APRIL 18-30 2023
The Martha Graham Dance Company returns to The Joyce Theater as “spellbinding and prescient as ever” (The New York Times), with Graham classics framed by an incredible array of new works!
PROGRAM C
EVERY SOUL IS A CIRCUS
by Martha Graham
GET UP, MY DAUGHTER
WORLD PREMIERE
by Annie Rigney
CAVE
by Hofesh Shechter
SHOWTIMES AND TICKETS:
PROGRAM D
EMBATTLED GARDEN
by Martha Graham
CORTEGE 2023
WORLD PREMIERE
by Baye & Asa
CAVE
by Hofesh Shechter
SHOWTIMES AND TICKETS:
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Janet Eilber
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
LaRue Allen
THE COMPANY
Lloyd Knight Xin Ying
Natasha M. Diamond-Walker Anne O’Donnell
Lorenzo Pagano Anne Souder So Young An
Alessio Crognale Laurel Dalley Smith Jacob Larsen
Marzia Memoli Richard Villaverde Leslie Andrea Williams
James Anthony Devin Loh Kate Reyes
SENIOR ARTISTIC ASSOCIATE
Denise Vale
Major support for the Martha Graham Dance Company is provided by Howard Gilman Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council, New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.Martha Graham Dance Company’s programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
The Artists employed in this production are members of the American Guild of Musical Artists AFL-CIO.
In the tradition of its founder, the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance remains committed to being a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and anti-racist organization, and will honor this pledge through its ongoing practices, policies and behaviors.
Copyright to all Martha Graham dances presented held by the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc. All rights reserved.
“The instrument through which the dance speaks
is also the instrument through which life is lived – the human body.
It holds in its memory all matters of life and death and love.”
– Martha Graham
MARTHA GRAHAM CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY DANCE
MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY
LaRue Allen, Executive Director
Janet Eilber, Artistic Director
Denise Vale, Senior Artistic Associate
Simona Ferrara, General Manager
Mariola Briales, Company Manager
Amy Santos, Office Manager
A. Apostol,Director of Development Operations
Fran Kirmser, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Special Events
Joyce Herring, Director of Martha Graham Resources
Melissa Sherwood, Director of Marketing
Maclaine Lowery, Marketing Associate
Stephanie Shin, Assistant to the Executive Director
Chloe Morrell, Production Supervisor
Yi-Chung Chen, Resident Lighting Designer
Karen Young, Wardrobe Consultant
Janet Stapleton, Press Agent
MARTHA GRAHAM SCHOOL
Ashley Brown, Director, Martha Graham School
Virginie Mécène, Program Director / Director of Graham 2
Lone Larsen, Program Director
Tami Alesson, Dean of Student and Government Affairs
Amélie Bénard, Teens@Graham Program Director
Matilde Santos, School Assistant
REGISSEURS
Elizabeth Auclair, Amélie Bénard, Tadej Brdnik, Susan Kikuchi, Lone Larsen, Peggy Lyman, Virginie Mécène, Miki Orihara, Ben Schultz, Marni Thomas, Oliver Tobin, Ken Topping, Denise Vale, Blakeley White-McGuire
NORTH AMERICAN REPRESENTATION
Rena Shagan Associates, Inc.
(www.shaganarts.com)
INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATION
LaRue Allen Executive Director
(lallen@marthagraham.org)
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Lorraine Oler, Chair
Javier Morgado, Vice Chair
Inger Witter, President
Barbara Cohen, Development Chair
Judith G. Schlosser, Chair Emeritus
Matthew Dapolito, Treasurer
LaRue Allen, Executive Director
Janet Eilber, Artistic Director
Amy Blumenthal
Geoffrey D. Fallon
Russell Guthrie
Christine Jowers
Jayne Millard
Nichole Perkins
Stephen M. Rooks
Lori Sackler
Tee Scatuorchio
Lawrence Stein
Ellis Wood
The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance is a not-for-profit corporation, supported by contributions from individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies. Contributions in support of the Martha Graham Center will be gratefully received at the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, Inc., 55 Bethune Street New York, NY 10014, or visit marthagraham.org/support.
For more information, visit marthagraham.org.
CONTRIBUTORS
$100,000+
Anonymous
Department of Cultural Affairs
Howard Gilman Foundation
The National Endowment for the Arts
The New York Community Trust
New York State Council on the Arts
Tee Scatuorchio & Michael Becker
Judith G. Schlosser
$50,000+
Anonymous
Arnhold Foundation
Barbara & Rodgin Cohen
Shubert Foundation
Lee L. Traub
Inger K. Witter
$25,000+
Anonymous
Baton Rouge Area Fund
Kenneth Bloom & Abby Meiselman
Geoffrey D. Fallon
The Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels Foundation
First Republic Bank
The Hayes Foundation
Christine Jowers & Rob Friedman
The O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation
Nichole & Larry Perkins
Lawrence Stein & Nadia Zilkha
Monica Voldstad
Ellis Wood & Peter Nakada
$10,000+
Anonymous
LaRue & Archibald Allen
Amy & Philip Blumenthal
Jeff & Susan Campbell
Matthew & Jenna Dapolito
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Frank & Inga Golay
Russell Guthrie
The Hyde and Watson
Foundation
Jerome Robbins Foundation
Christopher Jones & Deborah McAlister
Barbara Kirk
Korn Ferry
Jane & Richard Kresch
ConWay Ling & Alison Lin
Paolo Martini
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Jayne Millard & Chip Perkins
Javier Morgado
Morgan Stanley
Neighborhood Playhouse/ Alice
Lewisohn Crowley Trust U/A
New England Foundation for the Arts
Lorraine S. & John S. B. Oler
Eng Kian Ooi & Marius Meland
Sharon Patrick
Pfizer
Lori & Michael Sackler
Chungyeol & Youngsook Shin
The SHS Foundation
Turtle & Hughes
$5,000+
Anonymous
A.S. Thomas Memorial Fund
Ahrendts-Couch Charitable Giving Account
Athleta
The Dana Foundation
Exploring the Arts Inc.
Merrie S. Frankel
Barbara Goldstein Amster
Perry & Martin Granoff
Kathleen Harty Gray
Harkness Foundation for Dance
Tracy Richelle High
Laura Jones
Emil Kang
Timothy & Virginia Millhiser
Newman-Soderlund Giving Fund
Randall & Mary Hack Foundation
Hideko Sakamoto & Vijay Tella
Frank & Juli Vitiello
Kathryn White
$2,500+
Anonymous
Sandrine Avramesco
Deborah Bers & Denis McInerney
Ron Brady, MD
Christopher Elmore
Linda N. Fell
Irene Lewisohn Trust U/W
Kristin King
Wendy Koch
Claire & Christopher Mann
Mertz Gilmore Foundation
The Roberta Plutzik Baldwin & Neil Baldwin Family Fund
Donald J. Rose, MD & Victoria Lasdon Rose
Irene Shen
Cynthia & Theo Stanley
John & Hiroko Vail
Woody Guthrie Publications, Inc
PATRON $1,000+
Anonymous
Americans for the Arts Foundation
Jeffrey and Kathleen Baum
Nomi Bergman
Nancy Bonvillain
Mark and Lauren Booth
David Braff and Niko Christou
Jim Chervenak
Dr. Jennifer Chow
Joseph Comunale
Malvina Currie
Sabrina DaSilva
Roberta DiBlasi
Robert Downes
Janet Eilber and John Warren
Vickie Epler-Thompson
Antoinette Gelmont
Gabrielle Glaser
Kathy Harty Gray
Atle Hedloy
Sally-Jane Heit
Hobson Lucas Family Foundation
Lena Kaplan
Larry Keigwin
Fran Kirmser
Victor A. and Sarah Kovner
Diane Lowry
Julia Lushing and C. Diego Guevara
Claire and Christopher Mann
Toba Meiselman
Frank and Suzanne Millard
Deborah Ory and Ken Browar
Jens Pederson
Bertrand and Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Joseph Risico
Elaine Scagnelli and Charles Eilber
Dr. Ximena and Daniel Sessler
Melissa Sherwood
Annaliese Soros
Alice and Lee Spencer
Betsy Stapleton
Ronald G. Targan
Emma Lewis Thomas
Lee L. Traub
George Vanderploeg
Casey Villard
Robert Wessely
Mary Wilkes
Meryl and Chuck Witmer
Hugh Young
SUPPORTER $500+
Anonymous
Sohyun Bae
Rayona Bennett
Teri Brajewski
Ralph Brown Jr.
Alisyn Camerota
Lori Clauson
Michele Crowe
The David and Elizabeth Walker Family Charitable Fund
Christopher Dolder and Anne Westwick
Edwin Dugger
Mary Louise Fazzano
Hope Flammer
Jill Franklin
Tinsley Galyean
Marianna Gerrman
Christopher Herrmann and Joseph Lorino
Ann Hutchinson Guest
Suzanne Jaffe
Miki Kashiwagi and Tom Bingham
Kristin King
Leslie Kobrin
Ann Kreisberg
Carol Lambos and Peter Junge
Jane Lawrance
Jon and Susan Lawrence
Emily Lemer
Carol Lieber
Lorn MacDougal
Phic Manno
Nancy Matta
Karla Mayor
David Mellins
Yoshinao and Anna Nakada
JoAnn Navickas and Alan Brudner
Deb Perkins
Christine Rappoport
David Savran
Raytheon
Howard Scheiner
Daniel Shannon
Margaret Sharkey
Addison Smith
Ossie Spector
Pamela and Frank Stapleton
Elizabeth Varley Camp
Sandra Warren
Inger Wedin
Stephen Weinstock
Courtney Williams
PARTNER $250+
Craig Badinger
Kate Beatty
Maher Benham
John, Will and Kate Bennis
Madeleine Berk
Christopher Boffoli
Grace & Joe Buono
David Chase
Carolyn Chave
Sheila Cohen
Kathleen Cudahy
Mark Daley and Jason Kennedy
Daniel Ezralow
Margaret Garrett and Bruce Wolosoff
Lisa Hahn
Krista Hannah
Larry and Nicole Heath
Michael Heflin and David Yu
Beth Holland
Kathi Horne
Kevin Jennings
Peter Julian
Ann Kern
Barbara Kline
Anki Leeds
Florence W. Liddell
Made to Move
Ronald and Patricia Malvin
Bennett Mosse
Network for Good
Jeff Oakes
Lee Percy
Kerstin Rhodie
Linda Shelton
Gunvor and Eva Simpson
Christina Staudt
Ada Stewart
Kate Stiassni
Kathryn Swintek
Nancy W. Trowbridge
Michael and Nancy Udow
Meredith Veira and Richard Cohen
Carol K. and Peter Walker
Patric Wallace
Madeline Warren
Kathleen Webster
Kathy Weigel
Carol A. Weil
Harry Winer
Lili Yamasaki
Barbara Zimmerman
