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Johnny Loves Johann

Tue Apr 14 - Sun Apr 19

Named "a violinist who can do anything" by the Philadelphia Inquirer, Grammy Award-winning violinist, producer, and 2024 MacArthur Fellow Johnny Gandelsman, unites with acclaimed choreographers John Heginbotham, Caili Quan, Jamar Roberts, and Melissa Toogood for Johnny Loves Johann. This New York premiere pairs Johnny’s folk-inspired violin interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach’s complete cello suites with original choreography performed by its creators. Johnny Loves Johann unfolds as a vibrant and intimate conversation with Bach’s music, celebrating the dance and humanity at the heart of these iconic works. 

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Curtain Chat: Wed, Apr 15

 

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2 hours including intermission

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Jamar Roberts, Caili Quan, Johnny Gandelsman, John Heginbotham, Melissa Toogood. Photo by Marco Giannavola
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Melissa Toogood, Johnny Gandelsman. Photo by Marco Giannavola
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Johnny Gandelsman, Melissa Toogood. Photo by Marco Giannavola
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Johnny Gandelsman, Melissa Toogood. Photo by Marco Giannavola
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Jamar Roberts, Johnny Gandelsman. Photo by Marco Giannavola
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Johnny Gandelsman, John Heginbotham. Photo by Marco Giannavola
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Caili Quan, Johnny Gandelsman. Photo by Marco Giannavola
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Caili Quan, Johnny Gandelsman. Photo by Marco Giannavola
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Caili Quan, Johnny Gandelsman, Jamar Roberts, Melissa Toogood, John Heginbotham. Photo by Marco Giannavola
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Caili Quan, Jamar Roberts, Johnny Gandelsman, John Heginbotham, Melissa Toogood. Photo by Marco Giannavola
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Funding Credits

       

The Joyce's presentation of Johnny Loves Johann is a HARKNESS FIRST Joyce Theater debut generously supported by The Harkness Foundation for Dance. Lead underwriting support provided by Virginia & Timothy Millhiser. This project was made possible in part with support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Special support provided by the National Endowment for the Arts. Live music for The Joyce’s presentation of Johnny Loves Johann is underwritten by Barbara Madsen Smith. Underwriting support for The Joyce's presentation of live music during the 2025–2026 season provided by Madelyn & Steven Wils. Commissioning support for the creation of Johnny Loves Johann provided in part by The Joyce’s Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New Work.

Additional Support

Carolina Performing Arts and the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts serve as lead co-commissioners for Johnny Loves Johann. This work also received commissioning support from The Joyce Theater’s Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New Work (with additional support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund); the Modlin Center for the Arts at the University of Richmond; Works & Process; and The Yard. Additional funding support was provided by Jody and John Arnhold, Alva Greenberg, Michael Hostetler and Erica Pascal, John Mittleman, Marty Peretz, Michael and Amy Tiemann, Ken and Florence Umezaki, and BroadBand Collaborative. Johnny Loves Johann receives fiscal sponsorship from Producer Hub. 

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