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SOUL CHAIN by tanzmainz/Sharon Eyal JULY 2 - 7, 2024

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SHARON EYAL

SOUL CHAIN Choreographer SHARON EYAL Co-Creator GAI BEHAR Composition ORI LICHTIK Dancers ZACHARY CHANT, PAUL ELIE, ELISABETH GAREIS, DARIA HLINKINA, FINN LAKEBERG, CHRISTIAN LEVEQUE, SHANI LICHT, FEDERICO LONGO, CASSANDRA MARTIN, CORNELIUS MICKEL, NORA MONSECOUR, AMBER PANSTERS, JAUME LUQUE PARELLADA, RÉKA RÁCZ, MAASA SAKANO, MATTI TAURU, LIN VAN KAAM tanzmainz Director HONNE DOHRMANN

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 Ford Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, MacMillan Family Foundation, The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels.

Support for The Joyce’s presentation of international dance provided by the R. Britton Fisher and Family Gift for International Dance.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM Inspired by strong emotions about love, Soul Chain combines ballet and electro to an exciting contemporary dance performance. The ensemble becomes a swarm full of energy in extremely challenging choreography that won the German Theatre Prize DER FAUST in 2018.

Even though Sharon says Soul Chain is a play about love and longing, you should not expect too much romance. Rather, the movements are animalistic and pure, a steaming group that moves with the highest discipline in rhythmic unison. The longer a unisono lasts, the more time we have to search for differences as the public and can find the dancers in full intention. As the choreographer says, “one can see from the same thing how different we are.” So here, in the contrast between the group and the individual, she expresses her love for the absolute uniqueness of each individual.

After the premiere in 2017 and especially after its selection for the German dance platform in 2020, Soul Chain received huge international acclaim with numerous invitations to renowned theaters and festivals.

WORKING WITH SHARON EYAL: THE CHOREOGRAPHER ABOUT SOUL CHAIN We find a big loneliness in us confronted with the love of life, this huge passion, which is not always present in our feelings.

We have to accept this loneliness of us all. Everyone is living their own life and is ending it alone.

There are big emotions within the bodies. I believe, it doesn't need a story, much more its priority shows the actual expression through the bodies and muscles.

Soul Chain represents a creation about desire. You see the pain, the sweat, how the inner being is trying to find its way to the outside. This power is growing more and more while the bodies are slowly getting tired.

For me it's all about the humans, who are standing here. How they look at you, how you look to them, how they look at each other. Sometimes it's impossible to see the emotion through your eyes, but you know they are there you feel them under your skin.

Basically it's all about love, about the love to the others, to yourself, to the space which surrounds you, love to everything. Love is like tissue.

I don't plan any scene, much more I feel what is right in this moment very intuitive, almost like an animal.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM SHARON EYAL

SOUL CHAIN Choreography Co-Creator Composition Costume Stage & Light Design Assistant to Choreographer Rehearsal Director

Sharon Eyal Gai Behar Ori Lichtik Rebecca Hytting Alon Cohen Rebecca Hytting, Tom Weinberger Natalia Rodina

Performed by ZACHARY CHANT, PAUL ELIE, ELISABETH GAREIS, DARIA HLINKINA, FINN LAKEBERG, CHRISTIAN LEVEQUE, SHANI LICHT, FEDERICO LONGO, CASSANDRA MARTIN, CORNELIUS MICKEL, NORA MONSECOUR, AMBER PANSTERS, JAUME LUQUE PARELLADA, RÉKA RÁCZ, MAASA SAKANO, MATTI TAURU, LIN VAN KAAM Director tanzmainz Production Manager Collaborator of Dance Directorate & Touring Manager

Honne Dohrmann Lisa Besser Hannah Meyer-Scharenberg

Assistant of Dance Directorate

Julia Kraus

Set up Stage & Sound on Tour Set up Light on Tour Stage Manager on Tour

Luka Curk Dominik Hager Matthew Tusa

Duration: 55 minutes, no intermission Premiere: October 28, 2017 A production of Staatstheater Mainz

Chief Executive & Artistic Director Staatstheater Mainz: Markus Müller

ABOUT tanzmainz tanzmainz is the contemporary dance ensemble of the Staatstheater Mainz and is directed by Honne Dohrmann since 2014. 25 dancers work side-by-side with a diverse production team to create three to five world premieres per season. We cultivate a way of working that is characterized by openness, mutual respect, and high motivation. tanzmainz is a team with a high degree of personal responsibility, which recognizes and reflects the complex social challenges in its works. The members of the ensemble are extensively trained artistic personalities who are very interested in working closely with the invited choreographers. We see ourselves as a place of creation; i.e. all the works shown were created in Mainz in collaboration between our guests and our division. tanzmainz sees itself as a bridge between the state theater and the independent scene and is constantly striving to expand its repertoire through innovative dance languages and forms of production. By being as open as possible to other disciplines, genres, and performance venues inside and outside the theater, we want to strengthen the contemporary profile of our division. tanzmainz organizes the tanzmainz festival and the tanzmainz festival alternately in order to place its own work in an international context. In return, we strive to be an important ambassador for the city of Mainz and the state of Rhineland-Palatinate through our own guest performances in Germany and abroad.

WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY SHARON EYAL (Dancer/Creator) was born in Jerusalem. She danced with the Batsheva Dance Company from 1990-2008 and started choreographing within the company’s Batsheva Dancers Create project framework. Eyal served as Associate Artistic Director for Batsheva between 2003-2004 and as a House Choreographer for the company between 2005-2012. During her time with the company, she created 16 new creations. In 2005 Eyal started to collaborate with Gai Behar on her creations and the L-E-V company and different projects. From 2009, Eyal created over 30 new creations for dance companies around the world, such as Bedroom Folk, salt Womb, Feelings, and Sara for the Nederland Dance Theatre; Half-Life for the Royal Swedish Ballet; Untitled Black and Autodance for GoteborgsOperans Danskompan, Sweden; Killer Pig and Corps de Walk for Carte Blanche Dance of Norway; Too Beaucoup for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago; Plafona for Tanzcompagnie Oldenburg, Germany; Soul Chain for tanzmainz/ Staatstheater Mainz, Germany, and more. Eyal collaborated with major names out of the traditional dance world such as: Dior - Spring Summer 2019 Fashion show The National and Mike Milles album/movie - participating in two music videos for the songs ‘Hairpin Turns’ and ‘Hey Rosey’ from the album I Am Easy To Find as well as a live performance for their international tour’s opening concert at the L’Olympia in Paris.

In 2013, Eyal launched L-E-V. L-E-V’s repertoire consists of six creations. L-E-V's creations are co-produced with some of the leading dance venues around the globe, such as Sadler’s Wells- London and Julidans- Amsterdam. The co-producers

WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY list consists of many other great venues: Montpellier Danse Festival, GROS Culture Percentage - Dance Festival STEPS, Theater Freiburg, The Banff Centre in Canada, Carolina Performing Arts - North Carolina, USA, and TorinoDanza. In the past eight years since L-E-V was founded, the company had more than 200 performances, some in the most exclusive venues around the world, such as The Joyce Theater – NYC; Jacob's Pillow - Becket, Massachusetts; Sadler's Wells - London, UK; The Montpellier Danse Festival – France; and Edinburgh International Festival; Julidans – Amsterdam.

HONNE DOHRMANN (tanzmainz Director) was born in 1960 in OsterholzScharmbeck near Bremen. He studied German literature, journalism, and theatre in Göttingen and at the Free University of Berlin. Afterwards, he initially worked as a freelance sports journalist for RIAS TV and NDR. In 1992, Honne Dohrmann became program coordinator of the Kulturetage in Oldenburg, thus switching to theater as an organizer and, somewhat later, to dance. It was also during this phase that he began his international networking work by joining the IETM, now one of the world's largest performing arts associations with more than 450 member organizations in 50 countries. From 2011 to 2014, he was a member of the seven-member Board of Directors. In 1998, Honne Dohrmann left his permanent position at the Kulturetage and founded kulturnord - kulturmanagement as managing partner. Kultur nord initiated events that attracted several hundred thousand visitors and received a great deal of media coverage. In addition, kultur nord dedicated itself to strategies and projects of regional cultural development and to advising institutions and companies. Honne Dohrmann has worked as artistic director, curator, and dramaturge for numerous dance and theatre festivals, including LAOKOON - the Kampnagel Summer Festival (Hamburg), PRISMA (Oldenburg), and POLYZENTRAL (Hamburg). From 1998 to 2013, he directed the TANZ Bremen Festival, most recently together with Sabine Gehm. In 2016 and 2017, he was guest curator of the dance program of the festival at the Theater im Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen.

Honne Dohrmann is a recurring member of various juries and committees. For four years, he was a member of the European Commission's Evaluation Committee for Cultural Programs (EACEA). Until July 2022, he was a member of the Presidium of the Federal German Ballet and Dance Theater Directors' Conference (BBTK). In the 2007/08 season, Honne Dohrmann became director of nordwest/Tanzcompagnie Oldenburg & Tanztheater Bremen. After Tanztheater Bremen left the cooperation in 2012, he continued to sharpen the profile of Tanzcompagnie Oldenburg as a contemporary ensemble and of the International Dance Days as a festival with national impact. For the 2014/15 season, Honne Dohrmann moved to the Staatstheater Mainz and has since been director of the 22-member ensemble tanzmainz. He is also the artistic director of the tanzmainz festival and was program director of the Tanzkongress 2022, which took place in Mainz in June 2022.

Honne Dohrmann founded the compagnie tanzmainz, directs it artistically and has developed it over the past eight years to become one of the leading dance ensembles in Germany. Under his direction, productions of the company have won Germany's mostimportant theatre prize, DER FAUST, three times and tanzmainz has been invited to perform at many highly renowned guest theatres throughout Germany, Europe, and beyond.

WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY

Creators of Soul Chain

Honne Dohrmann

tanzmainz Director

Zachary Chant

Paul Elie

Elisabeth Gareis

Daria Hlinkina

Finn Lakeberg

Christian Leveque

Shani Licht

Federico Longo

Cassandra Martin

Cornelius Mickel

Nora Monsecour

Amber Pansters

Jaume Luque Parellada

Sharon Eyal with Gai Behar

Réka Rácz

Maasa Sakano

Matti Tauru

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Minda Gralnek Mason & Kim Granger Lawrence Greene Patric & Patricia Gregory *Glen & Paula Gunsalus Maya Hamlet *Catherine Hartnett Alexandra L. Harper Aimee Haydinger *Shelia Heimbinder Dr. Elisabeth Hefti Laurie & Jack Helfin Janet L. Henner Edward Henry & Susan Monk Ellen Hirsch In Honor of the Weinroths Lynn Hopkins George C. Howell, III William Houlihan David H. Hughes Jr. Mary & David Iles Derek Johnson I. Michael Kadish Kenneth S. Kail & Ivy Hwang Margaret Kaplen Matthew Karas John Kirby *Murray & Sylvana Klein Diana Korsh Kathy Krall George & Liz Krupp Sondra Kurtin Robinson Bette Lacombe Drs. Benjamin Natelson & Gudrun Lange Reginald van Lee Mickey Lemle Rosanne Leshner Dorothy Lichtenstein TJ & Laura Lim - In Memory of Monica Voldstad Robert & Dorina Link *Tina Liu David Lovett & Meg Ruley Sharon Luckman & Paul Shapiro Elizabeth A. Maher Joseph M. Marger Lynn C. Mautner The McNamee McHugh Family Fund *Israel Meir & Steve Rivera *Lorraine Meeker Miller Khoshkish Foundation Mr. Wayne & Mrs. Barbara Miller David & Diana Milich Linda & Ed Morse Michael Mulligan Jane & Michael Murphy *Judith Musiker Jonathan M. Nadler Kate Nguyen & Tom Eastwick Aaron Singer & Bart Oosterveld Trisha Ostergaard *John Owen Mercedes Paratje David Parsons David Pasterski Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD Amy Pennington Edith C. Penty Roxanne Permesly Doug & Teresa Peterson The Plimpton Shattuck Fund Douglas & Barbara Pitsch Madeleine Plonsker Judith J. Plows Carole Postal Donna & James Pressman *Frances A. Resheske The 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 Ty Rugman Deborah Sales & Ted Striggles Alessandro & Fe Saracino-Fendi Jesse & Carol Schwartz Rena Shagan Irene Shen Susan Sillins Barbara Jean Sinclair Elizabeth Sledge Joseph Smith & Leslie Hendrix Marilyn Sobel Leon Sokol *Michael Solomon Ellen Sorrin & David York *Margaret Stern *William L. Stern Mamie and Justin Stewart Linda Stocknoff Roger Stoltz & Shauna Stoltz-Laurie Abbie M. Strassler William Sussman & Jane Steele Consulate General of Sweden in New York Ken Tabachnick & Yael Mandelstam Jon Teeuwissen & Welz Kauffman Pamela van Zandt & Gina Gibney George Vanderploeg *Lucy Vasserman & Brendan Finnegan Merna Villarejo David E. Vogel Arlene Weinberg Michael & Carol Weiss Alexandra Wheeler & Rocky Rukan Elly Karp Wong Cora Yamamoto Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn Christian Zimmermann Bonnie Zamosky-Roth Investors ($500 and above) Anonymous (13) *Peggy Adams LaRue Allen & Ebonya Washington Debra R. Anisman Maria Cristina Anzola Paul Asman & Jill Lenoble Joan Brooks Baker & Margeaux Klein Clay H. Barr Joan & Ira Berkowitz *Stan & Abby Bloch *Maria M. Branco *Dr. Andrea Brandon & Black Rubee Carol & Bob Braun Jeffrey B. Bruce Carol Bryce Buchanan Amy Buchman & Vicki Haupt Diana Cagle Robert Calderisi Jennifer Kornreich Cahn & Andrew Cahn Julia Chambers *Nishka Chandrasoma Andrea Chernyk Jason Chuang *Maciej Chociej Matthew C. Cluney Eileen & Michael Cohen *Kenneth Cole & Maria Cuomo Cole Bradley Collins

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Stuart Nordheimer & Barbara Miller Joyce O’Brien Peter J. Occolowitz Katherine Ogg Rachel Ostry, MD Bob Ouimette Flora Perskie The L.E. Phillips Family Foundation, Inc. Toniann Pitassi The Marshall Franklin Foundation Stephanie M. Goldson & Stephen Rappaport Charles Ragland Donald W. Roeske, Jr. *Ellen & Mike Rosenberg *Felicia Rosenfeld Jean M. Ross Elsa Ross-Greifinger Jennifer Goodale & Mark Russell Prince & Petar Sanders *Lies Sapp Dr. Carol Ann Satler In Memory of Tracy Scherman Marva & Florian Schodel Deborah Selch Elizabeth Shapiro Neal Sheorey *Tara Sherman & Tony Weiss Sheetal & Tokumbo Shobowale Lindy Shuttleworth & Arthur Reichstetter *Katherine Sinnott Andrew & Jennifer Smith Joan & Laurence Sorkin Michael Stanley Jessica E. Stack Helen Sullivan Dr. Pavur R. Sundaresan *Esther Tan Pamela Tatge Jennifer Tipton William Tomai & John Eric Sebesta TPU Local One IATSE *Dana Troetel & George Papageorge Frank Troutman Ellie Tweedy Thomas Van Winkle Ernie Vickroy Ronald Walcott Thomas Allen Walker Charles Walker Louise Washer & Mary Clay Fields Gregory Ward Sedgwick & Pamela Ward Chris Watson Michael Wehman Carol A. Weil Kate Weil Sara Weinheimer George S. Werner & Li Werner *Kathy M. Wojtas *The Winkler Prins Charitable Fund Gregory Youdan Eloise Zeller Sponsors ($350 and above) Anonymous (4) Patricia Adell *Fred & Sarah Allilaire Elaine & Theodossios Athanassiades Kenneth Berk & Anne Serrell Joan & Ira Berkowitz Eugene Black Paul Brohan

Leslie Buckland Anita Cabrera Gia Carifo Amy Cho Galois Cohen Richard & Mary Ann Cohen Robert Conkey Dr. & Mrs. Frederiick Corio John Coulter Mr. John A. Crawford III Judy Cunningham Jacqueline Z. Davis Mr. Anthony DePersia *Nicole Dietrich & Jack Kraska Rodney Durso Jo Ann Engelhardt Ellen Estes Martha Evenson & Daniel Hoffman Susan E. Green Eric Hemel & Barbara Morgen Herman & Jacquelyn Heinemann Mrs. Ruth W. Heuman *Jerry Heymann George & Linda Hiltzik Huong Hoang Sherrilyn Ifill Ronald Jacquart Bond Koga Susan & Peter Kopple Angela de Lara *Emanuel Lewis *Cynthia Low Judy Mauer Doug & Regina McCorkle Cynthia Adler McKee Alan Mendelsohn Carol and Frank Messineo *Mildred Munich *Brigitte and Jeff Myhre Aaron & Marcia Naveh Madeleine Nichols Phillip J. Pena *Marisa Anne Pierson Posner-Wallace Foundation Terry Prahl The Pulse Performing Arts Studio Jonathan Raskin *Richard & Rachel Robbins Eileen Robert Lainie & John Ross Paul de Sa *Gregg Passin & Andy Schmidt Phillip Schmiedl Sherry Barron-Seabrook Martha Sherman *Joseph Small Robin Smith & Bill Plante Margaret Stern Jos Stumpe Mr. Lars Rosager & Mr. Donald Troise Ms. Donna Tatro Tonic Physical Therapy & Wellness Dana A. Troetel Dick & Carolyn Wallach *Irmgard Wieland *Jeanette Williams Jawole Willa Jo Zollar * 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 Rebecca Aronson Chellis Baird Emerald Layne Baker Alison Baum Lisa Bonifacic Scott Caplan Victor M. Castillo & Blake Wiedenhoeft Julia Chambers

Nishka Chandrasoma Ellen Chen Dr. Jason Chuang Mary Craig Debora Domass Ayesha Pirbhai Fardell Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson Bette Ann Fialkov, Co-Chair Erica Forrence Ania Fryszkowska Tiger Gao Swapna Ghanta Ronald Gilliam & Akram Hélil Amita Goyal Alexandra Harper, Co-Chair Molly Hensrud Madison Hicks Alixandra Holloway, Co-Chair Emma Hood Kristen Irby Amanda Knight Jeremy Lentz Jacob Levy Stephanie Lichtinger Camilla Liou Mitch Lowenthal Kyle Marshall Katherine Maxwell Christopher Morales Katie Mues Leah Nelson Abigail Nintzel Abigail Richards Setpheap San Rafi Sahanoor Sarkar Ariane Schaffer Elisa Smilovitz Andrea Nicole Smith Daniel Spence Margaret Stephens J. Mark & Oni Strawn Myriam Varjacques Lucy Vasserman Alexander Wang Douglas Weiss Ricke Williams Emma Winder LeeAna Wolfman ^Artist Committee members to join The Joyce’s Young Leaders Circle, please contact the Development office at 347-856-5828.

JOYCE PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE WITH PUBLIC FUNDS FROM:

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

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