Step Afrika! Digital Program

STEP AFRIKA! THE MIGRATION: REFLECTIONS ON JACOB LAWRENCE

JUNE 10 - 21, 2026

Season Sponsor:

The Tino & Rajika Puri Auditorium

THE YOUNG LEADERS CIRCLE The Young Leaders Circle is a community of new and longtime dance enthusiasts that connect to dance through gatherings, complimentary tickets, and exclusive opportunities to learn more about the artists on The Joyce stage.

To learn more, visit joyce.org/YLC.

Photo by Ben McKeown

The Joyce Theater Foundation, in association with Step Afrika! and IMG Artists, presents

THE MIGRATION: REFLECTIONS ON JACOB LAWRENCE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM C. Brian Williams, Founder & Executive Producer Lamar Lovelace, Executive Director Pascha Barnwell, Company Manager Margo Cunningham, Senior Marketing Manager Chrystal ‘Chrys’ Vaughan, Manager, Events and Special Projects Dr. Milen Matthews, Manager, Arts Education and Community Programs ARTISTIC TEAM Mfoniso Akpan, Artistic Director Jakari Sherman, Director, The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence and Projection Designer Conrad R. Kelly II, Assistant Artistic Director Marianne Meadows*, Lighting Designer, Production Manager, and Stage Manager Harlen Penn, Original Scenic Design Kenann Quander, Original Costume Design Patrick Calhoun, Original Sound Design Kasey Price, Assistant Sound Engineer Melanie Scranton, Wardrobe *Member of the United Scenic Artists Local USA 829 Dana Fang, Wardrobe Assistant THE CAST Conrad R. Kelly II · Nya Christian · Ariel Dykes · Jordin Greene · Kamala Hargrove Shaquile Hester · Diron Holloway · Jeremy Kelsey · Terrence Johnson · Zonya Love Agyei Keita-Edwards · Jayden King · Lionel D. Lyles II · Jemeema S. Montrose Abdou Muhammad · Isaiah O’Connor · Keanu Powell · Ericka Still · Gayle Turner Joseph Vasquez · Pelham Warner Jr. · Robert Warnsley Images from Jacob Lawrence’s “The Migration Series” generously provided by The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC and the Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Additional promotional support provided by Watch the Yard.

To explore the full cast list and Step Afrika! bios, please visit stepafrika.org/migrationnyc.

This event is part of Carnegie Hall’s United in Sound: America at 250 festival.

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

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

Major support for The Joyce has been provided by The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

Key support for The Joyce has been provided by The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The Hearst Foundations, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, Henry and Lucy Moses Fund, and The SHS Foundation.

The Joyce gratefully acknowledges Doris Duke Foundation for its generous endowment funding to support dance performances at The Joyce Theater. Additional support has been provided by the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Endowment Fund to encourage the performances of out-of-town companies.

Photo by Jati Lindsay

ABOUT THE PROGRAM “Must we remain in the South or go elsewhere? Where can we go to feel that security which other people feel?” - A Colored Woman in Alabama, 1902

DRUM CALL Choreographed/Composed by Jakari Sherman and W.E. Smith Original Recording of “African Villages” by W.E. Smith The drum has always been essential to African culture everywhere and is critical to the rhythm of Migration. DRUM CALL depicts an African village, the arrival of foreign ships, and the ensuing turmoil.

GO WEST: CIRCA 1730 Choreographed by Makeda Abraham, Mfoniso Akpan, and Delaunce Jackson Drumming by Abdou Muhammad and Agyei Keita-Edwards Flute by Diron Holloway (June 10–17), Lionel D. Lyles II (June 18–22) When Africans arrived in America, their music and dance traditions were ingrained in the culture. GO WEST explores how West African dance and drum traditions spread and maintained their vitality in the New World.

DRUMFOLK Choreographed by David Pleasant DRUMFOLK is a celebration of the early development of African American percussive traditions, including patting juba, hambone, and ring shout, giving way to art forms like tap and stepping.

While exploring this heritage, DRUMFOLK reflects on the harsh conditions in the South that coincided with the practice of these transcendent musical forms. The work shows how the progression of such hardships preempted escape and migration, and how the fortitude of the enslaved led to the creation of new traditions like spirituals, field hollers, and shouts.

WADE SUITE Choreographed by Kirsten Ledford, LeeAnet Noble, and Paul Woodruff Vocals by Ariel Dykes, Jeremy Kelsey, Zonya Love, and Gayle Turner Original Vocal Arrangement by Greg Watkins WADE shows the continuity in African and African-American percussive dance traditions by blending the South African Gumboot Dance, tap, and stepping with the African-American spiritual.

Movement One: THE DEACON’S DANCE

The African American spiritual played a significant role in lifting the spirits in troubled times.

In THE DEACON’S DANCE, a deaconness prepares for Sunday services.

Movement Two: WADE

After the abolition of slavery, the church remained a center of refuge and community-building amidst the harsh conditions and served as a primary means of communication for industries recruiting labor during World War I. WADE highlights the importance of the church in helping African Americans survive the South, and its critical role in helping people resettle in the North.

- INTERMISSION -

“I was leaving the South to fling myself into the unknown. I was taking a part of the South to transplant in alien soil, to see if it could grow differently, if it could drink of new and cool rains, bend in strange winds, respond to the warmth of other suns, and, perhaps, to bloom.” - Richard Wright

TRANE SUITE Original Recording of “Trane” by W. E. Smith Saxophone by Diron Holloway, Lionel D. Lyles II Throughout the Great Migration, the train was an important means of transporting people to the North. The entire railroad industry recruited heavily in the South and thus, economically, became a primary means of African Americans’ “one-way ticket” to a new life. Named in reference to John Coltrane and paying homage to Duke Ellington’s "Take the A Train," TRANE is a journey in three parts, following the story of the Great Migration.

Movement One: TRANE Choreographed by Jakari Sherman Creation of Trane made possible by the DC Jazz Festival.

The opening movement, TRANE, establishes the connection between past and present: the rhythm of the train north, Ellington’s classic score, and the Alpha “train,” a time-honored element of stepping practiced by brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

Movement Two: OFF THE TRAIN Choreographed by Jakari Sherman Three men arrive in the North, luggage in hand…thrilled about the possibilities.

Movement Three: MY MAN’S GONE NOW Choreographed by Mfoniso Akpan, Aseelah Allen, Dionne Eleby, Kevin Marr, and Jakari Sherman Recording of “My Man’s Gone Now” by Nina Simone During the migration, it was common for men to journey north without their wives or children because of the high cost of travel. This left many women at home in the South caring for children and struggling to find work. MY MAN’S GONE NOW is the story of three women, each in a different phase of their transition to the North and ready to be reunited with their loved ones.

CHICAGO Choreographed by Jakari Sherman Between the 1910s and 1920s, more than 400,000 African Americans left the South for many Northern and Western cities, including Philadelphia, Minneapolis, Seattle, Los Angeles, and New York.

By the end of the 1920s, that number exceeded 1.2 million.

CHICAGO finds the new rhythm in everyday situations.

It is a percussive symphony using body percussion and vocals to highlight the collective self-transformation of these brave men and women once they arrived “Up North.”

ABOUT THE COMPANY THE STORY OF STEP AFRIKA! Founded in 1994 by C. Brian Williams, STEP AFRIKA! is the world’s leading authority on the art form of stepping. Under Mr. Williams’ leadership, stepping has evolved into one of America’s cultural exports, touring more than 60 countries across the globe and ranking as one of the top 10 African American Dance Companies in the US. Step Afrika! blends percussive dance styles practiced by historically African American fraternities and sororities; traditional African dances; and an array of contemporary dance and art forms into a cohesive, compelling artistic experience. Performances are much more than dance shows; they integrate songs, storytelling, humor, and audience participation. The blend of technique, agility, and pure energy makes each performance unique and leaves the audience with their hearts pounding.

Step Afrika! promotes stepping as an educational tool for young people, focusing on teamwork, academic achievement, and cross-cultural understanding. The Company reaches tens of thousands of Americans each year through a 50-city tour of colleges and theaters and performs globally as Washington, DC’s one and only Cultural Ambassador.

Step Afrika! has earned Mayor’s Arts Awards for Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education, Innovation in the Arts, Excellence in an Artistic Discipline, and was inducted into the National Association of Campus Activities (NACA) Hall of Fame, the first Dance Company to earn this honor. Step Afrika! headlined President Barack Obama’s Black History Month Reception and performed at the first-ever Juneteenth Celebration at the White House. The Company is featured prominently at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History & Culture with the world’s first stepping interactive exhibit and is the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title holder for the “largest STEPPING dance”.

Visit stepafrika.org to learn more more about this dynamic Company, and experience Step Afrika! in The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new Musical Bodies exhibit, on display through September 27, 2026.

Photos by William Perrigen

ABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION The Joyce Theater Foundation ("The Joyce," Executive Director, Linda Shelton), a nonprofit organization, has proudly served the dance community for more than four decades. Under the direction of founders Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld, Ballet Tech Foundation acquired and The Joyce renovated the Elgin Theater in Chelsea. Opening as The Joyce Theater in 1982, it was named in honor of Joyce Mertz, beloved daughter of LuEsther T. Mertz. It was LuEsther’s clear, undaunted vision and abundant generosity that made it imaginable and ultimately possible to build the theater. Ownership was secured by The Joyce in 2015. The theater is one of the only theaters built by dancers for dance and has provided an intimate and elegant home for over 500 U.S.-based and international companies. The Joyce has also expanded its reach beyond its Chelsea home through off-site presentations at venues ranging in scope from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, to Brooklyn’s Invisible Dog Art Center, and to outdoor programming in spaces such as Hudson River Park. To further support the creation of new work, The Joyce maintains longstanding commissioning and residency programs. Local students and teachers (1st–12th grade) benefit from its school program, and family and adult audiences get closer to dance with access to artists.

The Joyce’s annual season of about 48 weeks of dance now includes over 300 performances for audiences of over 100,000. Visit Joyce.org for more information.

FUNDERS Many Thanks to The Joyce's Institutional Funders for Keeping Us Moving Forward Leadership support for The Joyce's year-round programs and services:

Major support for The Joyce's operations and special projects:

LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust Season Sponsor:

Champion support for The Joyce's annual programming:

THE FAN FOX & LESLIE R. SAMUELS FOUNDATION JOYCE PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE WITH PUBLIC FUNDS FROM:

Joyce programs are made possible by 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.

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: • Create and implement proactive diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice initiatives; • Establish and maintain a culture of safe sharing, intentional listening, learning, and growth;

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.

• Engage with and support disenfranchised communities by sharing information and resources and ensuring accessibility;

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

• Develop metrics and conduct regular reviews of our programs and policies to hold ourselves accountable and shift as neededs.

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 Executive Assistant........................................................Belén Lengua Parra ADMINISTRATION General Manager.................................................................Huong Hoang Associate General Manager................................................Katy Myers Manager of Human Resources...................José Manuel Valdez Receptionist......................................................................................Gilbert Balasa Senior Director of Development................................Kirsten Munro Director of Institutional Giving.........................................Jean M. Ross Director of Individual Giving and Development Operations ... .........................................................................................................................Meg White Director of Special Events and Board Relations............Jesse Chin Individual Giving Manager.................................................Catherine Eng Institutional Giving Manager................................................Marisa Davis Special Events Associate........................................................Maeve Brady Development Coordinator...............................................Rachel Fontenot Director of Programming.....................................................Danni Gee Artist Services Manager..........................................................Barb Domue Programming Manager.....................................................................Kate Ross Programming Intern…..............................................................…….Jesse Uppal Director of Dance Education & Family Programs................... ................................................................................................Heather McCartney Dance Education & Family Programs Manager..................................... .............................................................................................................Joyce Laoagan Education Intern...........................................................................Xiaoxia Huang Director of Marketing.................................................Andy Sheagren Associate Director of Marketing Strategy......................Anjali Amin Associate Director of Creative & Design..............Julia Thorncroft Marketing Manager........................................................................Annie Marx Marketing Assistant..............................................................................Dezi Tibbs Director of Finance...........................................Margaret Hollenbeck Senior Manager of IT and Accounting Services..................................... .........................................................................................................Savá M. B. Martin Accounting Clerk........................................................................Xavier DelValle Database Administrator..........................................................Jim Seggelink PRODUCTION Director of Production................................................................Jeff Segal Assistant Production Manager...........................................Olivia Brown Head Audio.........................................................................................Sean Mullins Lighting Board Operator.................................................Alexander Symes Head Carpenter........................................................................Web Crittenden Head Electrician..................................................................Brittany Spencer Stage Technicians........................................Fabrizio Caputo, Edward Hill The Joyce Theater is a member of APAP, Dance/NYC, and Dance/USA.P, Dance/NYC, and Dance/USA.

JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTIONS Producer.............................................................................................Ross LeClair Producing Assistant...........................................................................Kate Ross FRONT-OF-HOUSE FOH Operations Manager...........................Samantha Fernandez House Manager........................................................................Drew O'Bryan Assistant House Managers.........Gilbert Balasa, Chikako Iwahori, Di’Shai Oquendo, Utafumi Takemura BOX OFFICE Box Office Manager.................................................................Lisa Gendell Supervisors.............................................................Beth Miller, Vanessa Moton Box Office Associates.......................................................................Imu Aghahowa, Jessica Braidwood, Crystal Rae Holmes Colon, Valencia Lombardi-Chisholm, Robert Craddock, Tatiana Gomez, Adeline Grimmett, Rachel Halmrast, Yulidal Hernandez-Kin, Calley Luman, Roy Odom, Kate Thackaberry OPERATIONS Director of Operations.................................................Lou Albruzzese Facilities Manager.....................................................................................Jimmy Ortiz Maintenance/Security...................Pablo Rodriguez, Travis Segarra, Jonathan Singh, Khloyei Galloway NYCC&D STUDIO STAFF Studio Operations Manager (NYCC&D).....................Tamika Daniels Studio Operations Rentals Associate............................Salonee Shatagar Studio Operations Associates..............Kristin Maugeri, Calvin Osorio, Matt Del Rosario Studio Facilities................................................Carolyn Best, Stephon Bines, Kyri Colson, Ricardo Hernandez, Chris Erdman SPECIAL SERVICES FOR THE JOYCE THEATER McDermott Will & Schulte....................................................................................

Sara E. Solfanelli (Special Counsel for Pro Bono initiatives), Debra R. Anisman (Special Counsel), Ari Aranda, Howard B. Epstein (Of Counsel), Andrew B. Lowry, Esq., Michelle M. Orge, Esq., Samuel F. Thomas Hogan Lovells……….........................Ross Moskowitz, Thomas Zampino Gibson Dunn.......................................................................Andrew Lance, Esq. Troutman Pepper Locke LLP............................Daniel Towns, Counsel Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC..........Kimberly M. Maynard, Esq. Stephanie Grassi, Esq. PC..........................Stephanie Grassi, Counsel Accounting...........................................................................................Lutz & Carr Digital Marketing Firm...............................................Capacity Interactive Publicity.................................................................................................Billy Zavelson Printer...........................................................Direct Printing Impressions Inc. Insurance........................................................................................Brown & Brown Architects.............................................................................................................H3 Donald J. Rose, MD Director, Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at NYU Langone Health is the orthopedic and dance medicine consultant for The Joyce Theater Foundation.

THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES Charles M. Adelman, Chair Madelyn Wils, Vice Chair Monica F. Azare, Vice Chair Stephanie R. Breslow, Treasurer Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary Kerry Clayton, Chair Emeritus Virginia A. Millhiser, Chair Emerita Amit Wadhwaney, Chair Emeritus

R. Richard Ablon Rob Ashford Ajay Bhandaram Alan Cumming Keane Ehsani John Philip Falk Michael Feller Melina Fisher Ronald Gumbaz

Toni Hoover Leslie Jameson James I. McLaren Meryl Rosofsky Saul Sanders Kathleen A. Scott Linda Shelton Lauren E. Shortt

IN MEMORIAM Theodore S. Bartwink (Trustee 1993-2014) Tracy Brown (Trustee 2020-2023) R. Britton Fisher (Trustee 1999-2020) David D. Holbrook (Trustee 1994-2023) Richard Lukins (Trustee 1998-2011) Robert Musiker (Trustee 2019-2025) Anh-Tuyet Nguyen (Trustee 2007–2020) Richard Shea (Trustee 2015-2022) Monica B. Voldstad (Trustee 2016-2023) 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

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 January 6, 2026.

Platinum Benefactors ($500,000 and above) Jody & John Arnhold Elysabeth Kleinhans LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust Virginia & Timothy Millhiser Rajika Puri Denise Littlefield Sobel Gold Benefactors ($100,000 and above) Anonymous Deborah & Charles Adelman Ms. Maria-Cristina Anzola Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer Howard Gilman Foundation Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi The Harkness Foundation for Dance Leanne Lachman New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Sharon Patrick Robert Pollock The Jerome Robbins Foundation Rockefeller Brothers Fund The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation Saul & Mary Sanders The Shubert Foundation Amit Wadhwaney Madelyn & Steven Wils Silver Benefactors ($50,000 and above) Anonymous Stephanie R. Breslow & Paul Watterson Barbara Broccoli Margaret & John Falk Nancy & Michael Feller The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Henry and Lucy Moses Fund National Endowment for the Arts New York State Council on the Arts Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart Coleman Lauren E. Shortt SHS Foundation TD Bank/TD Charitable Foundation Conrad Voldstad Cathy Weinroth

Edward Brill Leslie & Richard Curtis Ms. Susan Dickler & Mr. Sig Van Raan Mr. Keane Ehsani Linda & Martin Fell Anderson-Rogers Foundation Inc. Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation Ms. Elizabeth Haynes Judith M. Hoffman Toni Hoover Illuminated Foundation The Ivill-Weiner Family Christine Knuth Eric & Sandra Krasnoff Ms. Alexis Le-Quoc The McNamee McHugh Family Fund Linda and Edward Morse Nō Studios of Milwaukee Steve Pesner & Setpheap (“Peace”) San in memory of Michèle Pesner Ellen Rosen The Scripps Family Fund for Education & the Arts Linda Shelton Irene Shen Leslie Siegel Barbara Madsen Smith Emiko Terasaki Johanna Weber Producer’s Circle ($7,500 and above) Neme Alperstein Office of City Council Member Erik Bottcher Ms. Nancy Burstein The FGK Foundation Dr. Peter and Mrs. Eszter Friedman Suzanne Hall & Valentino Carlotti Melanie Coronetz & Bruce G. Miller Cherrie Nanninga Robert A. Schulman Ted & Mary Jo Shen Margaret Stern

Advocates ($5,000 and above) Anonymous (3) R. Richard Ablon Adrienne Albert Alpern Family Foundation Benefactor's Circle Ms. Takako Asakawa ($25,000 and above) Rob Ashford Anonymous Anne-Victoire Auriault Sarah Arison The Barbara Bell Cumming Jeff and Susan Campbell Charitable Trust Catskill Mountain Foundation Andrew & Froma Benerofe The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Jan Berris Melina Fisher Ajay Bhandaram Gregg & Jean Frankel Marty and Louise Bickman Jane E. Goldberg Judi Rappoport Blitzer & Elzbieta Grove David M. Blitzer Heartfelt Wings Foundation Robert Brenner Mr. James McLaren & Ms. Lawton Fitt Donna B. Case Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Chris Coulthrust Creeggan Hill Family President's Circle Ms. Georgina Cullman ($15,000 and above) Carol Davis and Joel Marcus, M.D. Anonymous Jeffrey Davis & Michael T. Miller Jen Ablon Ms. Patricia Dugan, Barbara Berliner and Sol Rymer in memory of William Perlmuth Citizens Private Bank Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman Henry Luce Foundation Owls Fund at the Triangle Sharon B. Gurwitz Community Foundation Tatiana Piankova Foundation Jane Gilbert Karen Roth Emi Gittleman Kathleen A. Scott Mr. Robert Greenberg & The Joseph Leroy and Ann C. Warner Fund Ms. Linda Novak Vicente Wolf The Randall and Mary Hack Foundation Elizabeth Anne Hartman Impresario’s Circle Christopher Jones & Deborah McAlister ($10,000 and above) David Kernahan Anonymous Alan & Gail Koss Rick & Nurit Amdur Jonathan Levinson Ms. Monica Azare Mr. Robert Littman & Mr. Sully Bonnelly Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation William Lockwood Bloomberg Philanthropies Uttara P. Marti Dr. John Bonavita-Goldman Andrew Martin-Weber Mr. Torrence Boone Ronay & Richard Menschel

Val Holley & Joseph Plocek Nina B. Quigley Mr. Stephen Kroll Reidy Patricia C. Reifel Ms. Anya Royce Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo Ms. Theresa Russo Lawrence Safran & Romulo Aromin, Jr. Nancy Sands Mrs. Denise Saul Susan Scharf Fran Schulman Deborah Selch Christopher Soule Mr. David Steele Linda Strumpf Angel Shine Foundation/Allyson Tang Theresa Alessandra Russo Foundation Ms. Patricia E. Vance Ms. Barbara Zuckerberg Director’s Circle ($2,750 and above) Anonymous (2) Joel & Rhela Aragona Barbash Family Fund Sandra Berger Jeffrey Bruce & Ingrid Steffensen David Bruson Doug & Lisa Caldwell Capezio/Ballet Makers Dance Foundation Cathleen Collins Jane Comer The Cowles Charitable Trust Allison Cromwell Ms. Cecile de Lardemelle Trisha & Patrick Duval Christopher M Elmore Suzanne B. Engel Phillip Fairweather, MD and Mr. Diego Lopez David L. Fanger & Martin Wechsler Andrew and Claire-Marine Ferguson Kenneth Foster Ania Fryszkowska Jeffrey Olund & Silvia Furia A. Stephanie Gittleman Mrs. Barbara Goldstein Amster Dorothy Goodman Elisabeth Hefti Carolina Hernandez Jonathan Kanovsky Colin King Diana Korsh Kathy Krall Stephen Lane & Vanessa Hicks Joe Lanteri, New York City Dance Alliance Inc. Mr. Julius Leiman-Carbia Ms. Myla Lerner Rosanne Leshner Jayne Lipman & Robert Goodman Johnny Mendoza & Mark Littman In memory of John MacDonald William J. Marraccini Lynn C. Mautner Karen & Martin McDonald Mr. Conte Moore & Ms. Barbara Jones James Musiker Rachel Ostry, MD Warrie Price & James David Price Donald J. Rose & Victoria Lasdon Rose Mr. Donald Roth Mr. Vernon Scott Rena Shagan Mr. Craig Snyder Susan Ulick Alex Z. Wang Ms. Arlene Weinberg Alexandra Wheeler & Rocky Rukan Mr. Kip Wicke Michelle D. and Claude L. Winfield Irving & Elaine Wolbrom Ralph Womble & Ashley Edwards Billy F.B. Wong & Stephanie Gordon Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn Yavitz Cypen Foundation in honor of Billy Zavelson

Leaders ($1,000 and above) Anonymous (7) Robert Allyn Gerry & Hank Alpert Mr. Michael Alster Roger and Aida Anderson Mr. Gerald Appelstein Aybars Asci Mr. & Mrs. Ira Asherman Christina Back Ms. Sherrie Barr Ali Baum Harvey & Stephanie Benjamin Cheryl Bergenfeld Mr. Robert Boblitt Ms. Lisa Bonifacic Mr. & Mrs. Sheldon Bonovitz Nissan Boury Barbara & Gary Brandt Carol & Bob Braun Ms. Joan Breibart Madeline Brine Ms. Beth Brinkman Gerri Brioso Mr. Matthew Brodlie Daniel & Elaine Brownstein Dr. Amy Buchman & Ms. Vicki Haupt Lisa Jo Reimer-Byrne Ralph & Martine Calder Joseph and Linda Camardo Mr. William J. Campbell Mr. Scott Caplan Karen Carozza Ms. Jennifer Chaitman Julia Chambers Ms. Yvonne Chen Peri & David Clark Millard F Coffin, PhD Pamela Cook Ms. Edrie Cote Ms. Janet Cox Mary Craig & Gerard Dages Paul and Caroline Cronson Greg Darnieder Irene Rosner David, in Memory of Dr. Raphael David Diana Davies Christopher Delong Nicole Dietrich & Jack Kraska Julia DiNapoli The Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Foundation Miriam & David Donoho The Dorothy Fund Ms. Domitilia M. Dos Santos Ms. Deborah Doyle Benjamin Duster Ms. Bonnie Erickson Warren Feder Erin Feely-Nahem & Isaac Nahem Thomas Finch MD Marion Ilene Fischer Judith & Walter Flamenbaum Mr. Charles Forma Pamela Frankel Lauren Frazza Judith Z. Friedman Mark Friedman and Veronique Bogliolo Friedman Clio Garland Swapna Ghanta Ronald Gilliam & Akram Hélil Barrie Gillies & William Drummy David Glaser Ms. Diane Gooch Carole Gottlieb Minda Gralnek Mason & Kim Granger Pam Green Ms. Jennifer Greiner Mr. & Mrs. Glen Gunsalus Jenny Haid & Zohaib Rathore Alexandra L. Harper Ms. Vilia Hayes Laurie and Jack Heflin Sheila Heimbinder Ron Hellman & Stephen Roberts Janet L. Henner Mr. Edward Henry & Ms. Susan Monk Ms. L. Kathy Herre Mr. Arthur Hill Emma Hood

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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 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

Robert McGowan Christopher Morales Terrence Poplar Abigal Richards Tamar Rothstein Setpheap San Ariane Schaffer Elisa Smilovitz Daniel Spence & Marcelo Mesquita Niko Stahl Evan Strain Lucy Vasserman & Brendan Finnegan Alex Z. Wang Ricke Williams Emma Winder Julien Wolfe LeeAna Wolfman To join the Joyce's Young Leader's Circle, please contact the Development office at 212-691-9740 ext. 327

The Young Leaders Circle Anonymous Robert Allyn Chellis Baird Stacy & Jordan Barr Alison Baum Amanda Beebe Ms. Lisa Bonifacic Dr. Reed Caldwell and Mr. Anthony Hird Scott Caplan Victor M. Castillo & Blake Wiedenhoeft Cengiz Cemaloglu Julia Chambers Ellen Chen Jason Chuang Marin Correa Mary Craig MJ Edwards Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson Bette Ann Fialkov, Co-Chair Swapna Ghanta Ronald Gilliam & Akram Hélil Gabrielle Goldman Amita Goyal Jessica Greenberg Alexandra Harper, Co-Chair Madison Hicks Alixandra Holloway, Co-Chair Emma Hood Kristen Irby Nalani Kopp Jeremy Lentz Jacob Levy Mitch Lowenthal Kyle Marshall Katherine Maxwell Jame McCray

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