HSDC Program Book

HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO

MARCH 12 - 24, 2024

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Welcome to The Joyce Theater’s Spring/Summer ‘24 season!

Tonight, join me in celebrating Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s 46th anniversary season, a milestone in the company’s long history of fostering innovation in contemporary dance.

Looking back on decades of dance, the physically daring Pilobolus presents re:CREATION, a collection of timeless pieces from its 50-year legacy. With over 30 years of impact, Gibney Company returns with historic restagings by Twyla Tharp and world premieres by Jermaine Spivey & Spenser Theberge and Yue Yin. Parsons Dance marks its 27th engagement at The Joyce with company classics showcasing David Parsons’ characteristic musicality and wit.

More legacy companies continue to push the visions of their founders forward. Trisha Brown Dance Company brings two formative works by its creator, alongside the second ever choreographic commission, In the Fall by French choreographer Noé Soulier. Smuin Contemporary Ballet expands the boundaries of ballet with a contemporary style influenced by its founder Michael Smuin. Paul Taylor Dance Company presents Extreme Taylor, honoring Taylor’s unprecedented creative vision and contributions to the field of modern dance.

Joining the nationwide centennial celebration of the renowned drummer and composer, Max Roach 100 brings together Joyce alums Ayodele Casel, Rennie Harris Puremovement, Malpaso Dance Company, and Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE in conversation with Roach’s legacy. Curated by American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Calvin Royal III, this year’s Ballet Festival gathers the leading voices of the ballet world in a reflection of our collective humanity.

Fostering the next generation, American Ballet Theatre Studio Company connects its rising ballet stars with choreographers Jamar Roberts, Amy Hall Garner, James Whiteside, and Alexei Ratmansky. Ballet Tech Kids Dance makes its annual Joyce appearance with classics by founder Eliot Feld. The bright, young dancers of Ailey II take on energetic works by Judith Jamison, William Forsythe, Baye & Asa, and Francesca Harper.

Percussive dance forms also finds a home at The Joyce this season. Carrying forth the flamenco legacy for over 40 years, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana offers EQUILIBRIO (Clásica/Tradición), a new creation by acclaimed flamenco artist Emilio Ochando.

Led by artistic director Michelle Dorrance, Dorrance Dance continues to push the dynamic range that tap dance has to offer. A staple of New York’s flamenco scene, Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca pays homage to the influence of visual artist Francisco de Goya, reimagining his works through the flamenco form.

This year, we are proud to welcome an international community of dance artists to our Chelsea home. The Belfast-raised Oona Doherty makes her Joyce debut with Navy Blue, a thrilling amalgamation of deconstructed movement, spoken word, and political candor. From the Netherlands, Introdans pays homage to masters of the form: Akram Khan, Lucinda Childs, and Mauro Bigonzetti. Sydney Dance Company performs the critically acclaimed [ab] intra, featuring a driving score by Australian musician Nick Wales. Germany’s tanzmainz returns with an encore performance of choreographer Sharon Eyal’s mesmerizing Soul Chain.

In this season filled to the brim with new inventions, classic works, and unparalleled artistry, we are honored to have you in our Theater. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!

Sincerely,

The Joyce Theater Foundation presents

MARCH 12 – MARCH 17

Dichotomy of a Journey BY DARRELL GRAND MOULTRIE

Nevermore BY THANG DAO

Dear Frankie BY RENNIE HARRIS

MARCH 19 – MARCH 24

Coltrane’s Favorite Things BY LAR LUBOVITCH

Aguas Que Van, Quieren Volver BY RENA BUTLER return to patience BY ASZURE BARTON

Artistic Director Executive Director Founder

LINDA-DENISE FISHER-HARRELL

DAVID McDERMOTT

LOU CONTE

The Company

ALEXANDRIA BEST* • JACQUELINE BURNETT* • AARON CHOATE

MORGAN CLUNE • MICHELE DOOLEY • ABDIEL FIGUEROA REYES*

ELLIOT HAMMANS • JACK HENDERSON • ALYSIA JOHNSON* • SHOTA MIYOSHI

DAVID SCHULTZ* • SIMONE STEVENS • CYRIE TOPETE • MATT WENCKOWSKI

Senior Rehearsal Director & Director of Summer Intensives

Rehearsal Director Manager of Training Operations

JONATHAN E. ALSBERRY

CRAIG D. BLACK, JR.*

KRISTA ELLENSOHN

*Denotes Princess Grace Award Recipient

Leadership support for The Joyce Theater Foundation has been received from the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust.

Champion support for The Joyce’s annual programming has been provided by Howard Gilman Foundation and The Shubert Foundation.

Major support for The Joyce has been provided by Ford Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, MacMillan Family Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels.

The Joyce's presentation of U.S.-based dance companies is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

DICHOTOMY OF A JOURNEY (2022)

Choreography by Darrell Grand Moultrie

Music by Ezio Bosso, Dmitri Shostakovich, V. Michael McKay, Nils Frahm, Donald Lawrence** Costume Design by Branimira Ivanova

Lighting Design by Michael Mazzola

Vitality Interlude

Connection Interlude Vision

Community Resilience

The Company+

Morgan Clune (3/12, 3/14, 3/16eve)

Michele Dooley (3/13, 3/15, 3/16mat, 3/17)

Jacqueline Burnett, David Schultz (3/12, 3/14, 3/16eve)

Morgan Clune, Elliot Hammans (3/13, 3/15, 3/16mat, 3/17)

Aaron Choate

Elliot Hammans (3/12, 3/14, 3/16eve)

Abdiel Figueroa Reyes (3/13, 3/15, 3/16mat, 3/17)

Jacqueline Burnett, Craig D. Black, Jr., Aaron Choate, Morgan Clune, Michele Dooley, Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, Shota Miyoshi, David Schultz, Simone Stevens, Matt Wenckowski (3/12, 3/14, 3/16eve)

Alexandria Best, Jacqueline Burnett, Aaron Choate, Morgan Clune, Elliot Hammans, Alysia Johnson, Shota Miyoshi, David Schultz, Cyrie Topete, Matt Wenckowski (3/13, 3/15, 3/16mat, 3/17)

Alexandria Best, Aaron Choate, Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, Cyrie Topete (3/12, 3/14, 3/16eve)

Craig D. Black, Jr., Michele Dooley, Shota Miyoshi, Simone Stevens (3/13, 3/15, 3/16mat, 3/17)

The Company+

“From this moment and beyond: May we continue to live with vitality, connection, vision, community, and most importantly, self-encouragement.” - Darrell Grand Moultrie

**Music: String Quintet No. 2 The Nights: I’m Born Child (African Skies) by Ezio Bosso, performed by Ezio Bosso, Turin String Quartet; Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante by Dmitri Shostakovich, performed by Dmitri Shostakovich, I Musici de Montréal, Maxim Shostakovich; In My Dreams by V. Michael McKay, performed by Daryl Coley, produced by Hal Sacks, Daryl Coley; My Friend the Forest by Nils Oliver Frahm, performed by Nils Frahm, produced by Nils Frahm; Encourage Yourself-Live by Donald Lawrence, performed by The Tri-City Singers, produced by Donald Lawrence.

- INTERMISSION -

NEVERMORE (2023)

Choreography by Thang Dao in process w/ Hubbard Street Dancers & Craig D. Black, Jr. Music by James G. Lindsay**

Co-Costume Design by Calvin Tran & Neftaly Silva Lighting Design by Matt Miller*

PERFORMED BY THE COMPANY

Nevermore is a bridging of narratives based on Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Raven" and an Asian classic folktale The Cowherd and Weavegirl. The seamless intertextuality between the East-West narratives depicts the humanity of our experiences as shared and universal rather than distinct and separate. "The Raven" paints the human experience through loss and death while The Cowherd and Weavegirl offers a ritual as a way to process grief through hope and memory.” —Thang Dao

**Music: Nevermore by James G. Lindsay. Music commissioned by the Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation. Nevermore was workshopped at the University of Arizona School of Dance. The final duet was developed in a Works & Process LaunchPAD. “Process as Destination” residency at Bridge Street Theatre.

DEAR FRANKIE (2023)

Choreography by Rennie Harris

Music by Darrin Ross & Rennie Harris**

Costume Design by Imani Sade

Lighting Design by James Clotfelter

Letter to Frankie written by Rennie Harris

Assistant to Choreographer: Angel D. Anderson

PERFORMED BY THE COMPANY+

“This work is an homage to the city of Chicago, the godfather of House Music DJ Frankie Knuckles, the infamous dance club The Warehouse, and its club members. Frankie Knuckles and the other noted Chicago DJs introduced house music to the world. As a result, Chicago’s unique sound and dance have impacted not only music but fashion, television, film, radio, and pop, and underground culture as we know it today.”

—Rennie Harris

*Music: Requiem For Jay B, Lights Eternal, and We Gon Be Alright, composed, produced, and mixed by Darrin Ross. Dear Frankie composed by Darrin Ross, produced by Darrin Ross and Rennie Harris. Letter to Frankie written by Rennie Harris. Vocals by Rennie Harris, Darrin Ross, Church Triumphant Choir, Hubbard Street Dancers.

MARCH 19 – MARCH 24

COLTRANE'S FAVORITE THINGS (2010)

COMPANY PREMIERE: 2023

Choreography by Lar Lubovitch

Staged by Jonathan E. Alsberry

Music by John Coltrane, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II**

Scenery by Jackson Pollock

Lighting Design by Jack Mehler*

Duet Quartet

Trio

Alexandria Best, Shota Miyoshi (3/19, 3/21, 3/23eve)

Cyrie Topete, Abdiel Figueroa Reyes (3/20, 3/23mat)

Simone Stevens, David Schultz (3/22, 3/24)

Jacqueline Burnett, Aaron Choate, Morgan Clune, David Schultz (3/19, 3/21, 3/23eve)

Aaron Choate, Morgan Clune, Michele Dooley, David Schultz (3/20, 3/23mat)

Alexandria Best, Morgan Clune, Elliot Hammans, Matt Wenckowski (3/22, 3/24)

Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, Elliot Hammans, Matt Wenckowski (3/19, 3/21, 3/23eve)

Shota Miyoshi, Simone Stevens, Matt Wenckowski (3/20, 3/23mat)

Aaron Choate, Michele Dooley, Cyrie Topete (3/22, 3/24)

“In his time, the music of John Coltrane was described as ‘sheets of sound,’ due to the aural environment created by his innovative wall-to-wall, top-to-bottom, overall constancy of sound. Simultaneously, mid-century artist Jackson Pollock was creating pictures depicting a visual environment for which the entire surface of the canvas itself was an overall ‘action field,’ the term coined to describe his paintings. In this dance, I have sought to draw a parallel between Coltrane’s sheets of sound and Pollock’s field of action.” - Lar Lubovitch

**Music: My Favorite Things. Music by Richard Rodgers. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. This selection is used by special arrangement with Rodgers & Hammerstein: A Concord Company, www.concord.com. All Rights Reserved. Coltrane’s Favorite Things was commissioned in part by Ronald E. Creamer Jr., Elysabeth Kleinhans, W. Patrick McMullan III, Maxine Pollak, Dale L. Ponikvar and Lewis R. Steinberg. Autumn Rhythm (Number 30), 1950. Jackson Pollock (American, 19121956). Enamel on canvas, H. 105, W. 207 in. (266.7 x 525.8 cm), George A. Hearn Fund, 1957 (57.92) © 2010 The Pollock-Krasner Foundation/Artists Rights Society (ARS) New York. Location: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, U.S.A. Photo credit: Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art / Art Resource, NY. Choreography copyright © Lar Lubovitch 2010

- INTERMISSIONAGUAS QUE VAN, QUIEREN VOLVER (2023)

Choreography by Rena Butler

Music by Milton Aguilar, Miguel Angel, Marcelo Barbel, Jane May, Valladares Rebolledo**

Composed by Darryl J. Hoffman

Costume Design by Hogan McLaughlin

Lighting Design by Julie E. Ballard*

PERFORMED BY

Abdiel Figueroa Reyes, Shota Miyoshi, Cyrie Topete (3/19, 3/21, 3/23eve)

Jacqueline Burnett, Elliot Hammans, Simone Stevens (3/20, 3/23mat)

Alexandria Best, Aaron Choate, Alysia Johnson (3/22, 3/24)

“Waters that go, want to return…” — José Larralde

**Music: Quimey Neuquen by Milton Aguilar, Jane May, and Marcelo Barbel. WC Music Corp. (ASCAP). Miseria written by Valladares Rebolledo and Miguel Angel, performed by Los Panchos.

- INTERMISSION -

return to patience (2015)

COMPANY PREMIERE: 2023

Choreography by Aszure Barton

Staged by Jonathan E. Alsberry

Music by Caroline Shaw**

Costume Design by Fritz Masten*

Lighting & Stage Design by Nicole Pearce*

PERFORMED BY THE COMPANY+

**Music: Gustave Le Grey by Caroline Shaw, performed by Ruogu Wen. The costumes for return to patience were created by The Juilliard School, New York, NY.

ABOUT HUBBARD STREET DANCE CHICAGO

The Mission of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago is to awaken the human spirit through contemporary dance. Our Vision is a dance landscape that is relevant and accessible to all. We fulfill our mission by nurturing diverse voices in contemporary dance, opening new pathways to growth, learning, and discovery in Chicago and throughout the word. We are guided by our Values of Artistry, Belonging, and Curiosity.

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago grew out of the Lou Conte Dance Studio at LaSalle and Hubbard Streets in 1977, when Lou Conte gathered an ensemble of four dancers to perform in senior centers across Chicago. Barbara G. Cohen soon joined the company as its first Executive Director. Conte continued to direct the company for 23 years, during which he initiated and grew relationships with both emerging and established artists including Nacho Duato, Daniel Ezralow, Jiří Kylián, Ohad Naharin, Lynne Taylor-Corbett, and Twyla Tharp.

Conte’s successor Jim Vincent widened Hubbard Street’s international focus, began Hubbard Street’s collaboration with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and cultivated growth from within, launching the Inside/Out Choreographic Workshop and inviting Resident Choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo to make his first work. Gail Kalver’s 23 years of executive leadership provided continuity from 1984 through the 2006–07 season, when Executive Director Jason Palmquist joined the organization. Glenn Edgerton became Artistic Director in 2009 and, together with Palmquist, moved this legacy forward on multiple fronts.

In 2021, former company dancer Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell was named the fourth Artistic Director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Season 44: RE/CHARGE marked her debut season as the artistic leader of the organization, with the goal of continuing to diversify the company’s repertoire and ensemble while building on the incredible legacy and reputation that HSDC has already established. Along with David McDermott, Executive Director since 2017, the company is looking forward to expanding its audience reach and increasing the local, national, and global reputation of Hubbard Street.

For 46 years, Hubbard Street has been one of the most original forces in contemporary dance – bringing top choreographers and works to Chicago and beyond. Hubbard Street’s ever-evolving repertory, created by today’s leading choreographic voices, makes them a company that dancers aspire to join and performance venues all over the world are eager to host. To date, the main company has performed globally in 19 countries and 44 U.S. states. At home in Chicago, Hubbard Street performs 20 times a year and delivers renowned education programs in 50 classrooms across 17 Chicagoland schools. HSDC Education utilizes the choreographic process to teach essential problem-solving skills, creativity, and collaboration - expanding our reach beyond traditional concert dance audiences, ensuring that everyone has access to world-class dance and instruction.

COMPANY STAFF

LEADERSHIP

Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, Artistic Director

David McDermott, Executive Director

ARTISTIC STAFF

Jonathan E. Alsberry, Senior Rehearsal Director & Director of Summer Intensives

Craig D. Black, Jr.*, Rehearsal Director

Krista Ellensohn, Manager of Training Operations

ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF

Abby Olson, General Manager

Jessica Adler, Corinne Kibler, Kelley Dorhauer, Arts FMS, Financial Management Services

EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Katie Grogan, Director of Development

Melissa Rosenberg, Special Events & Development Operations Manager

Haley Gillespie, Development Coordinator

Clara Trippe, Development Storyteller

Erik Kaiko, Director of Marketing & Communications

Megan Moran, Manager of Marketing & Communications

YOUTH, EDUCATION, & COMMUNITY PROGRAMS

Eboné Harden, Director of Education

PRODUCTION

Harrison Pearse Burke, Director of Production

Kate Darby, Stage Manager & Head of Props

Bill Green, Head of Audio

Jenah Hensel, Head of Wardrobe

Jack Horwitch, Head Electrician

Michael Kroll, Head Carpenter

WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY

LINDA-DENISE FISHER-HARRELL (Artistic Director, she/her) ascended to this role in 2021, after an extraordinary career as a professional dance artist and educator. She was born in Baltimore, MD, and began her dance training at the Baltimore School for the Arts under the guidance of Sylvester Campbell and Stephanie Powell. She was an apprentice with the Capitol Ballet in Washington D.C. and a full fellowship student at The Ailey School. While a student at The Juilliard School, she was invited by Hubbard Street founder Lou Conte to join the main company at the age of 19, thus beginning her professional dance career. After three seasons with Hubbard Street, she became a Principal Dancer with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, under the direction of Judith Jamison. During her 13-year tenure with the company, she performed all over the world and was featured in the works of Alvin Ailey, Robert Battle, Talley Beatty, Ronald K. Brown, John Butler, Donald Byrd, Ulysses Dove, George Faison, Rennie Harris, Geoffrey Holder, Judith Jamison, Louis Johnson, Alonzo King, Lar Lubovitch, Donald McKayle, Elisa Monte, Jennifer Muller, David Parsons, and Dwight Rhoden. She was invited to give a number of special performances throughout her career, including the White House State Dinner in honor of the President of Kenya, Mwai Kibaki, and the 12th Annual Kennedy Center Gala with Nancy Wilson and Liza Minelli. She has led a distinguished career as a dance educator in her hometown of Baltimore where, since 2005, she has been a Professor of Dance at Towson University and has served on the faculty of the Baltimore School for the Arts. Her research and scholarship in continuing the Ailey legacy within the Towson University and Greater Baltimore community has resulted in the Ailey II residencies from 2011-2019 hosted by Towson University and the establishment of AileyCamp Baltimore at Towson University in 2014 where she served as Director. She holds a Master of Fine Arts Degree in dance from Hollins University and is an ABT® Certified Teacher. As a scholar, her entry “Alvin Ailey” has been published by the Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism. She and her husband have three children.

DAVID MCDERMOTT (Executive Director, he/him) manages organization-wide strategy and administrative functions including oversight of Hubbard Street’s finances, operations, marketing, and development departments. Most recently, he led Hubbard Street through a post-COVID-19 restructuring, guided its new accessfirst digital strategy, and directed the company’s recent move to Water Tower Place. Prior to joining Hubbard Street he served as the First Deputy Commissioner at the City of Chicago’s Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events. In this role, he managed the day-to-day operations of the department and played instrumental roles in major initiatives such as creating the Chicago Cultural Plan, revitalizing the Taste of Chicago, and ensured the success of the Chicago Architecture Biennial. Prior to his employment with the City, he led the Senator Durbin’s Department of Community Outreach, served as the Senator’s Political Director, and has managed political campaigns at the congressional, county, and municipal levels. He recently completed a fellowship at the University of Chicago’s Civic Leadership Academy and holds a degree in Public Policy from Trinity College at the University of Dublin.

LOU CONTE (Founding Artistic Director, he/him), after a performing career that included roles in Broadway musicals such as Cabaret, Mame, and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, established the Lou Conte Dance Studio in 1974. Three years later, he founded what is now Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Originally the company’s sole choreographer, he developed relationships with emerging and world-renowned dancemakers Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Margo Sappington, and Daniel Ezralow as the company grew. He continued to build Hubbard Street’s repertoire by forging a key relationship with Twyla Tharp in the 1990s, acquiring seven of her works as well as original choreography. It then became an international enterprise with the inclusion of works by Jiří Kylián, Nacho Duato, and Ohad Naharin. Throughout his 23 years as the company’s artistic director, he received numerous awards including the first Ruth Page Artistic Achievements Award in 1986, the Sidney R. Yates Arts Advocacy Award in 1995, and a Chicagoan of the Year award from Chicago Magazine in 1999. In 2003, he was inducted as a laureate into the Lincoln Academy of Illinois, the state’s highest honor, and in 2014, was named one of five inaugural recipients of the City of Chicago’s Fifth Star Award. He has been credited by many for helping raise Chicago’s international cultural profile and for creating a welcoming climate for dance in the city, where the art form now thrives.

JONATHAN E. ALSBERRY (Senior Rehearsal Director & Director of Summer Intensives, he/him), from Normal, IL, is a dance educator, creator, and coach focused on inspiring excellence and joy in the study of Ballet, Jazz, and Modern techniques with a constant dedication to the exploration of artistry and the creative process. Currently the Senior Rehearsal Director & Director of Summer Intensives with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, he began dancing with his mother Lyndetta and went on to graduate from The Chicago Academy for the Arts where he has since been a guest faculty member. In 2006, he received his BFA from The Juilliard School where he met Aszure Barton. Jonathan a.k.a “Jojo” is now dancer, rehearsal director, and creative collaborator with Aszure Barton & Artists and has assisted Mrs. Barton in over a dozen creations including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Bayerische Staatsballett, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. In 2007, he also joined the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company and is currently a performer, rehearsal director, and teaching artist with the company. He has shared two tours with Mikhail Baryshnikov’s Hell’s Kitchen Dance as well as Evolution with Alessandra Ferri and Herman Cornejo. Other credits include The Chase Brock Experience, Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, Luna Negra Dance Theater, Nilas Martins Dance Company, and Eisenhower Dance Ensemble. Since 2007, he has been teaching, coaching, and creating work at various educational institutions including Arts Umbrella, Harvard University, University of California at Irvine, Springboard Danse Montreal, Ballet Hispánico, and University of Southern California.

CRAIG D. BLACK, JR. (Rehearsal Director, he/they), from San Jose, CA, is the Rehearsal Director of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. He was appointed to this role in 2022 for the company’s 45th Anniversary: Sapphire Season. At the age of ten, Craig began dancing at South Bay Dance Center and continued his dance training at Abraham Lincoln High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. In 2011, Craig received his BFA from The Juilliard School. He obtained additional training at Springboard Danse Montréal, Nederlands Dans Theater, and the School at Jacob’s Pillow. Craig is a recipient of the 2010 Princess Grace Award in Dance as well as the 2011 Lorna Strassler Award for Student Excellence from the School at Jacob’s Pillow. For six seasons, Craig performed and toured with Aspen Santa Fe Ballet under the direction of Tom Mossbrucker and Jean-Philippe Malaty. In 2017,

Craig joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago where he danced for five seasons before transitioning into the HSDC Rehearsal Director position. He has had the privilege of dancing works by Kyle Abraham, Aszure Barton, Cherice Barton, Rena Butler, Alejandro Cerrudo, Peter Chu, Nacho Duato, Jorma Elo, William Forsythe, Jirí Kylián, Fernando Melo, Robyn Mineko-Williams, Ohad Naharin, Crystal Pite, and Cayetano Soto Ramirez, among many others. Craig has had the pleasure of co-choreographing and rehearsal directing Cardi B and Offset’s 2019 BET Awards performance. Craig is a passionate teacher and mentor. He is certified in IMAGE TECH for Dancers™ introductory through advanced level. Craig is on faculty for Dupree Dance and has served as guest faculty for the Hubbard Street Professional Program, Steps on Broadway, Peridance Center, The Joffrey Academy, and New York City Dance Alliance.

CHOREOGRAPHERS

ASZURE BARTON (return to patience) is a Canadian-American artist and choreographer who has collaborated with celebrated dancers and companies including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Martha Graham Dance Company, National Ballet of Canada, Malpaso Dance Company, Nederlands Dans Theater, Sydney Dance Company, Teatro alla Scala, and most recently San Francisco Ballet. She has received honors including a Bessie Award and the prestigious Arts & Letters Award, joining the ranks of Oscar Peterson, Karen Kain, and Margaret Atwood. She was the first Martha Duffy resident artist at the Baryshnikov Arts Center and is an official ambassador of contemporary dance in Canada. She is the founder of Aszure Barton & Artists, an international interdisciplinary dance project, and is currently embarking on a new creative partnership with trumpeter and composer Ambrose Akinmusire.

RENA BUTLER (Aguas Que Van, Quieren Volver) hails from Chicago. She began her dance studies at The Chicago Academy for the Arts and later at Taipei National University of the Arts in Taiwan. She received her BFA from SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Dance. Rena has performed with a range of companies in the USA, including Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (also a Choreographic Fellow), A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, David Dorfman Dance, Manuel Vignoulle/M-Motions, The Kevin Wynn Collection, Pasos Con Sabor Salsa Dance Company, and Gibney Company, as a dance artist and the inaugural choreographic associate. Butler was a recipient of the prestigious 2019 Princess Grace Foundation Award for Choreography and has been commissioned by National Ballet of Canada, San Francisco Opera, Norrdans, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, The Lyric Opera of Chicago, BalletX, GroundWorks DanceTheater, Oregon Ballet Theater, Jacob's Pillow Contemporary Summer Program, Parsons Dance, Charlotte Ballet, The Juilliard School, Oklahoma City Ballet, and Boston Dance Theater. Additionally, she has created works for The New Orleans Museum of Modern Art in collaboration with Academy Award-Winning jazz composer Terence Blanchard, CHTV Stories in Switzerland, a film short in collaboration with Third Coast Percussion x Devonté Hynes/Blood Orange, The Young Choreographer’s Festival in NYC, The Ailey/Fordham School, TEDxChicago Virtual Salon 3.0: Design Your Life, and more. She has been spotlighted in Dance Magazine’s "On The Rise" feature in 2013, and was the featured cover story in Dance Magazine’s November 2021 issue. She is active in mentorship and education and has served on the Consortium for Chicago Dancemakers Forum for three years, was on the annual

panel for Black Girls Dance in Chicago, and co-created and directed DanceLab—a free, choreographic course for Chicago teens, empowering participants of varying socioeconomic backgrounds + identities to find commonality in creation. Has taught dance and choreographic workshops at L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Danse de Marseille in France, The Macau Cultural Center in China, and Ailey Camp Chicago, and currently serves on dancewave’s Artistic Advisory Council in NYC.

THANG DAO (Nevermore) resides between Los Angeles and New York City where he works as a freelance choreographer, educator, and coach. He is a graduate of Hollins University (MFA’ 21) and New York University (MA’ 09). Dao received his formal dance education from The Juilliard School and Boston Conservatory (BFA 2001). Dao has choreographed for Ballet Austin, Ballet Austin II, Ailey II, BalletX, PHILADANCO!, Taiwan National University of the Arts, Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Program, Missouri Contemporary Ballet, Kennesaw State University, Troy University, Michigan State University, and the Boston Conservatory, along with many universities and performing arts schools nationally and internationally. His works have toured throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia with acclaimed reviews. His ballet Stepping Ground, choreographed for Ballet Austin for the first Biannual New American Dance Talent, received the Audience Choice Award all four nights. Dao was the recipient of the 2008 Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship, the 2009 Special Project Grant, and the 2012 Vilcek finalist for Creative Promise in choreography. In 2012, his work Waiting Women was featured at NYCDA Gala: Destiny Rising at The Joyce Theater in New York. Dao was part of the creative team for the James Brown Project: Get On The Good Foot commissioned and produced by the Apollo Theater in collaboration with PHILADANCO! under the artistic direction of Otis Salid. In 2017, Dao garnered first prize for his choreography at the DAP Festival in Pietrasanta, Italy. Dao was the recipient of the 2022 #launchPAD residency, an initiative of Works & Process at the Guggenheim. Dao is ecstatic for the opportunity to work with the artists of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago under the incredible direction of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell. Follow Dao on Insta @tawndu. www.thangdaodancecompany.com.

RENNIE HARRIS (Dear Frankie). Known for bringing social dances to the concert stage and coining the term "Street Dance Theater," Harris has broken new ground as one of the first Hip-hop choreographers to set works on ballet-based companies such as Ballet Memphis, Colorado Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO!), Giordano Dance Chicago, Lula Washington Dance Theatre, Cleo Parker Robinson, Dallas Black Dance Theater, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC), and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, among others. He is also the first street dancer commissioned to create an evening-length work on Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and to serve as a resident artist at The Ailey School. He has received three Bessie Awards, five Black Theater Alvin Ailey Awards, an Herb Alpert Award, and been nominated for a Lawrence Olivier Award (UK). He has also received a Lifetime Achievement Award in choreography (McCullum Theater, 2019). Harris was also voted one of the most influential people in the last one hundred years of Philadelphia’s history (City Paper), and has been compared to Basquiat, Alvin Ailey, and Bob Fosse. In addition, he has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, PEW Fellowship, a USA Artist of the Year Fellowship, a Governor’s Artist of the Year Award, and is noted as the first street dancer to receive two honorary doctorate degrees from both Bates College (Lewiston, ME) and Columbia College (Chicago, IL). He served as a cultural ambassador for Ronald Reagan’s US Embassy Tour in 1986 and was invited to the White House by the Clinton Administration to

share in the recognition of African American artists making a difference in the world (2001). Rennie Harris Puremovement has performed for such dignitaries as the Queen of England and the Princess of Monaco, and was chosen as one of four US companies to serve as cultural ambassadors for President Obama’s Dance Motion USA and toured Israel, Jordan, Ramulah, Egypt, Palestine, and surrounding countries. Lorenzo “Rennie” Harris is atop the Hip-hop heap as its leading ambassador. Harris is a recent recipient of the Doris Duke artist award (2020).

LAR LUBOVITCH (Coltrane’s Favorite Things) is one of America’s most versatile and widely seen choreographers. He founded the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company in 1968. Over the course of 53 years, it has gained an international reputation as one of America’s top dance companies, producing more than 120 dances and performing before millions across the U.S. and in over 40 countries. Many other major companies throughout the world have performed Lubovitch’s dances, including American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Joffrey Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, and more. Lubovitch has created icedancing works for Olympians John Curry, Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Brian Orser, JoJo Starbuck, and Paul Wylie, and he has created feature-length ice-dance specials for TV: The Planets for A&E (nominated for an International Emmy Award, a Cable AceAward, and a Grammy Award) and The Sleeping Beauty for PBS and Anglia TV, Great Britain. His theater and film work includes Sondheim/Lapine’s Into the Woods (Tony Award nomination), The Red Shoes (Astaire Award), the Tony Award-winning revival of The King and I (Broadway and West End), Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame in Berlin, and Robert Altman’s movie The Company (American Choreography Award). In 2016, he premiered The Bronze Horseman, based on the Pushkin poem, for the Mikhailovsky Ballet in Russia. In 1987, he conceived Dancing for Life, which took place at Lincoln Center. It was the first response by the dance community to the AIDS crisis, raising over one million dollars. Together with Jay Franke, in 2007 Lubovitch created the Chicago Dancing Festival, in collaboration with the City of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art. It presented ten seasons entirely free to the public. Recent awards include: 2007 named Chicagoan of the Year by the Chicago Tribune; 2008 named similarly by Chicago Magazine; 2011 designated a Ford Fellow by United States Artists and received the Dance/USA Honors Award; 2012 his dance Crisis Variations awarded the Prix Benois de la Danse for outstanding choreography at the Bolshoi Theatre; 2013 honored for lifetime achievement by the American Dance Guild; 2014 awarded an honorary doctorate by The Juilliard School; 2016 received the Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement; and the Dance Magazine Award, named one of America’s Irreplaceable Dance Treasures by the Dance Heritage Coalition and appointed a Distinguished Professor at UC/Irvine. In honor of his company’s 50th anniversary, in 2018 he was presented with the Martha Graham Award for lifetime achievement.

DARRELL GRAND MOULTRIE (Dichotomy of a Journey). A recipient of the Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship Award, Darrell Grand Moultrie has established himself as one of the most diverse and sought-after choreographers and master teachers. Moultrie has created and staged works for American Ballet Theatre, The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Dallas Black Dance Theater, Atlanta Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet Colorado Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, BalletMet Columbus, Ailey II, Tulsa Ballet, Richmond Ballet, Smuin Ballet, Sacramento Ballet,

The Juilliard School, North Carolina Dance Theatre, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, and NBA Ballet in Japan. On stage, Moultrie has provided movement and choreography for the Pulitzer Prize Winning Play Fat Ham at New York’s The Public Theater, MCC’s Space Dogs, The Public Theater's Shakespeare in the Park, production of Merry Wives, the world premiere of Jeremy O. Harris’s OffBroadway play Daddy, Witness Uganda at American Repertory Theater directed by Tony Winner Diane Paulus, Sugar in Our Wounds at Manhattan Theatre Club, the Off-Broadway musical Invisible Thread at Second Stage, the world premiere of Redwood at Portland Center Stage Theater, and Evita and Pride & Prejudice at Kansas City Repertory Theatre. He has collaborated with Tony Award-winning dancer Savion Glover and provided choreography for Beyoncé’s Mrs. Carter World Tour. Darrell also choreographed El Publico, a new opera at the world-famous Teatro Real in Madrid, Spain directed by Robert Castro and Conducted by Robert Heras-Casado. Moultrie is a proud New Yorker, born and raised in Harlem, and a graduate of P.S. 144, The Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts, LaGuardia High School, and The Juilliard School.

DANCERS

ALEXANDRIA BEST (she/her, Raleigh, NC) is a native of Raleigh, NC where she began her pre-professional dance training. During this time, she acquired knowledge from instructors across programs such as American Ballet Theatre, Arts Umbrella, Carolina Ballet, DamianiDance, French Academie of Ballet, and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. She is a 2021 graduate of Pace University where she earned her BFA in dance, with a concentration in performance and pedagogy, and a minor in business. Immediately following post-grad, Alexandria joined Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as a company dance artist under the new direction of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell. Now going into her third season, she has had the opportunity to perform many great works by many great-minded artists alike. She is thrilled to be announced as a 2023 Princess Grace Foundation Award winner in Dance and to be joining its community of artists, including many past and present HSDC members as well. Alexandria is elated to continue her time growing her artistry and community with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in its upcoming season.

JACQUELINE BURNETT (she/her, Pocatello, ID) received her formative classical ballet training in her hometown of Pocatello, ID, from Romanian Ballet Master Marius Zirra. She moved to NYC in 2005 for the Ailey School/Fordham University joint BFA program, graduating magna cum laude with honors (2009). She joined HSDC in 2008 as a Center Apprentice and joined the main company in 2009. She received a Princess Grace Honorarium in 2011 and with HSDC, was part of DanceMotion USA 2013, a cultural diplomacy tour in Algeria, Morocco, and Spain. She has also served as an Artistic Lead and teacher for HSDC Summer Intensives, a repetitor for Penny Saunders, and a freelance dancer with Robyn Mineko Williams and Artists and Seattle Dance Collective. She recently choreographed for Milwaukee Rep’s Murder on the Orient Express and premiered a new work, co-choreographed with David Schultz, for Danza Visual in Mexico City.

AARON CHOATE (they/them, Lexington, KY) is a graduate of The Juilliard School class of 2022. After studying at Diana Evan's School of Dance in Kentucky, they were named a 2018 Presidential Scholar in the Arts. They have performed the works of renowned choreographers, such as Aszure Barton, Ohad Naharin, Justin Peck, Jamar Roberts, Bobbi Jene Smith, Rennie Harris, Spencer Theberge, Lar Lubovitch, and Ted Shawn. They are also an avid choreographer. Most recently, they had a process at Gibney Dance called the Moving Towards Justice Fellowship, created by Scott Autry. In 2022, they presented a work at 92nd Street Y as a part of the Future Dance Festival. In 2021, they received the George J. Jakab Grant Award from Juilliard to create a dance film, and upon graduation they were awarded the Juilliard Career Advancement Fellowship.

MORGAN CLUNE (she/her, Barrington, IL) graduated from The Chicago Academy for the Arts in 2018. She was recognized as a National YoungArts Winner in New York for Contemporary dance in 2018 where she performed a solo at Baryshnikov Arts Center. Upon graduation from Juilliard, Morgan was awarded the Martha Hill Prize for her achievement and leadership in Dance as well as a Juilliard Career Advancement Fellowship for her promise as an entrepreneur and engagement in the arts. She is an emerging choreographer, recently choreographing at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s CREATE summer intensive and The Juilliard School in 2023. Morgan is currently entering her second season with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago under the direction of Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell.

MICHELE DOOLEY (she/he/they, Philadelphia, PA) is a dance artist and teacher from Philadelphia, PA. She began her dance training at The Institute of the Arts, graduated from The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts, and later earned her BFA in Dance from The University of the Arts. She has completed programs with Bates Summer intensive, BalletX Summer Program, and DCNS Summer Dance Intensive and has worked with choreographers Gary Jeter, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Aszure Barton, Jermaine Spivey, Milton Myers, Spenser Theberge, and Nora Gibson. She has had the privilege of working with Eleone Dance Theatre and Spectrum Dance Theater. She is thrilled to be back for her third season with the company!

ABDIEL FIGUEROA REYES (he/they, Las Vegas, NV) was born and raised in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, before moving to the U.S. in 2011. Training: The Rock Center for Dance, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts, The Joffrey Ballet summer intensive, COMPLEXIONS summer intensive, Contemporary West Dance Theater (under Bernard H. Gaddis). In 2017, Figueroa Reyes became a member of Hubbard Street’s Professional Program, HS Pro (under Alexandra Wells with mentorship from Peter Chu, Claire Bataille, Glenn Edgerton, Jonathan E. Alsberry, and more). In 2018, he became an HSDC apprentice and in 2019, joined the main company. Dance Magazine named him a "Top 25 to Watch" and recognized him as one of four "LatinX Dancers Breaking Boundaries" (2020). He is delighted to be a 2022 Princess Grace Award Winner and was recently recognized on Forbes "30 Under 30" Local Chicago. In his fifth season with the company, he is grateful to continue his growth and development with HSDC and the Chicago community.

ELLIOT HAMMANS (he/him, Santa Fe, NM) began his formal dance training in 2008 with Robert Sher-Machherndl and continued his ballet and modern dance education with Moving People Dance in Santa Fe, NM, under the direction of Curtis Uhlemann. He joined Moving People Dance Company as an apprentice in 2010, trained on full scholarship at the Alonzo King LINES Dance Center in San Francisco, and attended Hubbard Street Dance Chicago’s 2011 and 2012 Summer Intensives. Following studies abroad at Austria’s Tanzzentrum SEAD (Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance), he earned his BFA in Dance in 2014 from Tisch School of the Arts at NYU. He joined Hubbard Street 2 as a full company member in August 2014 and was promoted to Hubbard Street’s main company in August 2016.

JACK HENDERSON (he/him, Livermore, CA) grew up in Livermore, CA where he began dancing at his local dance studio, Tiffany's Dance Academy. He attended summer intensives and workshops during this time, including San Francisco Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, and Hubbard Street intensives. In 2017, he moved to Vancouver, BC, to attend Arts Umbrella’s pre-graduate program under the direction of Artemis Gordon. In 2018, he joined the graduate program at Arts Umbrella, performing repertoire and new creations by Crystal Pite, Lukas Timulak, Amos Bental, Ihsan Rustem, and Jonathan E. Alsberry, to name a few.

ALYSIA JOHNSON (Alysia/she/her, Dallas, TX) first found dance at Dallas Black Dance Theatre and later went on to graduate from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts where she studied ballet, modern, and composition. A graduate of The Juilliard School and a two-time recipient of Juilliard’s Entrepreneurship Grant, she has served the Dallas dance community by founding and directing programs that cater to young artists in the DFW metroplex since 2015. Recently, she was awarded the Princess Grace Honoraria Award for Dance and she is endlessly thankful for the dance community at large for their support and unmatched creativity.

SHOTA MIYOSHI (he/him, Kanagawa, Japan) started to train in jazz and ballet at Nakura Jazz Dance Studio. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Dance from SUNY Purchase college in 2022. He has performed works by Norbert De La Cruz III, Jamar Roberts, Martin Løfsnes, Doug Varone, George Balanchine, Martha Graham, and José Limón. Additional training includes MOVE|NYC's S.W.E.A.T and Paul Taylor Summer Intensive. He hopes to become a versatile dancer who is able to collaborate with a variety of musicians in order to create something the world has never seen before.

DAVID SCHULTZ (he/him, Grand Rapids, MI) began his training in Michigan with the School of the Grand Rapids Ballet, where he then performed for four seasons with its company, the Grand Rapids Ballet. He joined Hubbard Street 2 in 2009 and was promoted to the main company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, in 2011 where he has worked with many of the world's leading contemporary choreographers. He is a recipient of a 2012 Princess Grace Award. As a choreographer, he has had the honor of creating works for DanceWorks Chicago,

Chambered Squared, Boston University, and a co-choreographed piece with Jacqueline Burnett for Danza Visual in Mexico City. When he is not dancing or choreographing, he has spent many years studying music and has performed and scored many pieces for Hubbard Street Dance Chicago as well as for his own works.

SIMONE STEVENS (she/her, Atlanta, GA) received her dance training in her hometown of Stone Mountain, GA at En Pointe School of Dance before graduating from Kennesaw State University in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in Dance and Minor in Anthropology. Upon moving to Chicago in 2018, Simone studied on scholarship at the Lou Conte Dance Studio while simultaneously performing as a freelance artist throughout the city. Since joining the company in 2021, Simone has been recognized as one of Dance Magazine's "25 To Watch." Simone has also actively sought to further expand her community as an instructor, both regionally at The Rooted Space and Chicago Movement Collective, as well as familiarly at her alma mater. Simone is forever grateful for the spaces that continue to welcome her and the communities that continue to uplift.

CYRIE TOPETE (she/they, Peoria, AZ) is from Peoria, AZ, where she trained in competitive dance starting at the age of 13. She then moved to New York City and received her BFA at The Juilliard School, class of 2022. During her time at Juilliard, she was given Juilliard’s FENDI Vanguard Award and attended programs including Springboard Danse Montreal, Jacob’s Pillow Contemporary Program, B12 in Berlin, Germany, Youngarts LA, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, and more. She was also recognized for choreographic opportunities including Juilliard’s Choreography and Composers in 2021, National Sawdust’s Blueprint Fellowship in 2019, and Juilliard’s Choreographic Honors in 2019. Cyrie has had the opportunity to perform works by Crystal Pite, Ohad Naharin, Alan Lucien Øyen, Kyle Abraham, Bobbi Jene Smith, Rennie Harris, Peter Chu, Justin Peck, Aszure Barton, Rena Butler, Jenn Freeman, and Jamar Roberts. During her first season with HSDC, she was featured in Dance Magazine’s “On the Rise.”

MATT WENCKOWSKI (he/him, St. Charles, IL) received his early training at Moves Dance Studio in North Aurora and trained as a competitive dancer with Excel Dance Productions. In 2009, he joined the Joffrey Academy’s pre-professional programs under the direction of Alexei Kremnev and Anna Reznik, performing in The Nutcracker and more. He studied at Lou Conte Dance Studio under the guidance of Claire Bataille and joined DanceWorks Chicago in 2013 under the direction of Julie Nakagawa. In 2015, he joined the Grand Rapids Ballet performing soloist roles in classical and contemporary works. He’s performed pieces by Alejandro Cerrudo, Trey McIntyre, Ben Stevenson, George Balanchine, Yuri Possokhov, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Val Caniparoli, Robyn Mineko Williams, Penny Saunders, and more. He is thrilled and grateful to be part of HSDC and would like to thank his parents for all they’ve done to support him.

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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 more than four decades. Under the direction of founders Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld, Ballet Tech Foundation acquired and The Joyce renovated the Elgin Theater in Chelsea. Opening as The Joyce Theater in 1982, it was named in honor of Joyce Mertz, beloved daughter of LuEsther T. Mertz. It was LuEsther’s clear, undaunted vision and abundant generosity that made it imaginable and ultimately possible to build the theater. Ownership was secured by The Joyce in 2015. The theater is one of the only theaters built by dancers for dance and has provided an intimate and elegant home for over 475 U.S.-based and international companies. The Joyce has also expanded its reach beyond its Chelsea home through off-site presentations at venues ranging in scope from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, to Brooklyn’s Invisible Dog Art Center, and to outdoor programming in spaces such as Hudson River Park. To further support the creation of new work, The Joyce maintains longstanding commissioning and residency programs. Local students and teachers (1st–12th grade) benefit from its school program, and family and adult audiences get closer to dance with access to artists. The Joyce’s annual season of about 48 weeks of dance now includes over 300 performances for audiences of over 100,000. Visit Joyce.org for more information.

FUNDERS

Many Thanks to The Joyce's Institutional Funders for Keeping Us Moving Forward

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

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

LuEsther T. Mertz

Charitable Trust

Season Sponsor:

Champion support for The Joyce's Dance Residencies:

Champion support for The Joyce's annual programming:

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

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

The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

ABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION

VISION STATEMENT

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

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

To achieve this, we will:

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

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

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

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

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

EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR

LINDA SHELTON

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

ADMINISTRATION

General Manager

Huong Hoang

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

Human Resources Manager.......................Sharonica Williams

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

Director of Development Kirsten Munro

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

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

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

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

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

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

Development Associate.................................................Grace O’Brien

Director of Programming Danni Gee

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

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

Director of Dance Education & Family Programs...................

Heather McCartney

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

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

Director of Marketing Andy Sheagren

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

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

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

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

Director of Finance Margaret Hollenbeck

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

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

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

Director of Information Tech Patricia A. Yost

PRODUCTION

Director of Production

Jeff Segal

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

Technical Director....................................................................................OPEN

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

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

Head Carpenter................................................................Web Crittenden

Head Electrician..........................................................Brittany Spencer

Stage Technicians...............................Fabrizio Caputo, Edward Hill

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

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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

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

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

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

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.......................................Hannah Berry, Kelly Collins, Robert Craddock, Tatiana Gomez, Yulidal Hernandez Kin, Valencia Lombardi-Chisholm, Roy Odom, Jeremy Scharf, Jasmine Webb

OPERATIONS

Director of Operations Lou Albruzzese Studio Manager (NYCC&D)..............................................Tamika Daniels

FACILITIES

Facilities Manager

Jimmy Ortiz

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

SPECIAL SERVICES FOR THE JOYCE THEATER

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

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THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Amit Wadhwaney, Chair

Charles M. Adelman, Vice Chair

Stephanie R. Breslow, Treasurer

Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary

Kerry Clayton, Chair Emeritus

Virginia A. Millhiser, Chair Emerita

R. Richard Ablon

Rob Ashford

Monica F. Azare

John M. Basnage de Beauval

Ajay Bhandaram

Keane Ehsani

Michael Feller

Ronald Gumbaz

Toni Hoover

Robert Musiker

IN MEMORIAM

Theodore S. Bartwink (Trustee 1993-2014)

Tracy Brown (Trustee 2020-2023)

R. Britton Fisher (Trustee 1990-2020)

David D. Holbrook (Trustee 1994-2023)

Richard Lukins (Trustee 1998-2011)

Anh-Tuyet Nguyen (Trustee 2007-2020)

Richard Shea (Trustee 2015-2022)

Monica B. Volstad (Trustee 2016-2023)

Stephen D. Weinroth (Trustee 1996-2022)

Steven M. Pesner

Meryl Rosofsky

Saul Sanders

Linda Shelton

Lauren E. Shortt

Cathy Weinroth

Madelyn Wils

Founders and Trustees Emeriti: Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld

ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN

The Joyce honors the following individuals, corporations, and foundations for their visionary support of our mission of advancing the vibrant and extraordinary art of dance. Funds contributed to the endowment campaign will allow The Joyce to continue its support of the dance community and to commission new work.

$1 Million and above

LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust

Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment Fund

Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Charitable Trust

$500,000 and above

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Richard B. Fisher and Family

R. Britton Fisher and Family

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

$250,000 and above

David & Andrea Holbrook

Richard A. Lukins & Karen Fry

Saul & Mary Sanders

Susan Fawcett Sosin

$100,000 and above

Anonymous (1)

Alphawood Foundation

Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer

The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation

The Estate of Dorothy Lefkof

The William Randolph

Hearst Foundations

Lynne & Richard Pasculano

Michèle & Steve Pesner

The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

The Starr Foundation

$50,000 and above

R. Richard & Margery Ablon

Apollo Management, L.P.

Stephanie Breslow & Paul Watterson

The Coca-Cola Foundation

Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet A. Cozzi

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

Jerome A. and Estelle R.

Newman Assistance Fund, Inc.

Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation

$25,000 and above

Jane E. Goldberg

Cecilia & Jim Herbert

Jane Kendall & David Dietz

Elysabeth Kleinhans

Arnie & Susan Scharf

Richard Shea

Jennifer & Jonathan Allan Soros

Fiona J. Tilley & Gürhan Orhan

Dave Waks & Sandy Teger

Chris & Lonna Yegen

Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn

$5,000 and above

Anonymous (3)

Barbara & Robert Berkley

Philanthropic Fund

Barbara Berliner & Sol D. Rymer

The Cory & Bob Donnalley

Charitable Foundation

Jim & Linda Ellis

Mr. & Mrs. Ira Haupt, II

The Lawton W. Fitt & James I. McLaren Foundation

James H. Ottaway, Jr.

Kathleen A. Scott

Linda Shelton

Ferne Goldberg Sperling & Allan Sperling

JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION DONORS

The Joyce Theater appreciates the generosity of its supporters listed below as well as its many other supporters too numerous to include on these pages. List as of February 27, 2024.

Platinum Benefactors ($500,000 and above)

Howard Gilman Foundation

Elysabeth Kleinhans

LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust

Gold Benefactors ($100,000 and above)

Catskill Mountain Foundation

Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer

Ford Foundation

The Harkness Foundation for Dance

MacMillan Family Foundation

Mellon Foundation

Virginia & Timothy Millhiser

New York City Department Cultural Affairs

Robert Pollock

Rockefeller Brothers Fund

The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

Denise Littlefield Sobel

Silver Benefactors ($50,000 and above)

Jody & John Arnhold | Arnhold Foundation

*Ann & George Colony

GKV Charitable Foundation

*Leanne Lachman

National Endowment for the Arts

New York State Council on the Arts

Michèle & Steve Pesner

Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart Coleman

Lauren E. Shortt

The SHS Foundation

Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels

Amit Wadhwaney

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

Anonymous (2)

Deborah & Charles Adelman

Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation

Stephanie R. Breslow & Paul Watterson

The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation

Keane Ehsani

Jamshid & Mahsid Ehsani

*Nancy & Michael Feller

Melina Fisher

*Jane E. Goldberg

Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi

Heartfelt Wings Foundation

Mertz Gilmore Foundation

Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation

Henry and Lucy Moses Fund

Bob & Sharon Musiker

National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts

Susan & Greg Pappajohn

The Jerome Robbins Foundation

Saul & Mary Sanders

TD Bank

Cathy Weinroth

Madelyn & Steven Wils

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

Jen Ablon

Andrea Holbrook

Sharon L. Patrick

Tatiana Piankova Foundation

Barbro Osher Pro

Suecia Foundation

Nancy Sands

Kathleen A. Scott

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

Anonymous (3)

Alpern Family Foundation

John Basnage de Beauval

Andrew & Froma Benerofe

Ajay Bhandaram

Bloomberg Philanthropies

Torrence Boone

Con Edison

Leslie & Richard Curtis

John & Margaret Falk

Linda & Martin Fell

FGK Foundation

Gregg & Jean Frankel

Charles and Joan Gross Family Foundation

Elzbieta Grove

Judith M. Hoffman

In Honor of Karen Brooks Hopkins

Illuminated Foundation

The Ivill-Weiner Family

Andrew Martin-Weber

*LeConte Moore

*Nō Studios of Milwaukee

*Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch

*Karen Roth

Linda Shelton

Irene Shen

*Leslie Siegel

Jean & Gene Stark

Johanna Weber

*Vicente Wolf

*Ralph Womble & Ashley Edwards

Producer’s Circle ($7,500 and above)

Rick & Nurit Amdur

Judi Rappoport Blitzer & David M. Blitzer

Robert Brenner

Donna B. Case

Elizabeth Anne Hartman

Val Holley & Joseph Plocek

*Alan & Gail Koss

Jonathan Levinson

Cherrie Nanninga

Mr. Stephen Kroll Reidy

Michael Sekus & Bianca Russo

*Ms. Patricia E. Vance

Advocates

($5,000 and above)

Anonymous

Alpern Family Foundation

Neme Alperstein

Sarah Arison

Rob Ashford

Monica Azare

*Sandra Berger

*Marty & Louise Bickman

*Dr. John Bonavita-Goldman

Office of City Council Member Erik Bottcher

The Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust

Chubb LTD

*Cathleen Collins

*Melanie Coronetz & Bruce G. Miller

Jeffrey Davis & Michael T. Miller

Dancers Responding to AIDS

Carol Davis & Joel Marcus, M.D.

Susan Dickler & Sig Van Raan

Linda Ellis

Ania Fryszkowska

*Judith & Alan Fishman

FUSED

French U.S. Exchange in Dance

Paul Feuerman & Bruce Grivetti

*Thomas von Foerster

Mr. & Mrs. Edwin Goodman

Sharon B. Gurwitz

Randall & Mary Hack

Olivia Howard & Greg Griffith

Christopher Jones & Deborah McAlister

*Jane Kendall

Christine Knuth

Elizabeth & Neil Kurtz

*Jayne Lipman & Robert Goodman

Robert R. Littman & Sully Bonnelly

*Joyce F. Menschel

Ronay & Richard Menschel/ Charina Foundation, Inc.

Owls Fund at the Triangle Community Foundation

In loving memory of Bill Perlmuth, Patricia Dugan Perlmuth

*Warrie Price & James David Prince

Rajika & Anupam Puri

Nina B. Quigly

Theresa Alessandro Russo Foundation

Lawrence Safran & Romulo Aromin, Jr.

Margaret E. Selby

*Robert A. Schulman

Barbara Madsen Smith

Christopher Soule

Linda B. Strumpf

*Irving & Elaine Wolbrom

Barbara Wybraniec

Director’s Circle ($2,750 and above)

Anonymous (2)

R. Richard Ablon

Joel & Rhela Aragona

Capezio/Ballet Makers Dance Foundation

Jane Comer

*Chris Coulthrust

The Cowles Charitable Trust

Mary Sharp Cronson

Jan, Dick & Nora Demenus

*Paul S. Engler

Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York

Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson

*Bart Friedman & Wendy Stein

*Emi Gittleman

*Dorothy Goodman

The Harold K. Gross Family Charitable Trust

Susan Ross Green

Ronald E. Hellman & Stephen B. Roberts

*Deborah Kaye

*Vasili Krishnamurti

*Joe Lanteri, New York City Dance Alliance Inc.

Elaine & Howard Leventhal

Mark Littman & Johnny Mendoza

In Memory of John MacDonald

Karen & Martin McDonald

Mutual of America Foundation

Omomuki Foundation

Philip W. Riskin Charitable Foundation

Wes Schafer & Carlos Galtier

Susan & Arnie Scharf

Xiomara & Charles Scheidt

*Fran Schulman

Alex & Wendy Stanton

Marianna Vaidman Stone & Eric Stone

*Temple St Clair LLC

Michelle D. & Claude L. Winfield

Billy F.B. Wong & Stephanie Gordon

In honor of Billy Zavelson

Leaders ($1,000 and above)

Anonymous (10)

Adrienne Albert

Robert Allyn

Gerry & Hank Alpert

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

*Christina Back

Alison Baum

Harvey & Stephanie Benjamin

Cheryl Bergenfeld

*Barbara Berliner

Dorothy Black

Nissan Boury

Barbara & Gary Brandt

*Jonathan Brecht

*Joan Breibart

Edward Brill

Madeline Brine

Gerri Brioso

Matt Brodile

Jeffrey Bruce & Ingrid Steffensen

Joanna Bueche

*Rachael Venner & Michael Byars

Lisa Jo Reimer-Byrne

Ralph & Martine Calder

*Doug & Lisa Caldwell

Linda & Joseph Camardo

*Jeff & Susan Campbell

*Karen Carozza

Peri & David Clark

Mike Coffin

Woody & Janice Collins

Pamela Cook

Caroline & Paul Cronson

Irene Rosner David, in Memory of Dr. Raphael David

Diana Davies

David H. De Weese & Anne Heller

Ms. Beth Rudin DeWoody

The Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable Foundation

Domitilia Dos Santos

The Donut Pub

*The Dorothy Fund

Jack & Eleanor Dunn

Trisha & Patrick Duval

Christopher M. Elmore

Suzanne B. Engel

Mr. Richard Erstad & Dr. Gladys Fenichel

David L. Fanger & Martin Wechsler

Erin Feeley-Nahem & Isaac Nahem

*Marion Ilene Fischer

Brian Fitzpatrick

*Judith & Walter Flamenbaum

Pamela Frankel

Dr. Peter & Mrs. Eszter Friedman

Veronique Bogliolo Friedman & Mark Friedman

Tony & Carol Friscia

*Jeffrey Olund & Silvia Furia

*Tom & Nina Geller

Barrie Gillies & William Drummy

Carole Gottlieb

Minda Gralnek

Mason & Kim Granger

Lawrence W. Greene

Patric & Patricia Gregory

*Glen & Paula Gunsalus

Maya Hamlet

*Catherine Hartnett

Alexandra L. Harper

Aimee Haydinger

*Shelia Heimbinder

Dr. Elisabeth Hefti

Laurie & Jack Helfin

Janet L. Henner

Edward Henry & Susan Monk

Ellen Hirsch

In Honor of the Weinroths

Lynn Hopkins

George C. Howell, III

William Houlihan

David H. Hughes Jr.

Mary & David Iles

Derek Johnson

I. Michael Kadish

Kenneth S. Kail & Ivy Hwang

Margaret Kaplen

Matthew Karas

John Kirby

*Murray & Sylvana Klein

Diana Korsh

Kathy Krall

George & Liz Krupp

Sondra Kurtin Robinson

Bette Lacombe

Drs. Benjamin Natelson & Gudrun Lange

Reginald van Lee

Mickey Lemle

Rosanne Leshner

Dorothy Lichtenstein

TJ & Laura Lim - In Memory of Monica Voldstad

Robert & Dorina Link

*Tina Liu

David Lovett & Meg Ruley

Sharon Luckman & Paul Shapiro

Elizabeth A. Maher

Joseph M. Marger

Lynn C. Mautner

The McNamee McHugh Family Fund

*Israel Meir & Steve Rivera

*Lorraine Meeker

Miller Khoshkish Foundation

Mr. Wayne & Mrs. Barbara Miller

David & Diana Milich

Linda & Ed Morse

Michael Mulligan

Jane & Michael Murphy

*Judith Musiker

Jonathan M. Nadler

Kate Nguyen & Tom Eastwick

Aaron Singer & Bart Oosterveld

Trisha Ostergaard

*John Owen

Mercedes Paratje

David Parsons

David Pasterski

Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTD

Amy Pennington

Edith C. Penty

Roxanne Permesly

Doug & Teresa Peterson

The Plimpton Shattuck Fund

Douglas & Barbara Pitsch

Madeleine Plonsker

Judith J. Plows

Carole Postal

Donna & James Pressman

*Frances A. Resheske

Philip W. Riskin Foundation

Mary Jo Robertiello

Ann Sahid Rosche

Donald J. Rose & Victoria Lasdon Rose

Ellen Rosen

Diana & Michael Rothenberg

Marilyn & Alan Rothstein

Ty Rugman

Deborah Sales & Ted Striggles

Alessandro & Fe Saracino-Fendi

Jesse & Carol Schwartz

Rena Shagan

Irene Shen

Susan Sillins

Barbara Jean Sinclair

Elizabeth Sledge

Joseph Smith & Leslie Hendrix

Marilyn Sobel

Leon Sokol

*Michael Solomon

Ellen Sorrin & David York

*Margaret Stern

*William L. Stern

Mamie and Justin Stewart

Linda Stocknoff

Roger Stoltz & Shauna Stoltz-Laurie

Abbie M. Strassler

William Sussman & Jane Steele

Consulate General of Sweden in New York

Ken Tabachnick & Yael Mandelstam

Jon Teeuwissen & Welz Kauffman

Pamela van Zandt & Gina Gibney

George Vanderploeg

*Lucy Vasserman & Brendan Finnegan

Merna Villarejo

David E. Vogel

Michael & Carol Weiss

Alexandra Wheeler & Rocky Rukan

Elly Karp Wong

Cora Yamamoto

Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn

Christian Zimmermann

Bonnie Zamosky-Roth

Investors ($500 and above)

Anonymous (13)

*Peggy Adams

LaRue Allen & Ebonya Washington

Debra R. Anisman

Maria Cristina Anzola

Paul Asman & Jill Lenoble

Joan Brooks Baker & Margeaux Klein

Clay H. Barr

Joan & Ira Berkowitz

*Stan & Abby Bloch

*Maria M. Branco

*Dr. Andrea Brandon & Black Rubee

Carol & Bob Braun

Jeffrey B. Bruce

Carol Bryce Buchanan

Amy Buchman & Vicki Haupt

Diana Cagle

Robert Calderisi

Jennifer Kornreich Cahn & Andrew Cahn

Julia Chambers

*Nishka Chandrasoma

Andrea Chernyk

Jason Chuang

*Maciej Chociej

Matthew C. Cluney

Eileen & Michael Cohen

*Kenneth Cole & Maria Cuomo Cole

Bradley Collins

Betsy Cornwall

William Cosper

Duke Dang & Charles E. Rosen

*Mary Craig

*Greg Darnieder

Duane Devries

Debora Domass

Michael Eizenberg

Robert Elder & Jacqueline Fox Elder

David & Ingrid Ellen

*Melissa Elstein & Eric Katzman

Dr. Sarah Fox & Mr. Steven Lochie

*Steven Fox

*The Frazza Foundation

Eileen & Cono Fusco

Karen Gershowitz

Elise Larrabure Girasole

Geraldine Glassman

Prof. James A. Glazier

Virginia Gold

Nita & Chuck Goodgal

Katherine Goodman

Lenore & Edward Grabowski

*Jeffrey Gracer

Grant Family Charitable Fund

Bruce Greenwald

Charles & Carol Grossman Family Fund

Jane Groveman

Gina Harman

Charles & Elaine Harris

*Tali Herman

Mr. Michael D. Herskovitz

Elizabeth Levitt Hirsch

Mr. Gregory Ho & Ms. Linda Sanchez

Cheri Hoff

Emma Hood

*Alicia Dhyana House

Ralph & Lynn Huber

*Daphne Hurford & Sanford Padwe

Laura J. Illich

Walter Jaffe & Paul King

*Ann Rosalind Jones

H. David Kaplan

Ethelle Katz

Robert & Marcy Katz

Jan S. Keithly

Jennifer Aley Kenney

Robert & Elaine Klein

Valarie Koch

*Eric & Sandra Krasnoff

*Sanford Krieger

Arthur & Jane Lane

Stephen B. Lane

Nancy Lashine

Kenneth M. LeClair

*Rosanne Legrand

Phyllis & Cary Lemkowitz

Elizabeth & Durwood Littlefield

*David Long

Jennifer & Gideon Malherbe

Joseph M. Marger

*Jennifer Markowitz

Margaret Mastrianni

Judy Mauer

Wendy A. McCain

Victoria Melendez

Tanya Melich & Noel Silverman

Joe Morra

Victoria Morris

Richard J. Moylan

Deb Murnin

Barry Nalebuff

Amanda Lee Neville

*The Carol & Melvin Newman Family Foundation

John Kalish & Susan Niederman

Stuart Nordheimer & Barbara Miller

Joyce O’Brien

Peter J. Occolowitz

Katherine Ogg

Rachel Ostry, MD

Bob Ouimette

Flora Perskie

The L.E. Phillips Family Foundation, Inc.

Toniann Pitassi

The Marshall Franklin Foundation

Stephanie M. Goldson & Stephen Rappaport

Charles Ragland

Donald W. Roeske, Jr.

*Ellen & Mike Rosenberg

*Felicia Rosenfeld

Jean M. Ross

Elsa Ross-Greifinger

Jennifer Goodale & Mark Russell

Prince & Petar Sanders

*Lies Sapp

Dr. Carol Ann Satler

In Memory of Tracy Scherman

Marva & Florian Schodel

Deborah Selch

Elizabeth Shapiro

Neal Sheorey

*Tara Sherman & Tony Weiss

Sheetal & Tokumbo Shobowale

Lindy Shuttleworth & Arthur Reichstetter

*Katherine Sinnott

Andrew & Jennifer Smith

Joan & Laurence Sorkin

Michael Stanley

Jessica E. Stack

Helen Sullivan

Dr. Pavur R. Sundaresan

*Esther Tan

Pamela Tatge

Jennifer Tipton

William Tomai & John Eric Sebesta

TPU Local One IATSE

*Dana Troetel & George Papageorge

Frank Troutman

Ellie Tweedy

Thomas Van Winkle

Ernie Vickroy

Ronald Walcott

Thomas Allen Walker

Charles Walker

Louise Washer & Mary Clay Fields

Gregory Ward

Sedgwick & Pamela Ward

Chris Watson

Michael Wehman

Carol A. Weil

Kate Weil

Sara Weinheimer

George S. Werner & Li Werner

*Kathy M. Wojtas

*The Winkler Prins Charitable Fund

Gregory Youdan

Eloise Zeller

Sponsors ($350 and above)

Anonymous (4)

Patricia Adell

*Fred & Sarah Allilaire

Elaine & Theodossios Athanassiades

Kenneth Berk & Anne Serrell

Joan & Ira Berkowitz

Eugene Black

Paul Brohan

Leslie Buckland

Anita Cabrera

Gia Carifo

Amy Cho

Galois Cohen

Richard & Mary Ann Cohen

Robert Conkey

Dr. & Mrs. Frederiick Corio

John Coulter

Mr. John A. Crawford III

Judy Cunningham

Jacqueline Z. Davis

Mr. Anthony DePersia

Rodney Durso

Jo Ann Engelhardt

Ellen Estes

Martha Evenson & Daniel Hoffman

Susan E. Green

Eric Hemel & Barbara Morgen

Herman & Jacquelyn Heinemann

Mrs. Ruth W. Heuman

*Jerry Heymann

George & Linda Hiltzik

Huong Hoang

Sherrilyn Ifill

Ronald Jacquart

Bond Koga

Susan & Peter Kopple

Angela de Lara

*Emanuel Lewis

*Cynthia Low

Judy Mauer

Doug & Regina McCorkle

Cynthia Adler McKee

Alan Mendelsohn

Carol and Frank Messineo

*Mildred Munich

*Brigitte and Jeff Myhre

Aaron & Marcia Naveh

Madeleine Nichols

Phillip J. Pena

*Marisa Anne Pierson

Posner-Wallace Foundation

Terry Prahl

The Pulse Performing Arts Studio

Jonathan Raskin

*Richard & Rachel Robbins

Eileen Robert

Lainie & John Ross

Paul de Sa

*Gregg Passin & Andy Schmidt

Phillip Schmiedl

Sherry Barron-Seabrook

Martha Sherman

*Joseph Small

Robin Smith & Bill Plante

Margaret Stern

Jos Stumpe

Mr. Lars Rosager & Mr. Donald Troise

Ms. Donna Tatro

Tonic Physical Therapy & Wellness

Dana A. Troetel

Dick & Carolyn Wallach

*Irmgard Wieland

*Jeanette Williams

Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

* Denotes Joyce Rising Stars, The Joyce's new or increased donors.

The Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance and Ballet Festival Commissions

The Joyce Theater Foundation thanks the Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation for its invaluable partnership in commissioning new works from both established and emerging ballet companies, and enabling these companies to perform on the Joyce stage. The Joyce gratefully recognizes the donors listed below for their generous matching support that has made this effort possible.

Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation

R. Richard Ablon

Deborah & Charles Adelman

Gerald M. Appelstein

Rob Ashford

Stephen M. Baldini

Theodore S. Bartwink

The Harkness Foundation for Dance

Mick Beekhuizen

Evan Behrens & Dara Stern

Ajay Bhandaram

Torrence Boone

Stephanie R. Breslow & Paul Watterson

Madeline Brine

Richard & Martha Byrne

Kerry Clayton & Paige Royer

Rodney S. Cohen

Alan & Chi Colberg

Arlene Cooper

Pamela Crutchfield

Trisha & Patrick Duval

Jamshid & Mahshid Ehsani

Augie K. Fabela II

Britton & Melina Fisher

Kim Friedman

J. Eric Gambrell

Jane E. Goldberg

Ronald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi

David Haines

John & Judith Hannan

Rex S. Heinke

Cecilia & Jim Herbert

David & Andrea Holbrook

Toni Hoover

Kim Koopersmith

Allen Kovac/ Tenth Street Entertainment

Ronald & Stephanie Kramer

Ronald S. Lauder

Jim Leary

Alec & Sarah Machiels

Joyce F. Menschel

David & Diana Milich

Virginia & Timothy Millhiser

Karyl Nairn

Abby McCormick O'Neil & Carroll Joynes

Anh-Tuyet Nguyen & Robert Pollock

Susan & Gregory Pappajohn

Michèle & Steven Pesner

Tatiana Piankova Foundation

Betty P. & Michael H. Rauch

Gregg Rechler/

Lisa & Gregg Rechler

Charitable Trust

The Jerome Robbins Foundation

Ann Sahid Rosche

Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart H. Coleman

Rowan Family Foundation Inc.

Saul & Mary Sanders

Fran Schulman

Kathleen A. Scott

Frederic & Robin Seegal

Richard Shea

Howard L. Shecter

Linda Shelton

Irene Shen

Henry R. Silverman

Susan Fawcett Sosin

Allan Sperling & Ferne Goldberg

Wendy & Alex Stanton

Justin A. Stevens

Raymond & Margaret Vandenberg

Monica B. Voldstad

Amit Wadhwaney

Daniel Walsh

Stephen & Cathy Weinroth

Steven M. Zagar

Richard Kielar & Christian Zimmermann

The Young Leaders Circle

Rebecca Aronson

Chellis Baird

Emerald Layne Baker

Alison Baum

Lisa Bonifacic

Scott Caplan

Victor M. Castillo & Blake Wiedenhoeft

Julia Chambers

Nishka Chandrasoma

Ellen Chen

Dr. Jason Chuang

Mary Craig

Debora Domass

Ayesha Pirbhai Fardell

Andrew & Claire-Marine Ferguson

Bette Ann Fialkov, Co-Chair

Erica Forrence

Ania Fryszkowska

Tiger Gao

Swapna Ghanta

Ronald Gilliam & Akram Hélil

Amita Goyal

Alexandra Harper, Co-Chair

Molly Hensrud

Madison Hicks

Alixandra Holloway, Co-Chair

Emma Hood

Kristen Irby

Amanda Knight

Jeremy Lentz

Jacob Levy

Stephanie Lichtinger

Camilla Liou

Mitch Lowenthal

Kyle Marshall

Katherine Maxwell

Christopher Morales

Katie Mues

Leah Nelson

Abigail Nintzel

Abigail Richards

Setpheap San

Rafi Sahanoor Sarkar

Ariane Schaffer

Elisa Smilovitz

Andrea Nicole Smith

Daniel Spence

Margaret Stephens

J. Mark & Oni Strawn

Myriam Varjacques

Lucy Vasserman

Alexander Wang

Douglas Weiss

Ricke Williams

Emma Winder

LeeAna Wolfman

^Artist Committee members to join The Joyce’s Young Leaders Circle, please contact the Development office at 347-856-5828.

JOYCE PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE WITH PUBLIC FUNDS FROM:

Joyce programs are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council with special thanks to Council Member Erik Bottcher.

FACILITIES & SERVICES

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

EMERGENCY RESUSCITATION EQUIPMENT

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

FIRE NOTICE: The exit indicated by a red light and sign nearest to the seat you occupy is the shortest route to the street. In the event of fire or other emergency, please walk —do not run— to that exit.

WARNING: The use of any recording device, either audio or video, and the taking of photographs, either with or without flash, is strictly prohibited within the auditorium. Violators will be punished with confiscation of recording device or ejection from the theater, and may be held liable for money damages.

HONORING

Robert Musiker & The Family of Max Roach

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