Nike, and Jolly Rancher. Along with ad campaigns, Jules has performed on several live stages around the world. The Victory theatre on Broadway, The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., and the Spoleto festival in Spoleto, Italy, are just a few of the prestigious theatres she feels privileged to have danced in. Some of her other highlights include competing on MTV's Americas Best Dance Crew with the BEAT FREAKS, working with legendary hip-hop performing group the Groovaloos, as well as several other television and movie credits (including Step Up 2, You Got Served, and So You Think You Can Dance). She

has also performed alongside such artists as Miley Cyrus, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Fergie, Pink, Missy Elliot, Run-DMC, LL Cool J, and Madonna, to name just a few. Jules is now studying for her Bachelors in Psychology with aspiration for her Doctorate in Sports Psychology. She has a beautiful daughter named Izzy who is the center of her life stage and light of her life!

EVIL TRACY THE INTERNATIONAL SHOWOFF (DJ) Original DJ. Tracy started under a local Philly legend, DJ Grand Master Ant, who used to rock house and block parties back in 1981.

Ant would let Tracy and a friend carry crates and rap with his legendary Philly group Fatal Funk Force. Eventually, Tracy began DJing under his cousin DJ Kid Swift and later founded Action Figure Crew, which included his cousins DJ Kid Swift, DJ Aktive, and DJ Ghetto (Battle Champions) along with other legendary Philly DJs. To his credit, Tracy is in video and television programs such as Street Soldierz by On The Go Magazine and the Tru Heads Movie, which premiered on HBO, BET, and The Avenue. He has opened for several artists, including Busta Rhymes, and Raekwon the Chef of Wu-Tang Clan, to name a few. Tracy has toured briefly with Lyfe Jennings and did a couple of shows behind Melanie Fiona at two separate events in Philly. He has also toured with Rennie Harris Puremovement on three awardwinning productions: Rome & Jewels, Illadelph Legends, and Facing Mekka, all of which are internationally acclaimed. Tracy was able to showcase his talents on Broadway (NYC) and London's West End. He was the star DJ for Illstyle & Peace Productions Hit the Breaks, a B-boy and tap dance show. Additionally, he has performed in the internationally acclaimed Steve Love production of Break The Urban Funk Spectacular. Tracy is also the creator of his show Needle To Da'Groove, which toured briefly to three U.S. Cities. "In black society, being a showoff is frowned upon. The term itself means someone is doing the most or being extra, over the top with whatever they're doing, wearing, or saying at the time to impress whoever.

Simply put, I own it, I'm a showoff because when you think about it, every professional artist that you know gets paid to travel the world and show off their skill or knowledge. When you come to see artists perform, it's called a 'show.' When we are on our game, we often refer to it as going off on stage or wherever. I have to be honest and say, I like it when my family and friends are in the audience. It inspires me more because I'm literally showing off for them." ~Evil Tracy The International Showoff.

DJ RAZOR RAMON (DJ) is a DJ/ Turntablist/ Producer from Philadelphia, PA. He has been in the Philly Hip-Hop scene for over 30 years and has been influenced by DJs such as Grandmaster Flash, Grandmixer D.XT., the late Jam Master Jay, DJ Jazzy Jeff, and DJ Cash Money. The award-winning Turntablist is the 2001 Philadelphia City Paper Pitch Control DJ Battle Champion as well as the 2002 NBA All-Star Weekend DJ Battle Champion and the seven-time Power 99fm (Clear Channel) DJ Battle Champion. Ramon has also performed on stages throughout the United States and internationally including Toronto (Canada), Venice Italy), Monaco (France), London (U.K.), 23 cities in The Netherlands, Auckland (New Zealand), six cities in Mexico, Bejing (China), and Melbourne and Sydney (Australia). Razor Ramon has performed with such artists and poets like Ursula Rucker, Mo Beasley, and Rich Medina, Hip Hop artists Grand Agent, Kenny Muhammad The Human Orchestra, Poor Righteous Teachers, DJ Cash Money, Supernatural, Medusa, Hezekiah, Boogaloo Sam (the creator of popping & boogaloo) & The Electric Boogaloos, the late Don Campbell (the creator of Campbell Locking), Crazy Legs, and Pop Master Fabel. The Rock Steady Crew, Illstyle & Peace Productions, Danse4Nia Repertory Ensemble, and Rennie Harris Puremovement American Street Dance Theater, to name a few. Ramon was part of one of the first Hip-Hop acts to perform at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, PA. (Rennie Harris’ Hip- Hop Legends). He has commercially recorded music with Grand Agent, Mel Ink, Shawn Kelly, Boyz II Men, Wort Und Totschlag (W.U.T.-German Hip Hop Artists), and NFL Films. He also released two solo albums entitled INTRODUCING THE TURNTABLISTIC DJ RAZOR RAMON and FOR BEATS SAKE VOLUME I. DJ Razor Ramon is the recipient of the 2003 Philly DJ Appreciation Award for his years of dedicated service, and he continues to create music, perform in theaters, clubs, and lounges throughout Philadelphia and abroad, displaying his skills and passion for the art of Turntablism.

PAMELA HOBSON (Lighting Designer) Original Lighting Designer. Pam began her career at Howard University in 1982 in Washington, D.C. and is the original lighting designer for Rome & Jewels and other repertory works. She was also the road manager for Rennie Harris Puremovement as well Lejá Dance Company, Patty Labelle, INVINCIBLE: A Glorious Tribute to Michael Jackson, created, produced and directed by Darrin Ross for RossLive Entertainment, The Boys Choir of Harlem, and many other artists and companies. Hobson is the founder and

director of INTO THE LIGHT productions in 1996 and is a veteran lighting designer who has shaped the industry for over 25 years.

ANDY SCHMITZ (Lighting Designer) is a circus rigger with over 25 years of entertainment industry experience as a Project Manager, Head Rigger, Technical Director, Lighting Director, and Production Manager. Andy worked his way up to Head of Rigging on Cirque du Soleil’s Kooza while touring over 20 cities on three continents. Andy has rigged with the Vegas Cirque du Soleil shows O and Ka and served as the Assistant Head of Rigging at Le Reve. Prior to his circus career, Andy was a freelance Technical Director for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, worked with the world-class team at Sapsis Rigging, and was the Production Manager for Rennie Harris Puremovement’s Bessie award-winning hip-hop ballet, Rome & Jewels. Andy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre and Dance from Alma College; is an Entertainment Technician Certification Program certified Rigger; and a proud member of the International Guild of Knot Tiers who can tie well over 100 knots from memory (and counting!).

Andy is currently the Head Rigger with the New England Center for Circus Arts.

JULIE E. BALLARD (Additional Lighting), USA829, is a professional lighting designer, ETCP Certified Electrician and theatrical technician. Ms. Ballard is an Assistant Professor of Theater Arts, specializing in lighting and sound, at Illinois Wesleyan University. She is affiliated with IATSE Local 2 and the Actors’ Equity Association and was previously the Stage Manager and Properties Master for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Additionally, Ms. Ballard is the owner/ operator of Overlap Lighting, a freelance production company specializing in production/ stage management, lighting design and photography. She has designed for the Charlotte Ballet, Ballet West, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago.

DON MILLER (Costume Designer) is the premiere clothing designer in Philadelphia. To his credit he is also a Certified Public Accountant with a Bachelors of Science degree from Xavier University of Louisiana. He is the founder of Rock Paper Denim 1970, an inspirational apparel brand with an upscale urban prep look that is rooted in the music and culture of the 70’s. The distressed, but polished aesthetic portrays the grit and grunt that the grind unselfishly gives along the journey. The mission of the company is to inspire people with a message of hope that is expressed through style and story. Rock Paper Denim is mainly an athletic casual brand with a range of unique clothing styles. However, they believe purpose is your finger print engrained on life’s surface. Therefore, the brand is designed to inspire individuals to aspire to pursue, maintain, and manifest their passion. You’re all welcome. Join us at www.rockpaperdenim.com.

RYDER PALMERE (Visual Design) was created in the East and refined in the West. He is a Renaissance man inspired by the lives and works of Bukowski, Lynch, and Waits.

MEET THE JUSTICE LEAGUE I Directors & Management Rennie Harris Rodney Hill Joshua Culbreath Emily Pietruszka Phil Cuttino Maggie Waller Mika Lemoine

CEO/Choreographer Executive Director/Booking Assistant Director Rehearsal Director Social Media/Advisory Director Development Assistant Administrative Assistant

rennieharris@rhpm.org rodneyhill@rhpm.org joshculbreath2@gmail.com empietruszka@gmail.com philcuttino@gmail.com mLwalle1@asu.edu rhumanagingdirector2021@gmail.com

Rennie Harris Puremovement would like to thank Joan Meyers Brown, Artistic Director and Founder of Philadelphia Dance Company, The Community Education Center (Philadelphia), and Carla Perlo, Executive Director of Dance Place Theater (Washington, DC) for their support. In addition, we’d to thank those who supported the re-mounting of Rome & Jewels: Jeremy Alliger, Theresa Pelicata, Bonnie Cox, Jackie Lopez, Cheryl Curcio, In addition, a special thank you thank you to Emily Harrison, Sheila McDaniel, Laura Faure, Beth Boone, Janice Marks, Teresa Eyring, Olga Garay, The Bracciale family, and The Kedhar family for their generous donations. Last but not least a special shout out goes to Moncell Durden who got us to our goal in the last hour, thank you sir! And a special, special thanks to Tina Hueges who made this happen. Thank you for all the hard work and positive energy that pushed all of us through to the other side. I remain in your debt -Rennie Harris

Sponsored in part by: Rennie Harris University, Rennie Harris Puremovement, and Mellon Foundation.

ABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION The Joyce Theater Foundation ("The Joyce," Executive Director, Linda Shelton), a nonprofit organization, has proudly served the dance community for over three decades. Under the direction of founders Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld, Ballet Tech Foundation acquired and The Joyce renovated the Elgin Theater in Chelsea. Opening as The Joyce Theater in 1982, it was named in honor of Joyce Mertz, beloved daughter of LuEsther T. Mertz. It was LuEsther’s clear, undaunted vision and abundant generosity that made it imaginable and ultimately possible to build the theater. Ownership was secured by The Joyce in 2015. The theater is one of the only theaters built by dancers for dance and has provided an intimate and elegant home for over 400 U.S.-based and international companies. The Joyce has also expanded its reach beyond its Chelsea home through off-site presentations at venues ranging in scope from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, to Brooklyn’s Invisible Dog Art Center, and to outdoor programming in spaces such as Hudson River Park. To further support the creation of new work, The Joyce maintains longstanding commissioning and residency programs. Local students and teachers (K–12th grade) benefit from its school program, and family and adult audiences get closer to dance with access to artists.

The Joyce’s annual season of about 48 weeks of dance now includes over 340 performances for audiences in excess of 150,000 patrons. Visit Joyce.org for more information.

FUNDERS Many Thanks to The Joyce's Institutional Funders for Keeping Us Moving Forward An abundance of gratitude to Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Representative Jerrold Nadler, and Representative Nydia M. Velázquez for their visionary leadership that established the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, which has helped make the reopening of The Joyce Theater and the reemergence of many dance companies possible.

Leadership support for The Joyce's year-round programs and services:

LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust

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

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

The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

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

ABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION VISION STATEMENT

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The Joyce Theater Foundation is committed to fostering and supporting a diverse and inclusive environment, both on and off stage. We embrace and celebrate diversity in all its forms, and value the rich experiences and perspectives that arise from differences in race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and cognitive and physical ability.

The Joyce Theater operates on the Lenape island of Manhahtaan (Mannahatta) and acknowledges that it was founded upon the stolen land and erasure of many Indigenous communities. This acknowledgement demonstrates our institution’s commitment to the process of dismantling the legacies of colonialism and cultural imperialism.

We strive to counteract the social injustices and racism that exist within our communities, our nation, and our world. Our aim as an organization is to embody the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.

To achieve this, we will:

We acknowledge the ongoing violence towards Indigenous people through systemic inequality. We pay our respect to the Indigenous peoples who lived and continue to live upon this land, and whose rich history, artistic practices, and spirituality are tied to this land. It is within our responsibility as a cultural institution and our commitment to diversity and inclusion to embody a commitment to Indigenous rights and cultural equity.

• Create and implement proactive diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice initiatives; • Establish and maintain a culture of safe sharing, intentional listening, learning, and growth; • Engage with and support disenfranchised communities by sharing information and resources and ensuring accessibility; • Develop metrics and conduct regular reviews of our programs and policies to hold ourselves accountable and shift as neededs.

We sincerely invite you as an audience member to take a moment to reflect on the history and legacy of displacement, migration, and settlement.

It is our intention to work with local Native American arts councils to better inform our land acknowledgment practices and anticipate that it will evolve over time.

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

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

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

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

PRODUCTION

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

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

JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTIONS

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

FRONT-OF-HOUSE

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

BOX OFFICE

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

OPERATIONS

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

FACILITIES

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

SPECIAL SERVICES FOR THE JOYCE THEATER

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

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

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

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

THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Amit Wadhwaney, Chair Charles M. Adelman, Vice Chair Stephanie R. Breslow, Treasurer Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary

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

R. Richard Ablon Rob Ashford Monica F. Azare John M. Basnage de Beauval Ajay Bhandaram Tracy Brown

Keane Ehsani Ronald Gumbaz Toni Hoover Robert Musiker Susan Gluck Pappajohn Steven M. Pesner Meryl Rosofsky

Saul Sanders Linda Shelton Susan Fawcett Sosin Lauren E. Shortt Monica B. Voldstad Madelyn Wils

In Memoriam: Richard Lukins (Trustee 1998-2011), Theodore S. Bartwink (Trustee 1993-2014), R. Britton Fisher (Trustee 1990-2020), Anh-Tuyet Nguyen (Trustee 2007-2020), Richard Shea (Trustee 2015-2022), Stephen D. Weinroth (Trustee 1996-2022)

Founders and Trustees Emeriti: Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld

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

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

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

JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION DONORS

The Joyce Theater appreciates the generosity of its supporters listed below as well as its many other supporters too numerous to include on these pages. List as of November 1, 2022.

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

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

Jean & Gene Stark Linda B. Strumpf Director’s Circle ($2,500 and above) Anonymous (2) R. Richard Ablon Adrienne Albert Rick & Nurit Amdur Joel & Rhela Aragona Sandra Berger Marty & Louise Bickman Judi Rappoport Blitzer & David Blitzer Ralph & Martine Calder Victoria V. Carey Cathleen Collins Mary Sharp Cronson Miriam & David Donoho Christopher M. Elmore Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson Thomas von Foerster Bart Friedman & Wendy Stein Rochel Gelman *Dorothy Goodman The Harold K. Gross Family Charitable Trust Susan Ross Green Sharon B. Gurwitz Maya Hamlet Ronald E. Hellman & Stephen B. Roberts Val Holley & Joseph Plocek William Houlihan Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York *Deborah Kaye Jane Kendall Elaine & Howard Leventhal Martin & Rosanne Leshner Jayne Lipman & Robert Goodman Mark Littman & Johnny Mendoza In Memory of John MacDonald Maria Mackey Uttara P. Marti Wendy McCain Joyce F. Menschel David & Diana Milich Jane & Michael Murphy Mutual of America Foundation Cherrie Nanninga Omomuki Foundation David Pasterski Warrie Price & James David Prince Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch Theresa Alessandro Russo Foundation Wes Schafer & Carlos Galtier Susan & Arnie Scharf Xiomara & Charles Scheidt Fran Schulman Robert A. Schulman Rena Shagan Alex & Wendy Stanton Mark Stevens & Mary Murphy Linda Stocknoff Marianna Vaidman Stone & Eric Stone Consulate General of Sweden in New York Susan Ulick Ms. Patricia E. Vance David E. Vogel Alexandra Wheeler & Rocky Rukan Irving & Elaine Wolbrom Ralph Womble & Ashley Edwards Billy F.B. Wong & Stephanie Gordon

Leaders ($1,000 and above) Anonymous (10) Robert Allyn Neme Alperstein Gerald M. Appelstein Bank of America Merrill Lynch Kara Medoff Barnett & Dov Barnett Alison Baum Pamela Baxter *Barbara Berliner & Sol Rymer Dorothy Black Kim Bleimann & Paola Duran Joe Bonnaud Nissan Boury Barbara & Gary Brandt Edward Brill Madeline Brine Matt Brodile Joanna Bueche Linda & Joseph Camardo Ann Chao Woody & Janice Collins Caroline & Paul Cronson Charles T. Davis Barbara Dau Irene Rosner David, in Memory of Dr. Raphael David Jeffrey Davis & Jamie Alpert David H. De Weese & Anne Heller Ms. Beth Rudin DeWoody The Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Foundation The Donut Pub Jack & Eleanor Dunn The Eilers Family Suzanne B. Engel Mr. Richard Erstad & Dr. Gladys Fenichel David L. Fanger & Martin Wechsler Erin Feeley-Nahem & Isaac Nahem Judy & Richard Feldstein Maria Vittoria Foglia John and Janet Foord Judith Z. Friedman Peter C. Friedman Veronique Bogliolo Friedman & Mark Friedman *Grace Frisone & Michael Metzger Ania Fryszkowska & Alex Louizos Barrie Gillies & William Drummy Susan Egbert Gilroy John Graney, MD Mason & Kim Granger Patric & Patricia Gregory *Glen & Paula Gunsalus Ava Hamilton Alexandra L. Harper *Shelia Heimbinder Dr. Elisabeth Hefti Laurie & Jack Helfin Janet L. Henner Edward Henry & Susan Monk Ellen Hirsch In Honor of the Weinroths Lynn Hopkins Gary Horowitz & Tom Wyse George C. Howell, III Mary & David Iles James B. Jacobs & Jan Sweeney Derek Johnson I. Michael Kadish Kenneth S. Kail & Ivy Hwang Margaret Kaplen Mr. Christian K. Keese *Murray & Sylvana Klein Hans Koch Kathy Krall Sondra Kurtin Robinson Susan Lampard LDJ Productions Reginald van Lee

Michael G. Lemle Rachel S. Levine Robert & Dorina Link *Tina Liu David Lovett & Meg Ruley Sharon Luckman & Paul Shapiro Elizabeth A. Maher Joseph M. Marger Lynn C. Mautner Marcia Kramer Mayer *Israel Meir Miller Khoshkish Foundation Mr. Wayne & Mrs. Barbara Miller Michael Mulligan Barbara Nagel Joyce O’Brien Aaron Singer and Bart Oosterveld Trisha Ostergaard David Parsons Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD Amy Pennington Doug & Teresa Peterson Douglas & Barbara Pitsch Judith Plows Carole Postal Donna & James Pressman David Alan & Susan Berkman Rahm Case van Rij Philip W. Riskin Charitable Foundation Mary Jo Robertiello Ann Sahid Rosche Donald J. Rose & Victoria Lasdon Rose Ellen Rosen Diana & Michael Rothenberg Marilyn & Alan Rothstein Gail Russell Deborah Sales & Ted Striggles Alessandro & Fe Saracino-Fendi Moshe Sasson Barbara & David Schimansky Jesse & Carol Schwartz Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo Irene Shen Joseph Smith & Leslie Hendrix Marilyn Sobel Leon Sokol Ellen Sorrin & David York Fran Sperling Mamie and Justin Stewart Roger Stoltz & Shauna Stoltz-Laurie Abbie M. Strassler William Sussman & Jane Steele Swedish Institute and the Swedish Embassy in Cuba Ken Tabachnick & Yael Mandelstam Gary Tannenbaum & Helen J. Mills Temple St Clair LLC Pamela van Zandt & Gina Gibney George Vanderploeg Lucy Vasserman Michael & Carol Weiss Vicente Wolf Elly Karp Wong Cooper Wright & Michael Marino Brann & Ellen Wry Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn Eloise Zeller Christian Zimmermann Bonnie Zamosky-Roth Investors ($500 and above) Anonymous (13) Donald R. Allen & Mildred Munich LaRue Allen & Ebonya Washington Ellen Alpert Debra R. Anisman Maria Cristina Anzola Lucie S. Archbold

Paul Asman & Jill Lenoble Joan Brooks Baker & Margeaux Klein Betsy Barbanell Clay H. Barr Pamela Baxter Joan & Ira Berkowitz *Dr. Andrea Brandon & Black Rubee Robert & Carol Braun Jeffrey B. Bruce Carol Bryce Buchanan Diana Cagle Jennifer Kornreich Cahn & Andrew Cahn Susan Campbell Karen Carozza Jason Chuang Matthew C. Cluney *Kenneth Cole & Maria Cuomo Cole Betsy Cornwall William Cosper Victoria Cowles Duke Dang & Charles E. Rosen *Mary Craig *Greg Darnieder Tony & Suzy Davis Duane Devries Debora Domass Michael Eizenberg Robert Elder & Jacqueline Fox Elder David & Ingrid Ellen Judith & Walter Flamenbaum Dr. Sarah Fox & Mr. Steven Lochie Eileen & Cono Fusco Tom & Nina Geller Karen Gershowitz Elise Larrabure Girasole Geraldine Glassman Prof. James A. Glazier Virginia Gold Nita & Chuck Goodgal Katherine Goodman Lenore & Edward Grabowski Grant Family Charitable Fund Bruce Greenwald Charles & Carol Grossman Family Fund Jane Groveman Gina Harman Charles & Elaine Harris Ira Haupt, II Mr. Michael D. Herskovitz Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch Mr. Gregory Ho & Ms. Linda Sanchez Cheri Hoff Erica Hartman-Horvitz Ralph & Lynn Huber David H. Hughes, Jr. Laura J. Illich Walter Jaffe & Paul King Robert & Marcy Katz H. David Kaplan Jan S. Keithly Jennifer Aley Kenney Robert & Elaine Klein Valarie Koch Audrey Lam Arthus & Jane Lane Stephen B. Lane Kenneth M. LeClair *Rosanne Legrand Phyllis & Cary Lemkowitz Michael Lemle Elizabeth & Durwood Littlefield Sophie Main Jennifer & Gideon Malherbe Julie Mandel Marcus Joseph M. Marger *Jennifer Markowitz Margaret Mastrianni William Mavrelis

Douglas McCorkle Lorraine J. Meeker Kati Meister Tanya Melich & Noel Silverman Victoria Morris Paula Moss Ann Mulally Deb Murnin Barry Nalebuff Drs. Benjamin Natelson & Gudrun Lange Peter Nelson Genevieve Nestor Amanda Lee Neville Stuart Nordheimer & Barbara Miller Peter J. Occolowitz Katherine Ogg Rachel Ostry, MD John Owen Bob Ouimette The L.E. Phillips Family Foundation, Inc. The Marshall Franklin Foundation Brian Polovoy James & Deborah Purdon Deborah A. Quirk Stephanie M. Goldson & Stephen Rappaport Charles Ragland Donald W. Roeske, Jr. Deborah Ronnen Ellen Rosen Jean M. Ross Elsa Ross-Greifinger Anya Peterson Royce Jennifer Goodale & Mark Russell Prince & Petar Sanders Dr. Carol Ann Satler In Memory of Tracy Scherman Marva & Florian Schodel Lynn N. Schusterman Robert Score Deborah Selch Elizabeth Shapiro George Sheanshang Tara Sherman & Tony Weiss Lindy Shuttleworth & Arthur Reichstetter Edward Siegel Dr. Jorge Sigal Rabbi Charles Simon Andrew & Jennifer Smith Joan & Laurence Sorkin Jason Spiro Michael Stanley Jessica E. Stack William L. Stern Jim Stiles & Randy Bird Robin Stout Helen Sullivan Dr. Pavur R. Sundaresan Pamela Tatge William Tomai & John Eric Sebesta TPU Local One IATSE Frank Troutman Ellie Tweedy Thomas Van Winkle Ernie Vickroy Merna Villarejo Thomas Allen Walker Charles Walker Louise Washer & Mary Clay Fields Gregory Ward Sedgwick & Pamela Ward Chris Watson Carol A. Weil Kate Weil Sara Weinheimer Stephen D. Weinstein George S. Werner & Li Werner Tom Whelan Gregory Youdan

Sponsors ($300 and above) Anonymous (4) Patricia Adell Jane & Stephen Alpert John Angiolillo, MD Elaine & Theodossios Athanassiades Sherry & Sanford Axelband Vivian Awner Elena Baum Nilda Bayron-Resnick Joan & Ira Berkowitz Roz Black & Bob Eimicke Stan & Abby Bloch Paul Brohan Leslie Buckland Jim Bumgardner & Lou Tharp Deborah Burand Michael & Jennifer Campagna Kelli Carrol Neil & Kathleen Chrisman Margaret Coady Eileen & Michael Cohen Galois Cohen Richard & Mary Ann Cohen Laurie Colahan Robert Conkey Dr. Arturo & Ms. Caren Constantiner Dr. & Mrs. Frederiick Corio John Coulter Mr. John A. Crawford III Judy Cunningham Diana Davies Jacqueline Z. Davis Mr. Anthony DePersia Dr. Susan Dicker Rodney Durso Ms. Hope Eliasof Jo Ann Engelhardt Ellen & Frank Estes Martha Evenson & Daniel Hoffman Trudy Festinger Jennifer Fitzpatrick Ellen Fleysher Charles A. Forma Ella M. Foshay & Michael B. Rothfeld Roy Fowler *Steven Fox Stephanie French Barbara Futter Mr. Maura Gaenzle Barbara Gallay Loren Gesinsky & Judy Rudin Richard Gilden Ronald Gilliam Denyse Ginzberg John D. Goldman Jennifer Goodale & Mark Russell Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Grant Susan E. Green Lawrence W. Greene Sandra Gubin Laurie Hart Eric Hemel & Barbara Morgen George & Linda Hiltzik Herman & Jacquelyn Heinemann Mrs. Ruth W. Heuman Peter Holleran Huong Hoang Susan Israel Sherrilyn Ifill Ronald Jacquart Willie Johnson Drew Reid Kerr Kenneth Silverman & Carin Khatchikian Barbara Knox Bond Koga Susan & Peter Kopple Irene H. Lang Angela de Lara

Lawrence Levine *Emanuel Lewis Sukey Lilienthal Leslie Lin David Long Harold W. Low Peter Maiwald Judy Mauer John & Linda Maxwell Doug & Regina McCorkle Colleen McCourtney Rodney McDaniel Cynthia Adler McKee R. McNish Alan Mendelsohn Carol and Frank Messineo Holly & William Mensching Vincent Mirrione Richard J. Moylan Aaron & Marcia Naveh Stephen A. Newman Madeleine Nichols Anne & Harvey Nisselson Jeffrey Nunn Phillip J. Pena Posner-Wallace Foundation The Pulse Performing Arts Studio Jonathan Raskin Dr. & Mrs. Robert Refowitz Lan Rice Judith & Gary Richter Barbara D. Riehl Eileen Robert Susan M. Rosenberg Barbara S. Rosenthal Lainie & John Ross Alan Russell William H. Sadie Lies Sapp Gregg Passin & Andy Schmidt Laura E. Schneider Sherry Barron-Seabrook Mary & John Seward Rita Shawn Kenneth Shelley Jennifer Shotwell *Elizabeth Sledge Anthony & Rosa Smith Robin Smith & Bill Plante Martha Sherman Robert & Curtis Spencer Margaret Stern Jos Stumpe Henry & Jo Strouss Mr. Lars Rosager & Mr. Donald Troise Ms. Donna Tatro Pat Tafuro Jennifer Tipton Margot Tohn Tonic Physical Therapy & Wellness Deirdre Towers Bruce Tredwell Charles & Susan Tribbitt Dana A. Troetel Patricia Truscelli Scott Votey Dick & Carolyn Wallach Jeff Walsh Doreen Wright Yelena Yeretsky Peter Yorgin * Denotes Joyce Rising Stars, The Joyce's new or increased donors.

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

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

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

Dayana De La Torre Debora Domass Michelle Dorrance^ Giancarlo Facchi Robert Fairchild^ Davalois Fearon^ Andrew D. Ferguson Erica Forrence Jordan Freisleben *Anna Fryszkowska Amita Goyal Ting Guo Jessica Halper Mingtong Han Alexandra Harper, Co-Chair Kile Hotchkiss^ Alixandra Hornyan, Co-Chair Audrey Hourse Laura Hsu Kristen Irby Amanda Krische Sireesha Kalapala Jean-François Kowalski Audrey Lam Stephanie Lichtinger Lydia Lin Mitch Lowenthal Michelle K. Marck Jose Martinez Katherine Maxwell^ Sara Mearns^ *Katie Mues *Abigail Nintzel Justin Peck^ Tiler Peck^ Ruby Rosetta Pittman Brecht Putman Vanessa Rojas Setpheap San^ Claire-Marine Sarner Bette Ann Schlossberg, Co-Chair Daniil Simkin^ Elisa Smilovitz Samara Stern Evan Strain Mark & Oni Strawn Sara Strope Lucy Vasserman Alexander Wang Miss Inga Wells James Whiteside^ Emma Winder ^Artist Committee members to join The Joyce’s Young Leaders Circle, please contact the Development office at 347-856-5828.

JOYCE PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE WITH PUBLIC FUNDS FROM: The Joyce is supported in part by an American Rescue Plan Act grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support general operating expenses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

FACILITIES & SERVICES Box Office (212-242-0800): Open Monday thru Sunday, 12pm - 6pm. On days when there is a performance, the box office is open through curtain time; advance sales stop ½ hour prior to curtain time (including matinees). Closed on major holidays.

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