Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Program Book

LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO DECEMBER 20, 2022 - JANUARY 8, 2023

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FEATURING COLETTE ADAE LUDMILA BEAULEMOVA MARIA CLUBFOOT HOLLY DEY-ABROAD NADIA DOUMIAFEYVA NINA ENIMENIMYNIMOVA HELEN HIGHWATERS ELVIRA KHABABGALLINA VARVARA LAPTOPOVA ANYA MARX GRUNYA PROTOZOVA EUGENIA REPELSKII OLGA SUPPHOZOVA MAYA THICKENTHIGHYA MINNIE VAN DRIVER JACQUES D’ANIELS BRUNO BACKPFEIFENGESICH BORIS DUMBKOPF KETEVAN IOSIFIDI NICHOLAS KHACHAFALLENJAR MARAT LEGUPSKI SERGEY LEGUPSKI TIMUR LEGUPSKI VLADIMIR LEGUPSKI CHIP PIDIDOUDA YURI SMIRNOV KRAVLJI SNEPEK WILLIAM VANILLA JENS WITZELSUCHT TINO XIRAU-LOPEZ TORY DOBRIN LIZ HARLER ISABEL MARTINEZ RIVERA

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Special thanks to the following institutions for their generosity and support: Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, The Rallis Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, and 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 support in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

MAC Cosmetics is the official makeup partner of the TROCKs. Pointe shoes provided by Nikolay.

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.

Champion support for The Joyce’s Creative Residencies Program supporting choreographers and dance companies has been provided by Mellon Foundation.

Major support for The Joyce has been provided by Ford Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and The SHS Foundation.

PROGRAM A Dec 21-24 & Jan 5-8

LE LAC DES CYGNES (SWAN LAKE, ACT II) MUSIC BY PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY CHOREOGRAPHY AFTER LEV IVANOVICH IVANOV COSTUMES BY MIKE GONZALES DECOR 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 de Monte Carlo. 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.

PERFORMED BY BENNO: TINO XIRAU-LOPEZ (FRIEND AND CONFIDANT TO:) PRINCE SIEGFRIED: VLADIMIR LEGUPSKI (WHO FALLS IN LOVE WITH:) VARVARA LAPTOPOVA (QUEEN OF THE:) SWANS: ARTISTS OF THE TROCKADERO (ALL OF WHOM GOT THIS WAY BECAUSE OF:) VON ROTHBART: YURI SMIRNOV (AN EVIL WIZARD WHO GOES ABOUT TURNING GIRLS INTO SWANS)

- INTERMISSION -

PAS DE DEUX, SOLO, OR MODERN WORK (TO BE ANNOUNCED) - PA U S E -

PROGRAM A THE DYING SWAN MUSIC BY CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS COSTUME BY MIKE GONZALES This solo, created for Anna Pavlova in 1905, would become in later years her signature dance - and perhaps the most famous solo in ballet. The Trockadero offers its own distinctive interpretation of the terminal fowl.

PERFORMED BY OLGA SUPPHOZOVA

- PA U S E -

MAJISIMAS MUSIC BY JULES MASSENET STAGED 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 Le Cid, provides the opportunity for a seductive, exotic, and Spanish-flavored demonstration of the intricate beauty of classical ballet technique.

PERFORMED BY SEÑORAS: VARVARA LAPTOPOVA, MINNIE VAN DRIVER, MARIA CLUBFOOT, NADIA DOUMIAFEYVA SEÑORS: JACQUES D’ANIELS, CHIP PIDIDOUDA, JENS WITZELSUCHT, MARAT LEGUPSKI SEÑORITAS: ARTISTS OF THE TROCKADERO

Left: Majisimas; Right: Swan Lake; Photos by Zoran Jelenic.

*PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

PROGRAM B Dec 26-31 & Jan 3-4

ChopEniana MUSIC BY FREDERIC CHOPIN STAGED FOR THE TROCKADERO BY ALEXANDRE MINZ COSTUMES BY MIKE GONZALES, after BENOIS DECOR 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.

PERFORMED BY Nocturne, Op. 32, No. 2 Valse, Op. 70, No. 1 Prelude, Op. 28, No. 7

THE COMPANY NINA ENIMENIMYNIMOVA ELVIRA KHABABGALLINA

Mazurka, Op. 67, No. 3

NICHOLAS KHACHAFALLENJAR

Mazurka, Op. 33, No. 3

VARVARA LAPTOPOVA

Valse, Op. 64, No. 2 Valse, Op. 18., No. 1

ELVIRA KHABABGALLINA & NICHOLAS KHACHAFALLENJAR THE COMPANY

- PA U S E -

PAS DE DEUX, SOLO, OR MODERN WORK (TO BE ANNOUNCED) - PA U S E -

THE DYING SWAN MUSIC BY CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS COSTUME BY MIKE GONZALES This solo, created for Anna Pavlova in 1905, would become in later years her signature dance - and perhaps the most famous solo in ballet. The Trockadero offers its own distinctive interpretation of the terminal fowl.

PERFORMED BY OLGA SUPPHOZOVA

PROGRAM B - INTERMISSION -

PAQUITA MUSIC BY LUDWIG MINKUS CHOREOGRAPHY AFTER MARIUS PETIPA STAGED BY ELENA KUNIKOVA COSTUMES AND DECOR BY MIKE GONZALES LIGHTING BY KIP MARSH Paquita is a superb example of the French style as it was exported to Saint Petersburg in the late 19th Century. Paquita was originally a ballet-pantomine in two acts, choreographed by Joseph Mazillier, to music

by Ernest Deldevez. The story had a Spanish theme, with Carlotta Grisi (creator of Giselle) as a young woman kidnapped by gypsies, who saves a young and handsome officer from certain death. Premiering at the Paris Opera in 1846, the ballet was produced a year later in Russia by Marius Petipa. Petipa commissioned Ludwig Minkus, the composer of his two most recent successes (Don Quixote and La Bayadere) to write additional music in order to add a brilliant “divertissement” to Mazillier’s Paquita. Petipa choreographed for this a Pas de Trois and a Grand Pas de Deux in his characteristic style. These soon became the bravura highlights of the evening-to the point that they are the only fragments of Paquita that have been preserved. The dancers display a range of choreographic fireworks, which exploit the virtuoso possibilities of academic classical dance, enriched by the unexpected combinations of steps.

PERFORMED BY BALLERINA AND CAVALIER NADIA DOUMIAFEYVA WITH JACQUES D’ANIELS PAS DE TROIS: NINA ENIMENIMYNIMOVA, MINNIE VAN DRIVER, MARAT LEGUPSKI Variation 1 Variation 2 Variation 3 Variation 4 Variation 5 Variation 6

MARIA CLUBFOOT HELEN HIGHWATERS LUDMILA BEAULEMOVA ELVIRA KHABABGALLINA VARVARA LAPTOPOVA NADIA DOUMIAFEYVA

*PROGRAM SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

Music for Swan Lake, ChopEniana, and Paquita: Michel Durand with the Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra; Pavel Prantl, Leader.

COMPANY HISTORY 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 mid-1975, 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 PBS 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, angstridden 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 for almost 50 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.

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.

MARIA CLUBFOOT. Last of the great American Indian 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. Miss Dey-Abroad lacks the talent and intelligence that are required to be good at dancing and did 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.

NADIA DOUMIAFEYVA. 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. Her fiery attack, combined with her lyric somnolence, produces confusion in audiences the world over, particularly when applied to ballet.

NINA ENIMENIMYNIMOVA’s frail spiritual qualities have caused this elfin charmer to be likened to a lemon soufflé, poised delicately on the brink of total collapse. Her adorably over-stretched tendons exude a childlike sweetness that belies her actual age.

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.

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.

ANYA MARX comes to the ballet stage after her hair-raising escape from the successful (but not terribly tasteful) overthrow of her country’s glamorous government. She made a counter-revolutionary figure of herself when she was arrested for single-handedly storming the State Museum of Revolutionary Evolution, where her fabulous collection of jewels were being insensitively displayed alongside a machine gun. The resilient Madame Marx is currently the proprietress of American’s only mail-order Course in Classical Ballet.

GRUNYA PROTAZOVA is the missing link between the crustaceans of the old Russian school and the more modern amphibians now dancing. Before joining the Trockadero, Grunya was the featured ballerina at SeaWorld, where her famous autobiographic solo, Dance of the Lower Orders, brought several marine biologists to tears. Later, Grunya became an esteemed SeaWorld Ambassador, known throughout the world for her fight for equality in the lower depths, earning an admirable mention in the updated Ichthyologic Ohiensis manual of the Elasmobranch Society.

EUGENIA REPELSKII. 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).

Dancing lightly over pogroms and other sordid reorganizational measures, Eugenia has emerged as a ballerina nonpareil whose pungency is indisputable.

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.

MAYA THICKENTHIGHYA’s radioactive properties prevented her from appearing with the Trockadero until her recent release from a special sanitarium on the Black Sea. A brilliant virtuoso in the Moscow style, Madame Thickenthighya’s torque was applied to the running of Generator 14 near the Gorsky Dam during the period of her political disgrace. She is, this season, reinstated to her unique position in the ballet world.

MINNIE VAN DRIVER. Always running to rehearsals, costume fittings, and performances, Miss Driver 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.

BORIS DUMBKOPF has been with the greatest ballerinas of our time; 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.

KETEVAN IOSIFIDI. Ketevan was dismissed from the Kirov Ballet in 1991 when he blackmailed the horn section of the orchestra and forced them to play Papa Don’t Preach in the third act of Romeo and Juliet while he vogued en pointe. Though Ketevan’s appreciation of high culture is second to none, he still thinks that prima donna means any song recorded before Like a Virgin.

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. Marat, Sergey, Timur, and Vladimir are not really brothers, nor are their names really 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.

CHIP PIDIDOUDA is a renowned Greek cricket player who stumbled into the world of English ballet after a wrong turn on the M-90 to Folkestone. Chip was heralded for his simple and inspiring interpretation of “Doppe” in Dizzney’s world premiere of La Fille de Neige Blanche. Unaffected by technique, Chip brings his special brand of athleticism and “je ne sais quoi pas” to the Trocks.

YURI SMIRNOV. At the age of 16, Yuri ran away from home 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. Despite the fact that he is American, he is very popular within the company. 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. Mr. 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.

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, 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, Peridance Contemporary Dance Company.

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, 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, The Love Show.

SHOHEI IWAHAMA. Birthplace: Komae-shi, Tokyo, Japan. Training: Sam Houston State University, The Ailey School, Miyako Kato Dance Academy. Joined Trockadero: March 2022. Previous Companies: NobleMOtion Dance, James Sewell Ballet, Hope Stone Dance.

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.

SALVADOR SASOT SELLART. Birthplace: Lleida, Spain. Training: Real Conservatorio Profesional de Danza de Madrid Mariemma. Escuela de Ballet Camina Ocaña and Pablo Savoye. Joined Trockadero: August 2019. Previous company: Severočeske Divadlo Opera a Balet.

JAKE SPEAKMAN. Birthplace: Philadelphia, PA. Training: Marymount Manhattan College. Joined Trockadero: November 2021. Previous companies: New York Dance Project, New York Theatre 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. Previous 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.

LONG ZOU. Birthplace: Li Ling, China. Training: Central School of Ballet (London), Guangzhou Art School. Joined Trockadero: May 2009 / rejoined 2016 / rejoined December 2022. Previous Companies: Ballet Central (UK), Guangzhou Ballet, Jin Xing Dance Theatre, Ballet of Difference (Koln, Germany).

COMPANY GALLERY Artists from left to right. Photos by Zoran Jelenic.

Olga Supphozova & Yuri Smirnov Robert Carter

Minnie van Driver & William Vanilla Ugo Cirri

Elvira Khababgallina & Sergey Legupski Kevin Garcia

Maria Clubfoot & Tino Xirau-Lopez Alejandro Gonzalez

Helen Highwaters & Vladimir Legupski Duane Gosa

Nadia Doumiafeyva & Kravlji Snepek Philip Martin Nielson

Anya Marx & Chip Pididouda Shohei Iwahama

Holly Dey-Abroad & Bruno Backpfeifengesicht Felix Molinero del Paso

Ludmila Beaulemova & Jens Witzelsucht Trent Montgomery

Grunya Protazova & Marat Legupski Salvador Sasot Sellart

Colette Adae & Timur Legupski Jake Speakman

Eugenia Repelskii & Jacques d’Aniels Joshua Thake

Maya Thickenthighya & Nicholas Khachafallenjar Haojun Xie

Varvara Laptopova & Boris Dumbkopf Takaomi Yoshino

Nina Enimenimynimova & Ketevan Iosifidi Long Zou — NOT SO FAST! We’ve barely gotten to know each other.

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Mary Lynn Bergman-Rallis*# Denise Littlefield Sobel

Anonymous (3) Heather Baiman Martha Barylick Mr. Greg A. Bauer Carol and Bob Braun Eunice Chang CHIZZ Nelida and Edward Cologna Thom Fountain Monah and Alan Gettner Catherine C. Greco Kevin Grose Nyles M. Johnson Marge Baxter Levine Sharon Luckman and Paul Shapiro Margaret Lundin E. Carol Maxwell Louis J. Monetti Ulla Neuburger Sue D. Nim Richard Pleak and John Weatherman Anthony Richardson Mary Richardson Lou and Yuko Royer CC Ryan Selby Wynn Schwartz Catherine Sloan Cheryl Swisher Harumi Takahama# Kathy Wojtas Suzanne Wray

ETOILE Amy P. Minter*# PREMIER DANSEUR Anonymous (2) Mark and Leslie Aaron# Sarah Becher# James C. P. Berry*# Sully Bonnelly & Robert Littman Leslie Burgin# Diana and Jim Davies Diana Friedman Ann Rosche# Richard Slate# SUJET Anonymous*# Natalia Bar Carol and Al Bartosic Margaret Baxter Levine Marion Buchbinder Matthew Cluney# Nina G. Geller Dr. Harry and Mr. Paul Gill Mark and Susan Grossbard Kirsten Harzewski Christopher Joy David Kernahan Darcy Kind Kathleen Klucsik Harold Koda and Alan Kornberg Craig Linden Gaetan B. Lozito Maia Newell-Large Marcia O’Hern Jenny Palmer*# Sainato Family Kathy Wojtas Gregg and Beth Wolpert Tricia Yost

QUADRILLE Anonymous (5) Marilyn Bach Sherry Bilbeisi Garland Blanch Rae Bolton Douglas Boltson Kyle L. Brandon Lynne Butenhoff Michele B.F. Campo Eunice Chang GJAC Cooke Tome Cousin

Tracy Derryberry Ms. Donna D’Ambrosio Josephine Dano V. Dunlap David Fanger and Martin Wechsler Charles Fraser and Guillermo Gil Ellen and David Freeman Catherine Gerasimov Lawrence Greene George Gregory Nan Hackett Drs. Marcia Kaplan and Michael Privitera Judith M. Keller Tom Knechtel Daniel R. Lacroix Louise Laheurte Richard Lanahan Kirsten Leon and Shane Mongar Jane Lytle Nancy Magliari Anne Maltz Louis Monetti Kathryn Naughton Jimmy Newcomer Dr. Susan Reed-Jones Lenore K. Rey Kyle Ridaught Ann Roesler Brie Rogers Jeanne Roy Lorrain Salerno Lisa Schnettler Kate Schubart Catherine Sloan Kathryn Sullivan Dale VanDyke Ruth and Howard Warshower Carol Weil Deborah McGowen Wein Martha Wells Victoria R. Wooters and Matthew Mattoon * Denotes member of the Board of Directors # Denotes member of the Trock Flock List in formation from July 1, 2021 through November 30, 2022

Special thanks also to the following ticket buyers and contributors to the May 2022 Feather Fete fundraiser: Anonymous (2) Mark and Leslie Aaron# Elaine Baden Lynne Beaumont-Hinkle Sarah Becher# Mary Lynn Bergman-Rallis*#, Event Chair James C.P. Berry*# Sharon Bilbeisi Rae Bolton Marsha Borin Dorothy Bullard Leslie Burgin# H D Causbie Deborah Cooper Martha Cooper *# Matthew Cluney# Diana and Jim Davies Joan and Donald Damask#

Jessie de Santiago and Robert Guida# Paulette Diamant Ann Eskridge Ellen and David Freeman Nicole Frisina Carol Hanney Liz Harler David Kernahan Darcy Kind Margaret Leibowitz Rita Liedags Denise Littlefield Sobel Mary and Peter Manno Lorraine and Kip Marsh Amy P. Minter*# Lynn and Paul Murphy Susan and Tom Neas Suzanne Newman

Marcia O'Hern Jenny Palmer*# The Parkers# Svetlana Pezier Cordelia Roberts Ann Rosche# Joanna Roe George and Andre Rovder Murray Schane Linda Senat Megan Skidmore Richard Slate# Catherine Sloan Emily Sproch Wingate Steitz Cheryl Swisher Amal Vitale * Denotes member of the Board of Directors # Denotes member of the Trock Flock

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:

LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust

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

Season Sponsor: Major support for The Joyce's operations and special initiatives: Champion support for The Joyce's Dance Residencies:

The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

Champion support for The Joyce's annual programming: Lead corporate support:

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 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.........................................................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...................................................OPEN Special Events Associate...........................................Maeve Brady Development Coordinator.....................................Catherine Eng 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 Assistant.......................... ....................................................................Marianne Rose Weber Dance Education & Family Programs Intern................................ ...........................................................................................Lauren Pagano Director of Marketing.............................................Andy Sheagren Associate Director of Marketing Strategy..............Anjali Amin Digital Marketing Manager.................................Julia Thorncroft Marketing Manager......................................................Nadia Halim Marketing Assistant..........................................................Annie Marx 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 IT Intern...............................................................................Perla Escano

PRODUCTION

Director of Production......................................................Jeff Segal Lighting Supervisor..........................................................Kelly Atallah Technical Director........................................................................OPEN Head Audio.........................................................................Sean Mullins Lighting Board Operator.............................................Kyle Hagen Head Carpenter.......................................................Web Crittenden Head Electrician....................................................Brittany Spencer Stage Technicians........................................Edward Hill, Kahlil Jahi Crunch Fitness is the Official Gym Sponsor of The Joyce Theater.

The Joyce Theater is a member of APAP, Dance/NYC, and Dance/USA.

JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTIONS

Producer.............................................................................Ross LeClair Associate Producer................................................Bridget Caston

FRONT-OF-HOUSE

Senior House Manager..........................Samantha Fernandez House Manager..................................................................Lillian Cole Assistant House Managers......................................Joseph Burke, Gilbert Balasa, Charis Lord-Haines, 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.................................Kiersten Foster, Tatiana Gomez, Yulidal Hernandez Kin, Roy Odom, Jasmine Webb

OPERATIONS

Director of Operations.........................................Lou Albruzzese

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), Andrew B. Lowy, Esq., Ann K. Young, Esq., Sabrina Singh, Esq.,................................................................................. ............................................................................................................................

Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.................Ross F. Moskowitz 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 Inc. Insurance...................................................Risk Strategies Company Architects.................................................................Hugh Hardy, FAIA General Contractor...............Yorke Construction Corporation Official FlowerSponsor.....................The FlowerSchool NewYork 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.

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 David D. Holbrook, Chair Emeritus Virginia A. Millhiser, Chair Emeritus

R. Richard Ablon 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 Linda Shelton Susan Fawcett Sosin Lauren E. Shortt Monica B. Voldstad

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), Richard Shea (Trustee 2015-2022), Stephen D. Weinroth (Trustee 1996-2022)

Founders and Trustees Emeriti: Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld

ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN The Joyce honors the following individuals, corporations, and foundations for their visionary support of our mission of advancing the vibrant and extraordinary art of dance. Funds contributed to the endowment campaign will allow The Joyce to continue its support of the dance community and to commission new work. $1 Million and above LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Charitable Trust $500,000 and above Doris Duke Charitable Foundation Richard B. Fisher and Family R. Britton Fisher and Family Rockefeller Brothers Fund $250,000 and above David & Andrea Holbrook Richard A. Lukins & Karen Fry Saul & Mary Sanders Susan Fawcett Sosin $100,000 and above Anonymous (1) Alphawood Foundation Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation The Estate of Dorothy Lefkof The William Randolph Hearst Foundations Lynne & Richard Pasculano Michèle & Steve Pesner The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation The Starr Foundation $50,000 and above R. Richard & Margery Ablon Apollo Management, L.P. Stephanie Breslow & Paul Watterson The Coca-Cola Foundation Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet A. Cozzi JPMorgan Chase Foundation

Jerome A. and Estelle R. Newman Assistance Fund, Inc. Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation $25,000 and above Jane E. Goldberg Cecilia & Jim Herbert Jane Kendall & David Dietz Elysabeth Kleinhans Arnie & Susan Scharf Richard Shea Jennifer & Jonathan Allan Soros Fiona J. Tilley & Gürhan Orhan Dave Waks & Sandy Teger Chris & Lonna Yegen Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn $5,000 and above Anonymous (3) Barbara & Robert Berkley Philanthropic Fund Barbara Berliner & Sol D. Rymer The Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Foundation Jim & Linda Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Ira Haupt, II The Lawton W. Fitt & James I. McLaren Foundation James H. Ottaway, Jr. Kathleen A. Scott Linda Shelton Ferne Goldberg Sperling & Allan Sperling

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 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 1, 2022.

Platinum Benefactors ($500,000 and above) LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust

Sarah Arison Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation John Basnage de Beauval Gold Benefactors Ajay Bhandaram ($100,000 and above) Bloomberg Philanthropies Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer Torrence Boone & Ted Chapin Ford Foundation Robert Brenner The Harkness Foundation Tracy Brown for Dance Con Edison Howard Gilman Foundation John & Margaret Falk Mellon Foundation Nancy & Michael Feller Virginia & Timothy Millhiser *Brandon Fradd National Endowment for Gregg & Jean Frankel the Arts / American Rescue Charles and Joan Gross Plan Act Family Foundation New York City Department Elzbieta Grove Cultural Affairs David & Andrea Holbrook Robert Pollock In Honor of Karen Brooks Hopkins The Fan Fox and Leslie The Ivill-Weiner Family R. Samuels Foundation The Kingsley Foundation The SHS Foundation Melanie Coronetz & Bruce G. Miler The Shubert Foundation LeConte Moore Denise Littlefield Sobel Tatiana Piankova Foundation Karen Roth Silver Benefactors *Nancy Sands ($75,000 and above) Kathleen A. Scott First Republic Bank Linda Shelton GKV Charitable Foundation Siegel National Endowment for the Arts Leslie Johanna Weber Michelle D. & Claude L. Winfield Benefactors ($50,000 and above) Presenter’s Circle Jody & John Arnhold | ($5,000 and above) Arnhold Foundation Anonymous (2) National Dance Project of Rob Ashford the New England Foundation Monica Azare for the Arts Andrew & Froma Benerote The Jerome Robbins Foundation & Scott Bommer Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart Coleman Donya Office of City Council Member Lauren E. Shortt Erik Bottcher Monica Voldstad Donna B. Case Amit Wadhwaney The Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust Chairman’s Circle Chubb LTD ($25,000 and above) Ms. Pamela Crutchfield Anonymous (2) Jeffrey Davis & Michael T. Miller Deborah & Charles Adelman Dancers Responding to AIDS Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation DeWitt Stern Group, Inc. Stephanie R. Breslow Linda Ellis & Paul Watterson Martin & Linda Fell The Gladys Krieble Delmas *Judith & Alan Fishman Foundation FUSED Susan Dickler & Sig Van Raan French U.S. Exchange in Dance Keane Ehsani Barbara Goldstein Jamshid & Mahsid Ehsani Paul Feuerman & Bruce Grivetti Melina Fisher Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Goodman Jane E. Goldberg Randall & Mary Hack Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi Elizabeth Anne Hartman Toni Hoover Judith M. Hoffman In Motion Illuminated Foundation *Elysabeth Kleinhans Christopher Jones & Leanne Lachman Deborah McAlister Mertz Gilmore Foundation Christine Knuth Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Alan & Gail Koss Henry and Lucy Moses Fund Elizabeth & Neil Kurtz Robert Musiker New York State Council on the Arts Robert R. Littman & Sully Bonnelly The O’Donnell-Green Music and Karen & Martin McDonald Dance Foundation Ronay & Richard Susan & Greg Pappajohn Menschel/ Michèle & Steve Pesner Charina Foundation, Inc. Saul & Mary Sanders In loving memory of Bill Perlmuth, Susan Fawcett Sosin Patricia Dugan Perlmuth Stephen & Cathy Weinroth Rajika & Anupam Puri Madelyn & Steven Wils Nina B. Quigley Mr. Stephen Kroll Reidy Impresario’s Circle Margaret E. Selby ($10,000 and above) SER.O.YA Anonymous (3) Barbara Madsen Smith Jen Ablon Christopher Soule Alpern Family Foundation

Allan Sperling & Ferne Goldberg Jean & Gene Stark Linda B. Strumpf Director’s Circle ($2,500 and above) Anonymous (2) R. Richard Ablon Adrienne Albert Rick & Nurit Amdur Joel & Rhela Aragona Sandra Berger Marty & Louise Bickman Judi Rappoport Blitzer & David Blitzer Ralph & Martine Calder Victoria V. Carey Cathleen Collins Mary Sharp Cronson Miriam & David Donoho Christopher M. Elmore Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson Thomas von Foerster Bart Friedman & Wendy Stein Rochel Gelman *Dorothy Goodman The Harold K. Gross Family Charitable Trust Susan Ross Green Sharon B. Gurwitz Maya Hamlet Ronald E. Hellman & Stephen B. Roberts Val Holley & Joseph Plocek William Houlihan Office of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New York *Deborah Kaye Jane Kendall Elaine & Howard Leventhal Martin & Rosanne Leshner Jayne Lipman & Robert Goodman Mark Littman & Johnny Mendoza In Memory of John MacDonald Maria Mackey Uttara P. Marti Wendy McCain Joyce F. Menschel David & Diana Milich Jane & Michael Murphy Mutual of America Foundation Cherrie Nanninga Omomuki Foundation David Pasterski Warrie Price & James David Prince Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch Theresa Alessandro Russo Foundation Wes Schafer & Carlos Galtier Susan & Arnie Scharf Xiomara & Charles Scheidt Fran Schulman Robert A. Schulman Rena Shagan Alex & Wendy Stanton Mark Stevens & Mary Murphy Linda Stocknoff Marianna Vaidman Stone & Eric Stone Consulate General of Sweden in New York Susan Ulick Ms. Patricia E. Vance David E. Vogel Alexandra Wheeler & Rocky Rukan Irving & Elaine Wolbrom Ralph Womble & Ashley Edwards Billy F.B. Wong & Stephanie Gordon

Leaders ($1,000 and above) Anonymous (10) Robert Allyn Neme Alperstein Gerald M. Appelstein Bank of America Merrill Lynch Kara Medoff Barnett & Dov Barnett Alison Baum Pamela Baxter *Barbara Berliner & Sol Rymer Dorothy Black Kim Bleimann & Paola Duran Joe Bonnaud Nissan Boury Barbara & Gary Brandt Edward Brill Madeline Brine Matt Brodile Joanna Bueche Linda & Joseph Camardo Ann Chao Woody & Janice Collins Caroline & Paul Cronson Charles T. Davis Barbara Dau Irene Rosner David, in Memory of Dr. Raphael David Jeffrey Davis & Jamie Alpert David H. De Weese & Anne Heller Ms. Beth Rudin DeWoody The Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Foundation The Donut Pub Jack & Eleanor Dunn The Eilers Family Suzanne B. Engel Mr. Richard Erstad & Dr. Gladys Fenichel David L. Fanger & Martin Wechsler Erin Feeley-Nahem & Isaac Nahem Judy & Richard Feldstein Maria Vittoria Foglia John and Janet Foord Judith Z. Friedman Peter C. Friedman Veronique Bogliolo Freidman & Mark Freidman *Grace Frisone & Michael Metzger Ania Fryszkowska & Alex Louizos Barrie Gillies & William Drummy Susan Egbert Gilroy John Graney, MD Mason & Kim Granger Patric & Patricia Gregory *Glen & Paula Gunsalus Ava Hamilton Alexandra L. Harper *Shelia Heimbinder Dr. Elisabeth Hefti Laurie & Jack Helfin Janet L. Henner Edward Henry & Susan Monk Ellen Hirsch In Honor of the Weinroths Lynn Hopkins Gary Horowitz & Tom Wyse George C. Howell, III Mary & David Iles James B. Jacobs & Jan Sweeney Derek Johnson I. Michael Kadish Kenneth S. Kail & Ivy Hwang Margaret Kaplen Mr. Christian K. Keese *Murray & Sylvana Klein Hans Koch Kathy Krall Sondra Kurtin Robinson Susan Lampard LDJ Productions Reginald van Lee

Michael G. Lemle Rachel S. Levine Robert & Dorina Link *Tina Liu David Lovett & Meg Ruley Sharon Luckman & Paul Shapiro Elizabeth A. Maher Joseph M. Marger Lynn C. Mautner Marcia Kramer Mayer *Israel Meir Miller Khoshkish Foundation Mr. Wayne & Mrs. Barbara Miller Michael Mulligan Barbara Nagel Joyce O’Brien Aaron Singer and Bart Oosterveld Trisha Ostergaard David Parsons Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD Amy Pennington Doug & Teresa Peterson Douglas & Barbara Pitsch Judith Plows Carole Postal Donna & James Pressman David Alan & Susan Berkman Rahm Case van Rij Philip W. Riskin Charitable Foundation Mary Jo Robertiello Ann Sahid Rosche Donald J. Rose & Victoria Lasdon Rose Ellen Rosen Diana & Michael Rothenberg Marilyn & Alan Rothstein Gail Russell Deborah Sales & Ted Striggles Alessandro & Fe Saracino-Fendi Moshe Sasson Barbara & David Schimansky Jesse & Carol Schwartz Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo Irene Shen Joseph Smith & Leslie Hendrix Marilyn Sobel Leon Sokol Ellen Sorrin & David York Fran Sperling Mamie and Justin Stewart Roger Stoltz & Shauna Stoltz-Laurie Abbie M. Strassler William Sussman & Jane Steele Swedish Institute and the Swedish Embassy in Cuba Ken Tabachnick & Yael Mandelstam Gary Tannenbaum & Helen J. Mills Temple St Clair LLC Pamela van Zandt & Gina Gibney George Vanderploeg Lucy Vasserman Michael & Carol Weiss Vicente Wolf Elly Karp Wong Cooper Wright & Michael Marino Brann & Ellen Wry Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn Eloise Zeller Christian Zimmermann Bonnie Zamosky-Roth Investors ($500 and above) Anonymous (13) Donald R. Allen & Mildred Munich LaRue Allen & Ebonya Washington Ellen Alpert Debra R. Anisman Maria Cristina Anzola Lucie S. Archbold

Paul Asman & Jill Lenoble Joan Brooks Baker & Margeaux Klein Betsy Barbanell Clay H. Barr Pamela Baxter Joan & Ira Berkowitz *Dr. Andrea Brandon & Black Rubee Robert & Carol Braun Jeffrey B. Bruce Carol Bryce Buchanan Diana Cagle Jennifer Kornreich Cahn & Andrew Cahn Susan Campbell Karen Carozza Jason Chuang Matthew C. Cluney *Kenneth Cole & Maria Cuomo Cole Betsy Cornwall William Cosper Victoria Cowles Duke Dang & Charles E. Rosen *Mary Craig *Greg Darnieder Tony & Suzy Davis Duane Devries Debora Domass Michael Eizenberg Robert Elder & Jacqueline Fox Elder David & Ingrid Ellen Judith & Walter Flamenbaum Dr. Sarah Fox & Mr. Steven Lochie Eileen & Cono Fusco Tom & Nina Geller Karen Gershowitz Elise Larrabure Girasole Geraldine Glassman Prof. James A. Glazier Virginia Gold Nita & Chuck Goodgal Katherine Goodman Lenore & Edward Grabowski Grant Family Charitable Fund Bruce Greenwald Charles & Carol Grossman Family Fund Jane Groveman Gina Harman Charles & Elaine Harris Ira Haupt, II Mr. Michael D. Herskovitz Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch Mr. Gregory Ho & Ms. Linda Sanchez Cheri Hoff Erica Hartman-Horvitz Ralph & Lynn Huber David H. Hughes, Jr. Laura J. Illich Walter Jaffe & Paul King Robert & Marcy Katz H. David Kaplan Jan S. Keithly Jennifer Aley Kenney Robert & Elaine Klein Valarie Koch Audrey Lam Arthus & Jane Lane Stephen B. Lane Kenneth M. LeClair *Rosanne Legrand Phyllis & Cary Lemkowitz Michael Lemle Elizabeth & Durwood Littlefield Sophie Main Jennifer & Gideon Malherbe Julie Mandel Marcus Joseph M. Marger *Jennifer Markowitz Margaret Mastrianni William Mavrelis

Lorraine J. Meeker Kati Meister Tanya Melich & Noel Silverman Victoria Morris Paula Moss Ann Mulally Deb Murnin Barry Nalebuff Drs. Benjamin Natelson & Gudrun Lange Peter Nelson Genevieve Nestor Amanda Lee Neville Stuart Nordheimer & Barbara Miller Peter J. Occolowitz Katherine Ogg Rachel Ostry, MD John Owen Bob Ouimette The L.E. Phillips Family Foundation, Inc. The Marshall Franklin Foundation Brian Polovoy James & Deborah Purdon Deborah A. Quirk Stephanie M. Goldson & Stephen Rappaport Charles Ragland Donald W. Roeske, Jr. Deborah Ronnen Ellen Rosen Jean M. Ross Elsa Ross-Greifinger Anya Peterson Royce Jennifer Goodale & Mark Russell Prince & Petar Sanders Dr. Carol Ann Satler In Memory of Tracy Scherman Marva & Florian Schodel Lynn N. Schusterman Robert Score Deborah Selch Elizabeth Shapiro George Sheanshang Tara Sherman & Tony Weiss Lindy Shuttleworth & Arthur Reichstetter Edward Siegel Dr. Jorge Sigal Rabbi Charles Simon Andrew & Jennifer Smith Joan & Laurence Sorkin Jason Spiro Michael Stanley Jessica E. Stack William L. Stern Jim Stiles & Randy Bird Robin Stout Helen Sullivan Dr. Pavur R. Sundaresan Pamela Tatge William Tomai & John Eric Sebesta TPU Local One IATSE Frank Troutman Ellie Tweedy Thomas Van Winkle Ernie Vickroy Merna Villarejo Thomas Allen Walker Charles Walker Louise Washer & Mary Clay Fields Gregory Ward Sedgwick & Pamela Ward Chris Watson Carol A. Weil Kate Weil Sara Weinheimer Stephen D. Weinstein George S. Werner & Li Werner Tom Whelan Gregory Youdan

Sponsors ($300 and above) Anonymous (4) Patricia Adell Jane & Stephen Alpert John Angiolillo, MD Elaine & Theodossios Athanassiades Sherry & Sanford Axelband Vivian Awner Elena Baum Nilda Bayron-Resnick Joan & Ira Berkowitz Roz Black & Bob Eimicke Stan & Abby Bloch Paul Brohan Leslie Buckland Jim Bumgardner & Lou Tharp Deborah Burand Michael & Jennifer Campagna Kelli Carrol Neil & Kathleen Chrisman Margaret Coady Eileen & Michael Cohen Galois Cohen Richard & Mary Ann Cohen Laurie Colahan Robert Conkey Dr. Arturo & Ms. Caren Constantiner Dr. & Mrs. Frederiick Corio John Coulter Mr. John A. Crawford III Judy Cunningham Diana Davies Jacqueline Z. Davis Mr. Anthony DePersia Dr. Susan Dicker Rodney Durso Ms. Hope Eliasof Jo Ann Engelhardt Ellen & Frank Estes Martha Evenson & Daniel Hoffman Trudy Festinger Jennifer Fitzpatrick Ellen Fleysher Charles A. Forma Ella M. Foshay & Michael B. Rothfeld Roy Fowler *Steven Fox Stephanie French Barbara Futter Mr. Maura Gaenzle Barbara Gallay Loren Gesinsky & Judy Rudin Richard Gilden Ronald Gilliam Denyse Ginzberg John D. Goldman Jennifer Goodale & Mark Russell Mr. & Mrs. Richard D. Grant Susan E. Green Lawrence W. Greene Sandra Gubin Laurie Hart Eric Hemel & Barbara Morgen George & Linda Hiltzik Herman & Jacquelyn Heinemann Mrs. Ruth W. Heuman Peter Holleran Huong Hoang Susan Israel Sherrilyn Ifill Ronald Jacquart Willie Johnson Drew Reid Kerr Kenneth Silverman & Carin Khatchikian Barbara Knox Bond Koga Susan & Peter Kopple Irene H. Lang Angela de Lara

Lawrence Levine *Emanuel Lewis Sukey Lilienthal Leslie Lin David Long Harold W. Low Peter Maiwald Judy Mauer John & Linda Maxwell Doug & Regina McCorkle Colleen McCourtney Rodney McDaniel Cynthia Adler McKee R. McNish Alan Mendelsohn Carol and Frank Messineo Holly & William Mensching Vincent Mirrione Richard J. Moylan Aaron & Marcia Naveh Stephen A. Newman Madeleine Nichols Anne & Harvey Nisselson Jeffrey Nunn Phillip J. Pena Posner-Wallace Foundation The Pulse Performing Arts Studio Jonathan Raskin Dr. & Mrs. Robert Refowitz Lan Rice Judith & Gary Richter Barbara D. Riehl Eileen Robert Susan M. Rosenberg Barbara S. Rosenthal Lainie & John Ross Alan Russell William H. Sadie Lies Sapp Gregg Passin & Andy Schmidt Laura E. Schneider Sherry Barron-Seabrook Mary & John Seward Rita Shawn Kenneth Shelley Jennifer Shotwell *Elizabeth Sledge Anthony & Rosa Smith Robin Smith & Bill Plante Martha Sherman Robert & Curtis Spencer Margaret Stern Jos Stumpe Henry & Jo Strouss Mr. Lars Rosager & Mr. Donald Troise Ms. Donna Tatro Pat Tafuro Jennifer Tipton Margot Tohn Tonic Physical Therapy & Wellness Deirdre Towers Bruce Tredwell Charles & Susan Tribbitt Dana A. Troetel Patricia Truscelli Scott Votey Dick & Carolyn Wallach Jeff Walsh Doreen Wright Yelena Yeretsky Peter Yorgin * 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 Kyle Abraham^ Annie Alfstad Patricia Arellano Chellis Baird Erin Barnes Alison Baum Rachel & Dyllan Beck * Anmol Bhagchand Lisa Bonifacic Isabella Boylston^ Camille A. Brown^ Victor M. Castillo Alejandro Cerrudo^ *Julia Chambers Phil Chan Dr. Jason Chuang Mary Craig

Dayana De La Torre Debora Domass Michelle Dorrance^ Giancarlo Facchi Robert Fairchild^ Davalois Fearon^ Andrew D. Ferguson Erica Forrence Jordan Freisleben *Anna Fryszkowska Amita Goyal Ting Guo Jessica Halper Mingtong Han Alexandra Harper, Co-Chair 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^ *Katie Mues *Abigail Nintzel Justin Peck^ Tiler Peck^ Ruby Rosetta Pittman Brecht Putman Vanessa Rojas Setpheap San^ Claire-Marine Sarner Bette Ann Schlossberg, Co-Chair Daniil Simkin^ Elisa Smilovitz Samara Stern Evan Strain Mark & Oni Strawn Sara Strope Lucy Vasserman Alexander Wang Miss Inga Wells James Whiteside^ Emma Winder ^Artist Committee members to join The Joyce’s Young Leaders Circle, please contact the Development office at 347-856-5828.

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Curriculum II NYC HOME SEASON JAN 10-14, 2023

TICKETS & INFO

219 W 19th Street New York 10011

newyorklivearts.org Photo: Company member Barrington Hinds by Maria Baranova

COMING UP A T

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J O Y C E

American Dance Platform JAN 10-15

Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE JA N 1 7-2 2

Soul Chain by tanzmainz/Sharon Eyal JAN 24-28

Cullberg FEB 1-5

Photo credit: Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE dancer Joyce Edwards.

Photo by Quinn B. Wharton.