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Major support for The Joyce has been provided by Ford Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, The SHS Foundation, and The Shubert Foundation.

Key support for The Joyce has been provided by First Republic Bank, The Jerome Robbins Foundation,

The Thompson Family Foundation, and Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.

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of out-of-town companies at The Joyce Theater.

The Joyce Theater Foundation Inc in association with BalletX presents,

ASSOCIATE ARTISTIC DIRECTORTARA KEATING

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONSMEGAN O'DONNELL

DEVELOPMENT MANAGERJAMES IHDE

MARKETING & DESIGN ASSOCIATEMADELINE RABIN

THE COMPANY

FRANCESCA FORCELLA • STANLEY GLOVER • ZACHARY KAPELUCK • BLAKE KRAPELS • SKYLER LUBIN • CHLOE PERKES • RODERICK PHIFER •

CAILI QUAN • RICHARD VILLAVERDE • ANDREA YORITA

ARTISTIC & EXECUTIVE DIRECTORCHRISTINE COX

PRODUCTION MANAGERJASON PIZZI

MARKETING & PR MANAGERJOSH OLMSTEAD

EDUCATION & COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPECIALIST

ANNE WHITE

ARTISTS’ REPRESENTATIVEMARGARET SELBY

SELBY/ARTISTS MGMT

THE LITTLE PRINCEChoreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

Composer & Musician: Peter SalemSet Designer: Matt Saunders

Costume Designer: Danielle Truss, assisted by Martha ChamberlainLighting Designer: Michael Korsch

Associate Set Designer: Petra FloydLibretto & Dramaturge: Nancy Meckler

Stage Manager: Jason Pizzi

ABOUT THE COMPANY BalletX, Philadelphia’s premier contemporary ballet, unites distinguished choreographers with an outstanding company of world-class dancers to forge new works of athleticism, emotion, and grace. Founded in 2005 by Christine Cox and Matthew Neenan, and now under the direction of Cox as Artistic & Executive Director, BalletX challenges the boundaries of classical ballet by encouraging formal experimentation while preserving rigorous technique. The company is committed to producing new works of the highest quality and integrity that bring the combined visions of choreographers and dancers to life and cultivate in audiences a collective appetite for bold, new dance.

Since the company’s founding, BalletX has expanded its repertoire to include 76 world premieres by over 30 internationally renowned artists, including Matthew Neenan, Jodie Gates, Trey McIntyre, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Darrell Grand Moultrie. BalletX presents three annual performance series as the resident dance company of The Wilma Theater in Philadelphia and has performed at such prestigious festivals as Vail Dance Festival in Colorado, Belgrade Dance Festival, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts, and The Joyce Theater and City Center in New York City. April 2018 marked the opening of BalletX’s Center for World Premiere Choreography, the company’s new 5,000 square foot studio and administrative home in Philadelphia. Conceived as a place of innovation, creation, inclusion, and education, BalletX’s Center for World Premiere Choreography sets the stage for the company’s next decade of dance making. For more information, visit www.balletx.org.

CHARACTERS

The Pilot: Zachary KapeluckThe Little Prince: Roderick Phifer

The Snake: Stanley GloverThe Rose: Francesca ForcellaThe Fox: Richard Villaverde

CHORUS

The King: Blake KrapelsThe Narcissist: Skyler Lubin

The Drunk: Richard VillaverdeThe Businessman: Chloe PerkesThe Lamplighter: Andrea Yorita

The Geographer: Caili Quan

ABOUT THE PROGRAM by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

There are certain books you read when you are young that stay with you all your life. The Little Prince is certainly one of them. When I have re-read the book at different stages of my life, I have discovered more details and unraveled hidden meanings behind the symbolism. Though ostensibly styled and written as a children’s book, The Little Prince makes several observations about life and human nature. Upon turning 45, the realization of my own mortality made me suddenly aware of the transiency of life. With that in mind, I decided to give the character of the Snake, who represents Death, a more prominent role in this adaptation. Death is omnipresent and the only certainty in our lives. We should not fear it; on the contrary, we should let it inspire us to live without restraint.

SYNOPSIS by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

A Pilot crashes in the desert. Assessing his plane’s damage, and rationing his eight-day supply of water, he wonders, "Am I hallucinating? Dying?" When, out of nowhere, a young boy named Little Prince appears. "Draw me a sheep," the boy implores. Instead, the Pilot tosses him a nondescript box, explaining the sheep he seeks is inside. To the Pilot’s surprise, the boy is more than pleased. Little Prince tells the Pilot of his home, an asteroid far from Earth, where overgrown Baobab Tree roots threaten his beloved Rose. Only a grazing sheep, which he has come to Earth to find, can save her. Mortality, in the form of a Snake, tempts the Pilot with the sweet release of death, but Little Prince intervenes, whisking away his new friend on an adventure to six planets that he visited before arriving on Earth. Each planet is inhabited by a single irrational and narrow-minded adult: • A King with no subjects, but plenty decrees • A Narcissist craving constant praise • A Drunkard who drinks to forget the shame of alcohol dependence • A Businesswoman who possessively catalogues the stars, yet fails to see their beauty • A Lamplighter on a planet so small that a full day lasts only a minute–she lights and extinguishes a lamppost every 30 seconds, never questioning her frantic schedule • A Geographer who has never been to any of the places he studies Back on Earth, the Pilot and Little Prince set out on a last-ditch effort to find water. They encounter a row of rose bushes. Initially delighted at the sight of so many beautiful roses, Little Prince quickly realizes his own Rose has lied to him about being unique. Dejected, he crumbles to the ground and weeps.

Along comes a Fox, who teaches Little Prince to tame that which is wild through patient devotion. In doing so, something quite ordinary becomes special. The Fox imparts a final secret: follow your heart, not your eyes–reconnecting Little Prince, in spirit, to his beloved Rose.

The omnipresent Snake nudges the Pilot ever closer to death, and informs Little Prince that he, alone, has the power to truly reunite the boy with Rose. Barely escaping the Snake’s grip one more time, the Pilot and Little Prince finally find a well to quench their thirst. Revived, the Pilot reassembles his plane, only to discover his friend Little Prince slowly fading. Look at the stars to remember me is the boy’s departing message. The Pilot prepares for liftoff, escaping the desert, while the Snake carries off Little Prince to the land of the dead.

The Snake takes one last bow, and shows us that we are all, in some way, someone’s unique and special star in the universe.

WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANYCHRISTINE COX (Artistic & Executive Director) co-founded BalletX, Philadelphia’s premier contemporary ballet company, with Matthew Neenan in 2005. The BalletX team has produced more than 70 world premiere ballets by 39 renowned and emerging choreographers to date, reaching more than 100,000 dance patrons. Under her leadership as Artistic & Executive Director, the company has performed at prestigious national stages including The Joyce Theater,

Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, and Vail Dance Festival. Cox has committed BalletX to expanding dance’s vocabulary for all audiences, promoting initiatives that make contemporary ballet accessible and welcoming, including the company’s audience engagement program, The X-Process, and in-school educational outreach initiative, Dance eXchange. In addition, Cox led a TEDx talk, in December 2016, and subsequently published online, building a bridge to help audiences understand the art form more fully.

Cox was a full-time company member with the Pennsylvania Ballet from 1993 until her retirement from the stage in 2006. As an arts leader, Cox has served on review panels for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and currently sits on the Advisory Board of the Philadelphia Arts & Business Council. For her work as a choreographer, educator, and performer, Cox has been recognized with two Rocky Awards for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, as well as fellowships from the Independence Foundation and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.

ANNABELLE LOPEZ OCHOA (Choreographer) completed her dance education at the Royal Ballet School of Flanders in Belgium. She started choreographing at the early age of eleven, and decided in 2003 to end her dance career to focus her energies solely on choreography. The much in-demand Ochoa has created works for more than 50 companies around the world such as the Dutch National Ballet, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Pennsylvania Ballet, BalletX,

BJM-Danse Montreal, Ballet Hispanico, Compania Nacional de Danza Madrid, Pacific Northwest Ballet, The Washington Ballet, Ballet Austin, Ballet Nacional de Cuba, Joffrey Ballet, English National Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Dance Theater of Harlem, San Francisco Ballet, and New York City Ballet, among others.

Last resistance, created for the Dutch National Ballet in 2018, was named Best Premiere by Dance Europe; Broken Wings, created for English National Ballet, was named one of 2016’s best premieres by Dance Europe and was nominated for a Critics’ Circle National Dance Award; Sombrerisimo received Cuba’s Villanueva Award in 2015; A Streetcar Named Desire won the Best Choreography [Classical] award from Critics’ Circle National Dance Awards and was nominated for an Olivier Award in 2012; and Replay won first prize at the Choreographers Competition in Bornem, Belgium in 2002. Lopez Ochoa is a versatile choreographer who creates in different styles of dance. Her fame and long list of commissions serve as an example of a successful female choreographer for future generations in the classical ballet world.

TARA KEATING (Associate Artistic Director) attended The Juilliard School where she received a BFA in Dance. While there, she was awarded the Jerome L. Greene Fellowship and the Most Outstanding Dance Major award from the National Dance Association. She has danced professionally with the American Repertory Ballet, “Tharp!” and as a soloist with the Pennsylvania Ballet. Throughout her career she has originated roles in numerous world premieres by renowned

choreographers. In 2005, she became a founding member of BalletX, and danced in nearly every performance until her retirement in 2012. She has staged several ballets on BalletX, and has set Neenan’s work on Pennsylvania Ballet, Milwaukee Ballet, Oregon Ballet Theatre, Nevada Ballet Theatre, SUNY at Purchase College, and Bucknell University. Keating was the Producing Director in 2006 and 2007 for Shut Up & Dance, an annual benefit for MANNA. She was also the recipient of a 2002 City Paper Choice Award. She is on faculty at University of the Arts, and is a guest teacher at various regional schools. She was named Associate Artistic Director of BalletX in February 2014.

FRANCESCA FORCELLA (Dancer) joined BalletX in 2013 after working as a company member with the Washington Ballet Studio Company and Los Angeles American Contemporary Ballet. At 16, she joined Houston Ballet II (HBII) and toured internationally, representing Houston Ballet at the International Youth Dance Festival in Budapest, Hungary.

STANLEY GLOVER (Dancer) joined BalletX in 2018, following performances as a Top 20 contestant on So You Think You Can Dance, and as a principal dancer in Cirque du Soleil’s Mystére. He has performed and trained under Sonya Tayeh, Random Dance, Hubbard Street, Pennsylvania Ballet, and several others. He is the recipient of the Princess Grace Award 2019.

ZACHARY KAPELUCK (Dancer) joined BalletX in 2013, following work with Mary Miller Dance in Pittsburgh in Confluence. He holds a BFA degree in Dance from Point Park University, where he had the opportunity to perform works by choreographers George Balanchine, Gerald Arpino, Toru Shimazaki, and Jessica Lang, among others.

BLAKE KRAPELS (Dancer) graduated from The Juilliard School with a BFA in dance, where he performed repertoire by William Forsythe, Merce Cunningham, Elliot Feld, Jose Limon and Peter Chu. He danced with The Metropolitan Opera, Keigwin & Company, GroundWorks Dance Theatre, and others before joining BalletX in 2018.

WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY

SKYLER LUBIN (Dancer) danced as a member of the Corps de Ballet with Miami City Ballet from 2010-2014. She has performed featured roles including Flower Festival pas de deux, Swan Lake pas de trios, and Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun, and has premiered pieces by Alexei Ratmansky and Liam Scarlett. She joined BalletX in 2015.

CHLOE PERKES (Dancer) began her professional career in 2005 at the Foundry, a San Francisco-based contemporary company, returning to ballet for three seasons at the Sacramento Ballet in 2008. She joined BalletX in 2010, was named Pointe Magazine’s Best of the Best in 2014, and co-directs duende, an experimental dance company.

RODERICK PHIFER (Dancer) graduated from UArts on a full tuition scholarship in 2017, the same year he joined BalletX. He is also a contemporary teacher and choreographer at the University of Pennsylvania’s Arts House Dance Company, Dance Productions, Jena Burgin-Peters Entertainment, and Miller Street Dance Academy.

CAILI QUAN (Dancer) moved from her native Guam to NYC to further her classical training at Ballet Academy East at the age of 16. In 2007, she received a scholarship with Richmond Ballet, and in 2009 apprenticed with North Carolina Dance Theatre. Prior to joining BalletX in 2013, she danced with First State Ballet Theatre and Opera Delaware.

RICHARD VILLAVERDE (Dancer) graduated from New World School of the Arts in 2009. That same year he won the Senior Male Outstanding Dancer at New York City Dance Alliance, and was awarded a four-year full scholarship to UArts. In 2011 he was selected to study abroad in Venice at La Biennale. He joined BalletX in 2012.

ANDREA YORITA (Dancer) joined BalletX in 2012, the same year she graduated with a BFA in Dance Performance from the University of California, Irvine as a Gillespie Scholar. She has received Royal Academy of Dance’s Solo Seal Award, and has competed as a finalist in the Genée International Ballet Competition, and for the Clive Barnes Award.

WHO'S WHO IN THE COMPANY

ABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATIONThe Joyce Theater Foundation ("The Joyce," Executive Director, Linda Shelton), a nonprofit organization, has proudly served the dance community for over three decades. Under the direction of founders Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld, Ballet Tech Foundation acquired and The Joyce renovated the Elgin Theater in Chelsea. Opening as The Joyce Theater in 1982, it was named in honor of Joyce Mertz, beloved daughter of LuEsther T. Mertz. It was LuEsther’s clear, undaunted vision and abundant generosity that made it imaginable and ultimately possible to build the theater. Ownership was secured by The Joyce in 2015. The theater is one of the only theaters built by dancers for dance and has provided an intimate and elegant home for over 400 U.S.-based and international

companies. The Joyce has also expanded its reach beyond its Chelsea home through off-site presentations at venues ranging in scope from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, to Brooklyn’s Invisible Dog Art Center, and to outdoor programming in spaces such as Hudson River Park. To further support the creation of new work, The Joyce maintains longstanding commissioning and residency programs. Local students and teachers (K–12th grade) benefit from its school program, and family and adult audiences get closer to dance with access to artists. The Joyce’s annual season of about 48 weeks of dance now includes over 340 performances for audiences in excess of 150,000 patrons. Visit Joyce.org for more information.

The Joyce Theater is a member of DANCE/USA.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR...................... LINDA SHELTONInterim Assistant to Executive Director........................................................................................................Meghan Rose Murphy

ADMINISTRATIONGeneral Manager ...........................................Huong HoangAssociate General Manager.............................Katy MyersDirector of Development..............................................OPENDirector of Institutional Giving.........................Jean M. RossAssistant Director of Individual Giving.................Meg White Assistant Director, Special Events.................Vernon ScottInstitutional Giving Manager..............Myriam Varjacques Special Events Associate................................... Katie Gorsky Development Associate.............................................Ivan HuangIndividual Giving Associate..........................................Jesse ChinDirector of Programming..............................Aaron MattocksProgramming Manager.....................................Christine TullyArtist Services Manager..................................Elmes Gomez Programming Intern ...........................Kira Kagan-ShafmanDirector of School and Family Programs....................................................................................................Heather McCartneyDepartment Associate for School & Family Programs..............................................Rachel Thorne GermondSchool & Family Programs Intern 1...............Alondra Mora School & Family Programs Intern 2................................................................................................................Marianne Rose Weber Director of Marketing...................................Andy SheagrenAssociate Director, Context and Interpretation............................................................................................Laura DiffenderferAssociate Director of Marketing Strategy.....Anjali Amin Manager of Community and Patron Relations..... .........................................................................................Sharonica WilliamsDigital Marketing Manager.........................Julia Thorncroft Marketing Associate.............................................Nadia HalimDirector of Finance ...........................Margaret HollenbeckFinance Associate...........................................Sava M.. B. MartinFinance Clerk...................................Andrew Williams-LeazerOffice Manager..............................................Erika LangmeyerDatabase Administrator.................................... Jim SeggelinkDirector of Information Technology .......Patricia A. Yost

PRODUCTIONDirector of Production .............................................Jeff SegalTechnical Director, Lighting ................................Kelly AtallahTechnical Director, Stage Operations......Jessica BenderHead Audio........................ ........................................Sean MullinsLighting Board Operator ......................................Kyle Hagen Head Carpenter ...............................................Web CrittendenHead Electrician...............................................Julie Ana DoboStage Technician #1 .....................................................Kahlil JahiStage Technician #2 .................................................Edward Hill

JOYCE THEATER PRODUCTIONSProducer.....................................................................Ross LeClairBooking Agent.................................................Christine Tschida

FRONT-OF-HOUSEHouse Manager.................................Samantha Fernandez Assistant House Managers...........................................................

Joseph Burke, Xavier DelValle, Charis Lord-Haines, Kenneth Harlin, Jere Hunt, Chikako Iwahori,

Utafumi Takemura

BOX OFFICEBox Office Manager .............................................Lisa GendellSupervisors.................................Dan Corica, Vanessa MotonBox Office/JoyceCharge Staff.........................Meredith Blouin,

Roy Odom, Jasmine Webb, Daniel Stompor, Lydia Paulos, Christine Hinchee,

Kiersten Foster, Maeve Brady

FACILITIESFacilities Manager.....................................................Jimmy OrtizMaintenance Staff..........................................Madelin Estrella, Yohanna Hernandez, Pablo Rodriguez, David Matos

SPECIAL SERVICES FOR THE JOYCE THEATERRoss F. Moskowitz Esq....Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLPKimberly M. Maynard, Esq............................................................................................................Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz PCJ. Stephen Sheppard and Tim DeBaets...............................................Cowan DeBaets Abrahams and Sheppard LLPHarry H. Weintraub, Counsel.....Glick and Weintraub PCAccounting..................................................................Lutz & CarrDigital Marketing Firm..........................Capacity InteractivePublicity................................Richard Kornberg & AssociatesPrinter.....................................Direct Printing Impressions Inc.Insurance.....................................................DeWitt Stern GroupArchitects........................................................Hugh Hardy, FAIAGeneral Contractor.......Yorke Construction CorporationOfficial Donut Sponsor....................................The Donut PubOfficial Flower Sponsor......The FlowerSchool New York

Donald J. Rose, MD Director, Harkness Center for Dance Injuries at the Hospital for Joint Diseases is the

orthopedic and dance medicine consultant for The Joyce Theater Foundation.

First Republic is the preferred private bank of The Joyce Theater Foundation.

ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGNThe 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 aboveLuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust

Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Endowment FundStephen and Cathy Weinroth Charitable Trust

$500,000 and aboveDoris Duke Charitable Foundation

Richard B. Fisher and FamilyR. Britton Fisher and FamilyRockefeller Brothers Fund

$250,000 and aboveDavid & Andrea Holbrook

Richard A. Lukins & Karen FrySaul & Mary SandersSusan Fawcett Sosin

$100,000 and aboveAnonymous (1)

Alphawood FoundationKerry Clayton & Paige Royer

The Horace W. Goldsmith FoundationThe Estate of Dorothy Lefkof

The William RandolphHearst Foundations

Lynne & Richard PasculanoMichèle & Steve Pesner

The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels FoundationThe Starr Foundation

$50,000 and aboveR. Richard & Margery Ablon

Apollo Management, L.P.Stephanie Breslow & Paul Watterson

The Coca-Cola FoundationRonald Gumbaz & Juliet A. Cozzi

JPMorgan Chase Foundation

Jerome A. and Estelle R.Newman Assistance Fund, Inc.

Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation

$25,000 and aboveJane E. Goldberg

Cecilia & Jim HerbertJane Kendall & David Dietz

Elysabeth KleinhansArnie & Susan Scharf

Richard SheaJennifer & Jonathan Allan SorosFiona J. Tilley & Gürhan Orhan

Dave Waks & Sandy TegerChris & Lonna Yegen

Carol Yorke & Gerard Conn

$5,000 and aboveAnonymous (3)

Barbara & Robert BerkleyPhilanthropic Fund

Barbara Berliner & Sol D. RymerThe Cory & Bob Donnalley

Charitable FoundationJim & Linda Ellis

Mr. & Mrs. Ira Haupt, IIThe Lawton W. Fitt & James I. McLaren Foundation

James H. Ottaway, Jr.Kathleen A. Scott

Linda SheltonFerne Goldberg Sperling & Allan Sperling

LEADERSHIP SUPPORT FOR A NEW VENUE FOR DANCE Support for planning costs associated with establishing a third venue for dance as part of the rede-

veloped World Trade Center site has been generously provided by a grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which is funded through Community Development Block Grants from the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development. Leadership support has also been provided by:

FORD FOUNDATION THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION ROBERT STERLING CLARK FOUNDATION THE SEPTEMBER 11TH FUND

ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION

THE JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Founders and Trustees Emeriti: Cora Cahan and Eliot FeldIn Memoriam: Theodore S. Bartwink (Trustee 1993-2014), Richard Lukins (Trustee 1998-2011)

Virginia A. Millhiser, ChairAnh-Tuyet Nguyen, Vice ChairStephanie R. Breslow, Treasurer

Jane E. Goldberg, Secretary

Kerry Clayton, Chair EmeritusDavid D. Holbrook, Chair Emeritus

Stephen D. Weinroth, Chair Emeritus

R. Richard AblonCharles M. Adelman

Rob AshfordAjay Bhandaram R. Britton Fisher Ronald Gumbaz

Toni HooverRobert Musiker

Susan Gluck Pappajohn Steven M. Pesner Meryl Rosofsky Saul SandersRichard Shea

Linda SheltonSusan Fawcett Sosin

Lauren E. Shortt Alex Stanton

Monica B. VoldstadAmit Wadhwaney

Platinum Benefactors ($500,000 and above)*Doris Duke Charitable Foundation*LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable TrustGold Benefactors ($100,000 and above)Kerry Clayton & Paige RoyerFord Foundation *Howard Gilman Foundation The Harkness Foundation for Dance*The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation*New York City Department of Cultural AffairsNew York State Council on the ArtsMichèle & Steve Pesner*Rockefeller Brothers FundThe Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation The SHS Foundation *The Shubert FoundationSilver Benefactors ($75,000 and above)First Republic BankNational Endowment for the Arts*The Thompson Family FoundationBenefactors ($50,000 and above)*Anh-Tuyet Nguyen & Robert Pollock*National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts Rudolf Nureyev Dance FoundationThe Jerome Robbins Foundation*The Pratt Foundation Lauren E. ShorttVirginia B. Toulmin FoundationChairman’s Circle ($25,000 and above)AnonymousDeborah & Charles AdelmanJody & John ArnholdStephanie R. Breslow & Paul WattersonThe Gladys Krieble Delmas FoundationBritton & Melina Fisher*Edwin & Lorna GoodmanRonald Gumbaz & Juliet Cozzi*Elysabeth KleinhansVirginia & Timothy MillhiserHenry and Lucy Moses Fund*Robert MusikerSusan & Greg PappajohnMeryl Rosofsky & Stuart H. ColemanMarc & Carolyn RowanSaul & Mary SandersRichard SheaDenise Littlefield SobelThe Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros FoundationSusan Fawcett SosinWendy & Alex StantonMonica B. VoldstadAmit WadhwaneyStephen & Cathy WeinrothImpresario’s Circle ($10,000 and above)*Sylvia AblonAlpern Family FoundationAmerican Express*Sarah Arison *Barbro Osher Pro Suecia Foundation

Ajay Bhandaram Bloomberg Philanthropies*Robert BrennerCon Edison*Leslie & Richard Curtis*Barbara DauSusan Dickler & Sig van Raan*Electronic Theatre Controls, Inc.*John & Margaret FalkDavid L. Fanger & Martin WechslerMartin & Linda FellNancy & Michael Feller*Jane Z. Fitzsimmons*The Kingsley Foundation*Gregg & Jean FrankelJane E. GoldbergSylvia Golden*Hillary & Steven HochbergDavid & Andrea HolbrookToni HooverAlan & Gail Koss*Leanne LachmanMertz Gilmore FoundationMelanie Coronetz & Bruce G. Miller *Tatiana Piankova Foundation*Rajika & Anupam PuriKathleen A. Scott*Chip Seelig & Lana ChinkevitchLinda SheltonJean & Gene Stark*John Wieland, Jr Presenter’s Circle ($5,000 and above)*Andrea Abram*Gerry & Hank Alpert*Mary & Adam Amsterdam *Gerald M. AppelsteinRob Ashford*Nikki F. AtkinsLani & Emanuel Azenberg*Andrew & Froma Benerofe Torrence Boone & Ted ChapinThe Barbara Bell Cumming Charitable Trust*Citizens Committee For New York City Dancers Responding to AIDSDeWitt Stern Group, Inc.*Jamshid & Mahshid Ehsani*Linda EllisChristopher Evans & Josh GarnerJeanne Donovan FisherEugene & Alyce FluderJudith M. Hoffman*Christopher Jones & Deborah McAlisterOffice of City Council Member Corey Johnson*Kaori Kitao*Christine KnuthLouis & Carolyn Lucido*Merce Cunningham Trust*Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation*David & Diana Milich*Ms. Sharon L. PatrickNina B. Quigley*Jay Rosenberg and Joseph MageeMay and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation*Michael Sekus & Bianca RussoThe Evelyn Sharp FoundationLeslie Siegel*Allan Sperling & Ferne Goldberg*Linda B. StrumpfThe Walt Disney Company*Madelyn & Steven Wils

Director’s Circle ($2,500 and above)AnonymousR. Richard Ablon*Adrienne AlbertJames J. AndrewsGerald M. Appelstein*Joel & Rhela Aragona*Steve BackesDavid Baum*Francesca Macartney BealeCheryl BergenfeldJudi Rappoport Blitzer & David Blitzer *Consulate General of Canada in New York*Victoria V. Carey*Larry & Ronnie Cohen*Ani CollierCathleen CollinsThe Cowles Charitable TrustMary Sharp CronsonPamela CrutchfieldDavid Dietz & Jane Kendall*Jack & Eleanor DunnTrisha & Patrick Duval*Christopher Elmore*Paul Feuerman & Bruce GrivettiJoanna Fisher*Ian FriedlandBart Friedman & Wendy Stein*Geraldine GlassmanRobert Goldberg & Betsy MacIsaacMr. & Mrs. Patric W. GregoryThe Harold K. Gross Family Charitable Trust*Elizabeth Anne Hartman*Ronald E. Hellman & Stephen B. Roberts William Houlihan *Infinite Muses*Kenneth S. Kail & Ivy Hwang*Hilda Kraker*Diana Korsh *Elizabeth LangRobert & Dorina LinkThomas von FoersterIn Memory of John MacDonald*Karen & Martin McDonaldRonay & Richard Menschel/ Charina Foundation, Inc.*LeConte MooreMutual of America Foundation Cherrie NanningaWarrie Price & James David Price*Québec Government Office in New YorkBetty P. & Michael H. RauchMr. Stephen Kroll ReidyKaren RothSusan & Arnie ScharfGeorge Vickers & Irene Silverblatt*Christopher Soule*Consulate General of Sweden in New York Elizabeth Swig*The Theresa Alessandra Russo Foundation*Steve TuttlemanMs. Patricia E. VanceAlexandra Wheeler & Rocky RukanRodney L. White Foundation Irving & Elaine Wolbrom*Billy Wong & Stephanie Gordon

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 August 30, 2019.

Leaders ($1,000 and above)Anonymous (4)Sam & Annie AlfstadRobert Allyn Neme Alperstein*Rick & Nurit Amdur*Maria-Cristina Anzola*Jeffrey ApplegateBank of America Merrill LynchBetsy BarbanellKara Medoff Barnett & Dov Barnett*Avery & Andy Barth Mr. & Mrs. George Berger*Marty & Louise Bickman*Rosemary BlakeKim Bleimann & Paola DuranNissan BouryBarbara & Gary BrandtMadeline BrineLinda & Joseph CamardoDonna B. Case*Ann ChaoMelinda DeChiazza Cloobeck*Bradley Collins, Jr.Elwood F. Collins, Jr.Lauren B. Cramer*Caroline & Paul CronsonCultural Services of the French EmbassyMr. & Mrs. Grier DavisDavid H. De Weese & Anne HellerMs. Beth Rudin DeWoodyJoseph P. DohertyThe Cory & Bob Donnalley Charitable FoundationThe Donut Pub*Mr. Richard Erstad & Dr. Gladys FenichelJudy & Richard FeldsteinAlessandro & Fe Saracino-Fendi*Andrew FergusonMelanie FinkelsteinJudith & Alan Fishman*Scott Fitzgerald & Santiago Pintado López*Katherine FlackDan Flanigan*Josette FloresJohn & Janet Foord*Brandon Fradd Gina Gibney *Susan Egbert Gilroy*Jody Gorin*Andre Goy & Jeffrey Ornstein*John Graney, MDMason & Kim Granger *Sharon B. GurwitzDeborah HaradaAlexandra L. Harper *Laurie Helfin Elisabeth HeftiMs. Katie Heil*Edward Henry & Susan MonkMr. & Mrs. George C. Howell, III*Mary IlesOffice of Cultural Affairs, Consulate General of Israel in New YorkJames B. Jacobs & Jan SweeneyDr. Bernard M. Jaffe*Joan Kafri*Sandra Kawano*Richard Kielar & Christian Zimmermann*Lauren KleinAnnie M. Kohlman*Kathy Krall*George & Liz Krupp Sondra Kurtin RobinsonJudith LandonStephen B. Lane

LDJ ProductionsRobert & Dorina Link*Mark Littman & Johnny MendozaLocal No. 1 I.A. T.S.ESharon Luckman & Paul Shapiro*Mr. Philip G. Lumpkin *Jonna MackinElizabeth A. Maher Grace R. and Alan D. Marcus FoundationJoseph M. MargerMs. Helena L. MarksonRobert MarlinLynn C. Mautner Marcia Kramer Mayer*Wendy McCainAlexis McCormack*Tim McGrawJoyce F. Menschel*Jane S. MeyersAmy Faust Miller & Peter Miller *Linda and Ed Morse Miller Khoshkish FoundationJane & Michael Murphy*Jonathan NadlerBarbara Nagel*Ms Leslie Singer & Mr. Lawrence NoeJames Nuzzi*Joyce O’BrienDavid Parsons*Connie Paxton*Peck Foundation, Milwaukee LTDDouglas & Teresa PetersonArthur Hung & Yves PfeilerJudith PlowsMichael Popkin & Lisa Bradley*Carole PostalDonna & James Pressman*Steven & Debbie PrinceDavid Alan & Susan Berkman Rahm*Barbara Richards*Case van RijPhilip W. Riskin Charitable FoundationAnn Sahid RoscheDonald J. Rose & Victoria Lasdon RoseDiana & Michael Rothenberg*Marilyn & Alan Rothstein *Karen RoyceMr. Rouse*Gail RussellNancy SandsXiomara & Charles Scheidt*Barbara & David Schimansky*Susan Schweitzer*Fran SchulmanMargaret E. Selby *Irene ShenLynne Smalley*Barbara Madsen SmithJoseph Smith & Leslie Hendrix Marilyn Sobel*Ellen Sorrin & David YorkSherri StephensonLinda Stocknoff*Christina Strack*William Sussman & Jane SteeleKen Tabachnick & Yael Mandelstam*Anthony Thompson*Susan Ulick*Veena UpadhyayMarianna Vaidman Stone & Eric Stone* George VanderploegLucy Vasserman*Juan Vilaseca *Brigitte VosseMichael & Carol Weiss*Bill Whelan

Amy Williams*Peter & Deborah WinogradShelley & Claude Winfield Thomas Henry WilesVicente Wolf Ralph Womble & Ashley EdwardsElly Karp WongCarol Yorke & Gerard Conn*Barbara ZuckerbergInvestors ($500 and above)Anonymous (6) Kyle Abraham Helene Alexopoules *Kemi Akinsanya-RoseRoberta AshkinPaul Asman & Jill LenobleVivian AwnerWendy & Katherine BartleyPamela Baxter Scott & Barbara BestRon W. Black William M. Black & Fred N. RossetterCarol Bryce Buchanan*Tracey BreauxDaniel & Elaine BrownsteinJordyn A. Buchanan*Susan CampbellLarry & Ronnie CohenNancy Malcomson Connable FundMichael & Christina ConnellyDuke Dang & Charles E. RosenJonathan DavisTony & Suzy Davis*Richard G. Dudley, JrPatricia DuganDavid & Ingrid EllenFrances Beinecke & Paul Elston*Suzanne B. EngelAudna EnglandDasha Epstein*Giancarlo Facchi*Erin Feely-Nahem*Celeste FenichelCaryl & Kenneth FieldJudith & Walter Flamenbaum*Bobby & Vicki FreemanHerbert & Judy Freedman*Judith Z. Friedman *Peter C. Friedman*Eileen & Cono Fusco*Denise Gelfend*Karen Gershowitz Britt-Louise GilderDwight Glover*Dorothy GoodmanBrian K. Gould *Lenore & Edward GrabowskiCharles & Carol Grossman Family Fund*Jane GrovemanRandall & Mary HackIra Haupt, IISheila HeimbinderJanet Lynn Henner*Mr. Michael D. Herskovitz Elizabeth Levitt HirschNorman Hirschy & John KloehrMr. Gregory Ho & Ms. Linda SanchezCheri Hoff*Lynn HopkinsErica Hartman-HorvitzRalph & Lynn Huber*Laura J. IllichKenneth & Jill IscolBetty IuDavid S. IvillMr. Mark JaffeMark KeisermanJennifer Aley KenneyWalter Jaffe & Paul KingBrian & Rosemary Kowalchuk

Henry P. JohnsonRichard A. Kahn & Thomas Lutazi*Janet Keithly *Audrey Lam *Susan LampardPhyllis & Cary Lemkowitz*Elaine LeventhalElizabeth & Durwood LittlefieldMr. & Mrs. W. Robert Magee, Jr.William Mavrelis*Lorraine J. Meeker*Kati MeisterTanya Melich & Noel SilvermanDavid Mordecai*Victoria Morris*Drs. Benjamin Natelson & Gudrun LangeGenevieve NestorSpencer Neyland*Madeleine NicholsStuart Nordheimer & Barbara MillerDorothy Numano*John O'Leary, III*Bart OovsterveldJohn Owen*Robert Ouimette *David PasterskiThe L.E. Phillips Family Foundation, Inc.The Marshall Franklin FoundationBrian Polovoy *James & Deborah PurdonDeborah A. Quirk*Stephanie M. Goldson & Stephen RappaportDonna & Martin RichAndy RickertMary Jo RobertilleoDeborah RonnenJean M. RossElsa & Marvin Ross-GreifingerJennifer Goodale & Mark Russell*David & Dana Rywelski*Wes Schafer*Bette Ann SchlossbergRobert A. SchulmanJesse & Carol Schwartz *Robert Score Rena Shagan*Elizabeth Shapiro George SheanshangEdward Siegel*Rabbi Charles SimonAndrew & Jennifer SmithLeon Sokol*Michael Solomon*Joan & Laurence Sorkin*Ms. Jane SteeleWilliam L. Stern*Jim Stiles & Randy Bird*Abbie M. Strassler*Deborah Sale & Ted Striggles*Nicole Swartzentruber *Arnold Tannen*Paul H. Taylor*Frank Troutman*Laurie UprichardThomas Van Winkle*Don & Merna VillarejoCharles WalkerThomas Allen Walker*Louise Washer*Gregory Ward *Chris WatsonMr. J. Craig WeakleyJohanna WeberStephen D. Weinstein*George S. Werner & Li WernerTom WhelanThomas Henry Wiles*Brann & Ellen WryEloise Zeller

Sponsors ($300 and above)Anonymous (3)*Jane & Stephen AlpertSherry & Sanford AxelbandClay Barr*Elena Baum*Kate Bicknell Roz Black & Bob EimickeStan & Abby BlochPaul Brohan*Leslie Buckland*Deborah Burand*Michael & Jennifer Campagna*Gerald Caporicci*Gil W. CassNeil & Kathleen Chrisman*Eileen & Michael Cohen*Laurie Colahan*Richard & Mary Ann CohenRobert Conkey *Dr. Arturo & Ms. Caren Constantiner*Dr. and Mrs. Frederiick Corio*William CosperMr. John A. Crawford IIIJohn A. CulverJudy Cunningham Dr. Irene Rosner David & Dr. Raphael DavidJacqueline Z. DavisMr. Anthony DePersia*Susan J. Dickler*Julie Ana Dobo*Debora DomassRodney DursoElizabeth EissMs. Hope Eliasof*Jo Ann Engelhardt*ES & HTrudy Festinger*Jennifer FitzpatrickCharles A. FormaDr. Sarah Fox & Mr. Steven LofchieStephanie French*Barbara Gallay*Loren Gesinsky & Judy Rudin *Richard Gilden *James A. GlazierNita & Chuck GoodgalMr. & Mrs. Richard D. Grant Susan E. GreenSusan Ross GreenLawrence W. GreeneHope Grey*Sandra Gubin*Nicole Heath*Eric Hemel & Barbara Morgen*Harvey Hershkowitz & Peter HollenranMrs. Ruth W. Heuman *Peter HolleranDaphne Hurford & Sanford PadweLillian & Michael ImbelliRosalyn JacobsWillie Johnson*Ann Roslind Jones*Bond Koga*Susan and Peter Kopple*Angela de LaraCynthia Crain Lee*Elaine & Howard LeventhalHarvey & Marcia Levine*Lawrence Levine*Leslie Lin*Karen LewisMs. Jayne Lipman & Mr. Robert Goodman*Emma Velez-Lopez*Cynthia Mayeda*Colleen McCourtney

*Rodney McDanielDeCourcy McIntoshJoseph Mitchell*Roger Mooney & Donald SteeleRichard & Gloria MoylanAaron & Marcia Naveh*Anne & Harvey NisselsonCarol A. OlivaStephen Onesti*Rachel Ostry, MD*Phillip J. PenaIn loving memory of Bill Perlmuth, Patricia Dugan Perlmuth*Alicia Pinkston*Larry Pitsch Hugh B. Price Jonathan RaskinDr. & Mrs. Robert RefowitzLan Rice*Judith & Gary Richter*Barbara S. Rosenthal*Lainie & John Ross *Anya Peterson Royce*William H. Sadie*Prince A & Petar Sanders*Laura E. Schneider *Deborah SelchMary & John SewardRita Shawn*Anthony & Rosa Smith*Dr. Irene Rosner & Dr. Raphael David*Dixie M. SheridanMartha Sherman Milton Sonday*Robin Stout*Jos StumpeDr. Pavur R. Sundaresan*Jennifer TiptonWilliam M. Tomai & John Eric Sebesta Lee L. TraubCharles & Susan TribbittIn Memory of Rachel Tucker- GaynorBob Tucker*Ellie TweedyAnn Vosti & Llyod Leanse*Ronald WalcottRichard E. Wallach*Denotes Joyce Rising Stars, The Joyce’s new and increased donors.

The Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance and Ballet Festival Commissions

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

Rudolf Nureyev Dance FoundationR. Richard AblonDeborah & Charles AdelmanGerald M. AppelsteinRob AshfordStephen M. BaldiniTheodore S. Bartwink/The Harkness Foundation for DanceMick Beekhuizen

EMERGENCY RESUSCITATION EQUIPMENTResuscitation 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.

FACILITIES & SERVICESBox Office (212-242-0800): Open Monday thru Sunday, 12pm - 6pm. On days when there is a performance, the box office is open through curtain time; advance sales stop ½ hour prior to curtain time (including matinees).

Closed on major holidays. For Hearing Impaired call (TDD) 212-245-2904.To report Lost & Found items, please see an usher or call 212-691-9740.

For Special Event Rental information, contact Katy Myers at kmyers@joyce.org.

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 Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council with special

thanks to Speaker Corey Johnson.

Evan Behrens & Dara SternAjay BhandaramTorrence BooneStephanie R. Breslow & Paul WattersonMadeline BrineRichard & Martha Byrne Kerry Clayton & Paige RoyerRodney S. CohenAlan & Chi ColbergArlene CooperPamela CrutchfieldTrisha & Patrick DuvalJamshid & Mahshid EhsaniAugie K. Fabela IIBritton & Melina FisherKim Friedman J. Eric GambrellJane E. GoldbergRonald Gumbaz & Juliet CozziDavid HainesJohn & Judith HannanRex S. HeinkeCecilia & Jim Herbert David & Andrea HolbrookToni HooverKim KoopersmithAllen Kovac/ Tenth Street EntertainmentRonald & Stephanie KramerRonald S. LauderJim LearyAlec & Sarah MachielsJoyce F. MenschelDavid & Diana Milich Virginia & Timothy MillhiserKaryl NairnAbby McCormick O'Neil & Carroll JoynesAnh-Tuyet Nguyen & Robert PollockSusan & Gregory PappajohnMichèle & Steven PesnerTatiana Piankova FoundationBetty P. & Michael H. RauchGregg Rechler/ Lisa & Gregg Rechler Charitable TrustThe Jerome Robbins FoundationAnn Sahid Rosche Meryl Rosofsky & Stuart H. Coleman

Rowan Family Foundation Inc.Saul & Mary SandersFran Schulman Kathleen A. ScottFrederic & Robin SeegalRichard SheaHoward L. ShecterLinda SheltonIrene ShenHenry R. SilvermanSusan Fawcett SosinAllan Sperling & Ferne GoldbergWendy & Alex StantonJustin A. StevensRaymond & Margaret VandenbergMonica B. VoldstadAmit WadhwaneyDaniel WalshStephen & Cathy WeinrothSteven M. ZagarRichard Kielar & Christian Zimmermann

The Young Leaders CircleKyle Abraham^Annie AlfstadPatricia Arellano*Anabelle Bacon*Chellis Baird Erin Barnes*Alison BaumRachel & Dyllan Beck*Lisa Bonifacic Isabella Boylston^Camille A. Brown^*Victor M. CastilloAlejandro Cerrudo^Phil ChanDr. Jason ChuangBrandon T. CournayMary CraigMichelle Dorrance^*Giancarlo Facchi Robert Fairchild^Davalois Fearon^Abby FellmanAndrew D. Ferguson Erica Forrence*Julia Forzano Amita Goyal*Cari Griggs*Ting Guo

*Jessica HalperAlexandra Harper, Co-ChairKile Hotchkiss^Alixandra Hornyan, Co-Chair*Audrey HourseLaura HsuKristen Irby*Amanda KrischeSireesha Kalapala*Jean-François KowalskiAudrey LamStephanie LichtingerLydia Lin*Mitch LowenthalMichelle K. Marck*Jose MartinezKatherine Maxwell^Sara Mearns^*Samantha MuellerJustin Peck^Tiler Peck^Ruby Rosetta Pittman*Dora PulidoVanessa Rojas*Amir RouzrokhSetpheap San^Claire-Marine SarnerBette Ann Schlossberg, Co-ChairAnthony Seaboyer *Caroline Shadle Victoria ShadleDaniil Simkin^*Elisa Smilovitz*Samara SternEvan Strain*Sara Strope *Jessica Swan*Laura Vang Lucy Vasserman*Alexander Wang James Whiteside^Emma Winder*Connor Yockus

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

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