Tonight's Program
Performance
Kristine Bendul & Abdiel
Welcome
Charles M. Adelman
Chair of The Joyce Theater Foundation Board of Trustees
Erika Malin
Executive Director of the New York State Council on the Arts
Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Manhattan Borough President
Honoree Presentation
Gregg & Jean Frankel
Introduction by Linda E. Shelton, Executive Director of The Joyce Theater Foundation
Performance of Under the Rhythm (Excerpt)
Devon Louis & Jessica Ferretti
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Choreographer: Robert Battle
Music: “The Lord’s Prayer” arrangement by Wycliffe Gordon
Set & Costumes: Santo Loquasto
Lighting: Burke Wilmore
The performance of Under the Rhythm (Excerpt) performed by the Paul Taylor Dance Company is generously underwritten by Elizabeth Anne Hartman.
Performance of The Dying Swan
Catherine Hurlin, Principal Dancer, American Ballet Theatre
Choreographer: Michel Fokine
Music: Camille Saint-Saëns' Le Cygne, from Les Carnaval des Animaux
Honoree Presentation
Nathan Hurlin
Introduction by John Tomlinson
Executive Director of the Paul Taylor Dance Foundation
Performance
Arturo O’Farrill & Lisa La Touche
Special Guest
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Performance of Dark Side of the Gym
Gaby Diaz and Brandt Martinez
Choreography by Justin Peck
Music: "Dark Side of the Gym" by The National
Honoree Presentation
R. Richard Ablon
Introduction by Trisha Duval
Performance
Gregory Porter accompanied by Chip Crawford
Dancing with
DJ Belinda Becker
Abdiel
Dancer
Robert Battle
Choreographer
Kristine Bendul
Dancer
Chip Crawford
Musician
Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal
Special Guest
Gaby Diaz
Dancer
Belinda Becker
Artist
Jesse Tyler Ferguson
Special Guest
Arturo O'Farrill
Musician
Jessica Ferretti
Dancer
Catherine Hurlin
Dancer
Lisa La Touche
Dancer
Justin Peck
Choreographer
Brandt Martinez
Dancer
Devon Louis
Dancer
Gregory Porter
Musician