Trisha Brown Dance Company Program Book

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The Joyce Theater Foundation presents

FOUNDING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER

Trisha Brown

ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Carolyn Lucas

ASSISTANT REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Cecily Campbell

DANCERS

Christian Allen

Cecily Campbell

Savannah Gaillard

Lindsey Jones

Burr Johnson

Catherine Kirk

Ashley Merker

Patrick Needham

Jennifer Payán

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Kirstin Kapustik

PROGRAMMING DIRECTOR

Jamie Scott

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, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels.

Major support for this engagement was provided through a grant from The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation to encourage the performance of New York City-based dance companies at The Joyce Theater. The Joyce acknowledges the Doris Duke Foundation for its generous endowment gift to support dance performances at The Joyce Theater.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Welcome to Trisha Brown Dance Company’s 2024 Joyce Season! We are thrilled you are here and excited to share with you this evening’s program, including our second commission by a choreographer other than Trisha, Noé Soulier’s In the Fall.

Glacial Decoy, Trisha’s first collaboration with visual artist Robert Rauschenberg and considered one of her masterworks, premiered at the Children’s Theatre in Minnesota in May 1979. For Trisha, placing choreography on the stage for the first time marked a brave departure from the work she had been doing with Grand Union and Judson Dance Theater in the ‘60s and ‘70s. The proscenium brought with it both new possibilities and new complexities: dancers, space, theater, collaborators, costumes, sets. All of these components required (and still require) a great effort and dedicated supporters. A special thank you to Anne Livet for being that person, very early on, for Trisha. Fast forward 45 years to today, when the prevailing winds of culture ask for faster, shorter, bite sized fragments and the very undertaking of keeping a dance company going feels like an act of radical rebellion.

Brown describes her work in terms of a series of cycles, with each transition to the next cycle as an attempt to forge a new system of choreography. We find ourselves once again transitioning into a new cycle, but this time it is different, the forming of another system all of its own. How better to honor our founder….the queen of experimentation, the ultimate rebel, the baddest of the bad girls… then to forge something new.

This is my first season with Trisha Brown Dance Company as Executive Director. I am so grateful to be a part of a legacy of rebellious experimentation, where boundaries are seen as challenges, and limitations simply force invention. I would like to express gratitude to our supporters, alumni, staff, the dancers you see on the Joyce stage today, and to you, for being here.

This season is dedicated to Trisha’s dear friend and fellow instigator Steve Paxton.

Kirstin Kapustik Executive Director, Trisha Brown Dance Company

GLACIAL DECOY (1979)

Choreography: Trisha Brown

Restaging: Lisa Kraus and Carolyn Lucas

Visual Presentation & Costumes: Robert Rauschenberg

Sound: Ambient

Lighting Design: Beverly Emmons

Performed by

CECILY CAMPBELL • CATHERINE KIRK • LINDSEY JONES ASHLEY MERKER • JENNIFER PAYÁN

"Glacial Decoy is a tough dance to do because you have to have abandon in the movement, which swoops and swells and dives and careens and flings and jabs, and exactitude in the rhythms, shapes, and spacing. You might say “But any dance could ask that!” And then I’d describe to you how its four dancers travel in tandem as though invisibly yoked to a shared harness, yet far enough apart that it’s hard visually to determine those distances, how when limbs fly or actions tip, the dancer who flies higher or spreads wider instantly draws the eye as an exception. It’s a cruel and delightful juxtaposition of dance freedom and bondage. Maybe this is why I love the dance so much."

Lisa Kraus, Thinking Dance; October 24, 2013

Premiere: The Children's Theatre, Minneapolis, MN, May 7, 1979.

Glacial Decoy was made possible by a grant for the National Endowment for the Arts.

Special Thanks to TBDC Alum Amanda Kmett’Pendry.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

- PAUSE -

IN THE FALL (2023)

US PREMIERE

Choreography: Noé Soulier

Sound: Florian Hecker

Lighting Design: Victor Burel and Noé Soulier

Costumes: Kaye Voyce

Performed by

CHRISTIAN ALLEN • CECILY CAMPBELL • SAVANNAH GAILLARD • LINDSEY JONES BURR JOHNSON • CATHERINE KIRK • PATRICK NEEDHAM • JENNIFER PAYÁN

"The legacy of Trisha Brown's work lies not only in the pieces she left us, but also in the intimacy of the bodies of the performers who helped create it over time. The history of dance is not only the history of works, but perhaps above all, the history of ways of rehearsing, warming up, and moving: the history of unique relationships with one's own body, invented by dancers and choreographers together. What interests me deeply about creating a piece for the Trisha Brown Dance Company today is confronting the approach to movement that I'm developing with the unique way of engaging with movement shared by this group of dancers. In many ways, my choreographic vocabulary differs from that of Trisha Brown. Where she reveals the fundamental forces at work in the body with extraordinary clarity and fluidity, I explore inorganic transitions, the gap between intention and gesture, effort and contraction. Despite these apparent contrasts, my approach to movement bears the stamp of Trisha Brown. Even in what distinguishes it, it enters into a dialogue with the incredible renewal of the choreographic field that Trisha Brown helped to bring about."

— Noé Soulier, January 2022

World Premiere: La Quai, Cndc-Angers, France, November 16, 2023.

In the Fall was produced by the Trisha Brown Dance Company with Cndc-Angers, Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels, and Festival d’Automne à Paris. Other major support was provided by Villa Albertine.

- INTERMISSION -

WORKING TITLE (1985)

Choreography: Trisha Brown

Music: Peter Zummo, Six Songs (Suite for Lateral Pass): Sci-Fi, Slow Heart, Song VI, Song IV

Musicans: Mustafa Ahmed (percussion), Guy Klucevsek (accordion), Arthur Russell (cello and voice), Bill Ruyle (marimba and tabla), Peter Zummo (trombone)

Lighting Design: Beverly Emmons

Performed by CHRISTIAN ALLEN • CECILY CAMPBELL • SAVANNAH GAILLARD • LINDSEY JONES BURR JOHNSON • CATHERINE KIRK • PATRICK NEEDHAM • JENNIFER

PAYÁN

“[The work] went on to be a resource for years…broken patterns, making a traveling phrase…. I was thinking about my child-hood (when I ran through the forest over) moss and mud and hardwood and rotten wood. If you’re going fast, you just have to pick where you place your feet. It is a child’s first experience of running fast. But it is not going to be your basic one-two-three, two-two-three, three-two-three. It was totally asymmetrical and unpredictable traveling patterns. It’s an example of something I went on to explore later. It became a subject for me.”

Trisha Brown

Premiere: New York City Center, New York, NY, September 17th, 1985.

Special Thanks to TBDC Alums Lance Gries, Leah Ives, Amanda Kmett’Pendry, Kyle Marshall.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

Trisha Brown Dance Company (TBDC) is a post-modern dance company dedicated to the performance and preservation of the work of Founding Artistic Director and Choreographer, Trisha Brown, and projects related to her legacy. Established in 1970, TBDC has toured throughout the world presenting work, teaching, and building relationships with audiences and artists alike.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Dorothy Lichtenstein, Chair

Jeanne Linnes, President

Bill Wagner, Treasurer

Ruth Cummings

Lawrence P. Hughes

Anne Livet

Tara Lorenzen

Stacy Spence

Trisha Brown, Founding Artistic Director and Choreographer, Kirstin Kapustik, Executive Director, Carolyn Lucas, Associate Artistic Director, Jamie Scott, Programming Director, Beth Rudig, Archive Director, Cecily Campbell, Assistant Rehearsal Director, Amanda Kmett’Pendry, Marketing Manager, Martita Abril, Company Manager, Angelina Pellini, Production/Stage Manager, Joe Levasseur, Lighting Supervisor, David Thomson, Archive Technical Consultant, Diane Madden, Artistic Consultant, Susan Rosenberg, Consulting Historical Scholar, Jennifer Lerner, Public Relations, Lisa Nuñez, Accountant, Thérèse Barbanel, Les Artscéniques, International Representation, Colette de Turville, International Representation

Trisha Brown Dance Company, 315 W. 39th Street, Studio 908 New York, NY 10018

www.trishabrowncompany.org

The Trisha Brown Dance Company is supported by the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, and the Imperfect Family Foundation. Other major support is provided by The Shubert Foundation, the Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, The Nathan Cummings Foundation, Jody and John Arnhold, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, the Hampton Family Foundation of Oregon Community Foundation, and the Harkness Foundation for Dance.

The Trisha Brown Dance Company is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, 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 National Endowment for the Arts.

TBDC also extends special thanks to Trisha Brown Company Board Chair Dorothy Lichtenstein, The Trisha Brown Company Board of Trustees, and the Company’s Individual Donors.

WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY

One of the most acclaimed and influential choreographers and dancers of her time, TRISHA BROWN’s (1936-2017) groundbreaking work forever changed the landscape of art. A student of Anna Halprin, Brown participated in the choreographic composition workshops taught by Robert Dunn – from which Judson Dance Theater was born – greatly contributing to the fervent of interdisciplinary creativity that defined 1960s New York. With the founding of the Trisha Brown Dance Company in 1970, Brown set off on her own distinctive path of artistic investigation and ceaseless experimentation, which extended for 40 years. The creator of over 100 choreographies, six operas, and a graphic artist, whose drawings have earned recognition in numerous museum exhibitions and collections, Brown’s earliest works took impetus from the cityscape of downtown SoHo, where she was a pioneering settler. In the 1970s, as Brown strove to invent an original abstract movement language – one of her singular achievements – it was art galleries, museums, and international exhibitions that provided her work its most important presentation context. A major turning point in Brown’s career occurred in 1979, when she transitioned from working in nontraditional and art world settings to assume the role of a choreographer working within the institutional framework associated with dancing – the proscenium stage.

In her lifetime, Trisha Brown was the recipient of nearly every award available to contemporary choreographers. The first woman to receive the coveted MacArthur ‘Genius’ Grant (in 1991), Brown was honored by five fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts; two John Simon Guggenheim Fellowships; and Brandeis University’s Creative Arts Medal in Dance (1982). In 1988, she was named Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres by the government of France In 1999, she received the New York State Governor’s Arts Award and, in 2003, was honored with the National Medal of Arts. She has received numerous honorary doctorates, is an Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was awarded the 2011 New York Dance and Performance 'Bessie' Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2011, Brown received the prestigious Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize for making an “outstanding contribution to the beauty of the world and to mankind’s enjoyment and understanding of life.”

Today, the Trisha Brown Dance Company continues to perpetuate Brown’s legacy through company programming, educational activities, professional licensing, and engagement of the archive. The dance company continues the process of reconstructing and remounting major works that Brown created for the proscenium stage between 1979 and 2011 and the "In Plain Site,” initiative which draws on Brown’s model for reinvigorating her choreography through its re-siting in relation to new contexts. In 2023 TBDC expanded its activity to include new choreographic commissions giving the 50+ year-old company an opportunity to engage with contemporary artistic voices that have a connection to Brown’s work, while reaffirming its primary role of preserving Brown’s legacy.

WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY

NOÉ SOULIER’s (Choreographer) (he/him) work explores choreography and dance in different settings. The series of choreographic pieces including Removing, Faits et gestes, Second Quartet for the company L.A. Dance Project or The Waves, try to activate the physical memory of the spectators with movements that aim at objects or events that are absent, thus suggesting more than they display. In conceptual projects such as the book Actions, Movements and Gestures or the performance Movement on Movement, he analyzes and describes different ways to conceive movements that aim to offer multiple ways to experience the body. The choreographed exhibition Performing Art, created at Centre Pompidou, reverses the usual position of dance in the museum by choreographing the installation of a selection of works from the collection by professional art handlers on stage. Born in Paris in 1987, Noé Soulier studied at the National Ballet School of Canada and PARTS in Brussels. He received a master’s degree in philosophy at La Sorbonne University (Paris IV) and took part in Palais de Tokyo’s residency program: Le Pavillon. In 2010, he won the first prize of the competition Danse Élargie, organized by Le Théâtre de la Ville in Paris and Le Musée de la danse. In July 2020, he became director of the Centre national de danse contemporaine in Angers.

CAROLYN LUCAS (Associate Artistic Director) (she/her) attended North Carolina School of the Arts and graduated with a BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase before joining Trisha Brown Dance Company in 1984. Lucas originated roles in some of Brown’s most acclaimed works including Lateral Pass (1983), Carmen (1986), Newark (Niweweorce) (1987), Astral Convertible (1989), Foray Forêt (1990), and Astral Converted (1991). Lucas’ dancing has been described in The New York Times as “affecting in her softly penetrating attack” and “especially luminous.” In 1993, Brown appointed Lucas as her Choreographic Assistant, a position Lucas held for 20 years before being named Associate Artistic Director in 2013. As Choreographic Assistant, Lucas played an integral role in Brown’s creation process in dance and opera, working closely alongside Brown for pieces including If you couldn’t see me (1994), its revision to the duet You can see us (1995) with Bill T. Jones and later Mikhail Baryshnikov, Monteverdi’s Orfeo (1998), and its revival in 2002, El Trilogy (2000), Luci Mie Traditrici (2001), It’s a Draw (2002), Winterreise (2002) with Simon Keenlyside, PRESENT TENSE (2003), O Zlozony/O Composite (2004) with étoiles from the Paris Opera Ballet, Da Gelo a Gelo (2006) with Salvatore Sciarrino and La Monnaie, Rameau’s Pygmalion (2010) with William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, Festival d’Aix, Holland Festival and Athens Festival, and Brown’s final work for the Company, I’m going to toss my arms- if you catch them they’re yours (2011) which premiered at Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris. In addition to assisting with new choreography, directing Company rehearsals and restaging existing choreography on the current dancers, Lucas has led projects for companies and institutions around the world, including The New School in NYC, P.A.R.T.S. in Brussels, and Paris Opera Ballet. She was one of the first instructors Brown sent to P.A.R.T.S. to construct a Set and Reset/Reset, whose collaborative, interdisciplinary learning process is now a cornerstone of the Company’s education program. Lucas is currently sharing her firsthand knowledge of three decades of dancing, teaching, and documenting Brown's work for the Trisha Brown Archive. She studied Tai Chi with Maggie Newman and Alexander Technique with June Ekman.

FLORIAN HECKER (Composer) (he/him). In his sound installations and live performances, Florian Hecker (born 1975 in Augsburg, lives and works in Vienna) deals with specific compositional developments of post-war modernity, electro-acoustic music, and other, nonmusical disciplines. He dramatizes space, time, and self-perception in his sonic works by isolating specific auditory events in their singularity, thus stretching the boundaries of their materialization. Their objectual autonomy is exposed while simultaneously evoking sensations, memories, and associations in an immersive intensity.

WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY

PETER ZUMMO’s (Composer) (he/him) work as a composer and trombonist encompasses contemporary-classical and vernacular styles. It is genre non-conforming and still finds a place in any genre. His most recent recordings, of many, include Lateral Pass and Frame Loop, on Foom Music; Watermelon Sun with Tom Skinner, on Brownswood Recordings; Trombilation, on Faux Amis Records; and Dress Code, on Optimo. Perennial audience favorites include Zummo With an X, on Loris Records; Experimenting with Household Chemicals, on Experimental Intermedia; and Slybersonic Tromosome, with Tom Hamilton, on Penumbra. In recognition of Zummo’s countless compositions and performances, Gilles Peterson’s Worldwide FM, in London, gave him its 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award. After the premiere of Lateral Pass, performed here as Working Title, Zummo shared a 'Bessie' Award with Trisha Brown, lighting designer Beverly Emmons, and the artist Nancy Graves, who designed the set and costumes. Other choreographers with whom Zummo has worked include David Dorfman, Irene Hultman, Randy Warshaw, Debra Wanner, Stephanie Woodard, Stephanie Skura, Wendy Perron, Eva Karczag, and Risa Jaroslow. Zummo performs with the B-Twist Orchestra, under Steve Gaboury’s direction, for Marilyn Klaus’s ballet company, Ballets with a Twist. His filmmusic credits include Second Spring, by Andy Kelleher; Wild Combination, by Matt Wolf; Tramas, by Augusto Contento; and Rights of Passing, by Risa Jaroslow. Lately, Zummo has been working as a guest artist, assembling ensembles here and in Europe.

VICTOR BUREL (Lighting Designer) (he/him) was born and raised in Paris. He has been the technical manager and lighting designer for museography and live performance since 2010. He is currently technical manager of the Grange au lac in Evian and a freelance tour technical manager.

BEVERLY EMMONS (Lighting Designer) (she/her) has designed for Broadway, Off-Broadway and Regional Theater, Dance and Opera both in the USA and abroad. Her Broadway credits include Annie Get Your Gun, Jekyll & Hyde, The Heiress, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Stephen Sondheim’s Passion, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, High Rollers, Stepping Out, The Elephant Man, A Day In Hollywood A Night in the Ukraine, The Dresser, Piaf and Doonesbury. Her lighting of Amadeus won a Tony Award. Off-Broadway, she lit Vagina Monologues and has designed many productions with Joseph Chaikin and Meredith Monk. For Robert Wilson, she has designed lighting for productions spanning 13 years; most notably in America, Einstein on the Beach and the Civil Wars Pt V. Ms Emmons’ designs for dance have included works for Trisha Brown, Martha Graham, and Merce Cunningham. She has been awarded seven Tony nominations, the 1976 Lumen award, 1984 and 1986 Bessies, and a 1980 Obie for Distinguished Lighting, and several Maharam/American Theater Wing Design Awards.

ELIZABETH CANNON (Costume Designer) (she/her) is a clothing designer based in New York City. She studied art at the Rhode Island School of Design where she received a BFA in illustration. She originally wrote and illustrated children’s books working closely with Pantheon Books and the Gotham Book Mart where she had three solo shows. After a nine-month stay in Paris, she became interested in the world of couture and began designing and fabricating costumes and clothing. She has often collaborated with other artists, and her work has been included in and has been the subject of many gallery shows in New York City. She maintains a design studio where she creates clothing for a private clientele. She has been very privileged to work with Trisha Brown on numerous projects, including two operas; Wintereisse and Da Gelo a Gelo as well as several Baroque music pieces with the William Christie ensemble Les Arts Florissantes.

KAYE VOYCE (Costume Designer) (she/her) is based in New York City and has designed for theatre, opera, and dance throughout the USA and Europe. Recent projects include: Richard Maxwell's Neutral Hero (Kunstenfestival des Arts (Brussels), Wiener Festwochen (Vienna), Hebbel Theater (Berlin), and the 2011 Festival D'Automne), Leonard Bernstein's A Quiet Place (New York City Opera), Philip Glass' Orphee (Glimmerglass Opera and Portland Opera), Paradise Lost (American Repertory Theatre), Der Menschenfeind (Staatstheater Braunschweig), and The Bacchae (The Public Theatre/Shakespeare in the Park).

WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY

CHRISTIAN ALLEN (Dancer) (he/him) is grew up in Cambridge, MA, where he began dancing at the age of five with JAM’NASTICS INC., a local hip-hop company. His formal dance training began in high school where he studied ballet, modern, and improvisational dance. While pursuing his BFA, and since his graduation from SUNY Purchase in 2015, he has performed repertory from Jodi Melnick, NØA Dance, GREYZONE NYC, Gregory Dolbashian, Adam Barruch, Gabrielle Lamb, Shannon Gillen, Roy Assaf, Aszure Barton, Kyle Abraham, Brian Brooks, Emily Molnar, and Bill T. Jones. Christian premiered Kimberly Bartosik's I hunger for you in 2018 and went on to tour with kimberlybartosik/daela in 2019-2020. He has worked extensively with the Merce Cunningham Trust, including performing in the NYC production of Night of 100 Solos in 2019 and receiving his Cunningham teacher certification in 2022.

CECILY CAMPBELL (Dancer/Assistant Rehearsal Director) (she/her) was born and raised in Santa Fe, NM and holds a BFA in dance from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. She was a company member of Shen Wei Dance Arts from 2008 to 2013 and joined the Trisha Brown Dance Company in 2012. She has performed repertory spanning Trisha Brown's 40year career and has taught master classes and workshops around the world in technique, repertory, improvisation, and composition. She has re-staged Trisha Brown’s work on multiple companies including Set and Reset/Reset at the Venice Biennale College Danza, Newark and Foray Forêt on the Lyon Opera Ballet, Solo Olos on A.I.M., Solo Olos at CNDC in Angers, France, and Set and Reset/Reset at The Juilliard School. She performed in the 'Bessie' award-winning Night of 100 Solos as part of the Merce Cunningham Centennial at Brooklyn Academy of Music and made her Metropolitan Opera debut last fall in The Hours, choreographed by Annie-B Parson. Cecily would like to dedicate these performances to her father, whose unwavering support set all things in motion.

SAVANNAH GAILLARD (Dancer) (she/her) is a movement artist and motion graphics designer from Northern Virginia. She received her BFA in Dance and minor in Public Health from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Savannah has performed works by Wayne McGregor, Ronald K. Brown, Sidra Bell, Rodney Hamilton, Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Reiner, Mathew James, and Nicole Mannarino. She studied improvisation and gaga in Berlin and Tel Aviv under Meg Stewart, Judith Sanchez-Ruiz, Leila McMillan, Shahar Binyami, and Ohad Naharin. She performed Off-Broadway in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Oklahoma Dream Ballet (2018) and Nevermore Immersive’s Dreams of Dracula (2023). Savannah creates durational, multi-media, set improvisation scores. Her work has been shown in the Jack Crystal Theater, Lightbox NYC, and the Junction Function NYC. Savannah is enthusiastic to begin her first season with the Trisha Brown Dance Company.

LINDSEY JONES (Dancer) (she/her) is a Brooklyn-based dance artist, herbalist, originally from St. Louis, MO. Jones, a SUNY Purchase alumna, has collaborated with; Pam Tanowitz Dance, Dance Heginbotham, Kimberly Bartosik, Sally Silvers, Bill Young, Caleb Teicher, among others. Since 2012, she has worked regularly with the Merce Cunningham Trust on restagings and workshops, including the 'Bessie' award-winning Night of 100 Solos: A Centennial Event at BAM and was featured in Alla Kovgan’s 3D film CUNNINGHAM. Jones teaches a variety of movement-based classes including Cunningham technique, Dance for Parkinson’s, as well as classes that combine movement and herbalism. She was a 2022/2023 fellow at the New York Public Library, researching Dance & Ecology and is in her final year at Arbor Vitae School of Traditional Herbalism. Jones joined the Trisha Brown Dance Company in 2023.

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BURR JOHNSON (Dancer) (he/him) currently dances with Kimberly Bartosik/ daela, Netta Yerushalmy, and Trisha Brown Dance Company. He has performed with John Jasperse Projects (2010-2016), Shen Wei Dance Arts (2009-2017), Marina Abramović/GIVENCHY, Ryan McNamara, Boris Charmatz, Isabel Lewis, Christopher Williams, Sally Silvers, Bill Young, Jack Ferver, Moriah Evans, and The Merce Cunningham Trust for Night of 100 Solos (LA). He is a 2020 New York Dance and Performance 'Bessie' Award honoree for individual performance in Kimberly Bartosik’s through the mirror of their eyes. His choreographic work has been presented through Movement Research, Abrons Art Center, Danspace Project, American Dance Festival, Gibney, Works & Process at the Guggenheim Museum, and The Future Dance Festival at The Joyce Theater. He has guesttaught at Philadelphia University of the Arts, the University of Utah, Salem College, MoMA PS1, Goucher College, Virginia Commonwealth University, UNC Greensboro, Purchase College, The Juilliard Dance Division, and American Dance Festival. He has received artist residencies through New York Live Arts’ Studio Series, The Ellis-Beauregard Foundation in Rockland, ME, and Redtail Arts in Jamaica, Queens. In Spring 2024, he will participate as a choreographer in The AIley School’s New Directions Choreography Lab with mentorship from Melanie George (BFA Virginia Commonwealth University).

CATHERINE KIRK (Dancer) (she/her) is a performing artist, choreographer, and yoga teacher from the unceded land of the Kiickaapoi and Wichita peoples, now called Dallas, TX. She graduated with a BFA from New York University Tisch School of the Arts and has performed works by Bebe Miller, Doug Varone, Fernando Melo, Ohad Naharin, and Sharon Eyal. She has collaborated and performed with Jasmine Hearn Collaborates, Burr Johnson, Helen Simoneau Danse, and UNA Productions, and held choreographic and artistic residencies at Art Cake Brooklyn and the Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation. Catherine is currently in her 11th year as a Dancer and Administrative Associate for A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, and in her second season with Trisha Brown Dance Company.

ASHLEY MERKER (Dancer) (she/her) is a Brooklyn based dance artist, and GYROTONIC® and Pilates instructor. Originally from Denver, CO, Ashley began her dance training at an early age. She earned her BFA from The Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase where she performed works by Kimberly Bartosik, Hannah Garner, Aszure Barton, Martha Graham, Trisha Brown, Adam Barruch, and Doug Varone. She also studied at Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts in Perth, Australia where she performed work by Rhianon Newton. Upon graduation, she was invited to join Buglisi Dance Theatre under the direction of Jacqulyn Buglisi, and has since performed with Doug Varone and Dancers, Emma Cianchi, Claude Johnson, Nicole Fuentes, and Jody Oberfelder.

PATRICK NEEDHAM (Dancer) (he/him) is an LA native living in New York City, where he earned his BFA in Dance and Choreography from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Along with being a current member of the Trisha Brown Dance Company, he has enjoyed collaborating with choreographers such as Anneke Hansen, Netta Yerushalmy, and Kendra Portier, among others. Needham has performed experimental dance theater with Company SBB and HOLDTIGHT. Teaching highlights include summer dance intensives at the ASWARA School of Dance in Malaysia and WESTSIDE Dance Project in Southern California. Needham’s most recent endeavor has been teaching for the Trisha Brown Dance Company's Education programs, all while pursuing his performance career. Currently, he is thrilled to be focusing on a new chapter of creating his own choreography repertoire for future performances and events.

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JENNIFER PAYÁN (Dancer) (she/her) is a New York City based dance artist and Pilates instructor originally from the Bronx, NY, living in Jersey City, NJ. Confirming her passion for the arts, Jennifer received her BFA in Dance with Magna Cum Laude honors from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Upon graduating, Jennifer performed with Pam Tanowitz Dance, Netta Yerushalmy, Lee Saar the Company, Jasmin Hearn Collaborates, UNA Productions, GREYZONE, Company SBB, and Punch Drunk’s Sleep No More. Beyond concert dancing, she featured in various film/commercial performances choreographed by Yara Travieso, Warren Adams, Amy Gardner, Bobbi Jene Smith, Solange Knowles, Maleek Washington, among others. Currently, Jennifer is entering her seventh year with Company SBB and serves as the Associate Artistic Director since 2021. In 2024, she rejoined Punch Drunk’s Sleep No More as a Resident performer. This is Jennifer’s fourth Joyce season with the Trisha Brown Dance Company and looks forward to dancing onward with this beautiful team of artists.

ANGELINA PELLINI (Production/Stage Manager) (she/her), an Atlanta native, is currently the Assistant Stage Manager for the New York City Ballet. She came to NYCB from Ballet West in Salt Lake City, UT where she was the Stage Manager and Production Operations Coordinator. She has toured nationally and internationally with companies such as the Atlanta Ballet, Trisha Brown Dance Company, and COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet. She enjoys spending her summers in Vail, CO where she has worked at the Vail Dance Festival since 2017. Before coming to Ballet West, she was the Resident Stage Manager for Terminus Modern Ballet Theater and the Emory University Dance and Movement Studies Program, based in Atlanta, GA. Angelina holds a BA in Dance with a concentration in Ballet from Kennesaw State University where she graduated summa cum laude and with honors distinction. Her honors thesis on the danger of underqualified dance education is published in the Kennesaw Journal of Undergraduate Research.

JOE LEVASSEUR (Lighting Supervisor) (he/him) is thrilled to be working for Trisha Brown Dance Company for the first time during this Joyce season. As a lighting designer, he has collaborated with many dance and performance artists including Meredith Monk, Christopher Williams, John Jasperse, Sarah Michelson, Jodi Melnick, Jennifer Monson, Neil Greenberg, and Beth Gill. He lit both Wendy Whelan's 2013 breakout Restless Creature, and her subsequent collaboration with Brian Brooks Some of a Thousand Words (2016). He has received two 'Bessie' awards (including one with Big Dance Theater) and a Knight of Illumination Award for his work on Meredith Monk’s Cellular Songs. When not designing, Levasseur also engages in a visual art practice. Instagram: @sirjoelevasseur / www.joelevasseur.com

Photos from Noé Soulier's In the Fall by Delphine Perrin.

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MAY 30-JUN 2

Ballet Tech Kids Dance

JUN 4-9

Oona Doherty

JUN 11-16

Introdans

JUN 18-23

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana

JUN 25-30

Paul Taylor Dance Company

JUL 2-7

tanzmainz

JUL 9-14

Smuin Contemporary Ballet

JUL 16-21

Dorrance Dance

JUL 23-AUG 11

Pilobolus

AUG 13-18

Ballet Festival

Photo: Oona Doherty in Navy Blue. Photo by D. Matvejevas.

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 475 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

An abundance of gratitude to Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Representative Jerrold Nadler, and Representative Nydia M. Velázquez for their visionary leadership that established the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, which made the reopening of The Joyce Theater in 2021 and the reemergence of many dance companies possible.

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

LuEsther T. Mertz

Charitable Trust

Season Sponsor:

Champion support for The Joyce's Dance Residencies:

Champion support for The Joyce's annual programming:

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

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

The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

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

Assistant to the Executive Director...........Ayo Janeen Jackson

ADMINISTRATION

General Manager

Huong Hoang

Associate General Manager...........................................Katy Myers

Human Resources Manager Sharonica Williams

Office Manager................................................................Christine Guglia

Director of Development Kirsten Munro

Director of Institutional Giving.....................................Jean M. Ross

Director of Individual Giving............................................Meg White

Associate Director of Special Events............................Jesse Chin

Individual Giving Manager...........................................Catherine Eng

Institutional Giving Manager...............................Brianna Anderson

Special Events Associate..................................................Maeve Brady

Development Associate...................................................Hannah Berry

Development Intern............................................Carol SeungWon Lee

Director of Programming Danni Gee

Programming Manager........................................Noa Rui-Piin Weiss

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

Director of Dance Education & Family Programs

Heather McCartney

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

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

Dance Education & Family Programs Intern.....................................

..........................................................................................................Daniel Orozco

Director of Marketing

Andy Sheagren

Associate Director of Marketing Strategy..............Anjali Amin

Digital Marketing Manager...........................................Olivia James

Marketing Manager..............................................................Nadia Halim

Marketing Assistant.................................................................Annie Marx

Marketing Intern.........................................................Mikayla Weissberg

Director of Finance

Margaret Hollenbeck

Finance Associate.......................................................Savá M. B. Martin

Finance Clerk......................................................................Xavier DelValle

Database Administrator.....................................................Jim Seggelink

Director of Information Tech Patricia A. Yost

PRODUCTION

Director of Production Jeff Segal

Lighting Supervisor...................................................................Kelly Atallah

Assistant Production Manager........................................Olivia Brown

Head Audio..................................................................................Sean Mullins

Lighting Board Operator...................................................................OPEN

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.

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.

Producer

JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTIONS

Ross LeClair

Associate Producer.........................................................Bridget Caston

FRONT-OF-HOUSE

Senior House Manager

Samantha Fernandez

House Manager....................................................................Drew O'Bryan

Assistant House Managers..............................................Joseph Burke, Lily Cole, Kenneth Harlin, Chikako Iwahori, Di’Shai Oquendo, Utafumi Takemura, Nicholas Thomas

BOX OFFICE

Box Office Manager..........................................................Lisa Gendell

Supervisors.......................................................Beth Miller, Vanessa Moton

Box Office/JoyceCharge Staff...................................................Kelly Collins, Robert Craddock, Tatiana Gomez, Yulidal Hernandez Kin, Valencia Lombardi-Chisholm, Roy Odom, Jeremy Scharf, Jasmine Webb

OPERATIONS

Director of Operations Lou Albruzzese

Studio Manager (NYCC&D)........................................Tamika Daniels Studio Operations (NYCC&D)..................................................Julia Dunne, Lauren Marcolus, Mak Thornquest

FACILITIES

Facilities Manager Jimmy Ortiz

Maintenance Staff.........................................................Madelin Estrella, Yohanna Hernandez, Pablo Rodriguez

SPECIAL SERVICES FOR THE JOYCE THEATER

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

Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC............................................................... ..........................................................................Kimberly M. Maynard, Esq. Glick and Weintraub PC...................Harry H. Weintraub, Counsel Accounting.....................................................................................Lutz & Carr

Digital Marketing Firm..........................................Capacity Interactive Publicity..........................................................................................Billy Zavelson Printer....................................................Direct Printing Impressions

THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Amit Wadhwaney, Chair

Charles M. Adelman, Vice Chair

Stephanie R. Breslow, Treasurer

Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary

Kerry Clayton, Chair Emeritus

Virginia A. Millhiser, Chair Emerita

R. Richard Ablon

Rob Ashford

Monica F. Azare

John M. Basnage de Beauval

Ajay Bhandaram

Keane Ehsani

Michael Feller

Ronald Gumbaz

Toni Hoover

Robert Musiker

IN MEMORIAM

Theodore S. Bartwink (Trustee 1993-2014)

Tracy Brown (Trustee 2020-2023)

R. Britton Fisher (Trustee 1990-2020)

David D. Holbrook (Trustee 1994-2023)

Richard Lukins (Trustee 1998-2011)

Anh-Tuyet Nguyen (Trustee 2007-2020)

Richard Shea (Trustee 2015-2022)

Monica B. Volstad (Trustee 2016-2023)

Stephen D. Weinroth (Trustee 1996-2022)

Steven M. Pesner

Meryl Rosofsky

Saul Sanders

Linda Shelton

Lauren E. Shortt

Cathy Weinroth

Madelyn Wils

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 February 27, 2024.

Platinum Benefactors ($500,000 and above)

Howard Gilman Foundation

Elysabeth Kleinhans

LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust

Gold Benefactors ($100,000 and above)

Catskill Mountain Foundation

Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer

Ford Foundation

The Harkness Foundation for Dance

MacMillan Family Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Virginia & Timothy Millhiser

New York City Department Cultural Affairs

Robert Pollock

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

Denise Littlefield Sobel

Silver Benefactors ($50,000 and above)

Jody & John Arnhold | Arnhold Foundation

*Ann & George Colony

GKV Charitable Foundation

*Leanne Lachman

National Endowment for the Arts

New York State Council on the Arts

Michèle & Steve Pesner

Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart Coleman

Lauren E. Shortt

The SHS Foundation

Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels

Amit Wadhwaney

Benefactor's Circle ($25,000 and above)

Anonymous (2)

Deborah & Charles Adelman

Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation

Stephanie R. Breslow & Paul Watterson

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

Keane Ehsani

Jamshid & Mahsid Ehsani

*Nancy & Michael Feller

Melina Fisher

*Jane E. Goldberg

Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi

Heartfelt Wings Foundation

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

Henry and Lucy Moses Fund

Bob & Sharon Musiker

National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts

Susan & Greg Pappajohn

The Jerome Robbins Foundation

Saul & Mary Sanders

TD Bank

Cathy Weinroth

Madelyn & Steven Wils

President's Circle ($15,000 and above)

Jen Ablon

Andrea Holbrook

Sharon L. Patrick

Tatiana Piankova Foundation

Barbro Osher Pro

Suecia Foundation

Nancy Sands

Kathleen A. Scott

Impresario’s Circle ($10,000 and above)

Anonymous (3)

Alpern Family Foundation

John Basnage de Beauval

Andrew & Froma Benerofe

Ajay Bhandaram

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Torrence Boone

Con Edison

Leslie & Richard Curtis

John & Margaret Falk

Linda & Martin Fell

FGK Foundation

Gregg & Jean Frankel

Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation

Elzbieta Grove

Judith M. Hoffman

In Honor of Karen Brooks Hopkins

Illuminated Foundation

The Ivill-Weiner Family

Andrew Martin-Weber

*LeConte Moore

*Nō Studios of Milwaukee

*Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch

*Karen Roth

Linda Shelton

Irene Shen

*Leslie Siegel

Jean & Gene Stark

Johanna Weber

*Vicente Wolf

*Ralph Womble & Ashley Edwards

Producer’s Circle ($7,500 and above)

Rick & Nurit Amdur

Judi Rappoport Blitzer & David M. Blitzer

Robert Brenner

Donna B. Case

Elizabeth Anne Hartman

Val Holley & Joseph Plocek

*Alan & Gail Koss

Jonathan Levinson

Cherrie Nanninga

Mr. Stephen Kroll Reidy

Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo

*Ms. Patricia E. Vance

Advocates ($5,000 and above)

Anonymous

Alpern Family Foundation

Neme Alperstein

Sarah Arison

Rob Ashford

Monica Azare

*Sandra Berger

*Marty & Louise Bickman

*Dr. John Bonavita-Goldman

Office of City Council Member Erik Bottcher

The Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust

Chubb LTD

*Cathleen Collins

*Melanie Coronetz & Bruce G. Miller

Jeffrey Davis & Michael T. Miller

Dancers Responding to AIDS

Carol Davis & Joel Marcus, M.D.

Susan Dickler & Sig Van Raan

Linda Ellis

Ania Fryszkowska

*Judith & Alan Fishman

FUSED

French U.S. Exchange in Dance

Paul Feuerman & Bruce Grivetti

*Thomas von Foerster

Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Goodman

Sharon B. Gurwitz

Randall & Mary Hack

Olivia Howard & Greg Griffith

Christopher Jones & Deborah McAlister

*Jane Kendall

Christine Knuth

Elizabeth & Neil Kurtz

*Jayne Lipman & Robert Goodman

Robert R. Littman & Sully Bonnelly

*Joyce F. Menschel

Ronay & Richard Menschel/ Charina Foundation, Inc.

Owls Fund at the Triangle Community Foundation

In loving memory of Bill Perlmuth, Patricia Dugan Perlmuth

*Warrie Price & James David Prince

Rajika & Anupam Puri

Nina B. Quigly

Theresa Alessandro Russo Foundation

Lawrence Safran & Romulo Aromin, Jr.

Margaret E. Selby

*Robert A. Schulman

Barbara Madsen Smith

Christopher Soule

Linda B. Strumpf

*Irving & Elaine Wolbrom

Barbara Wybraniec

Director’s Circle ($2,750 and above)

Anonymous (2)

R. Richard Ablon

Joel & Rhela Aragona

Capezio/Ballet Makers Dance Foundation

Jane Comer

*Chris Coulthrust

The Cowles Charitable Trust

Mary Sharp Cronson

Jan, Dick & Nora Demenus

*Paul S. Engler

Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York

Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson

*Bart Friedman & Wendy Stein

*Emi Gittleman

*Dorothy Goodman

The Harold K. Gross Family Charitable Trust

Susan Ross Green

Ronald E. Hellman & Stephen B. Roberts

*Deborah Kaye

*Vasili Krishnamurti

*Joe Lanteri, New York City Dance Alliance Inc.

Elaine & Howard Leventhal

Mark Littman & Johnny Mendoza

In Memory of John MacDonald

Karen & Martin McDonald

Mutual of America Foundation

Omomuki Foundation

Philip W. Riskin Charitable Foundation

Wes Schafer & Carlos Galtier

Susan & Arnie Scharf

Xiomara & Charles Scheidt

*Fran Schulman

Alex & Wendy Stanton

Marianna Vaidman Stone & Eric Stone

*Temple St Clair LLC

Michelle D. & Claude L. Winfield

Billy F.B. Wong & Stephanie Gordon

In honor of Billy Zavelson

Leaders ($1,000 and above)

Anonymous (10)

Adrienne Albert

Robert Allyn

Gerry & Hank Alpert

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

*Christina Back

Alison Baum

Harvey & Stephanie Benjamin

Cheryl Bergenfeld

*Barbara Berliner

Dorothy Black

Nissan Boury

Barbara & Gary Brandt

*Jonathan Brecht

*Joan Breibart

Edward Brill

Madeline Brine

Gerri Brioso

Matt Brodile

Jeffrey Bruce & Ingrid Steffensen

Joanna Bueche

*Rachael Venner & Michael Byars

Lisa Jo Reimer-Byrne

Ralph & Martine Calder

*Doug & Lisa Caldwell

Linda & Joseph Camardo

*Jeff & Susan Campbell

*Karen Carozza

Peri & David Clark

Mike Coffin

Woody & Janice Collins

Pamela Cook

Caroline & Paul Cronson

Irene Rosner David, in Memory of Dr. Raphael David

Diana Davies

David H. De Weese & Anne Heller

Ms. Beth Rudin DeWoody

The Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Foundation

Domitilia Dos Santos

The Donut Pub

*The Dorothy Fund

Jack & Eleanor Dunn

Trisha & Patrick Duval

Christopher M. Elmore

Suzanne B. Engel

Mr. Richard Erstad & Dr. Gladys Fenichel

David L. Fanger & Martin Wechsler

Erin Feeley-Nahem & Isaac Nahem

*Marion Ilene Fischer

Brian Fitzpatrick

*Judith & Walter Flamenbaum

Pamela Frankel

Dr. Peter & Mrs. Eszter Friedman

Veronique Bogliolo Friedman & Mark Friedman

Tony & Carol Friscia

*Jeffrey Olund & Silvia Furia

*Tom & Nina Geller

Barrie Gillies & William Drummy

Carole Gottlieb

Minda Gralnek

Mason & Kim Granger

Lawrence W. 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

Philip W. Riskin 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

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

Betsy Cornwall

William Cosper

Duke Dang & Charles E. Rosen

*Mary Craig

*Greg Darnieder

Duane Devries

Debora Domass

Michael Eizenberg

Robert Elder & Jacqueline Fox Elder

David & Ingrid Ellen

*Melissa Elstein & Eric Katzman

Dr. Sarah Fox & Mr. Steven Lochie

*Steven Fox

*The Frazza Foundation

Eileen & Cono Fusco

Karen Gershowitz

Elise Larrabure Girasole

Geraldine Glassman

Prof. James A. Glazier

Virginia Gold

Nita & Chuck Goodgal

Katherine Goodman

Lenore & Edward Grabowski

*Jeffrey Gracer

Grant Family Charitable Fund

Bruce Greenwald

Charles & Carol Grossman Family Fund

Jane Groveman

Gina Harman

Charles & Elaine Harris

*Tali Herman

Mr. Michael D. Herskovitz

Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch

Mr. Gregory Ho & Ms. Linda Sanchez

Cheri Hoff

Emma Hood

*Alicia Dhyana House

Ralph & Lynn Huber

*Daphne Hurford & Sanford Padwe

Laura J. Illich

Walter Jaffe & Paul King

*Ann Rosalind Jones

H. David Kaplan

Ethelle Katz

Robert & Marcy Katz

Jan S. Keithly

Jennifer Aley Kenney

Robert & Elaine Klein

Valarie Koch

*Eric & Sandra Krasnoff

*Sanford Krieger

Arthur & Jane Lane

Stephen B. Lane

Nancy Lashine

Kenneth M. LeClair

*Rosanne Legrand

Phyllis & Cary Lemkowitz

Elizabeth & Durwood Littlefield

*David Long

Jennifer & Gideon Malherbe

Joseph M. Marger

*Jennifer Markowitz

Margaret Mastrianni

Judy Mauer

Wendy A. McCain

Victoria Melendez

Tanya Melich & Noel Silverman

Joe Morra

Victoria Morris

Richard J. Moylan

Deb Murnin

Barry Nalebuff

Amanda Lee Neville

*The Carol & Melvin Newman Family Foundation

John Kalish & Susan Niederman

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

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.

FACILITIES & SERVICES

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

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.

HONORING

Robert Musiker & The Family of Max Roach

The world premiere of Max Roach 100 , celebrating the iconic drummer, composer, and activist with new works choreographed by Ayodele Casel, Rennie Harris, and Ronald K. Brown with Malpaso Dance Company, curated by Richard Colton. Dinner and dancing to follow at Tao Downtown Restaurant .