LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO DECEMBER 14, 2021 - JANUARY 2, 2022
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LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO FEATURING COLETTE ADAE SASCHA ALTSCHMERZ LUDMILA BEAULEMOVA VARVARA BRATCHIKOVA MARIA CLUBFOOT HOLLY DEY-ABROAD NADIA DOUMIAFEYVA HELEN HIGHWATERS ELVIRA KHABABGALLINA IRINA KOLESTEROLIKOVA VARVARA LAPTOPOVA EUGENIA REPELSKII OLGA SUPPHOZOVA MAYA THICKENTHIGHYA MINNIE VAN DRIVER SASCHA ALTSCHMERZ JACQUES D’ANIELS BRUNO BACKPFEIFENGESICH BORIS DUMBKOPF NICHOLAS KHACHAFALLENJAR DMITRI LEGUPSKI MARAT LEGUPSKI SERGEY LEGUPSKI VLADIMIR LEGUPSKI BORIS MUDKO YURI SMIRNOV KRAVLJI SNEPEK WILLIAM VANILLA JENS WITZELSUCHT TINO XIRAU-LOPEZ ARTISTIC DIRECTOR TORY DOBRIN ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR ISABEL MARTINEZ RIVERA MANAGING DIRECTOR LIZ HARLER Special thanks to Mary Lynn Bergman Rallis and John Rallis and Denise Littlefield Sobel for their leadership support. Special thanks to our Institutional Supporters: Howard Gilman Foundation; Mertz Gilmore Foundation; The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation; Shubert Foundation; The Harkness Foundation for Dance; NYU Community Fund; and 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 an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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PROGRAM A Week 1 Performances (Dec 14-19), Dec 28, 29, & 30 Performances
LE LAC DES CYGNES (SWAN LAKE, ACT II)
Music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography after Lev Ivanovich Ivanov Costumes by Mike Gonzales Décor by Clio Young Lighting by Kip Marsh Swept up into the magical realm of swans (and birds), this elegiac phantasmagoria of variations and ensembles in line and music is the signature work of Les Ballets Trockadero. The story of Odette, the beautiful princess turned into a swan by the evil sorcerer, and how she is nearly saved by the love of Prince Siegfried, was not so unusual a theme when Tchaikovsky first wrote his ballet in 1877 - the metamorphosis of mortals to birds and vice versa occurs frequently in Russian folklore. The original Swan Lake at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow was treated unsuccessfully; a year after Tchaikovsky's death in 1893, the St. Petersburg Maryinsky Ballet produced the version we know today. Perhaps the world's best known ballet, its appeal seems to stem from the mysterious and pathetic qualities of the heroine juxtaposed with the canonized glamour of 19th century Russian ballet.
Benno: Tino Xirau-Lopez (friend and confidant to) Prince Siegfried: Boris Mudko (who falls in love with) Nadia Doumiafeyva (Queen of the) Swans: Colette Adae, Ludmila Beaulemova, Varvara Bratchikova, Sascha Altschmerz, Holly Dey-Abroad, Minnie van Driver, Elvira Khababgallina, Maya Thickenthighya, (all of whom got this way because of) Von Rothbart: Yuri Smirnov (an evil wizard who goes about turning girls into swans)
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PAS DE DEUX OR MODERN WORK (To be Announced)
NIGHTCRAWLERS Music by Frederic Chopin Choreography by Peter Anastos Costumes by Ryan Hanson Lighting by Erika Johnson Nightcrawlers can be viewed as a sequel to Yes, Virginia, Another Piano Ballet, one of the early successes of the Trocks, choreographed in the 1970s by founding artistic director Peter Anastos. Since Yes, Virginia... is a parody of Jerome Robbins’ Dances at a Gathering, it is only fitting that a parody of In the Night, his other great Chopin ballet, would surface someday, as it did with Nightcrawlers. While Yes, Virginia... is a sunny extroverted daytime ballet, Nightcrawlers is more nocturnal, moody, and introspective. Since both ballets center on the foibles and mishaps dancers undergo, Mr. Anastos has explained his reason for following up with a sequel. He asks “Why shouldn’t they suffer during the evening as much as they do during the day?”
Minnie van Driver with Boris Mudko Elvira Khababgallina with Nicholas Khachafallenjar Maria Clubfoot with Dmitri Legupski
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VALPURGEYEVA NOCH (“WALPURGISNACHT”)
Music by Charles Gounod Staged and with Additional Choreography by Elena Kunikova after Leonid Lavrovsky Costumes by Christopher Anthony Vergara Lighting by Jax Messenger Décor by Kip Marsh This ballet is inspired by the Bolshoi Ballet’s Valpurgeyeva Noch, which Russians have long respected as a specimen of Soviet balletic camp.
Bacchante: Varvara Laptopova Bacchus: Nicholas Khachafallenjar Pan: Sergey Legupski Fauns: Bruno Backpfeifengesich, Dmitri Legupski, Tino Xirau-Lopez, Jens Witzelsucht Nymphs: Sascha Altschmerz, Helen Highwaters, Eugenia Repelskii Maidens: Artists of the Trockadero
PROGRAM B Week 2 Performances (Dec 21-26), Dec 31 & Jan 2 Performances
ChopEniana Music by Frederic Chopin Staged for The Trockadero by Alexandre Minz Costumes by Mike Gonzales, after Benois Décor by John Claassen Lighting by Kip Marsh ChopEniana is an "abstract" classical ballet, without narrative structure or defined characters. Although it atmospherically suggests Giselle and La Sylphide, the sentiments aroused spring from the sublime music of Chopin - the evanescence of dreams, desire, and melancholy.
Nocturne, Op. 32, No. 2 Valse, Op. 70, No. 1 Prelude, Op. 28, No. 7 Mazurka, Op. 67, No. 3 Mazurka, Op. 33, No. 3 Valse, Op. 64, No. 2. Valse, Op. 18., No 1
The Company Maya Thickenthighya Elvira Khababgallina Dmitri Legupski Varvara Laptopova Elvira Khababgallina and Dmitri Legupski The Company
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PAS DE DEUX OR MODERN WORK (To be Announced)
LE GRAND PAS DE QUATRE Music by Cesare Pugni Choreography after Jules Perrot Costumes by Mike Gonzales Lighting by Kip Marsh
It was the idea of Mr. Benjamin Lumley, manager of her Majesty's Theatre in London, to stage a grand divertissement, bringing together the four greatest ballerinas of the romantic age. Through the most delicate diplomacy, he managed to call the celebrated ladies to London, but not, however, without several "artistic misunderstandings." One of these was the choice of who was to receive the favored last variation, each lady certain of her own supremacy. Tactfully, Mr. Lumley offered it to the oldest among them; it is said Madame Taglioni stood quite still while the younger women demurely stepped back. The Gala Divertissement finally took place on June 26, 1845. The choreography was fashioned by Jules Perrot - one English wag likened his task to teaching lions and tigers to waltz in a cage. Mr. Perrot sought to exploit the signature qualities of each danseuse: Grahn's vivaciousness, Grisi's lyrical expressiveness, Cerrito's coquetry, and Taglioni's ethereal mystery. The original Pas de Quatre was danced only four times (Queen Victoria and Prince Albert attended the third performance), but it has served as a model for the ritualistic celebrations of academic dance we now call "abstract ballet." It survives today as one of the most charming (and silly) evocations of Romantic Ballet in the 1840s.
Lucille Grahn: Minnie van Driver Carlotta Grisi: Varvara Laptopova Fanny Cerrito: Helen Highwaters Marie Taglioni: Irina Kolesterolikova
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MAJISIMAS Music by Jules Massenet Staged and with Additional Choreography by Raffaele Morra Costumes by Christopher Anthony Vergara Lighting by Jax Messenger The music for Majisimas, which occurs in the second act of the 1885 opera “EL CID,” provides the opportunity for a seductive, exotic and Spanish-flavored demonstration of the intricate beauty of classical ballet technique.
Nadia Doumiafeyva, Maya Thickenthighya, Minnie van Driver, Maria Clubfoot Jacques d’Aniels, Sascha Altschmerz, Jens Witzelsucht, Dmitri Legupski with Corps de Ballet
Program subject to change without notice. Music for Swan Lake, Les Sylphides, and Pas de Quatre is conducted by Pierre Michel Durand with the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, Pavel Prantl, Leader.
ABOUT THE COMPANY Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo was founded in 1974 by a group of ballet enthusiasts for the purpose of presenting a playful, entertaining view of traditional, classical ballet in parody form and en travesti. Les Ballets Trockadero first performed in the late-late shows in Off-Off Broadway lofts. The Trocks, as they are affectionately known, quickly garnered a major critical essay by Arlene Croce in The New Yorker, which combined with reviews in The New York Times and The Village Voice established the Company as an artistic and popular success. By mid1975, the Trocks’ loving knowledge of dance, comic approach, and commitment to the notion that men can, indeed, dance en pointe without falling flat on their faces, was already garnering attention beyond the Company’s New York home. Articles and notices in publications such as Variety, Oui, The London Daily Telegraph, as well as a Richard Avedon photo essay in Vogue, made the Company nationally and internationally known. The 1975-76 season was a year of growth and full professionalization. The Company found management, qualified for the National Endowment for the Arts Touring Program, and hired a full-time teacher and ballet mistress to oversee daily classes and rehearsals. Also in this season, they made their first extended tours of the United States and Canada. Packing, unpacking, and repacking tutus and drops, stocking giant-sized toe shoes by the case; running for planes and chartered buses all became routine parts of life. Since those beginnings, the Trocks have established themselves as a major dance phenomenon throughout the world. They have participated in dance festivals worldwide and there have been television appearances as varied as a Shirley MacLaine special, The Dick Cavett Show, What's My Line?, Real People, On-Stage America, with Kermit and Miss Piggy on their show Muppet Babies, and a BBC Omnibus special on the world of ballet hosted by Jennifer Saunders. Documentaries about the company, Rebels on Pointe by Bobbi Jo Hart, and Ballerina Boys by Chana Gazit and Martie Barylick, which aired on AMERICAN MASTERS, have been released in the past few years. Awards that the Trocks have garnered over the years include: Best Classical Repertoire from the prestigious Critic’s Circle National Dance Awards (2007) (UK) and nominated as Outstanding Company for 2016; the Theatrical Managers Award (2006) (UK); and the 2007 Positano Award (Italy) for excellence in dance. In December 2008, the Trocks performed for members of the British royal family at the 80th anniversary Royal Variety Performance, to aid of the Entertainment Artistes’ Benevolent Fund, in London. The Trocks’ numerous tours have been both popular and critical successes - their frenzied annual schedule has included appearances in over 35 countries and over 600 cities worldwide since its founding in 1974, including seasons at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow and the Chatelet Theater in Paris. The Company continues to appear in benefits for international AIDS organizations such as DRA (Dancers Responding to AIDS) and Classical Action in New York City, the Life Ball in Vienna, Austria, Dancers for Life in Toronto, Canada, London’s Stonewall Gala and Germany’s AIDS Tanz Gala.
The original concept of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo has not changed. It is a Company of professional male dancers performing the full range of the ballet and modern dance repertoire, including classical and original works in faithful renditions of the manners and conceits of those dance styles. The comedy is achieved by incorporating and exaggerating the foibles, accidents, and underlying incongruities of serious dance. The fact that men dance all the parts - heavy bodies delicately balancing on toes as swans, sylphs, water sprites, romantic princesses, angst-ridden Victorian ladies--enhances rather than mocks the spirit of dance as an art form, delighting and amusing the most knowledgeable, as well as novices, in the audiences. For the future, there are plans for new works in the repertoire: new cities, states and countries to perform in; and for the continuation of the Trocks’ original purpose: to bring the pleasure of dance to the widest possible audience. They will, as they have done for almost fifty years, “Keep on Trockin’.”
MEET THE ARTISTS COLETTE ADAE was orphaned at the age of three when her mother, a ballerina of some dubious distinction, impaled herself on the first violinist’s bow after a series of rather uncontrolled fouette voyage. Colette was raised and educated with the “rats” of the Opera House, but the trauma of her childhood never let her reach her full potential. However, under the kind and watchful eye of the Trockadero, she has begun to flower and we are sure you will enjoy watching her growth. SASCHA ALTSCHMERZ has weariness with the same old issues that they always had—the same boring flaws and anxieties they have been gnawing on for years regarding pirouettes en dedans and en dehors, which leaves them soggy and tasteless and inert regarding petit allegro, with nothing interesting left to think about regarding roles performed throughout their career, nothing left to do but spit them out and wander off to the backyard, ready to dig up some fresher pain they might have buried long ago. LUDMILA BEAULEMOVA, famed country and western ballerina and formerly prima ballerina of the grand Ole Opry, recently defected from that company when they moved to their new Nashville home. The rift was caused by their refusal to stage the ballet with which her name has become synonymous, I Never Promised You a Rose Adagio. VARVARA BRATCHIKOVA, People’s Artist and Cat’s Meow, was educated at the Revanchist Institute. She began her career as Pistachia in V. Stolichnaya’s production of the The Nutcracker and achieved stardom as Odette/Odile/Juliet/Giselle/Aurora in the famous Night of the 1000 Tsars. Her repertoire encompasses nearly all the works in which she appears. MARIA CLUBFOOT, last of the great Native American ballerinas: Larkin, Tallchief (Maria and Marjorie), Clubfoot. Maria, pride of the Luni Tribe, blazed a path with her literal interpretation of “Slaughter on 10th Avenue,” set in the club at Mohegan Sun. Maria appears with the Trockadero under special permission from Federal authorities. HOLLY DEY-ABROAD lacks the talent and intelligence that are required to be good at dancing and does not understand that this lack of talent and intelligence are often the same qualities needed to recognize that one is not good at dancing — and if one lacks such talent and intelligence, one remains ignorant that one is not good at dancing. Consequently, she auditioned for the Trocks and was accepted.
WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY NADIA DOUMIAFEYVA, with her fiery attack, combined with her lyric somnolence, produces confusion in audiences the world over, particularly when applied to ballet. No one who has seen Heliazpopkin will soon forget the spiritual athleticism of Nadia Doumiafeyva, a child of Caucasus who changed her name for show business reasons. HELEN HIGHWATERS has defected to America three times and been promptly returned on each occasion - for "artistic reasons." Recently discovered en omelette at the Easter Egg Hunt in Washington, D.C., she was hired by the Trockadero, where her inexplicable rise to stardom answers the musical question: Who put the bop in the bop-shibop shibop? ELVIRA KHABABGALLINA, voted “the girl most likely to,” is the living example that a common hard-working girl can make it to the top. Our friendly ballerina was pounding the pavement looking for work when the Trockadero found her. Her brilliant technique has endeared her to several fans, as well as to some of the stage hands. Her motto is “a smile is better than talent.” Her nickname is...well, never mind what her nickname is. IRINA KOLESTEROLIKOVA was discovered by kindly peasants, along with Rasputin’s boot, adrift in a basket on the river Neva. Her debut at the Maryinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg was marred by her overzealous grand jete into the Tsar’s box, impaling a Grand Duchess. Banished from Russia, she made her way arduously to New York, where she founded, and still directs, the Ecole de Ballet de Hard-Nox. Her most famous exercise is the warm-up, consisting of a martini and an elevator. VARVARA LAPTOPOVA is one of those rare dancers who, with one look at a ballet, not only knows all the steps but can also dance all the roles. As a former member of the Kiev Toe and Heel Club, she was awarded first-prize at the Pan Siberian Czardash and Kazotski Festival for artistic mis-interpretation. EUGENIA REPELSKII, dancing lightly over pogroms and other sordid reorganizational measures, has emerged as a ballerina nonpareil whose pungency is indisputable. The secrets of Mme. Repelskii's beginnings lie shrouded behind the Kremlin wall; in fact, no fewer than six lie in the wall (in jars of assorted sizes). OLGA SUPPHOZOVA made her first public appearance in a KGB line-up under dubious circumstances. After a seven-year-to-life hiatus, she now returns to her adoring fans. When questioned about her forced sabbatical, Olga’s only comment was “I did it for Art’s sake.” Art, however, said nothing. MINNIE VAN DRIVER, always running to rehearsals, costume fittings and performances, has a strong sense of movement. She has performed worldwide and has a natural aptitude for touring. Famous for her beautiful port de bras, she gives credit to her many hours behind the wheel. JACQUES D’ANIELS was originally trained as an astronaut before entering the world of ballet. Strong but flexible, good natured but dedicated, sensible but not given to unbelievable flights of fantastic behavior, Mr. d’Aniels is an expert on recovering from ballet injuries (including the dread “Pavlova’s clavicle”). BRUNO BACKPFEIFENGESICHT soared into prominence as the first East German defector whose leave-taking was accomplished at the virtual insistence of the defectees (although in subsequent days Herr Backpfeifengesicht was accused of abandoning his joyous comrades for “a mountain of beer and an ocean of dollars”). His meteoric rise to stardom caused him to be named Official Bicentennial Porteur by a committee of New York balletomanes who singled out his winning feet and losing smile.
WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY BORIS DUMBKOPF has been with the greatest ballerinas of our time and he has even danced with some of them. One of the first defective Russian male stars, he left the motherland for purely capitalistic reasons. Amazingly, between his appearances on television and Broadway and in movies, commercials, magazines, special events, and women’s nylons, he occasionally still has time to dance. NICHOLAS KHACHAFALLENJAR, the demi-semi-hemi-character dancer from innermost Outer Tashkent, was awarded the Order of Stalin for his partnering techniques. Although no ballerina has ever lived to describe the thrill of his touch, he continues to astound the public (and elude the police) with his brute strength. He is fondly known in the Trockadero as "Igor the Crusher." THE LEGUPSKI BROTHERS, Dmitri, Marat, Sergey, Timur, and Vladimir, are not really brothers, nor are their names really Dmitri, Marat, Sergey, Timur, or Vladimir, nor are they real Russians, nor can they tell the difference between a pirouette and a jete...but...well... they do move about rather nicely...and...they fit into the costumes. BORIS MUDKO is the Trocks’ newest danseur, having joined only last year. Boris is a drunken but talented Russian from Dzerzhinsk, in the former Soviet Union. He insisted on an audition while the company was on tour. It took some time to sober him up to make him coherent – he was given gallons of tea and several enemas – but finally he was accepted into the company. He has since given up all drink and is doing quite well. YURI SMIRNOV ran away from home at the age of sixteen and joined the Kirov Opera because he thought Borodin was a prescription barbiturate. Luckily for the Trockadero, he soon discovered that he didn’t know his arias from his elbow, and decided to become a ballet star instead. KRAVLJI SNEPEK comes to the Trockadero from his split-level birthplace in Siberia, where he excelled in toe, tap, acrobatic and Hawaiian. This good-natured Slav is famous for his breathtaking technique - a blend of froth and frou-frou centered on a spine of steel, painfully acquired at the hands and feet of his teacher, Glib Generalization, who has already trained many able dancers. As an artist in the classical, heroic, tragical mold, young Kravlji wrenched the heart of all who saw him dance Harlene, the Goat Roper in The Best Little Dacha in Sverdlovsk. WILLIAM VANILLA is very popular within the company, despite the fact that he is American. He is extremely personable, the ballerinas very much enjoy dancing with him, the management finds him agreeable, his costumes are never soiled, his fans admire his directness, he photographs well, he keeps regular hours, brushes his teeth after every meal, and he has never said a bad word about anybody. He will never really understand Russian ballet. JENS WITZELSUCHT has a pure and rare neurological disorder characterized by a tendency to make puns or tell inappropriate jokes or pointless stories in socially inappropriate situations, along with a pathological giddiness with lunatic mood swings. As he does not understand that this behavior is abnormal, he has found a place in the company as one of the more comedic artists. TINO XIRAU-LOPEZ, a well-known figure to the Off-Off-Off audiences, returns to the Trockadero flushed from last season's Nutcracker, in which he played the fiendishly difficult role of the Father. His numerous theatrical successes have not prevented his stern, aristocratic family from disavowing any claims he might make to title.
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CO MPANY STAFF Artistic Director, Tory Dobrin Associate Director / Production Manager, Isabel Martinez Rivera Managing Director, Liz Harler Ballet Master, Raffaele Morra Education Manager, Roy Fialkow Lighting Supervisor, Erika Johnson Wardrobe Supervisor, Nicole Valencia-Gann Development Consultant, LG Capital for Culture Costume Designers, Ken Busbin & Jeffrey Sturdivant Stylistic Guru, Marius Petipa Orthopedic Consultant, Dr. David S. Weiss Photographer, Zoran Jelenic
DANCERS Olga Supphozova and Yuri Smirnov Minnie van Driver and William Vanilla Elvira Khababgallina and Sergey Legupski Varvara Bratchikova and Dmitri Legupski Maria Clubfoot and Tino Xirau-Lopez Helen Highwaters and Vladimir Legupski Sascha Altschmerz Nadia Doumiafeyva and Kravlji Snepek Holly Dey-Abroad and Bruno Backpfeifengesicht Ludmila Beaulemova and Jens Witzelsucht Irina Kolesterolikova and Boris Mudko Colette Adae and Timur Legupski Eugenia Repelskii and Jacques d’Aniels Maya Thickenthighya and Nicholas Khachafallenjar Varvara Laptopova and Boris Dumbkopf
Robert Carter Ugo Cirri Kevin Garcia Giovanni Goffredo Alejandro Gonzalez Duane Gosa Maxfield Haynes Philip Martin Nielson Felix Molinero del Paso Trent Montgomery Giovanni Ravelo Jake Speakman Joshua Thake Haojun Xie Takaomi Yoshino
For booking inquiries, contact Liz Harler (Managing Director) at liz@trockadero.org
COMPANY BIOGRAPHIES ROBERT CARTER Birthplace: Charleston, SC. Training: Robert Ivey Ballet School, Joffrey Ballet School. Joined Trockadero: November 1995. Previous companies: Florence Civic Ballet, Dance Theater of Harlem Ensemble, and Bay Ballet Theater. UGO CIRRI Birthplace: Lausanne, Switzerland. Training: Vevey Youth Ballet School, Association pour la Formation des Jeunes Danseurs, Kirov Academy of Ballet of Washington D.C., Ballettschule Theater Basel, Miami City Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet School. Joined Trockadero: June 2019. Previous Company: Los Angeles Ballet. KEVIN GARCIA Birthplace: Gran Canaria, Spain. Training: Centro Coreografico de Las Palmas Trini Borrull, Conservatory of Dance Carmen Amaya. Joined Trockadero: August 2017. Previous companies: Ballet Jose Manuel Armas, Lifedanscenter, and Peridance Contemporary Dance Company. GIOVANNI GOFFREDO Birthplace: Noci, Italy. Training: Ballett-Akademie Munich (GE), La Scala Opera Ballet School Milan (IT). Joined Trockadero: October 2013. Rejoined: August 2021. Previous companies: DeMa Dance Company, Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, FJK Dance, and Eglevsky Ballet. ALEJANDRO GONZALEZ Birthplace: Holguin, Cuba. Training: Camaguey Academy of Ballet, Habana National School of Ballet Provincial Ballet School, Holguin, Cuba. Joined Trockadero: May 2019. Previous companies: Holguin Chamber Ballet, Ecuadorian Chamber Ballet, and Municipal Ballet of Lima, Peru. DUANE GOSA Birthplace: Chicago IL. Training: University of Akron, Ailey School. Joined Trockadero: September 2013. Previous companies: Jennifer Muller/The Works, Brooklyn Ballet, and The Love Show. MAXFIELD HAYNES Birthplace: Louisville, KY. Training: NYU, San Francisco Ballet School, Louisville Ballet School. Joined Trockadero: September 2017. Rejoined: August 2021. Other Companies: Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Ballez. PHILIP MARTIN NIELSON Birthplace: Middletown, NY. Training: Natasha Bar, School of American Ballet, Chautauqua Institution of Dance. Joined Trockadero: September 2012. Previous company: North Carolina Dance Theater. FELIX MOLINERO DEL PASO Birthplace: Granada, Spain. Training: Hochschule fur Darstellende kunst Frankfurt am Main. Joined Trockadero: August 2019. TRENT MONTGOMERY Birthplace: McGehee, AR. Training: Arkansas Academy of Dance, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Accademiá dell’Arte, Florida State University. Joined Trockadero: August 2021. Previous companies: Arkansas Festival Ballet, Tallahassee Ballet.
GIOVANNI RAVELO Birthplace: Bucaramanga, Colombia. Training: Ballet Anna Pavlova (Bogota), The Rock School, Escuela del Ballet Nacional de Cuba. Joined Trockadero: October 2008. Previous Companies: Roxey Ballet, Ballet Nacional de Colombia. JAKE SPEAKMAN Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA. Training: Marymount Manhattan College. Joined Trockadero: November 2021. Previous company: New York Dance Project, New York Theater Ballet. JOSHUA THAKE Birthplace: Providence, RI. Training: Boston Ballet School, San Francisco Ballet School, Brae Crest School of Classical Ballet. Joined Trockadero: November 2011. Previous company: Man Dance Company of San Francisco. HAOJUN XIE Birthplace: Xi’an, Shaanxi, China. Training: Beijing Dance Academy, Joffrey Ballet School. Joined Trockadero: August 2018. Prevous company: Columbia Classical Ballet Company. TAKAOMI YOSHINO Birthplace: Osaka, Japan. Training: Vaganova Ballet Academy, Ellison Ballet. Joined Trockadero: August 2018. Previous company: Atlantic City Ballet.
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SUPPORTERS Special thanks to our members of the Friends of the Trocks program and our institutional donors for their generous support during Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo’s 2021/2022 season: SPONSOR Mary Lynn Bergman-Rallis*# Denise Littlefield Sobel* ETOILE Mark and Leslie Aaron* Amy Minter*# PREMIER DANSEUR Anonymous (3) James C. P. Berry*# Jane Leslie Burgin Joan Damask* Dr. Christopher R. Joy and Ms. Cathy L. Velenchik Jonathan S. Lee Robert Littman & Sully Bonnelly Richard Slate SUJET Regina Aldisert* Paula Fontenla Chapman Matthew Cluney Dr. Harry & Mr. Paul Gill Darcy Kind Craig Linden Ulla Neuburger Mae Orkisz* Shelly Packer Jenny Palmer# Elizabeth Dorn Parker* Pamela Reinertsen Angela Jane Weisl Marshall Whiteley* Gregg and Beth Wolpert CORYPHEE Anonymous (3) Anonymous# Carol and Al Bartosic Greg Bauer Jo & Tom Billiard* Bob Braun* Mady Buchbinder Ellen and David Freeman Win Gay Catherine Gerasimov* Alan and Monah Gettner David Grant* Mark Grossbard Kirsten Harzewski* Holly Jackson* Nyles Johnson Norman Hanson David Kernahan Joseph Lawrence* Marge Baxter Levine Sharon Luckman
Margaret Lundin Joanne Mastropolo E. Carol Maxwell Mary Jane Morgan Richard Pleak Michael and Marcia Privitera-Kaplan Nicole Rendahl Anthony Richardson Katherine Schubart Jeff Sturdivant Cheryl Swisher Jenni Sunshine Mary Thake* Amal Vitale* David Weiss Laura and Tom Woodward Muh-ching Yee Ed Zirkle QUADRILLE Anonymous Marilyn Bach Gary Bendykowski Garland Blanch Victoria Blume Mildred Bobrovich Rae Bolton Doug Boltson Marion Buchbinder Michele B.F. Campo* Valerie Ceriano* Nicholas Chamousis Suzanne Chun Margo P. Cohen Jean Coker Nelida and Edward Cologna Rita Compton Martha Cooper# Donna D’Ambrosio Diana Davies Margaret Dreisinger Delicia Dunham Valerie Dunlap Geoffrey Flick Corey Phillips Fowler* Yvette Geary Gloria Goldenberg Joseph Gonzalez Lisette Gonzalez Lawrence Greene Kevin Grose Nan Hackett Peter Jaskierny Nyles Johnson* Marcia Kaplan Tom Knechtel Harold John Kooden
Paul Lenci* Judith and Sydney Levine Richard Lanahan Susan Landesman Nancy Magliari John-Claude Martin Norman Masters, Jr. Stephen Mershon Louis Monetti Eva Morgenstern Maki Nakahama Kathryn Naughton Carol Ogletree* Peggy O'Neill Stefano Pedretti Susan Reed-Jones Christine Reynolds Mary Richardson George Rovder Caitlin Ryan* June Ryan Emily Rybinski* Lorrain Salerno Murray Schane Linda Senat Barbara Senden Bernice Silverman Catherine Sullivan Linda Suter* Charles F Tarr & Roy Ziegler* Yuri Tayshete Dale VanDyke Bram Van Tilborg* Nanine Wainwright* Howard Warshower Martin Wechsler and David Fanger Jean Wegener Carol Weil Victoria R. Wooters and Matthew Mattoon * Denotes contribution to the Spring 2021 Company Comeback Campaign # Denotes member of the Trock Flock This list includes current donors from July 1, 2020 through November 2, 2021. If your name is missing or if you see an error above, please email Liz Harler at Liz@trockadero.org and we will make the appropriate update in our public recognition listing in future programs and on our website. All contributions are tax-deductible as provided by law.
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ABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION The Joyce Theater Foundation ("The Joyce," Executive Director, Linda Shelton), a nonprofit organization, has proudly served the dance community for over three decades. Under the direction of founders Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld, Ballet Tech Foundation acquired and The Joyce renovated the Elgin Theater in Chelsea. Opening as The Joyce Theater in 1982, it was named in honor of Joyce Mertz, beloved daughter of LuEsther T. Mertz. It was LuEsther’s clear, undaunted vision and abundant generosity that made it imaginable and ultimately possible to build the theater. Ownership was secured by The Joyce in 2015. The theater is one of the only theaters built by dancers for dance and has provided an intimate and elegant home for over 400 U.S.-based and international companies. The Joyce has also expanded its reach beyond its Chelsea home through off-site presentations at venues ranging in scope from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, to Brooklyn’s Invisible Dog Art Center, and to outdoor programming in spaces such as Hudson River Park. To further support the creation of new work, The Joyce maintains longstanding commissioning and residency programs. Local students and teachers (K–12th grade) benefit from its school program, and family and adult audiences get closer to dance with access to artists. The Joyce’s annual season of about 48 weeks of dance now includes over 340 performances for audiences in excess of 150,000 patrons. Visit Joyce.org for more information.
FUNDERS Many Thanks to The Joyce's Institutional Funders for Keeping Us Moving Forward An abundance of gratitude to Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, Representative Jerrold Nadler, and Representative Nydia M. Velázquez for their visionary leadership that established the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, which has helped make the reopening of The Joyce Theater and the reemergence of many dance companies possible.
Leadership support for The Joyce's year-round programs and services:
Major support for The Joyce's operations and special projects:
LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust Leadership support for The Joyce’s presentation of dance:
Season Sponsor:
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
Major support for The Joyce’s Artist Residency Center:
Lead corporate support: Major support for The Joyce’s American Dance Platform and Harkness First debuts:
ABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION VISION STATEMENT
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The Joyce Theater Foundation is committed to fostering and supporting a diverse and inclusive environment, both on and off stage. We embrace and celebrate diversity in all its forms, and value the rich experiences and perspectives that arise from differences in race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and cognitive and physical ability.
The Joyce Theater operates on the Lenape island of Manhahtaan (Mannahatta) and acknowledges that it was founded upon the stolen land and erasure of many Indigenous communities. This acknowledgement demonstrates our institution’s commitment to the process of dismantling the legacies of colonialism and cultural imperialism.
We strive to counteract the social injustices and racism that exist within our communities, our nation, and our world. Our aim as an organization is to embody the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. To achieve this, we will:
We acknowledge the ongoing violence towards Indigenous people through systemic inequality. We pay our respect to the Indigenous peoples who lived and continue to live upon this land, and whose rich history, artistic practices, and spirituality are tied to this land. It is within our responsibility as a cultural institution and our commitment to diversity and inclusion to embody a commitment to Indigenous rights and cultural equity.
• Create and implement proactive diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice initiatives; • Establish and maintain a culture of safe sharing, intentional listening, learning, and growth; • Engage with and support disenfranchised communities by sharing information and resources and ensuring accessibility; • Develop metrics and conduct regular reviews of our programs and policies to hold ourselves accountable and shift as neededs.
We sincerely invite you as an audience member to take a moment to reflect on the history and legacy of displacement, migration, and settlement. It is our intention to work with local Native American arts councils to better inform our land acknowledgment practices and anticipate that it will evolve over time.
With these goals in place and our Vision Statement in mind, we are dedicated to the continued learning and growth needed to foster an inclusive environment for all. This is an ongoing process and by nature will be an evolving statement.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.............................LINDA SHELTON ADMINISTRATION General Manager.............................................Huong Hoang Associate General Manager.................................Katy Myers Human Resources Manager.........Sharonica Williams Office Manager..............................................Erika Langmeyer Director of Development................................................OPEN Director of Institutional Giving..........................Jean M. Ross Assistant Director of Individual Giving............Meg White Assistant Director, Special Events.................Vernon Scott Individual Giving Manager.....................................Jesse Chin Institutional Giving Manager..............Myriam Varjacques Special Events Associate....................................Katie Gorsky Development Coordinator..................................Ivan Huang Director of Programming..........................Aaron Mattocks Programming Manager.....................................Christine Tully Interim Artist Services Manager.....................Barb Domue Programming Associate...........................Noa Rui-Piin Weiss Director of School & Family Programs................................... .........................................................................Heather McCartney School & Family Programs Assistant......................................... ....................................................................Marianne Rose Weber Director of Marketing..................................Andy Sheagren Associate Director, Context and Interpretation................. .............................................................................Laura Diffenderfer Associate Director of Marketing Strategy.....Anjali Amin Digital Marketing Manager........................Julia Thorncroft Marketing Manager..............................................Nadia Halim Director of Finance............................Margaret Hollenbeck Finance Associate.......................................Savá M. B. Martin Finance Clerk...................................Andrew Williams-Leazer Database Administrator.....................................Jim Seggelink Director of Information Tech....................Patricia A. Yost PRODUCTION Director of Production.............................................Jeff Segal Lighting Supervisor.................................................Kelly Atallah Technical Director.............................................Lou Albruzzese Head Audio.................................................................Sean Mullins Lighting Board Operator.....................................Kyle Hagen Head Carpenter................................................Web Crittenden Head Electrician....................................................................OPEN Stage Technicians................................Edward Hill, Kahlil Jahi Donald J. Rose, MD Director, Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at NYU Langone Health is the orthopedic and dance medicine consultant for The Joyce Theater Foundation. First Republic is the preferred private bank of The Joyce Theater Foundation.
JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTIONS Producer.....................................................................Ross LeClair Company Manager for Ronald K. Brown/ EVIDENCE & Associate Producer for Joyce Theater Productions..........................Meghan Rose Murphy FRONT-OF-HOUSE House Manager.................................Samantha Fernandez Assistant House Managers........Joseph Burke, Xavier DelValle, Charis Lord-Haines, Kenneth Harlin, Chikako Iwahori, Di’Shai Oquendo, Utafumi Takemura, Nicholas Thomas BOX OFFICE Box Office Manager..............................................Lisa Gendell Supervisors.............................Maeve Brady, Vanessa Moton Box Office/JoyceCharge Staff..........................Kiersten Foster, Tatiana Gomez, Christine Hinchee, Yulidal Hernandez Kin, Roy Odom, Lydia Paulos, Agnes Scotti, Daniel Stompor, Jasmine Webb FACILITIES Facilities Manager....................................................Jimmy Ortiz Maintenance Staff.........................................Madelin Estrella, Yohanna Hernandez, Pablo Rodriguez, David Matos SPECIAL SERVICES FOR THE JOYCE THEATER Ross F. Moskowitz Esq..................................................................... .....................................................Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP Kimberly M. Maynard, Esq...................................................... ..............................................Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PC J. Stephen Sheppard......................................................................... ....................Cowan DeBaets Abrahams and Sheppard LLP Harry H. Weintraub, Counsel....................................................... ...............................................................Glick and Weintraub PC Accounting...................................................................Lutz & Carr Digital Marketing Firm.........................Capacity Interactive Publicity.....................................................................Billy Zavelson Printer....................................Direct Printing Impressions Inc. Insurance.....................................................DeWitt Stern Group Architects.......................................................Hugh Hardy, FAIA General Contractor.....Yorke Construction Corporation Official Donut Sponsor...................................The Donut Pub Official Flower Sponsor.......The FlowerSchool New York Crunch Fitness is the Official Gym Sponsor of The Joyce Theater. The Joyce Theater is a member of APAP, Dance/NYC, and Dance/USA.
THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Virginia A. Millhiser, Chair Amit Wadhwaney, Vice Chair Stephanie R. Breslow, Treasurer Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary
Kerry Clayton, Chair Emeritus David D. Holbrook, Chair Emeritus Stephen D. Weinroth, Chair Emeritus
R. Richard Ablon Charles M. Adelman Rob Ashford Monica F. Azare John M. Basnage de Beauval Ajay Bhandaram Tracy Brown
Keane Ehsani Ronald Gumbaz Toni Hoover Robert Musiker Susan Gluck Pappajohn Steven M. Pesner Meryl Rosofsky
Saul Sanders Richard Shea Linda Shelton Susan Fawcett Sosin Lauren E. Shortt Monica B. Voldstad Madelyn Wils
In Memoriam: Theodore S. Bartwink (Trustee 1993-2014), R. Britton Fisher (Trustee 1990-2020), Richard Lukins (Trustee 1998-2011), Anh-Tuyet Nguyen (Trustee 2007-2020) Founders and Trustees Emeriti: Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld
ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN The Joyce honors the following individuals, corporations, and foundations for their visionary support of our mission of advancing the vibrant and extraordinary art of dance. Funds contributed to the endowment campaign will allow The Joyce to continue its support of the dance community and to commission new work. $1 Million and above LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Charitable Trust $500,000 and above Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Richard B. Fisher and Family R. Britton Fisher and Family Rockefeller Brothers Fund $250,000 and above David & Andrea Holbrook Richard A. Lukins & Karen Fry Saul & Mary Sanders Susan Fawcett Sosin $100,000 and above Anonymous (1) Alphawood Foundation Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation The Estate of Dorothy Lefkof The William Randolph Hearst Foundations Lynne & Richard Pasculano Michèle & Steve Pesner The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation The Starr Foundation $50,000 and above R. Richard & Margery Ablon Apollo Management, L.P. Stephanie Breslow & Paul Watterson The Coca-Cola Foundation Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet A. Cozzi JPMorgan Chase Foundation
Jerome A. and Estelle R. Newman Assistance Fund, Inc. Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation $25,000 and above Jane E. Goldberg Cecilia & Jim Herbert Jane Kendall & David Dietz Elysabeth Kleinhans Arnie & Susan Scharf Richard Shea Jennifer & Jonathan Allan Soros Fiona J. Tilley & Gürhan Orhan Dave Waks & Sandy Teger Chris & Lonna Yegen Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn $5,000 and above Anonymous (3) Barbara & Robert Berkley Philanthropic Fund Barbara Berliner & Sol D. Rymer The Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Foundation Jim & Linda Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Ira Haupt, II The Lawton W. Fitt & James I. McLaren Foundation James H. Ottaway, Jr. Kathleen A. Scott Linda Shelton Ferne Goldberg Sperling & Allan Sperling
LEADERSHIP SUPPORT FOR A NEW VENUE FOR DANCE Support for planning costs associated with establishing a third venue for dance as part of the redeveloped World Trade Center site has been generously provided by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which is funded through Community Development Block Grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Leadership support has also been provided by: FORD FOUNDATION THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION ROBERT STERLING CLARK FOUNDATION THE SEPTEMBER 11TH FUND ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION
JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION DONORS
The Joyce Theater appreciates the generosity of its supporters listed below as well as its many other supporters too numerous to include on these pages. List as of November 30, 2021. Platinum Benefactors Sarah Arison Linda B. Strumpf ($500,000 and above) *Barbro Osher Pro Suecia *David E. Vogel *Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Foundation Director’s Circle *Howard Gilman Foundation *John Basnage de Beauval ($2,500 and above) *LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust Ajay Bhandaram Anonymous (2) Bloomberg Philanthropies Gold Benefactors R. Richard Ablon *Torrence Boone & Ted Chapin ($100,000 and above) Adrienne Albert *Robert Brenner *Booth Ferris Foundation James J. Andrews Con Edison Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer *Joel & Rhela Aragona *John & Margaret Falk *Ford Foundation *Marty & Louise Bickman Martin & Linda Fell The Harkness Foundation for Dance Nancy & Michael Feller Judi Rappoport Blitzer The Andrew W. Mellon & David Blitzer *Gregg & Jean Frankel Foundation *Victoria V. Carey Jane E. Goldberg *Virginia & Timothy Millhiser *Larry & Ronnie Cohen Sylvia Golden *NYC COVID-19 Response and Donna B. Case Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Goodman Impact Fund in The New York Cathleen Collins *Charles and Joan Gross Community Trust Mary Sharp Cronson Family Foundation *New York City Department of Barbara Dau *Elzbieta Grove Cultural Affairs *Miriam & David Donoho David & Andrea Holbrook New York State Council on the Arts Toni Hoover *Andrew & *Robert Pollock Claire-Marine Ferguson In Honor of Karen Brooks Hopkins *Rockefeller Brothers Fund Joanna Fisher *David S. Ivill & The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Thomas von Foerster Vincent J. Weiner, Jr. Foundation Bart Friedman & Wendy Stein The Kingsley Foundation *SHS Foundation *Britt-Louise Gilder Elysabeth Kleinhans The Shubert Foundation Geraldine Glassman Alan & Gail Koss The Harold K. Gross Family *Melanie Coronetz Silver Benefactors Charitable Trust & Bruce G. Miller ($75,000 and above) *Susan Ross Green *Edward J. Petrou First Republic Bank *Sharon B. Gurwitz Tatiana Piankova Foundation National Endowment for the Arts Kathleen A. Scott Ronald E. Hellman & Stephen B. Roberts Linda Shelton Benefactors *William Houlihan *Leslie Siegel ($50,000 and above) *Office of Cultural Affairs, Jean & Gene Stark *Jody & John Arnhold | Consulate General of Israel *Allyson Tang Arnhold Foundation in New York *National Dance Project of the Presenter’s Circle *Jane Kendall New England Foundation for ($5,000 and above) *Elaine & Howard Leventhal the Arts *Anonymous (1) In Memory of John MacDonald The Jerome Robbins Foundation The Aaron Copland Fund *Maria Mackey Lauren E. Shortt for Music *Wendy McCain Denise Littlefield Sobel *Sam & Annie Alfstad Joyce F. Menschel *The Jennifer and Jonathan Allan *Rick & Nurit Amdur Ronay & Richard Menschel/ Soros Foundation *Mary & Adam Amsterdam Charina Foundation, Inc. *Amit Wadhwaney Rob Ashford David & Diana Milich *Monica Azare *Jane & Michael Murphy Chairman’s Circle Lani & Emanuel Azenberg Mutual of America Foundation ($25,000 and above) *Andrew & Froma Benerofe Cherrie Nanninga Anonymous (2) The Barbara Bell Cumming *Mr. & Ms. William Pollock Deborah & Charles Adelman Charitable Trust Warrie Price & James David Price *Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation *Chubb LTD Québec Government Office Stephanie R. Breslow *Ms. Pamela Crutchfield in New York & Paul Watterson Dancers Responding to AIDS Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch The Gladys Krieble Delmas DeWitt Stern Group, Inc. Mr. Stephen Kroll Reidy Foundation *Jamshid & Mahshid Ehsani *Case van Rij *Susan Dickler & Sig van Raan *Keane Ehsani *Wes Schafer & Carlos Galtier Melina Fisher Linda Ellis Susan & Arnie Scharf *GKV Charitable Foundation Christopher Evans & Josh Garner Xiomara & Charles Scheidt Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi Jeanne Donovan Fisher *Fran Schulman *Leanne Lachman *Paul Feuerman & Bruce Grivetti Barbara Madsen Smith Mertz Gilmore Foundation *Randall & Mary Hack *Mark Stevens & Mary Murphy Henry and Lucy Moses Fund *Elizabeth Anne Hartman *Linda Stocknoff Robert Musiker Judith M. Hoffman Christopher Soule The O'Donnell-Green Music and *Val Holley & Joseph Plocek Consulate General of Sweden in Dance Foundation *Illuminated Foundation New York Susan & Greg Pappajohn Christopher Jones & *Theresa Alessandra Russo Michèle & Steve Pesner Deborah McAlister Foundation *Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation *Susan Ulick Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart H. Coleman Office of City Council Speaker Corey Johnson Ms. Patricia E. Vance Saul & Mary Sanders Christine Knuth Alexandra Wheeler & Rocky Rukan Richard Shea *Shelley & Claude Winfield Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation *Elizabeth & Neil Kurtz *Karen & Martin McDonald Irving & Elaine Wolbrom Susan Fawcett Sosin *LeConte Moore *Ralph Womble & Ashley Edwards Wendy & Alex Stanton *In loving memory of Bill Perlmuth, *Billy F.B. Wong Monica B. Voldstad Patricia Dugan Perlmuth & Stephanie Gordon Stephen & Cathy Weinroth Rajika & Anupam Puri *Madelyn & Steven Wils Leaders Nina B. Quigley ($1,000 and above) *Karen Roth Impresario’s Circle Anonymous (10) *Nancy Sands ($10,000 and above) Robert Allyn *Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo *Anonymous (3) *Allan Sperling & Ferne Goldberg Neme Alperstein Sylvia Ablon *Jeffrey Applegate *Marianna Vaidman Stone & Alpern Family Foundation Gerald M. Appelstein Eric Stone American Express
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*Jennifer Tipton *Margot TohnWilliam M. Tomai & John Eric Sebesta *Deirdre Towers Charles & Susan Tribbitt *Patricia Truscelli *Scott Votey *Dick & Carolyn Wallach Stephanie Zhang *Denotes Joyce Rising Stars, The Joyce’s new and 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 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 amshid & Mahshid Ehsani Augie K. Fabela II Britton & Melina Fisher Kim Friedman J. Eric Gambrell Jane E. Goldberg Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi David Haines John & Judith Hannan Rex S. Heinke Cecilia & Jim Herbert David & Andrea Holbrook Toni Hoover Kim Koopersmith Allen Kovac/ Tenth Street Entertainment Ronald & Stephanie Kramer Ronald S. Lauder
Jim Leary Alec & Sarah Machiels Joyce F. Menschel David & Diana Milich Virginia & Timothy Millhiser Karyl Nairn Abby McCormick O'Neil & Carroll Joynes Anh-Tuyet Nguyen & Robert Pollock Susan & Gregory Pappajohn Michèle & Steven Pesner Tatiana Piankova Foundation Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch Gregg Rechler/ Lisa & Gregg Rechler Charitable Trust The Jerome Robbins Foundation Ann Sahid Rosche Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart H. Coleman Rowan Family Foundation Inc. Saul & Mary Sanders Fran Schulman Kathleen A. Scott Frederic & Robin Seegal Richard Shea Howard L. Shecter Linda Shelton Irene Shen Henry R. Silverman Susan Fawcett Sosin Allan Sperling & Ferne Goldberg Wendy & Alex Stanton Justin A. Stevens Raymond & Margaret Vandenberg Monica B. Voldstad Amit Wadhwaney Daniel Walsh Stephen & Cathy Weinroth Steven M. Zagar Richard Kielar & Christian Zimmermann The Young Leaders Circle Kyle Abraham^ Annie Alfstad Patricia Arellano *Chellis Baird Erin Barnes *Alison Baum Rachel & Dyllan Beck *Lisa Bonifacic Isabella Boylston^ Camille A. Brown^ *Victor M. Castillo Alejandro Cerrudo^ Phil Chan Dr. Jason Chuang Brandon T. Cournay Mary Craig *Dayana De La Torre *Debora Domass
Michelle Dorrance^ *Giancarlo Facchi Robert Fairchild^ Davalois Fearon^ Andrew D. Ferguson Erica Forrence *Jordan Freisleben Amita Goyal *Cari Griggs *Ting Guo *Jessica Halper *Mingtong Han Alexandra Harper, Co-Chair *Ariana Hellerman *Lauren Hlubny Kile Hotchkiss^ Alixandra Hornyan, Co-Chair *Audrey Hourse Laura Hsu Kristen Irby *Amanda Krische Sireesha Kalapala *Jean-François Kowalski Audrey Lam Stephanie Lichtinger Lydia Lin *Mitch Lowenthal Michelle K. Marck *Jose Martinez Katherine Maxwell^ Sara Mearns^ Justin Peck^ Tiler Peck^ Ruby Rosetta Pittman *Dora Pulido *Brecht Putman Vanessa Rojas *Amir Rouzrokh Setpheap San^ Claire-Marine Sarner Bette Ann Schlossberg, Co-Chair Anthony Seaboyer *Caroline Shadle Victoria Shadle Daniil Simkin^ *Elisa Smilovitz *Samara Stern Evan Strain *Mark & Oni Strawn *Sara Strope *Laura Vang Lucy Vasserman *Alexander Wang *Miss Inga Wells James Whiteside^ Emma Winder *Lila Ziegler ^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 Speaker Corey Johnson.
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 212-691-9740. For Special Event Rental information, contact Katy Myers at kmyers@joyce.org. 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.