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TAP CITY MAY 19 - MAY 24, 2026

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The Joyce Theater Foundation presents

TONY WAAG'S TAP CITY, THE NEW YORK CITY TAP FESTIVAL a 25th Anniversary Celebration!

Founding Artistic Director TONY WAAG

Dancers

TERRY BROCK, NATHAN BUGH, MICHELLE DORRANCE, DEWITT FLEMING JR., FELIPE GALGANNI (aka Xana DuMe), RYAN K. JOHNSON, LISA LA TOUCHE, JESSEE LEIGH ROBINSON, JOHN MANZARI, ANTHONY MORIGERATO, MAX POLLAK, JASON SAMUELS SMITH, SOLES OF DUENDE (AMANDA CASTRO, BRINDA GUHA & ARIELLE ROSALES)

CALEB TEICHER, TONY WAAG, AND KAREN CALLAWAY WILLIAMS

Musicians

Musical Director/Piano JESS JURKOVIC

Bass JOE FONDA

Drums ROBERT GARCIA

Trumpet & Musical Direction (SOD): RYAN STANBURY

Percussion (SOD): OKAI MUSIK

Electric Guitar (SOD): AJ JAGANNATH

Vocalist/Piano (Xana): GE ENRIQUE

Saxophone (Xana): SUSAN GOODMAN JACKSON

Lighting Design KATHY KAUFMANN

Sound Design KEN FELDMAN

Production Stage Manager SLOANE FISCHER

Assistant Stage Manager KEVIN RABINOVICH

A Team ALEX MARTIN, MORGAN MCMAHON & IVAN OWENS

Marketing MARY DOVE

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 this engagement was provided by The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation to encourage the performance of New York City-based companies at The Joyce Theater. Special support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Major support for The Joyce has been provided by The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

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

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Program and Program Order Subject to Change

DREAM AGAIN

Vocal/Dancer: Tony Waag

Music: "Dream a Little Dream" by Fabian Andre & Wilbur Schwandt with lyrics by Gus Kahn

A CAPELLA

Improvisations

Ensemble

THE PULSE

new york premiere

Choreographer/Dancer: Ryan K. Johnson, MFA Body Percussion

TRIBUTE TO GREGORY HINES I’M JUST A LUCKY SO AND SO

Choreographer/Vocal/Dancer: Tony Waag

Music: "I’m Just a Lucky So and So" by Duke Ellington & Billy Strayhorn

TRIBUTE TO THE TAP CITY TAP DIVAS

world premiere

Choreographers/Dancers: Terry Brock & Karen Callaway Williams

Music: "I’m a Woman" by Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller "American Woman" by The Guess Who "Oh, Lady be Good" by Count Basie "Satin Doll" by Duke Ellington

COPASETIC SONG/WALK AROUND/COLES STROLL

Choreographer: Charles “Honi” Coles Dancers: Ensemble

Composers: Charles “Honi” Coles and Roy Branker

TRIBUTE TO BILL “BOJANGLES” ROBINSON

Choreographer/Dancer: DeWitt Fleming Jr. Music: "Swanee River" by Stephen C. Foster

Thanks to dancer, choreographer & Artistic Director of the New Jersey Tap Ensemble Deborah Mitchell for donating the use of the Stairs.

BLUE SKIES

Choreographers/Dancers: Caleb Teicher & Nathan Bugh

Music: "Blue Skies" by Irving Berlin "In Walked Bud" by Thelonious Monk

TRIBUTE TO THE MASTERS

world premiere

Choreographer/Dancer: Jason Samuels Smith Music: Medley Mash Up

- INTERMISSION -

ENDLESS

world premiere

Conception and Choreography: Anthony Morigerato

Dancers: John Manzari, Anthony Morigerato & Jessee Robinson

Charts: Frank Perri

Composers: J.S. Bach and Koreless

Set Design and Construction: Andrew Pate Design

EXCERPTS FROM “THE KITCHEN” SOLES OF DUENDE

Choreographers/Dancers: Amanda Castro, Brinda Guha & Arielle Rosales

Trumpet & Musical Direction: Ryan Stanbury

Percussion: Okai Musik

Electric Guitar: AJ Jagannath

Music/Composers: Soles of Duende Ensemble

STEAM HEAT

Arranger/Vocalist/Choreographer/Dancer: Max Pollak

Music: "Steam Heat"

Composers: Adler & Ross

INTERSECTIONS WITH ARMSTRONG

Choreographer/Dancer: Lisa La Touche

Music: "Hotter Than That" performed by Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five;

Composer: Lil Hardin

Video and Sound Editing: Joel Varjassy

Photo and Audio archives c/o Louis Armstrong House and Museum & Kurt Albert

XANA DUME

world premiere

Choreographer/Dancer: Felipe Galganni

Vocalist/Piano: Ge Enrique

Saxophone: Susan Jackson

Music: "Maneater" by Hall and Oats

Costume Design: Rob Lewis

MY MIND IS ON MINGUS

world premiere

Choreographer: Brenda Bufalino

Dancer: Michelle Dorrance

Music: "Pithecanthropus Erectus," "Reincarnation of a Love Bird," and "Cell Block F" by Charles Mingus

CHAIR DANCE

Choreographer: The Copasetics Dancers: Ensemble

Music: Traditional

SHIM SHAM SHIMMY

Choreographer: Leonard Reed

Dancers: Ensemble

Music: "Lester Leaps" by Young

Special Thanks for Endless to Garrett Bethke, Kim & Paul Bertrand & The Dance Kollective for the support in this work. Thank you Tony Waag, Jeff Segal, Josh Hilberman, Tap Liège and the technical team at the Joyce for making this premiere possible.

ABOUT TAP CITY

In 2001, ATDF Founding Artistic Director Tony Waag established Tap City, the New York City Tap Festival, to deepen the appreciation and understanding of tap dance’s rich history and evolution. Held annually in venues across Manhattan, Tap City offered a diverse range of activities including daily master classes, choreography residencies, films, talks, jams, awards, and premiere concert performances. The festival attracted hundreds of dancers and teachers from around the world, fostering a vibrant community dedicated to the celebration of tap dance as an American art form.

Public events included the Copasetic Boat Ride around Manhattan, Tap Treasures, guided tours of historic tap related venues and Tap It Out, a free outdoor performance in Times Square that united hundreds of artists in a choreographed orchestral collage of a cappella rhythms.

Throughout its history, Tap City has showcased many of the field’s most influential tap artists and teachers, honoring generations of masters, innovators, and emerging voices from around the world.

This week we celebrate an iconic New York City event that will never be forgotten.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

MARY DOVE

MERCEDES ELLINGTON

NANCY KREMSDORF

LINDA MURRAY

TONY WAAG

Emeritus

BRENDA BUFALINO

HOAGY BIX CARMICHAEL

the late CHARLES “HONI” COLES the late GREGORY HINES the late BOBBY SHORT

WHO'S WHO IN TAP CITY

TONY WAAG (ATDF Founding Artistic Director) is a dancer, director, producer, choreographer, teacher, filmmaker, and speaker whose work has played a pivotal role in the preservation and evolution of tap dance for more than four decades. In 2001, he created Tap City, the annual New York City Tap Festival and in 2010, he opened the American Tap Dance Center where he directed on-going education programs for tappers of all ages and levels for 14 years. In 2014, he received the Dance Magazine Award for his unique contributions to the dance field, and in 2024 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award for his more than 40 years of service, leadership, and inspiration to the tap community. Most recently Mr. Waag donated his entire archives to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library at the Lincoln Center, NYC.

TERRY BROCK's diverse background includes multiple choreographic works, an international performing/teaching career, tap festival appearances, and she has created repertory for and performed with several symphonies. Terry is the beneficiary of the great Eleanor Powell’s tap shoes, concierge of her choreography, and is an ATDF Hoofer Award recipient. She was a long-term member of Lynn Dally’s Jazz Tap Ensemble, appearing with legendary and contemporary hoofers Gregory Hines, Harold Nicholas, Sam Weber and many others. Terry has served as movement specialist with the US Olympic men’s freestyle ski team, is a Fullbright Arts recipient and tap ambassador with the US embassy. She has appeared with multiple stars, staged Vegas openings and was resident choreographer/dancer with Spiral Starecase, whose solid gold hit, “More Today”, is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Terry’s dance passion thrives and she is thrilled to share in Tony’s Tap City!

NATHAN BUGH is one of the world's leading exponents of Lindy Hop and jazz dance. His on-stage appearances include: Carnegie Hall (Swing Swing Swing w/ New York Pops), The Apollo Theater (Swingin’ Frankie’s Way), and Jacob’s Pillow (Earthbeat!, More Forever, SW!NG OUT). His film appearances include My Fair Wedding, Rebel in the Rye, The Weepies and Ric Mysterie music videos, and several network talk shows. He is one of the creators and choreographers of the Joyce Theater's SW!NG OUT. Nathan is a veteran social dancer who learned directly from swing-era luminaries, Frankie Manning, Norma Miller, Dawn Hampton, and others. Active in the social Lindy Hop scene since the 1990's, he has earned numerous first-place contest titles in Solo Jazz, Lindy Hop, Team, Invitational, Slow Dance, and Mix/Match divisions at events like ILHC (International Lindy Hop Championships).

KAREN CALLAWAY WILLIAMS is a trailblazing and award-winning tap artist and Broadway veteran from the Tony-nominated musical Play On! to Riverdance - The Show and Riverdance on Broadway. A graduate of Spelman College and alumna of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, she is a charter member and the first Dance Captain of the New Jersey Tap Ensemble, celebrating 30 years with the company. Her extensive performance history includes soloing with many Symphony Orchestras and performing in 38 states and 13 countries. Featured in the documentary Been Rich All My Life, Karen serves as the Artistic Director of the Second-Generation Silver Belles, honoring the legacy of 1930s chorus girls. Beyond performing, Williams is a prominent instructor and the author of the Gabriella series of children’s books and the creator of The Tap Emergency Kit and KC Bags SHOE BAGS, highly recommended by the tap community for being handmade to protect our Tap shoes! kcbagsnj.com

AMANDA CASTRO is a Puerto Rican–American, Bessie Award–winning multidisciplinary artist rooted in rhythm. She recently served as Associate Choreographer for Gypsy on Broadway and was most recently seen in Jelly’s Last Jam by Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards and Edgar Godineaux. A graduate of California Institute of the Arts, she trained under Glen Eddy (Nederlands Dans Theater) and André Tyson (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater). A former principal dancer with Urban Bush Women, Castro has since appeared in major musical theater productions including Singin’ in the Rain (as Kathy Selden), 42nd Street (Jared Grimes’ ensemble), and West Side Story as Anita at the Glimmerglass Festival and Lyric Opera of Chicago. She is a co-founding artist of Soles of Duende and has collaborated with Justin Peck, Julio Monge, Caleb Teicher, Michael Heitz, Francesca Zambello, and others. Castro seeks work that elevates our collective humanity. www.acastrodance.com

MICHELLE DORRANCE is "one of the most imaginative tap choreographers working today” (The New Yorker) and has pushed tap dance choreography into dialogue with the international cultural landscape like no artist before. At once a composer and a choreographer, she is known for deeply musical, highly physical, and emotionally compelling work that lives at the intersection of innovation, tradition, and risk. Raised in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Dorrance was mentored by groundbreaking youth tap educator, Gene Medler and studied under many of the last hoofers of the jazz era. A New York City-based artist for over 25 years, she performed with notable tap companies and productions including Savion Glover’s ti dii and Off-Broadway sensation, STOMP. In 2011, she founded Dorrance Dance with the mission to help audiences view tap dance in a new and dynamically compelling context while honoring the Black American legacy of the art form. The company’s inaugural performance earned Dorrance a “Bessie” Award and the company has since performed over 20 of Dorrance’s original works nationally and internationally to great critical acclaim. A 2018 Doris Duke Artist, 2017 Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellow, 2015 MacArthur Fellow, and 2012 Princess Grace Award winner, Dorrance has been acknowledged and supported by Jacob’s Pillow, the Alpert Awards, United States Artists, The Field, and the American Tap Dance Foundation. Dorrance holds a Bachelor of Arts from New York University and an honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of North Carolina.

DEWITT FLEMING JR. (Rehearsal Director) is a world renowned Tap Dancer, Broadway performer, Broadway choreographer, and two-time Chita Rivera award nominee. Most recently seen on Broadway in A Wonderful World where he was also the tap dancer choreographer. He has toured the world as a featured tap dancer with Riverdance, Cirque Du Soliel, danced with Grammy award wining artist Alicia Keys, Wynton Marsalis, Bobby McFerrin, was featured on the HBO Emmy Award winning show Boardwalk Empire and the award winning documentary Steps of Freedom: The Story of Irish Dance He was awarded the Dancer of the Decade Award from Broadway World, The American Tap Dance Foundation’s Hoofer Award, and the NYC Flo Bert award. DeWitt made history by releasing the first jazz album recorded live at Dizzy’s Club Jazz at Lincoln Center with tap dancing on it. DeWitt is a proud Capezio Athlete, and owner of DeW It Right Tap Mics. www.dewittflemingjr.com

FELIPE GALGANNI (AKA XANA DUME) is a Brazilian-born, New York–based tap dancer, actor, choreographer, and educator with over 20 years of international experience. A proud non-binary artist, they create rhythm-driven work at the intersection of tap, theater, identity, and community, centering inclusion and queer visibility. Felipe is a recipient of the Machado de Assis Medal for promoting Brazilian culture in NYC, the Bistro Award for Unique Jazz Presentation, and the 2024 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award for Best Drag Artist. Their drag persona, Xana DuMe — The Tap Dancing Drag Queen — has captivated audiences on tap and cabaret stages internationally. Beyond the stage, Felipe has built a vibrant online presence, with viral dance and performance videos reaching millions of viewers worldwide. Felipe dedicates this performance with love to their partner and costume designer, Rob, and to their students, whose unwavering support makes everything possible. To learn more, visit FelipeGalganni.com or follow @galganni on Instagram.

BRINDA GUHA is a New York City–based, Bessie-nominated South Asian American artist with roots in the Jersey Shore and Kolkata. Her training spans Kathak, Manipuri, Flamenco, and hybrid contemporary forms. In 2010, she cofounded Kalamandir Dance Company, creating original feature-length works and earning residencies at Dixon Place and Dancewave. Brinda is represented by CESD Talent Agency, directs Kalamandir of NJ, serves on faculty at Ailey Extension, and is a co-founder and lead artist of Soles of Duende. Her work bridges performance, education, and cultural production. As a producer and

curator, she founded Wise Fruit NYC, a seasonal live arts platform honoring the feminine divine and women-led organizations. Brinda is the lead researcher and curator for NCCAkron’s "How People Move People" podcast (Season 4) and works as Senior Producing Coordinator at Dance/NYC. www.brindaguha.com

RYAN K. JOHNSON, MFA, is a dancer, choreographer, and body percussionist, and Executive Artistic Director of SOLE Defined, a trailblazing percussive dance company fusing Percussive Dance, Sand Dance & Technology based in Maryland. His work bridges music and movement through rhythm-driven performance, translating complex percussive traditions onto the human body to create layered soundscapes that blur the lines between dance, music, and theater. His performance credits include The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil, STOMP, Step Afrika!, After Midnight, Musicá (Amazon Studios), Ayodele Casel | REMiX (Assistant Director and Choreographic Contributor), and The Washington Ballet’s The Great Gatsby. His honors include the 2025 Arts Midwest Cultural Bearer Award, a NEFA National Dance Project Award, and residencies with NCCAkron, The Wexner Center for the Arts, and as the first percussive dance artist in residence with The Kennedy Center’s Office Hours program. Dance Magazine describes Johnson as “one of the foremost percussive dance artists in the U.S.,” praising his “precision, musicality, and commanding presence.” More information: www.rkjdance.com | Instagram @rkj.dance

LISA LA TOUCHE is a Tap Dance artist and choreographer from New York, with Canadian and Trinidadian ancestry. She merges performance, education, and research, focusing on African Diasporic history. Her Broadway credits include Shuffle Along, earning accolades such as the Fred Astaire Award. La Touche is a former “Armstrong Now” Artist in Residence at the Louis Armstrong House and Museum and a research fellow with the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. Her creative work emphasizes lineage and folklore, such as Trinidad & Tap Dance: As Folklore, developed with Etienne Charles. She has toured with Savion Glover, performed with STOMP, and directs her own company, Tap Phonics. La Touche has worked with institutions such as the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, The Whitney Museum, NY Philharmonic, Jacob’s Pillow and more. She teaches at PACE University and works in documentary film making centering Black migration history. Above all, she loves being a mom. www.lisalatouche.com

JESSEE LEIGH ROBINSON is a New York City–based dancer from California and an alumna of The School at Jacob’s Pillow and Dance Lab New York. Recent performances include New York City Center with Sole Defined and with Lisa La Touche at Symphony Space and The National Jazz Museum in Harlem. Jessee was a pre-production dancer for NYCC Encores! Wonderful Town, choreographed by Ayodele Casel, and Jelly’s Last Jam, choreographed by Dormeshia, and was also part of pre-production for Anything Goes at The Muny, choreographed by Jared Grimes. Resent choreographer credits include 54 Below, 92NY, 3 Dollar Bill, and Choreographers Carnival.

JOHN MANZARI is a dancer, singer, actor & choreographer. Stage: Funny Girl (OBC); White Christmas (TUTS); Anything Goes (MUNY); The Tap Dance Kid (Encores!); Bzzz. Television: Law & Order SVU; Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future; Rooted; The Kennedy Center at 50. Concerts: solo shows Recenter & The First Set; guest appearances with NY Pops, NSO, Seattle, Houston, Vancouver, and other symphonies; The Hot Sardines; Fall for Dance; Fall for Dance North; Amelia Island Dance Festival. Film: Reimagined. Short Films: I Get Knocked Down; Ghost; To: Everything I Love; Slip Documentaries: Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back; Leonard Soloway’s Broadway.

ANTHONY MORIGERATO is an internationally recognized tap dancer, producer, director, educator, filmmaker and Emmy Nominated Choreographer. He is the founder and current Executive Producer of AM Dance Productions, a NYC based dance, film, and theater company. Anthony also founded Operation:Tap in 2014, a globally recognized platform for the tap dance community. He presently serves as the endeavor's managing partner and codirector with Ayodele Casel and Mike Minery. In 2011, Anthony broke the world record for The Most Tap Sounds In One Minute, having achieved 1,163 sounds, a record that still stands today. Since 2021, Anthony continues and maintains a busy international touring schedule, performing and teaching at festivals, schools, and institutions around the globe. He is very grateful to be premiering this new work at the 25th Tap City and wishes to extend his deepest thanks to his mentors, his wife Lorri Leonardi, and his parents Sandy and Danny Morigerato.

MAX POLLAK, an Austrian-born virtuoso, is a musician, composer, bandleader, percussive dancer, and educator. He seamlessly blends tap dance, body percussion, and singing into electrifying, singular performances—treating the body as a versatile instrument and an integral voice in any ensemble. A true genre-buster, Pollak has collaborated worldwide with jazz, classical, and Latin music legends, including Ray Brown, Chucho Valdés, Paquito D'Rivera, Diana Damrau, Rolando Villazon, Zubin Mehta, Los Muñequitos de Matanzas. His dynamic artistry has graced prestigious venues such as Vienna’s Konzerthaus, the Bavarian State Opera Munich, Zurich’s Tonhalle, Nationale Opera Amsterdam, Lincoln Center. Featured on the U.S. Postal Service Forever Stamp honoring tap dance, he also cocreated the hit off-Broadway show Carmen – To Havana and Back. The Max Pollak Group has been touring internationally for over 25 years, his debut CD as a leader, RumbaTap, was released in 2015.

ARIELLE ROSALES is a Bessie-nominated performing artist whose work interweaves Flamenco, percussion, theater, and improvisation to explore duende. As a performer, she has appeared at Carnegie Hall and The Joyce Theater, on The Today Show (NBC) and Good Morning America (ABC), and in national commercials for Nokia and Target. Her choreography has been featured in Man of La Mancha (Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington, DC), The Latin Quarter Show (REVEL Casino & Resort), and she served as Flamenco Consultant for Mrs. Doubtfire on Broadway. Her short film Becoming Mother Duende: An Ode to NYC premiered at Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage in 2020. Arielle is a Teaching Artist and former Artist in Residence with Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, a co-founding dancer of Soles of Duende, and a band member of Batalá New York. www.ariellerosales.com

JASON SAMUELS SMITH is an Emmy Award-winning tap dancer, choreographer, educator, and cultural leader widely regarded as one of the most influential voices in contemporary dance. Born in New York City to legendary jazz dance masters JoJo Smith and Sue Samuels, he carries a multigenerational lineage rooted in the Harlem Renaissance and American artistry. His grandfather Joseph and great-aunt Helena were a tap act and regulars at the Apollo Theater, while his father and grandmother performed with Katherine Dunham's company. A former principal dancer in the Tony Award-winning Broadway production Bring in 'Da Noise, Bring in 'Da Funk, Smith has performed on many of the world's most prestigious stages, including the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Jacob's Pillow, Queen Elizabeth Hall, and the Teatro Municipal do Rio de Janeiro. He has collaborated with artists including Michael Jackson, Jennifer Holiday, James Ingram, Debbie Allen, Camille A. Brown, Anita Mann, OutKast, MYA, and Igmar Thomas. Beyond the stage, he designed what is widely regarded as the most influential professional tap shoe in the world for Bloch, reshaping how tap dancers experience sound, precision, and musical expression. His work honors tap's rich cultural heritage while boldly advancing the form for global audiences.

SOLES OF DUENDE

A Brooklyn-born Puerto-Rican from New Haven, a Mexican Puerto-Rican Jew from the Lower East Side, and a Bengali Indian from Jersey walked on to the wooden floor & the rest? History. Bonded by their deep love of music, their crafts, and true connection, Soles of Duende is on a lifelong mission to elevate the joy and music of true collaboration across disciplines and the celebration of the forms they practice. Based in the sounds of Tap (Amanda Castro), Flamenco (Arielle Rosales), and Kathak (Brinda Guha), Soles of Duende’s fire is the spirit that lives within each of these women to celebrate their connection given their beautiful differences and to uplift the forms that made them. www.solesofduende.com

CALEB TEICHER is widely regarded as a leading performer, choreographer, director, musical collaborator, and curator of musically-driven dance and interdisciplinary collaboration. A two-time Bessie Award winner (and six-time nominee), their work in concert dance and music has played some of the most prestigious venues in North America including Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, New York City Center, Carnegie Hall, Jacob's Pillow, The Joyce Theater, and countless others. They’ve performed duets with Regina Spektor and Ben Folds on Broadway, television, and on music albums. They’ve graced the cover of Dance Magazine, and they’re the only dancer to be featured on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. Many shows created by Caleb (SW!NG OUT, Counterpoint, Ear To The Ground, B-Z-Z-Z) regularly tour performing arts centers nationally and internationally - their work will be presented in over twenty cities this year. They’re also the Artist Curator-in-residence at Works & Process.

musicians

JESS JURKOVIC (Musical Director/Piano) has served as a musical director for The American Tap Dance Foundation for over ten years, and now works also with Tap Dance Central. A native of the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, he is a jazz pianist, composer and arranger. He received his Bachelor of Music degree in 1996 from the University of Minnesota, and his Master's degree in Jazz and Commercial Music in 1998 from Manhattan School of Music. Besides his own recordings, Jess is an integral member of the Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra (found on four albums), the Leonisa Ardizzone Quartet (two albums), and Justin Hines and the Headphones. Jess has performed in New York City venues such as Birdland, the Blue Note, the Jazz Standard, Symphony Space, Town Hall, and Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall). Jess's website is, not surprisingly, jessjurkovic.com

JOE FONDA (Bass) is a composer, bassist, recording artist, interdisciplinary performer, producer, and educator. An accomplished international Jazz artist, Fonda has performed with his own ensembles throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. He has collaborated and performed with such artists as Anthony Braxton, Archie Shepp, Ken McIntyre, Lou Donaldson, Bill and Kenny Barron, Leo Smith, Perry Robinson, Dave Douglas, Curtis Fuller, Bill Dixon, Han Bennink, Bobby Naughton, Xu Fengia, Randy Weston, Gebhard Ullmann, Carla Bley, Carlo Zingaro, Barry Altschul, and Billy Bang. Fonda was the bassist with the renowned Anthony Braxton sextet, octet, tentet, from 1984 through 1999. Fonda also sat on the Board of Directors from 1994 to 1999, and was the President from 1997 to 1999 of the newly formed Tri-Centric Foundation. He has also performed with the 38-piece Tri-Centric orchestra under the direction of Anthony Braxton, and was the bassist for the premiere performance of Anthony Braxton’s opera, Shalla Fears for the Poor, performed at the John Jay Theater in New York, New York, October 1996.

ROB GARCIA (Drums) is a drummer, composer, bandleader and educator hailed as "a prime mover in the current Brooklyn jazz scene" (Time Out New York) and "one of New York's great jazz drummers and composers" (Capital New York), Rob Garcia is a vital force in contemporary jazz as both sideman and bandleader. He has collaborated with Joe Lovano, Sheila Jordan, Dave Liebman, David Byrne, Wynton Marsalis, the Kronos Quartet, Joseph Jarman, Catherine Russell, Vince Giordano, Ghost Train Orchestra and many others, appearing on over 75 recordings—including Grammy winners—and touring worldwide. As a bandleader and co-leader, Rob has released 14 critically acclaimed albums, most recently Natural Bounce (2023) and Illumination (2020) on Fresh Sound Records, earning consistent praise from DownBeat, The New York Times, and JazzTimes. Additionally, Rob founded and co-directs Connection Works (501c3) and is a member of the Brooklyn Jazz Underground, championing artist-run organizations that help jazz thrive in the 21st century. www.robgarciamusic.com

GE ENRIQUE (Piano/Vocal "Xana DuMe") is a Brooklyn-based actor, singer, voice-over artist, musician, and award-winning composer. They have performed in productions in NYC, regionally, and internationally, and can be found taking requests in various piano bars throughout the city. Their musical shorts Cookie Soirée and Mission to the Moon: A Tardigrade Tale, with book and lyrics by Justin Anthony Long, can be licensed through Music Theatre International (MTI). They have also written music for the short film Retribution’s Child and the upcoming dance film Rise, both written and directed by Cary Patrick Martin. Ge is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association and ASCAP. As with all things performance, this is for dad. www.geenrique.com

Born in Jersey City, SUSAN GOODMAN JACKSON (Tenor Saxophone "Xana DuMe") was smitten with jazz and Brazilian music upon hearing the iconic album Native Dancer by saxophonist Wayne Shorter and vocalist Milton Nascimento. She studied sax with Jerry Bergonzi and began gigging around Boston, New York, Atlantic City, Philly, then back to the New York area. The birth of her sons, Dylan and Miles, inspired the recording of several albums of Latin- and Afro-beat-influenced original songs for children (under the moniker ‘Sooz’). A passion for social justice inspired Stand Up! Speak Out! and Live Out Loud, two CDs of original songs celebrating our differences, featured in her bias-awareness educational presentations. Refocusing on jazz, she recorded some of her most-beloved jazz classics on Central Park West. Just a few years ago, Susan began studying tap with Felipe Galganni, was smitten once again, and is honored to be here at The Joyce with Xana!

AJ JAGANNATH (SOD Electric Guitar) was born and raised in Harrisburg, and became infatuated with the guitar at age 13, after a foot injury prevented him from playing sports over one summer. He had many early musical influences to draw from between his mother’s Western classical piano training, his father’s love of music and extensive record collection, and his grandmother’s knowledge and proficiency in singing Carnatic music. Using effects pedals, multiple amplifiers, triggered sounds, and live looping, Jagannath strives to create a rich sonic atmosphere with the guitar that goes beyond the scope of sounds traditionally associated with the instrument. Jagannath has performed on stages such as the Apollo Theater, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Bowery Ballroom, Brooklyn Bowl, ABC’s The View, and more. He lives in Queens, New York, where he runs a recording studio and works as an engineer.

OKAI MUSIK (SOD Percussionist), Brooklyn-born with Haitian descent, was beating on anything that he could get his hands onto help his imagination grow from a young age. His ears became infected with the hard boom-bap drum loops of hip-hop, and roots music from the Caribbean. Those sounds led him on a musical path to find rock, jazz, samba, salsa, rumba, and pretty much anything that involves percussion. Musik has had the pleasure of performing before audiences at Brooklyn Museum, the legendary African art auction exhibition at Sotheby’s, Madison Square Garden, Carnegie Hall, and other venues throughout the United States. Internationally, Cuba, Haiti, Puerto Rico, Canada, Tanzania, Ivory Coast, Australia, Japan, and Brazil have been showered with his sounds, and soon the rest of the world will.

RYAN STANBURY (SOD Trumpet/Musical Director), creatively known as “Ryan the Artkitect,” is a Jamaican-American recording artist, arranger, and alchemist from northern New Jersey. Baptized by the vibrations of sweet Reggae music and raised to the tune of Brooklyn block parties and American popular music, Stanbury began his musical journey at the age of seven, first on the violin, followed by the trumpet, and then percussion. He has performed on stages across New York City, the United States, and abroad as a musician and musical director with a vast array of performers. Stanbury’s musical offerings can be heard throughout an ever-expanding catalog of recorded collaborations as an instrumentalist, composer, producer, and mixing engineer by way of his music production studio, Wilberforce & Annie, a boutique production house founded on amplifying the voices of now.

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

MARY DOVE (Marketing) is Co-Chairperson of the Board of Directors at the Duke Ellington Center for the Arts and a board member of the American Tap Dance Foundation, where she supports the tap community through her work on Tap City. In her role in marketing for the festival, she helps amplify the visibility of artists and celebrate tap as a vital, living art form. She has long been a friend of the tap community, attending performances and supporting artists over the years, including time spent at Woodpeckers Studio with Brenda Bufalino and Tony Waag during meaningful moments in its history. A psychotherapist with a private practice in Chelsea and a counseling role at The Juilliard School, Mary brings a deep appreciation for the connection between creativity and well-being. Mary is committed to strengthening and uplifting the tap community through storytelling, collaboration, and cultural preservation.

ALEX MARTIN (A-Team) is a dancer, choreographer and educator with a BFA in Dance from Wayne State University. Originally from Michigan, she relocated to NYC post-graduation and has worked with numerous companies, including The American Tap Dance Foundation, Dorrance Dance, Evolve Dance, John Zullo/Raw Movement, and Nicholas Leichter Dance. Alex was an Administrative Assistant with Dorrance Dance for several years and has worked with The American Tap Dance Foundation for over 15 years as a Festival and Workstudy Coordinator. Currently, Alex devotes her time teaching over 40 classes per week throughout New York and is the Artistic Director of the MK Dance Company and Project Manager at Rivertown Dance Academy.

MORGAN MCMAHON (A-Team) is a Manhattan based dance and visual artist, currently working under the name Glassware Lounge. She graduated with a BA in Dance and Arts Management from the University of WisconsinStevens Point in 2014. Upon graduation, she moved to New York City and began work with American Tap Dance Foundation and Tony Waag. Morgan has performed at the Martha Graham Theater, Eden’s Expressway in Greenwich Village, and Symphony Space among others. Aside from dance and visual art, she is also a private Pilates instructor in NYC since 2015.

IVAN OWENS (A-Team) is a passionate, genre-spanning artist whose work spans global stages, television, and film, including New Amsterdam, Good Morning America, Spirited, Passing, Y2K, the Bridgerton Live Event, and Brandy. His journey has taken him from featured performances in Tokyo Disney’s tap show Big Bang Beat to joining Chloé Arnold’s tap company, Apt33, in New York. He later became an Artist-in-Residence and teacher with the American Tap Dance Foundation. Throughout his career, Ivan has performed in works by esteemed artists including Debbie Allen, Chloé Arnold, Maud Arnold, Tony Waag, Frank Gatson, Tonya Pinkins, DeWitt Fleming Jr., Leo Moctezuma, Lyrik Cruz, and Susan H.

TECHNICAL STAFF

SLOANE FISCHER (Production Stage Manager) is a NY based Stage Manager with a BA in Stage Management from PACE University. She thrives working on intimate plays, new plays, and creating theater that connects with people. She has stage managed countless productions all over New York, and has traveled with productions to Los Angeles and Scotland! Some notable credits include: The Keen Teens Festival 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (PSM), and The Year of Magical Thinking (ASM) with Keen Company; Grief, A One-Man Shit-Show (PSM) with Red Deer productions; How to Find a Husband in 37 Years or Longer (PSM) at numerous theater venues including the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; (Un)Conditional (PSM) at Soho Playhouse, The Pocket Park Kids and The Hula Hoopin Queen (PSM) with New York City Children’s Theater, and The Duke Ellington concert in 2024 & 2025 (PSM) at Symphony Space. She is thrilled to be working with Tony again and all the creatives on this show!

KATHY KAUFMANN (Lighting Designer) is a New York City native, and twotime Bessie recipient whose work has been seen throughout North America, Europe and Asia. She is resident designer at DanspaceProject at St. Marks Church, and has taught at Sarah Lawrence and NYU. She designs regularly for Dorrance Dance, Ephrat Asherie Dance, Music from The Sole, Joanna Kotze, The Bang Group, Mariana Valencia, Megan Williams, Vicky Schick, Koma Otake, and National Dance Institute. She is delighted to be collaborating with all of the artists celebrating Tap City’s 25th anniversary.

KENNY FELDMAN (Sound Designer) is delighted to be back handling the sound for ATDF. Kenny has been mixing sounds in New York City at various venues since 1991. Favorite experiences include recording the Vanguard Concert Series for the Violin Channel featuring Joshua Bell, sound design for the experimental opera Eat The Document at HERE, mixing Cannabis! A Viper Vaudeville at La Mama, mixing The Orchard at BAC, and sound designing over a dozen plays for Neighborhood Playhouse. He holds a BS in Sound Recording Technology from SUNY Fredonia.

KEVIN RABINOVICH (Assistant Stage Manager) is an abolitionist producer and director. His production company, Dangerously Persistent, has produced events and videos for the likes of Zohran Mamdani, Bernie Sanders, Democracy Now!, IfNotNow, Jewish Voice for Peace, the Democratic Socialists of America, Sunrise Movement, and Working Families Party.

THE

AMERICAN

TAP DANCE FOUNDATION

(ATDF) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing and advancing tap as a vital component of American dance through creation, presentation, education, and preservation. Recognized as a leader in the field locally, nationally, and internationally, ATDF is committed to sustaining tap as a flourishing contemporary art form, providing comprehensive training for new generations of dancers, and safeguarding the legacy of the great tap masters. Founded in 1986 by Brenda Bufalino, Tony Waag, and Charles “Honi” Coles as the American Tap Dance Orchestra, the organization pioneered a concert-based approach to tap dance, expanding the form beyond traditional routines into full-length theatrical works of musical and choreographic complexity. In 2002, under Waag’s leadership, the organization was renamed the American Tap Dance Foundation, broadening its scope to include Tap City, the annual New York City Tap Festival, along with year-round educational programs, performances, awards initiatives, and archival preservation efforts. Over the decades, ATDF has played a central role in the evolution of tap dance, presenting landmark performances, supporting emerging artists, and developing extensive educational and community programs. Its legacy includes national and international touring, the establishment of the International Tap Dance Hall of Fame and Hoofer Awards, and the creation of one of the most significant tap archives, now housed at the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Today, ATDF continues its work as a steward of tap dance history and a catalyst for its future.

For information about future ATDF projects, visit atdf.org or email info@atdf.org.

SPECIAL THANKS

Special thanks go to: Deborah Mitchell for donating the use of the Stairs Unit, Danni Gee & Linda Shelton and the entire staff at The Joyce, Dawn Martino, Larry Schneider and Richard Stuckmeyer, Billy Zavelson at Richard Kornberg & Associates, Laura Colby at Elsie Management, Gabby Benavides at Dorrance Dance, Mary Dove, Curtis Houlihan, Adria Rolnik, Lucian Husac who designed the Commemorative Program, my mentor Brenda Bufalino, Gregory Hines, Max Pollak for the use of his recording and composition SAMBA DO BARBA, Hoagy Bix Carmichael, Charles “Honi” Coles and the Copasetics and all the dancers, teachers, students, families, friends, collaborators, staff, volunteers, my A-Team, ATDO & ATDF board members (former & current), vendors, audiences, donors, especially my anonymous angel whose support made it all possible in the first place. I thank my extraordinary family, particularly my parents, my sisters Cindy Roush and Stephanie Waag Blackmon, and my husband Mark Kellogg, for their unwavering support and love.

Gratitude goes to the following individuals for their generous donations: Kathleen Axen, Debra and Anson Beard, Hoagy Carmichael, Lynn Dally, Duke Dang and Charles Rosen, Mercedes Ellington, Maurine Footer, Nancy and Joel Kremsdorf, Ted Mineo, David Pellegrino and Dean Williamson, Kathleen Sundt and Michael Shanahan, Richard Shuback & Kim Thacker. (As of April 9, 2026)

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:

LuEsther T. Mertz

Charitable Trust

Season Sponsor:

Champion support for The Joyce's annual programming:

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

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

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

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

To achieve this, we will:

• Create and implement proactive diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice initiatives;

• Establish and maintain a culture of safe sharing, intentional listening, learning, and growth;

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

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

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

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

LINDA SHELTON

Executive Assistant........................................................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

Development Intern..........................................................Jennifer McDonald

Director of Programming Danni Gee

Artist Services Manager..........................................................Barb Domue

Programming Manager.....................................................................Kate Ross

Director of Dance Education & Family Programs Heather McCartney

Dance Education & Family Programs Manager.....................................

.............................................................................................................Joyce Laoagan

Dance Education Intern...................................................Britney McGregor

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.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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

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

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

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

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...............................Lauren Marcolus Studio Operations Associates..............Kristin Maugeri, Calvin Osorio, Matt Del Rosario Studio Facilities................................................Carolyn Best, Stephon Bines, 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.................................................................Risk Strategies Company

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

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)

Toni Hoover

Leslie Jameson

James I. McLaren

Meryl Rosofsky

Saul Sanders

Kathleen A. Scott

Linda Shelton

Lauren E. Shortt

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

Benefactor's Circle

($25,000 and above)

Anonymous

Sarah Arison

Jeff and Susan Campbell

Catskill Mountain Foundation

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

Melina Fisher

Gregg & Jean Frankel

Jane E. Goldberg

Elzbieta Grove

Heartfelt Wings Foundation

Mr. James McLaren & Ms. Lawton Fitt

Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels

President's Circle

($15,000 and above)

Anonymous

Jen Ablon

Barbara Berliner and Sol Rymer

Citizens Private Bank

Henry Luce Foundation

Sharon B. Gurwitz

Tatiana Piankova Foundation

Karen Roth

Kathleen A. Scott

The Joseph Leroy and Ann C. Warner Fund

Vicente Wolf

Impresario’s Circle

($10,000 and above)

Anonymous

Rick & Nurit Amdur

Ms. Monica Azare

Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Dr. John Bonavita-Goldman

Mr. Torrence Boone

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

Ms. Takako Asakawa

Rob Ashford

Anne-Victoire Auriault

The Barbara Bell Cumming

Charitable Trust

Andrew & Froma Benerofe

Jan Berris

Ajay Bhandaram

Marty and Louise Bickman

Judi Rappoport Blitzer & David M. Blitzer

Robert Brenner

Donna B. Case

Chris Coulthrust

Creeggan Hill Family

Ms. Georgina Cullman

Carol Davis and Joel Marcus, M.D.

Jeffrey Davis & Michael T. Miller

Ms. Patricia Dugan, in memory of William Perlmuth

Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman

Owls Fund at the Triangle Community Foundation

Jane Gilbert

Emi Gittleman

Mr. Robert Greenberg & Ms. Linda Novak

The Randall and Mary Hack Foundation

Elizabeth Anne Hartman

Christopher Jones & Deborah McAlister

David Kernahan

Alan & Gail Koss

Jonathan Levinson

Mr. Robert Littman & Mr. Sully Bonnelly

William Lockwood

Uttara P. Marti

Andrew Martin-Weber

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

Karen Brooks Hopkins

Lynn Hopkins

David H Hughes Jr

Alexandra Hylton

Mary & David Iles

Jasteka Foundation

Rebecca Josue

Gloria & Michael Kadish

Kenneth S. Kail & Ivy Hwang

John Kalish & Susan Niederman

Margaret Kaplen

Ms. Jane Karol

Dennis & Sharon Karr

Jane Kendall

John Kirby

Ed Krugman & Ethel Klein

Murray & Sylvana Klein

Vasili Krishnamurti

Ms. Natalie Kuhn

Bette Lacombe

Mr. David Lakari

Ilene H. Lang

Nancy Lashine

Dr. Dennis Leach Sr.

Jean Lee

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Howard & Elaine Leventhal Charitable Fund

Ms. Anne Levy

Judith Lewis

William Lewis

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Robert & Dorina Link

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Joseph Marger

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Jeff Melvin

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Judith Musiker

Judy Musiker

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John Owen

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David Pasterski

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Meixi Piao

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The Plimpton-Shattuck Fund

Judith J Plows

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Rainbow Sandals Foundation

Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch

Frances A. Resheske

Philip W. Riskin Charitable Foundation

Mary Jo Robertiello

Ann Sahid Rosche

Felicia Rosenfeld

Mr. Peter Rossbach

Mrs. Elsa Ross-Greifinger

Jane K Royal and John C Lantis II

Alina Roytberg

Mrs. Nazak Savitt

Xiomara & Charles Scheidt

Mr. Robert Schoenthal & Ms. Barbara Katz

Mark Schumer

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Kathy and Joel Segall

Margaret E. Selby

Martha Sherman

Julie Simpson

Barbara Jean Sinclair

Mr. Irving Sitnick

Elizabeth Sledge

Joseph Small

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Marilyn Sobel

Leon Sokol

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Temple St. Clair LLC

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Linda Stocknoff

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Yael Mandelstam & Ken Tabachnick

Jon Teeuwissen & Welz Kauffman

Ms. Kimberley Thacker

Jim Tharp

Deirdre Towers

Lucy Vasserman and Brendan Finnegan

Mr. Carlos Victoria

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Julien Wolfe

Elly Karp Wong

AnneAdare Wood

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Barbara Cromer

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Ms. Gabrielle Goldman

Mark Evan Goldman

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Maneesh Goyal

Ms. Nancye Green

Dr. Susan Ross Green

Lawrence W. Greene

Jane Gross

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Jane Groveman

Elaine and Charles Harris

Laurie Hart

Paul Hastings

Jonathan Hiltz

Thomas Hollingsworth

Mrs. Alixandra Holloway

Alicia Dhyana House

Ralph & Lynn Huber

Daphne Hurford & Sanford Padwe

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Robert Mihalik

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Jessica Mindnich

Bertram Moody

Dot Morgan

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Deb Murnin

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Jake Musiker

Drs. Benjamin Natelson & Gudrun Lange

The New York Community Trust

Joyce O'Brien

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Ms. Kendra Osterman

Olivier Pechou

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Stephanie Goldson & Stephen Rappaport

Lindy Shuttleworth & Arthur Reichstetter

Linda and Norman Reimer

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Ariane Schaffer

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Nancy Sibell

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Doug Steiner

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Harriet Stollman

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Greg Sullivan

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Gary Tannenbaum & Helen J. Mills

The Winkler Prins Charitable Fund

Rachel Theilheimer

Lisa Tillinghast

Dana Troetel & George Papageorge

Ms. Marianna Vaidman Stone & Mr. Eric Stone

Ronald Walcott

Gregory V Ward

Joan Waricha

Michael Wehman

Carol Weil

Kate Weil

Elisabeth Brivic and Alexander Weindling

Jacqueline Welch

George S. Werner & Li Werner

Mai Yee

Gregory Youdan Jr.

Evan Zazula

Eloise Zeller

FACILITIES & SERVICES

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

Box Office (212-242-0800): Open Monday thru Sunday, 12pm - 6pm. On days when there is a performance, the box office is open through curtain time; advance sales stop ½ hour prior to curtain time (including matinees). Closed on major holidays. For Hearing Impaired call (TDD) 212-245-2904. To report Lost & Found items, please see an usher or call 212-691-9740.

EMERGENCY RESUSCITATION EQUIPMENT

Resuscitation masks and latex gloves are located in the closet next to the drinking fountain in the Upper Lobby. AED is located downstairs in the reception area. LEARN CPR. For more information, contact the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association.

FIRE NOTICE: The exit indicated by a red light and sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of fire or other emergency, please walk —do not run— to that exit. WARNING: The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited within the auditorium. Violators will be punished with confiscation of recording device or ejection from the theater, and may be held liable for money damages.