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When I started this company four decades ago, I could not have imagined where we find ourselves today. I am humbled by the organization’s remarkable growth, intrepid innovation, and unbounded resilience, especially during this past year. Despite the challenges, it was a banner year – 40 years of the Mark Morris Dance Group! Our expanding global audience joined celebrations during our digital season, full of online programming designed for people of all ages. Best of all, after 11 months away, we returned to rehearsals and programming in the Dance Center, performing once again for local audiences. I am grateful to our outstanding artists and educators, talented staff and volunteers, devoted board, and most of all, to you and our vibrant community of people who continue to dance with us and support us these 40 years on. With love and thanks,
Mark Morris
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Statistics
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Letter from Mark Morris
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Pursuing Excellence Celebrating & Supporting Community Cultivating Creativity
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Advancing Access Financial Results Support For Programs Legacy Giving
Letter from the Board Chair & Executive Director
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“That kind of craftsmanship, closely allied to musical structure, is the Morris method. It was reassuring to see it at work again... We do not live in a perfect time, but ‘Live From Brooklyn’ was good.” -The New York Times
First-ever livestreamed performance event, Live From Brooklyn
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Launch of MMDG Digital, including our 40th Anniversary Digital Season
Return to in-person and hybrid programming at the Dance Center
Continued investment in Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access (IDEA) education and training
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35,000+ reached through digital programming
2,113 unique Dance for PD® participants on Zoom worldwide
26,042 people reached through online classes for children, teens, and adults
30,870 40th Anniversary Digital Season live and ondemand video views
Creation and premiere of Tempus Perfectum by Mark Morris
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Onstage, offstage, and online, the Mark Morris Dance Group continued to bring the joy of dance with live music to a global audience through performances of works from Mark Morris’s rich repertory and education and community engagement programs for people of all ages and abilities.
Presenting partners across the nation screened recordings of Mark Morris Dance Group performances to digital audiences around the world and hosted live audience engagement events such as classes and live Q&A sessions with the artists. Some highlights include: Meany Center in Seattle; George Mason University in Fairfax; Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University in Atlanta, Broad
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Stage in Santa Monica, and PBS. In Spring 2021, we were thrilled to return to live performance after more than 14 months away due to Covid restrictions. Live performances took place in NYC as part of the Guggenheim’s Works & Process Series, in Brooklyn across from our Dance Center co-presented with Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, at the New York Botanical Garden, and at Kaatsbaan in Tivoli, NY.
MEANINGFUL PARTNERSHIPS PURSUING EXCELLENCE
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Morris premiered nine “videodances”, new media work choregraphed completely via Zoom, self-filmed by dancers, and produced by MMDG. Morris also premiered a new work for the stage, Tempus
Perfectum set to Johannes Brahms “Sixteen Waltzes Op. 39”, during the company’s first-ever livestreamed performance, Live from Brooklyn, produced in partnership with BRIC and Stage Access.
PREMIERES
Tempus Perfectum
PURSUING EXCELLENCE
MMDG continued to lead our teaching community virtually, bringing our access and inclusion informed pedagogy and online teaching techniques to dance teachers and musicians from across the globe. Our Teaching Artist Training Program celebrated its second year, and Dance for PD® expanded training offerings
Teaching Artist Summer Seminar
to include a series of monthly professional development workshops. MMDG Board, Administrative Staff and Dancers also continued professional development through bi-monthly trainings on topics of Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access facilitated by consultant Philip Berry.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PURSUING EXCELLENCE
To celebrate the company’s milestone 40th Anniversary, our Digital Season offered free and low-cost livestreamed and ondemand programs that mirrored our in-person touring model.
The Lovers Demise
These programs celebrated four decades of our work and provided a lifeline for wellbeing, source of joy, and community building for new and returning audiences.
40TH ANNIVERSARY DIGITAL SEASON HIGHLIGHTS PURSUING EXCELLENCE
Programming was themed around some of Morris’s most beloved and celebrated works: The Hard Nut, Dido and Aeneas, and L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il
Lonely Fugue
Moderato, and included archival collections of past performances, virtual classes, artist talks, and more. Through this programming, we reached over 30,000 viewers.
40TH ANNIVERSARY DIGITAL SEASON HIGHLIGHTS PURSUING EXCELLENCE
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Concurrent with our online community engagement, MMDG offered free outdoor programming to our New York community. Events and programs included Dance with MMDG classes for all ages and abilities, holiday caroling,
performances by our Student Company, and more. After such a period of isolation, MMDG was thrilled to provide free, accessible, and safe opportunities to celebrate community through dance with live music.
FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR FUTURE CELEBRATING COMMUNITY
Various repertory works
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MMDG remained committed to expanding pathways for engagement and adaptive dance education while schools and community partners remained closed for in-person activities. Digital in-school residencies facilitated in livestream, ondemand, and hybrid formats offered a lifeline for physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing for students with and without
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disabilities, while at home. MMDG’s flagship Dance Music & Literacy (DML) program was offered to school partners in a three-part online series titled Digital Dance Lab which introduced students of any age, level, or ability to three of Morris’s most acclaimed works: The Hard Nut, Dido and Aeneas, and L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato.
THE SCHOOL AND RESIDENCY PROGRAMS CELEBRATING COMMUNITY
Prioritizing the health of our Dance Center community, MMDG invested in significant improvements to the building, including updated ventilation systems and cleaning procedures.
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We reopened our studios and Subsidized Rehearsal Space Program to the public in Spring 2021, providing vital space and opportunities for NYC choreographers of all genres to create.
ARTIST REHEARSAL SPACE SUBSIDIES CELEBRATING COMMUNITY
Rooted in a deep commitment to our home community, MMDG supported New York’s collective recovery through efforts like
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facilitating mobile vaccination sites outside the Dance Center and contributing as a lead organization to the Cultural Solidarity Fund.
COVID SAFETY FOR OUR COMMUNITY CELEBRATING COMMUNITY
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Returning to the Studio After more than a year of choreographing virtually, Morris returned to creating work in the studio at the Dance Center with the company in February 2021. Shortly after, our offices and studios re-opened to our dedicated community of artists, administrators, educators, and staff.
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A robust calendar of online classes for children and adults continued, and we opened our Dance Center for hybrid classes in Spring 2021. We formalized our scholarship program to provide $25,000 in youth scholarships and adult
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class subsidies, prioritizing Fort Greene residents in financial need and unemployed arts and culture workers, engaging trust-based philanthropy principles to ensure that access to scholarships was not an obstacle to application.
in our SharedSpace program.
EDUCATION CLASSES HYBRID AND ONLINE
ADVANCING ACCESS
MMDG continued a robust schedule of livestream/dial-in dance, music, and movement classes for our constituents affected with Parkinson’s, prioritizing interactivity as an essential element of a digital
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experience. Expanding access for our global community, MMDG offered weekly classes in Spanish (Dance for PD en español) beginning in January 2021, and launched a pilot series, Dance for PD in Mandarin, in June 2021.
DANCE FOR PD ®
ADVANCING ACCESS
Dance for PD ® Dance Class
We continued to engage audiences with archival programming, offering seven curated video collections throughout the season. Each collection focused on a unique
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theme in Morris’s work, like work made during the company’s residency in Brussels, or “Dancers’ Picks,” featuring selections by former company members.
DANCE ON! VIDEO VAULT ADVANCING ACCESS
Italian Concerto
Jesu, Meine Freude
Mythologies
Prelude and Prelude
Rhymes With Silver
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FINANCIAL RESULTS 2021 ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021 REVENUE
2020
2021
Earned
$4,069,006
$766,282
Dance Group and Music Ensemble
$1,597,905
$97,061
Education and Community Programs
$2,471,101
$669,221
$4,202,119
$4,128,952
Individual
$2,319,627
$2,315,656
Foundation
$1,445,315
$1,389,835
Government
$291,829
$275,000
Corporate
$145,348
$148,461
$15,530
$289,118
-
$280,403
Contributed
Other Performance Disruption Insurance Reimbursement Endowment Drawdown Federal Stimulus
$15,530
-
$429,918
$8,286,655
$5,614,270
OPERATING EXPENSES
2020
2021
Program Services
$7,129,002
$4,490,939
Dance Group and Music Ensemble
$3,818,298
$2,638,940
Education and Community Programs
$3,310,704
$1,851,999
$739,959
$840,769
Management/General
$345,964
$431,372
Fundraising
$393,995
$409,397
Total Operating Expenses
$7,868,961
$5,331,708
Results from Operations
$417,694
$282,562
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FY21 REVENUE SOURCES 14% Earned
Performance Fees
7% Federal Stimulus
Other Revenue Federal Stimulus Tuition & Rentals
5% Other
Institutional Support Individual Contributions
74% Contributed 0
$1M
$2M
$8,715
Total Revenue
Support Services
FY21 REVENUE
FY21 EXPENSES
FY21 EXPENSES
Fundraising Administrative Education & Community Programs Dance Group & Music Ensemble
84% Program
16% Support 0
$1M
$2M
$3M
2021 ANNUAL REPORT FINANCIAL STATEMENTS STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION as of June 30, 2021
5 YEAR COMPARISON
Contributed Revenue Earned Revenue
ASSETS
2020
2021
Cash and cash equivalents
$2,551,075
$2,616,740
Accounts receivable
$99,775
$57,933
Pledges receivable
$4,556,741
$4,473,097
Prepaid expenses
$88,530
$95,462
Investments
$2,245,305
$2,707,136
Other assets
$96,959
$102,288
Restricted investments
$550,000
$550,000
Property and equipment, net
$8,491,359
$8,450,820
Total Assets
$18,679,744
$19,053,476
LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS
2020
2021
Accounts payable & accrued expenses
$355,538
$415,436
Deferred revenue
$306,190
$172,767
Line of credit
$500,000
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Payroll Protection Program
$1,139,000
$2,239,812
$2,300,728
$2,828,015
$11,039,107
$11,396,686
Mark Morris Dance Center
$8,491,359
$8,450,820
Board designated
$1,552,336
$1,749,591
Undesignated
$995,412
$1,196,275
Temporarily restricted
$4,789,909
$4,278,775
Permanently restricted
$550,000
$550,000
$16,379,016
$16,225,461
$18,679,744
$19,053,476
Liabilities
Total Liabilities Net Assets Unrestricted
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10M
Expenses
8M
6M
4M
2M
0
FY17
FY18
FY19
FY20
FY21
Amid many program successes, we experienced a continued decline in earned revenue during the second year of the pandemic. Tuition and program fees were down due to closure of the Dance Center for more than half the year. We also lost significant presenter and commission fees from performance cancellations and postponements. This all prompted hard but important decisions to cut expenses related to reduced programming, including furloughs and permanent layoffs. We also made critical but unplanned investments in HVAC, safety equipment, and cleaning procedures as well as online streaming equipment to support new digital programming. We were able to end the fiscal year with a surplus to be directed towards an anticipated $1.7 million deficit for Fiscal Year 2022. Looking at our revenue streams through a multi-year lens, we have made a tremendous institutional shift to reliance on contributed income, a trend which will continue until we can more fully rebuild our earned revenue streams.
SUPPORT FOR PROGRAMS STAFF Artistic Director Mark Morris Executive Director Nancy Umanoff DANCERS Mica Bernas, Karlie Budge, Brandon Cournay, Domingo Estrada, Jr., Lesley Garrison, Lauren Grant (Through 9/20), Sarah Haarmann, Aaron Loux, Laurel Lynch, Matthew McLaughlin, Dallas McMurray, Brandon Randolph, Nicole Sabella, Christina Sahaida, Billy Smith, Noah Vinson, Jammie Walker (Through 5/21), Malik Williams PRODUCTION Director of Technical Production Johan Henckens Lighting Supervisor Nick Kolin Audio Supervisor Rory Murphy Costume Coordinator Stephanie Sleeper ARTISTIC Director of Artistic Engagement Jen Rossi Company Manager Julia Weber Music Director Colin Fowler Company Director Sam Black ADMINISTRATION Chief Financial Officer Elizabeth Fox General Manager Geoff Chang (Through 11/20) IT Director Aleksandr Kanevskiy Finance Manager Natalia Kurylak Finance & Budget Manager Christopher Pritchard Payroll Manager / Benefits Administrator Rebecca Hunt Assistant to the Executive Director Stephanie Saywell (Through 9/20)
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DEVELOPMENT Director of Development Michelle Amador Institutional Giving Manager Haley Mason Andres Database and Research Administrator Aidan Heck Individual Giving Coordinator Lauren Grant Membership Assistant Zubaydah Bashir MARKETING Director of Marketing & Communications Laura Giannatempo Marketing & Communications Manager Tara M. Treffiletti Marketing & Communications Coordinator Trevor Izzo Marketing & Digital Engagement Associate Rachel H. Lee Web & Social Media Manager Joleen Richards (Through 6/21)
Marketing & Communications Associate Nissa Heman (Through 12/20)
ARCHIVES Archivist Stephanie Neel EDUCATION Director of Education & Community Engagement Sarah Marcus Youth & Family Programs Director Alexandra Cook Adult Programs Director Jessica Pearson Adult Programs Coordinator Dominique Terrell School Director Rachel Roberge (through 8/20) School Administrator Lily Khan Community Education Coordinator Calvin Rollins II Student Company Director Janelle Barry
Education Intern Brandi Ocasio Dance for PD® Program Director David Leventhal Dance for PD® Programs & Engagement Manager Maria Portman Kelly Dance for PD® Managing Director Eva Nichols Dance for PD® Programs Assistant Amy Bauman Dance for PD® Programs Administrator Natasha Frater DANCE CENTER OPERATIONS Director of Events & Venue Operations Elise Gaugert Director of Facilities & Capital Projects Mark Sacks Rental Programs Manager Annie Woller (Through 9/20) Facilities Maintenance Mechanic/Overnight Supervisor Arturo Velazquez Operations Coordinator Tiffany M. McCue Dance Center Operations Assistants Allison A. Bailey, Olivia V. Passarelli, Chelsea M. Rose Front Desk Manager Tamika Daniels (Through 9/20) Work/Study Coordinator Hunter Darnell (Through 8/20) Front Desk Associates (Through 8/20) Noelle Dor, Roxie Maisel, Carter Shocket, Patricia R. Suarez Maintenance Darrell Jordan, Hector Mazariegos, Orlando Rivera, Virginia Ross, Kim Williams (Through 9/20) Booking Representation Michael Mushalla (Double M Arts & Events) Legal Counsel Mark Selinger (McDermott, Will & Emery) Accountant O’Connor Davies, Munns & Dobbins, LLP Orthopaedist David S. Weiss, M.D. (NYU Langone Medical Center) Physical Therapist Marshall Hagins, PT, PhD Hilot Therapist Jeffrey Cohen
WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE MANY INDIVIDUALS, INSTITUTIONS, CORPORATIONS AND GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WHOSE ANNUAL AND RECOVERY FUND SUPPORT IN FY21 WAS CRITICAL TO OUR SUCCESS OFFICIAL SPONSOR
MAJOR SUPPORT PROVIDED BY American Express • The Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation • Timothy McClimon and Suzanne Berman • Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, LLP • Frederick & Morley Bland • Eliot Nolen & Timothy Bradley • Beth & Ravenel Curry Foundation • Dance/NYC • Doris Duke Charitable Foundation • James Fenton & Darryl Pinckney • Judith R. & Alan H. Fishman • The Shelby & Frederick Gans Foundation • Candace & Vincent Gaudiani • Isaac Mizrahi & Arnold Germer • Howard Gilman Foundation • York-Chi & Stephen Harder • John & Tommye Ireland (in memoriam) • Marc & Melissa James • Suzy Kellems Dominik • Elizabeth Amy Liebman • Nicholas Ma & William Lopez • Helen & John Meyer • Mark Morris • National Endowment for the Arts • New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams, City Council Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo, and Council Member Helen Rosenthal • New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Governor and the New York State Legislature • Stavros Niarchos Foundation • Ellen & Arnold Offner • Sarabeth Berman & Evan Osnos • PARC Foundation • Parkinson’s Foundation • Onay Payne • Poss Family Foundation • Drs. Jocelynne & Perry Rainey • Diane E. Solway & David Resnicow • The Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative • Billy Rose Foundation • Margaret Conklin & David Sabel • The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation • Iris Cohen & Mark Selinger • The SHS Foundation • The Shubert Foundation • Jane & R.L. Stine • Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Fund • Nancy Umanoff • Jamie Gorelick & Richard Waldhorn
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Jane Aaron • Nancy Adams • Kenneth Aidekman Family Foundation • American Parkinson Disease Association • Diane T. Anderson • Anonymous • Arnow Family Fund • Nina K. Auerbach • Emanuel & Yoko Ax • Adrianne Lobel and Ruby Baker • Janet Barr • Kate Bernheimer • W. & R. Bernheimer Family Foundation • Bloomberg LP Corporation • Boston Scientific • Polly Dawkins & Nico Brooks • Jeffery & Tina Budge • Allan & Rhea Bufferd Education Fund • Terri D. Bullock • Sharon D. Burde • K. O. Burkhardt Fund • Cynthia A. Clegg • Harold L. Clinton, Jr. • Ara Guzelimian & Janet Clough • Bruce A. Cohen • Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn • Continental Grain Foundation • Joseph & Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts • Nancy Dalva • Belden H. & Pamela K. Daniels • Mary E. Darmstaetter • Dau Family Foundation • Susan & Gary DeLong • Catherine de Saint Aignan • The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
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• Robert J. Dixon • Downtown Brooklyn Partnership & Dumbo Business Improvement District, with support from the New York State Downtown Revitalization Initiative • Edith & Edward Drcar • Carol Ann Dyer • Gale Epstein • Jean Espenshade • Thomas G. Evans • Phillip G. Fairweather, M.D. • Ann & Richard Feldman • Richard E. Feldman, Esq. • Michael & Nancy Feller • Simona Fioravanti • Glenda & Bob Fishman • Jaylyn Olivo & Dale Flecker • Neil R. Ericsson & Karen L. Florini • Stephen M. Foster • Carolyn George • Sarah & Michael Gerstenzang • The John N. & Gillett A. Gilbert Family Fund • Cynthia Gilbertson • Bernard F. & Alva B. Gimbel Foundation • Jonathan Glazer • Christian Kleinbub & Amanda Gluibizzi • Robert Goldberg • Leonore Gordon Fund for Diverse Communities • Richard Malanga & Rodney Gordon • Edward & Lenore Grabowski • The Grant Family Fund • Eleonora Grasselli-Grunes & Robert Grunes • The Grodzins Fund • L. Jay Grossman • Elizabeth Grover • Shapiro Grynstejn Family Fund • Sharon B. Gurwitz • V Hansmann • The Harkness Foundation for Dance • Connie Heller • Joe & Roberta Hellman • J Michael Hemmer • Marta Heflin Foundation • Macduff & Twyla Hughes • Kim Huskey • Jock Ireland • Sonja Johansson • Linda Johnson • Robert Wood Johnson Foundation • Maxine & James Kaler • Mollie Katzen • Catherine Klemballa • Richard Rubenstein & Katherine Kolbert • Myra Kooy • Katharine & Tom Kush • Leatherwood Foundation • Virginia Lee • Fred & Jean Leventhal • Laurence & Jane Levine • Elizabeth Levy • Judy Lichterman • The Herman Liebmann Foundation • Robert Littman • William W. Lockwood, Jr. • Manson Family & Stanley J. Wertheimer Fund Donors • Alison Marshall • Barbara T. Martin • Lucy Bowen McCauley • Patricia McGrath • Megara Foundation • Susan Mellin • Judith G. Mendelsund • Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation • Stuart Miller • Thomas W. & Jane A. Morris • Lynda Myles • Harris A. Berman & Ruth Nemzoff Family Foundation • New Music USA • New York City Department for the Aging • Max Nicholas & Allison Nichols • Sarah & Gerald Oelberg • Emily Omura • Stephen Partridge • Cecilia Paul • Antony Peattie • Ira Bell & Claire Pensyl • The L.E. Phillips Family Foundation • Davis Phinney • Lauren & Scott Pinkus • Judith J. Plows • Janice Price • Megan & Greg Pursell • Marjorie Randolph • Patrick Ravey • Eugene & Stella Reddick • Mikhail Baryshnikov & Lisa Rinehart • Jerome Robbins Foundation • Gregg Rockefeller • Mary-Kathryn & Richard Roelofs •Sydell Roth • Toby E. & Robert Rubin Family Philanthropic Fund • Ann M. Sagalyn • Susan Sakai-McClure • J. Loux & Carol Sanders • Gabriel & Jolie Schwartz • Arlene & Michael Scorzelli • Lise Scott • Jeffrey & Kim Brown Seely • Sills Family Foundation • The Evelyn Sharp Foundation • Joseph & Janet Sherman • Elizabeth R. & William H. Sledge • Ranny Cooper & David Smith • Karla Stewart • Emmanuel R. Torrijos & Jing Shang Tan • Judy & Charlie Tobey • Ruth Tobey • Jane Frances Levy Troy • Nancy Long, Ph.D. & Marc Waldor • Mary R. Waters • Katherine Weil • Judith Weisfuse • Andrea Likwornik Weiss & David S. Weiss, MD • Mark & Carol Willis • Laura Winner • June & Jeffrey Wolf • Robert & Sharon Yoerg • E. Richard Yulman • Joseph Yurcik • Michael & Rachel Zamsky • Zeitz Foundation • the more than 5,759 individuals giving gifts of $1–$999.
IN KIND SUPPORT PROVIDED BY Robert Bordo • Downtown Brooklyn Partnership • McDermott Will & Emery • Marshall Hagins • Mark Horowitz, MD • Joseph Logan • Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc. • Resnicow + Associates • Peter Sellars
LEGACY GIVING
Individuals who name the Mark Morris Dance Group in estate plans through bequests, gift annuities, charitable trusts, and beneficiary designations, ensure a strong future for the organization. MMDG gratefully acknowledges bequest commitments and gifts received in the past year from the June O. Goldberg Estate MMDG also acknowledges gifts made in memory of Marsha Abrams, Gerald Stephen Cohen, Eilene Evans, Peter Ecklund, June O. Goldberg, Mary Good, Leonore Gordon, Howard Hodgkin, Fran Justa, Bill Miller, Carroll Neeseman, Bernie Pollack, Lenore Pollack, Joel, Marilyn Rinsler, Allan Shedlin, Gurdev Sidhu Mother of Dr. Poonam Dubai, Katie Turner, Edwin L. Umanoff, Robin Wells, Ruth Manson & Stanley Wertheimer as well as gifts made in honor of the Dance for PD® team, Lawrence Beighley, Jorge Andraca Díaz, Natasha Frater, Lauren Grant & David Leventhal, Betty H. Katzen, Jane Knuttunen, Jane & Laurence Levine, Maria Portman Kelly, Susie Rucinski, Dr. Tara Sherman, and Nancy Umanoff.
CORPORATE MATCHING
American Express Charitable Fund, Apple, Inc., Fox Corporation, Gartner Inc., Google Matching Gift Program, International Monetary Fund, Microsoft Matching Gifts Program, Penguin Random House, PVH, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and S&P Global.
y c a Leg ving Gi Planned gifts provide a meaningful opportunity to your legacy with the Mark Morris Dance Group. When you name the Mark Morris Dance Group in estate plans through bequests, gift annuities, charitable trusts, and beneficiary designations, you will automatically become a part of the Legacy Society. Your gift may also have valuable tax benefits to you. For more information, contact Director of Development Michelle Amador at (718) 624-8400 x208 or michelle@mmdg.org or speak with your estate planner or financial advisor.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS Judith R. Fishman, Chair David Resnicow, Vice Chair Mark Selinger, Vice Chair Isaac Mizrahi, Secretary Sarabeth Berman Frederick Bland Margaret Conklin Suzy Kellems Dominik Shelby Gans York-Chi Harder Marc James Nicholas Ma Timothy J. McClimon Helen Meyer Mark Morris Ellen Offner Darryl Pinckney Onay Payne Jocelynne Rainey Jane Stine Nancy Umanoff Photo Credits Cover: Allegro, Javier del Real p3: Stephanie Berger p4: David Leyes p7: Kenneth Friedman p9: Christopher Setter p10: (clockwise) Three Preludes Nan Melville; The Lover’s Demise, NA; Dido and Aeneas, Susana Millman p13: Christopher Setter p14: Trevor Izzo p15: Beowulf Sheehan
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p16: Christopher Setter p17: Beowulf Sheehan p18: Christopher Setter p19: Trevor Izzo p20: Eun Lee p21: (clockwise) Italian Concerto, Stephanie Berger; Jesu Meine Freude, Nan Melville; Mythologies, Daniel Pierre; Prelude and Prelude, Aarhus Denmark, Rhymes with Silver, Dan Rest; V, Robbie Jack p26: Pacific, Nan Melville
Four decades since the organization’s founding, the Mark Morris Dance Group is still evolving. The protracted challenges of this time have led to our continued innovation – moving from analog, to digital, to hybrid. Though the modes of working may have changed, we continued responding with deep care through meaningful education and community engagement practice and extraordinary artistic experiences. Mark continued to create – premiering two more iterations of his videodances. We were thrilled to return to performing live for audiences, both during the company’s first-ever livestream event and outdoor performances throughout the spring. We also advanced our online programs, delighting audiences throughout the year with our 40th Anniversary Digital Season, including themed week-long programming designed to engage audience members of all ages. We re-opened our on-site Dance Center in February 2021, reimagining programming to meet the current needs of our community, guided by our core values of artistic excellence, cultivating creativity, advancing access, and celebrating community. Whether you just joined us or have been with us since the beginning, we are honored to have your dedicated support of our work. Thank you. As we press forward, we are emboldened by our global community at our side. Onward!
Judith R. Fishman Board Chair
Nancy Umanoff President and Executive Director
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