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Weds APR 17
7:30pm

RODEO
by Agnes de Mille

WE THE PEOPLE
by Jamar Roberts

MAPLE LEAF RAG
by Martha Graham

Thurs APR 18
7:00pm | GALA Performance

SATYRIC FESTIVAL SONG
by Martha Graham
with Special Guest: FKA twigs

MAPLE LEAF RAG
by Martha Graham

THE RITE OF SPRING
by Martha Graham

Fri APR 19
7:30pm

APPALACHIAN SPRING
by Martha Graham

WE THE PEOPLE
by Jamar Roberts

THE RITE OF SPRING
by Martha Graham

Sat APR 20
7:30pm

RODEO
by Agnes de Mille

WE THE PEOPLE
by Jamar Roberts

CAVE
by Hofesh Shechter

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Janet Eilber

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
LaRue Allen

THE COMPANY
Lloyd Knight
Xin Ying
Lorenzo Pagano
Leslie Andrea Williams
Anne Souder
Laurel Dalley Smith
So Young An
Marzia Memoli
Jacob Larsen
Alessio Crognale-Roberts
Richard Villaverde
Devin Loh
Antonio Leone
Meagan King
Ane Arrieta
Zachary Jeppsen
Matthew Spangler
Justin Valentine
Jai Perez
Amanda Moreira

THE MANNES ORCHESTRA
David Hayes, Conductor

THE GABE WITCHER SEXTET
Gabriel Witcher, Fiddle
Bryan Sutton, Guitar
Paul Viapiano, Mandolin
Wes Corbett, Banjo
Isaiah Gage, Cello
Paul Kowert, Bass

Major support for the Martha Graham Dance Company is provided by
Howard Gilman Foundation
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 New York State Legislature
National Endowment for the Arts
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.

“To the American dancer I say: Know our country: When its vitality, its freshness, its overabundant youth and vigor, its contrasts of plenitude and barrenness are made manifest in movement on the stage, we begin to see the American dance.”

– Martha Graham

GUEST ARTISTS

Beowulf Boritt

Oana Botez

Agnes de Mille

FKA twigs

Rhiannon Giddens

Jamar Roberts

Hofesh Shechter

Gabe Witcher

GRAHAM ARTISTS

Martha Graham

Yi-Chung Chen,
Lighting Designer

Janet Eilber,
Artistic Director

Karen Young,
Costume Designer

DANCERS

Lloyd Knight

Xin Ying

Lorenzo Pagano

Leslie Andrea Williams

Anne Souder

Laurel Dalley-Smith

So Young An

Marzia Memoli

Alessio Crognale-Roberts

Jacob Larsen

Richard Villaverde

Devin Loh

Antonio Leone

Meagan King

Ane Arrieta

Zachary Jeppsen

Matthew Spangler

Amanda Moreira

Justin Valentine

Jai Perez

THE MANNES ORCHESTRA

David Hayes, Conductor

Violin I
Alexander “Sasha” Yakub, Concertmaster
Peyton Cook
Yanqiu Zhang
Yifan Mei
Lauren Seo
Jennifer Wu
Troy Siritanapivat
Nian Men
Ryuta Arishima
Zhijie Xu

Violin II
Mikayla Chan *
Anthony Monoyios
Serena Bai
Yanqiu Zhang
Sunwoo Ju
Devin Oswald

Viola
Yuchen Lu *
Jacob Rollins
Alexis Mitrushi
Anna Jarboe
Yuxuan Jin
Moussa Gueye
Nicolas Mirabile #

Cello
Veronika Alter *
Roy Qi
Nathaniel Bernecker
Nathaniel Grohmann
Vivian Wu
Sarah Song #

Double bass
Kyungwon Park *
Royal Mitchell
Ronan Mckinnon

Flute
Chaeyoung Lee *
Elias Ludlam *
Eunsong Ko
Claudia Montoya-Hernandez

Oboe
Daniel Gurevich *
Elena Suarez Davila

English Horn
Jasper Igusa

Clarinet
Sabrina Isaac *
Kingsley Hsieh
Frank Tao

Bassoon
Ryan Ghassemi *
Jonathan Mokry *
Christian Whitacre *
Yinhang Wang

Horn
Shichen Li *
Michele Cheaure
Dongjun Kim
Jaden Lewis-King

Trumpet
Taylor Hubbard *
Emily Carmichael
Evan Chilcote

Trombone
Matteo Paoli *
Muze Zhang

Bass Trombone
Charlie Hall

Tuba
Jesse Bravo #

Timpani
Julian Dippolito

Percussion
Christopher Fung *
Sally Fang

Piano
Sixuan Zhang

* Principal
# Guest

MARTHA GRAHAM CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY DANCE

LaRue Allen, Executive Director
Janet Eilber, Artistic Director
Simona Ferrara, General Manager
Faye Rosenbaum, Director of Business Continuity
Lauren Mosier, Company Manager
Chloe Morrell, Production Supervisor
Yi-Chung Chen, Resident Lighting Designer
Melanie Scranton, Costume Supervisor
Karen Young, Costume Consultant
A. Apostol, Director of Development Operations
Fran Kirmser, Director of Strategic Partnerships and Special Events
Melissa Sherwood, Director of Marketing
Maclaine Lowery, Marketing Associate
Joyce Herring, Director of Martha Graham Resources
Janet Stapleton, Press Agent

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

REGISSEURS

Elizabeth Auclair, Amélie Bénard, Tadej Brdnik, Lone Larsen, Martin Lofnes, Peggy Lyman, Masha Maddux, Virginie Mécène, Miki Orihara, PeiJu Chien-Pott, Maxine Sherman, Peter Sparling, 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

Javier Morgado, Chair
Lorraine S. Oler, Immediate Past Chair
Barbara Cohen, Vice Chair
Inger K. Witter, President
Judith G. Schlosser, Chair Emeritus
LaRue Allen, Executive Director
Janet Eilber, Artistic Director
Amy Blumenthal
Geoffrey D. Fallon
Russell Guthrie
Christine Jowers
Ayse Dizioglu Koyluoglu
Irina Nuzova
Nichole Perkins
Stephen M. Rooks
Lori Sackler
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

CHAMPIONS $100,000+

Anonymous
Jody and John Arnhold/Arnhold Foundation
Barbara and Rodgin Cohen
Howard Gilman Foundation
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York State Council on the Arts
Tee Scatuorchio and Michael Becker
Judith G. Schlosser
Inger K. Witter

VISIONARY $50,000 – 99,999

92NY
The Annenberg Foundation
The Hayes Foundation
Christine Jowers and Rob Friedman
National Endowment for the Arts
The Shubert Foundation
Lee L. Traub
Ellis Wood and Peter Nakada

ANGEL $25,000 – 49,999

Anonymous
Amy and Philip Blumenthal
Clayton-Royer Family Fund
Geoffrey D. Fallon
First Republic Bank
Paolo Martini and Jonathan Hawkins
Javier Morgado
The O’Donnell-Green Music and Dance Foundation
Eng Kian Ooi and Marius Meland
Nichole and Larry Perkins
Lawrence Stein and Nadia Zilkha
Monica Voldstad

BENEFACTOR $10,000 – 24,999

LaRue and Archibald Allen
Kenneth Bloom and Abby Meiselman
Dr. Paula Botstein and Bob Usadi
Jeff and Susan Campbell
Ann and George Colony
Matthew and Jenna Dapolito
Evelyn Sharp Foundation
The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation
Russell Guthrie
Peggy Lyman Hayes
Gabriel Hendifar/Apparatus Studio
The Hyde and Watson Foundation
Jerome Robbins Foundation
Christopher Jones and Deborah McAlister
Jane and Richard Kresch
Ayse and Ugur Koyluoglu
ConWay Ling and Alison Lin
Claire and Christopher Mann
Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation
Jayne Millard and Chip Perkins
Morgan Stanley
Neighborhood Playhouse/ Alice Lewisohn Crowley Trust
Irina Nuzova
Lorraine S. Oler and John S. B. Oler
Sharon Patrick
Pfizer
Kelly Posner
M. Felicity Rogers-Chapman
Lori and Michael Sackler
Chungyeol and Yungsook Shin
The SHS Foundation
Laurie A. Thompson
Turtle & Hughes
Frank and Juli Vitiello
Jane Wells

SPONSOR $5,000+

Ahrendts-Couch Charitable Giving Account
Barbara Goldstein Amster
A.S. Thomas Memorial Fund
Liz and Jeff Block
The Dana Foundation
Exploring the Arts
Jordan Glaser
Frank and Inga Golay
Perry and Martin Granoff
Kathleen Harty Gray
Harkness Foundation for Dance
Tracy Richelle High
Laura Jones
Shaun Massiah, DMD
Timothy and Virginia Millhiser
Newman-Soderlund Giving Fund
Robert and Kay Norris
Randall and Mary Hack Foundation
Hideko Sakamoto and Vijay Tella
Targan Family Fund
Andrew Tsai

CELEBRANT $2,500 – 4,999

Anonymous
Sandrine Avramesco
Ron Brady, MD
Ida and Charles Cardona
Emily and Chris Colson
Lauren Cramer
Linda N. Fell
Carol and Tony Friscia
Antoinette Gelmont
John Hotta
Irene Lewisohn Trust U/W
Craig and Lynn Jacobson
JetBlue Airways
Kristin King
Wendy Koch
Victor A. and Sarah Kovner
Mertz Gilmore Foundation
Marian Nakada
Deborah Ory and Ken Browar
Mark Ptashne and Lucy Gordon Fund
Christine Rappoport
The Roberta Plutzik Baldwin and Neil Baldwin Family Fund
Donald J. Rose, MD and Victoria Lasdon Rose
Michael Scott
Donna E. Shalala
Irene Shen
Cynthia and Theo Stanley
John and Hiroko Vail
Woody Guthrie Publications

PATRON $1,000 – 2,4999

Anonymous
Lishan Aklog, MD and Maria Goreth Fidalgo
Molly F. Ashby and Gerald M. Lodge
Suzanne Pred Bass
Constance P. Beaty Fund
Eric Benitez
Andrew Blumenthal
Deborah Brittain
Michael Byrne
Jennifer Chow, MD
Alexander Cook
Charles and Valerie Diker
Diana Gonzalez-Duclert and Vincent Duclert
Charles Eilber and Elaine Scagnelli
Janet Eilber and John Warren
Christopher Elmore
Vickie Epler-Thompson
Arjaan Everts
Anderson Ferrell and Dirk Lumbard
Lee White Galvis and Sergio Galvis
Antoinette Gelmont
Stephan Grivno
Sandra Harris
Sally-Jane Heit
Hobson/Lucas Family Foundation
Judith M. Hoffman
Joseph and Dana Iovino
Robert Jetter
Isabel Kallman
Angela Kapp
Alan and Gail Koss
Ann Kreisberg
Eileen Mcauley
Rachel Miller and Kent G. Becker
Peter Mulderry
Paul Nakada
Network for Good
Nancy Orr and Richard Robbins
Mary Elizabeth Sadd
Peter and Occu Schumann
Dan Shaheen
Alice and Lee Spencer
Allan Stein
Cathy Taub and Lowell Freiberg
Jessica Weber
Inger Wedin
Mary Wilkes
Harry Winer
Kay Yamamoto
Joan Zimmerman

SUPPORTER $500 – 999

Anonymous
Ken Barnett
Rayona Bennett
Igor and Tetyana Binder
Peter and Holly Bonney
Jacques Boubli
Mary and Jim Brown
George and Marilyn Brumder
Joseph and Linda Camardo
Elizabeth Varley Camp
Tom Ciano
Else Cramer
Deborah Goodman Davis
Roberta DiBlasi
Felipe Edmiston
Paul Germain
Beatrice Grech-Cumbo
Mary Harada
Peter and Hilary Hatch
Hyde-Gibson Charitable Fund
Lena Kaplan
Wendi Kaskovich
Judith and Richard Kingman
Ricky and Rina Kirshner
Melanie Kusin
Carol Lambos and Peter Junge
Emmie Lee
Florence W. Liddell
Carol Lieber
Lorn MacDougal
Mason Meyerriecks Family Fund
Meghan Hewit McCormick
Kathleen and James Metz
Jennifer Murphy
Daemon O’Neil
Vinnie Petrarca and John Krawchuk
Jeff Rabin
Heather and Todd Raker
Jennifer and Ed Rawlings
Mark D. Segalla
Jay D. Shaffer and Hope Maynard Flammer
Daniel Shannon
Alex and Michael Shuman
Susan Valentine
Rebecca Weller and Adam Stettner
Blakeley White McGuire
Carol Wincenc
Joel Wollman

PARTNER $250 – 499

Paul Aferiat
Karen Applebome
Guillaume Auvray
Sohyun Bae
Doug and Clare Barr
Allison Beck
Morgan Beckwith
Christopher Boffoli
Nancy Bonvillain
Amy Brenneman
Matthew Campo
Kevin Cathcart
Eric Chun
Tyler Donati
Michael Eastwood
Rusty Edwards
Shahram Elghanayan
Kenneth Fischer
Frank Family Fund/Jonny Frank and Terry Haas
Franklin Forbes
Margaret Garrett and Bruce Wolosoff
Christopher Goutman
Kathi Horne
Greg Howard
Emerson Hum and Rebecca Chen
Carl Johnson and Gordon Sze
Charlie Kaplan
Louis Kavouras
Janet King
Maria Kouloumbri
Jeffrey Lefleur
David Leis
Emily Lemer
Alissa Marshall
Melanie Martin
Jennifer McGinn
Bennett Mosse
Barbara Ann Murphy
Marvin Nakayama
Open Society Foundations
Barbara Page
Kathleen Pavelko
Jennifer Phillips
Nick Pitaro
Marcus Rayner
Paul Reyes
Kyle Ridaught
Benjamin Robbins
Julie Rosenberg
Mark Rosenberg
Juan Salgado
Greg Scholl
Peter Sparling
Janet Stapleton
Kristine Stevens
Linda Michaelson Sugzda
Curtis Tange
Andrew Tobias
Carol K. Walker and Peter Walker
Kathleen Webster
Elizabeth Weiss
Richard Winger
Andrew Wise
Lisa Wong
Yan Zhao