The Joyce Theater Foundation Congratulates the 2008-2010 Bessie Award Recipients
FULL PRODUCTIONS HONORED:
837 Venice Boulevard
Choreographed by Faye Driscoll**
Pent-Up: A Revenge Dance
Created and choreographed by Okwui Okpokwasili
Stolen
Choreographed by Yvonne Meier
Crotch (all the Joseph Beuys references in the world cannot heal the pain, confusion, regret, cruelty, betrayal or trauma…)
Choreography, performance, installation and visuals by Keith Hennessy
Dark Horse/Black Forest
Direction and Choreography by Yanira Castro
Be in the Gray With Me
Choreographed by Pam Tanowitz
The Radio Show
Choreographed by Kyle Abraham**
Last Meadow
Created and choreographed by Miguel Gutierrez in collaboration with the performers, with assistance from Alex Anfanger and Neal Medlyn
PURO DESEO
Concept and direction by luciana achugar
Choreography and performance by Michael Mahalchick and luciana achugar
Comme Toujours, Here I Stand
By Big Dance Theater
Directed and choreographed by Annie-B Parson
Co-direction by Paul Lazar
Grupo de Rua’s H3
Direction and Choreography by Bruno Beltrao
Assistant directed by Ugo Alexandre Neves
parades & changes, replays
(a re-enactment of Parades & Changes, created by Anna Halprin in collaboration with Morton Subotnick - 1965)
Conception & artistic direction Anne Collod in dialogue with Anna Halprin and Morton Subotnick
PERFORMERS HONORED FOR WORK DURING THE 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 SEASONS:
Michelle Boulé
For channeling the essence of James Dean’s character Cal in East of Eden through fearlessly dancing, singing, acting, and brooding in Last Meadow
Young dancers from Sarah Michelson’s Dover Beach
Latysha Antonio, Sofia Britos, Non Griffiths, Allegra Herman
For their exacting performance in Sarah Michelson’s Dover Beach
David Leventhal
For bringing to exhilarating life more than 40 of Mark Morris’s works
Heather Olson
For committed creation and development in performances over many years and many works dancing with Tere O’Connor
Miki Orihara
For her commitment to the true spirit and rigorous interpretation of the work of Martha Graham
Ensemble of dancers in Paradigm
Carmen deLavallade, Gus Solomons jr, Carmen deLavallade, Dudley Williams, Valda Setterfield, Michael Blake, Hope Clark, and Keith Sabado
In work after work, these grand performers, without fail, bring into vibrant focus the essence of what it means to dance.
Kayvon Pourazar
For fully-embodying the choreographic sensibilities of the artists he dances with, most notably in the works of John Jasperse and Yasuko Yokoshi
Special thanks and congratulations to Lucy Sexton, DanceNYC, and Symphony Space.
** Joyce SoHo Resident Artists
For more informatino about the Bessies and recent recipients, visit www.dancenyc.org.
photo: Gus Solomons jr by Christopher Duggan/Nel Shelby Productions
