The Joyce Theater Announces 2011-2012 Fall / Winter Season

The Joyce Theater today announced the programming for its 2011-2012 Fall/Winter Season that includes an eclectic mix of international companies and encompasses a range of dance artists and styles. The season opens with Israel Galván and Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, powerful flamenco artists from Spain. The international focus then turns to Australia, with terrific performances by Chunky Move and Sydney Dance Company, and, in late January, the season closes with Jin Xing Dance Theatre Shanghai, performing Shanghai Tango, a piece choreographed by the provocative Jin Xing.

Two of our country's foremost ballet companies will also appear on The Joyce stage. Houston Ballet, the first recipient of The Joyce's Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance, an award offering commissioning grants to deserving companies, will perform a program that includes a new work by Jorma Elo. And The Suzanne Farrell Ballet will make its Joyce debut with an elegant all-Balanchine program.

Audience favorites from the contemporary dance world are featured as well, with performances by MOMIX, Garth Fagan Dance, Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Parsons Dance on the roster. FOCUS Dance, a new dance platform, presents eight companies performing throughout one week, and David Dorfman Dance and Camille A. Brown & Dancers take the Joyce stage, too.

An exciting part of the season will be its focus on dramatic work. Morphoses will make its Joyce debut with Bacchae, a dance-driven piece based on the classic Greek drama, and the always intriguing Martha Clarke will present Angel Reapers, an evening-length dance/theater piece.

The following is a complete roster of companies who will be appearing at The Joyce Theater this fall/winter.

ISRAEL GALVÁN
La Edad de Oro
September 20 - 25
Tue-Wed 7:30pm; Thu-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2pm
Tickets: $10-$49 (Joyce Members $26-$37)
Press Contact: Richard Kornberg and Associates, (212) 944-9444

Israel Galván, a winner of Spain's prestigious National Dance Award, opens the Joyce fall season with a sensational solo performance that shows why he has been called the William Forsythe of flamenco. Performing to pulsating live music which drives his lightning fast footwork, Galván embodies a post-modern approach to flamenco that strips the art down to its bare essence and gives it an inspired twist. "He is seductive without trying to be" proclaims The New York Times, "and if this is what new flamenco means, bring it on."
Supported by The R. Britton Fisher and Family Gift for International Dance.

SOLEDAD BARRIO & NOCHE FLAMENCA
September 27 - October 2
Tue-Wed 7:30pm; Thu-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2pm
Dance Chat: Wednesday, September 28
Tickets: $10-$49 (Joyce Members $26-$37)
Press Contact: Richard Kornberg and Associates, (212) 944-9444

The Joyce's fall flamenco fare continues with a dazzling week of performances by Bessie Award winner Soledad Barrio, whose compelling artistry prompted The New York Times to proclaim that "there's something voyeuristic and cathartic about watching a woman pry open her soul, scatter it on the floor and put it back together again." Hailing from Spain, Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, the company she founded in 1993 with her husband Artistic Director Martin Santangelo, perform flamenco in its finest and most authentic form, one that creates a true communal spirit through exuberant music, dance, and song. "There has been no company I have been so glad to discover as Noche Flamenca and, above all, its lead dancer, Soledad Barrio," proclaims Alastair Macaulay of The New York Times, "I can think of no current ballet star in the world as marvelous as she."
Supported by The R. Britton Fisher and Family Gift for International Dance.

GARTH FAGAN DANCE
October 4 - 9
Tue-Wed 7:30pm; Thu-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2pm & 7:30pm
Dance Chat: Wednesday, October 5
Tickets: $10-$59 (Joyce Members $26-$44)
Press Contact: Ellen Jacobs, (212) 245-5100

Internationally acclaimed Garth Fagan Dance continues its 40th anniversary celebration with world premieres by Garth Fagan and long-time company member Norwood Pennewell. In addition to these premieres, the company will also perform a program of beloved revivals, all of which epitomize the Fagan aesthetic - "balletic rigor and precision in conjunction with a desultory looseness of body and unbridled bursts of energy that propel dancers into whirling diagonals and high, jagged leaps." The New York Times

HOUSTON BALLET
October 11 - 16
Tue-Wed 7:30pm; Thu-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2pm
Dance Chat: Wednesday, October 12
Tickets: $10-$59 (Joyce Members $26-$44)
Press Contact: Richard Kornberg and Associates, (212) 944-9444

Heralded by The New York Times as "one of the nation's best ballet companies," Houston Ballet takes the Joyce stage with a powerhouse program of 21st century ballet that includes a new work by celebrated Finnish choreographer Jorma Elo; Christopher Bruce's Hush, a comic celebration of life set to the eclectic music of Bobby McFerrin and Yo-Yo Ma; and Ji?í Kylián's Falling Angels, based on ceremonial ritual music from Ghana and set to the first movement of Steve Reich's Drumming.
Houston Ballet is the recipient of the Rudolf Nureyev Prize for New Dance from The Joyce Theater Foundation.

THE SUZANNE FARRELL BALLET
October 19 - 23
Wed 7:30pm; Thu-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2pm & 7:30pm
Dance Chat: Thursday, October 20
Tickets: $10-$59 (Joyce Members $26-$44)
Press Contact: Richard Kornberg and Associates, (212) 944-9444

"Understated glamour, alluring reserve, and attention to detail" is how The New York Times describes The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, led by the legendary New York City Ballet principal who, since founding the company over ten years ago, has established its prominence in the ballet world. One of George Balanchine's most celebrated muses, Farrell devotes much of the company's repertory to the works of this master choreographer. For its Joyce debut, the program features an all-Balanchine program that includes some of his most cherished works - Haieff Divertimento, Meditation, Diamonds pas de deux from Jewels, and Agon.

MORPHOSES
Bacchae
October 25 - 30
Tue-Wed 7:30pm; Thu-Sat 8pm; Sun 2pm
Dance Chat: Wednesday, October 26
Tickets: $10-$59 (Joyce Members $26-$44)
Press Contact: Lourdes Lopez, (646) 439-0341

The company makes its Joyce debut with the world premiere of Bacchae, a stunning work that delves into the balance between order and chaos. For this evening-length production, Resident Artistic Director Luca Veggetti collaborates with a cast of twelve dancers, composer Paolo Aralla, a flautist, and a puppeteer to create a dynamic new staging of the dance-driven classic Greek play. With this contemporary interpretation of Euripides' timeless tale, the company, applauded by the Los Angeles Times for "its willingness to soften the very edges of radicalism, to make peace between modernity and traditionalism," demonstrates its commitment to bringing exceptional artists and dancers together in performance.

CHUNKY MOVE
Connected
November 2 - 6
Wed 7:30pm; Thu-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2pm & 7:30pm
Dance Chat: Thursday, November 3
Tickets: $10-$49 (Joyce Members $26-$37)
Press Contact: Richard Kornberg and Associates, (212) 944-9444

The Australian-based dance company, praised for its "hard-edged impact and design originality" (The Manchester Evening News), performs the New York premiere of Connected, a work created by Artistic Director Gideon Obarzanek, who teams up with extraordinary sculptor Reuben Margolin to explore the physical connection between constantly moving dancers and kinetic design. Beginning with simple movements and hundreds of tiny pieces, the dancers build their performances while constructing the sculpture in real time.
Supported by The R. Britton Fisher and Family Gift for International Dance.

SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY
November 8 - 13
Tue-Wed 7:30pm; Thu-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2pm
Dance Chat: Wednesday, November 9
Tickets: $10-$49 (Joyce Members $26-$37)
Press Contact: Richard Kornberg and Associates, (212) 944-9444

Sydney Dance Company returns to The Joyce in a fresh guise under the exuberant artistic direction of the Barcelona-born choreographer Rafael Bonachela, a self-proclaimed "movement junkie," whose works are packed with intricate and continually changing patterns. Vividly imagined, his sensuous aesthetic has signaled a new chapter for the legendary company whose dancers infuse the stage with "creative precision and exhilarating energy." (Sydney Morning Herald) For its Joyce season, the company performs the U.S. premieres of two acclaimed Bonachela works set to commissioned scores by Italian composer Ezio Bosso.
Supported by The R. Britton Fisher and Family Gift for International Dance.

COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET
November 15 - 27
Tue-Wed 7:30pm; Thu-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2pm & 7:30pm
No performance on Thanksgiving
Dance Chat: Wednesday, November 16
Tickets: $10-$59 (Joyce Members $26-$44)
Press Contact: TBD

"Fabulous bodies doing fabulous things," says The New York Times about Complexions. The company's Joyce fall season showcases a world premiere created by Dwight Rhoden to pay tribute to co-Artistic Director Desmond Richardson, who has announced that 2011-2012 will be his final year as a touring performer with Complexions. The work will be performed by Richardson to a commissioned score by the sensational jazz composer and pianist Eric Lewis. Also on the program-another new work by Dwight Rhoden set to the music of hot contemporary artists like Adele, Duffy, and Kings of Leon, as well as audience favorites including Moon Over Jupiter and Moody Booty Blues.

MARTHA CLARKE
Angel Reapers
November 29 - December 11
Tue-Wed 7:30pm; Thu-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2pm
Dance Chat: Wednesday, November 30
Tickets: $10-$59 (Joyce Members $26-$44)
Press Contact: Richard Kornberg and Associates, (212) 944-9444

The always astounding MacArthur Award winner Martha Clarke teams up with Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Alfred Uhry to collaborate on an evening-length dance/theater/music piece about forbidden sex and unchanneled lust in New England's 18th century Shaker community. Inspired by the life of Ann Lee, founder of the Shaker movement, the piece envisions the hysteria of human passion gone awry. "Notable for its mesmerizing qualities...Angel Reapers is a beautifully wrought illustration of repression and freedom." Durham News and Observer

MOMIX
Botanica
December 13 - 31
December 13-18
Tue-Wed 7:30pm; Thu-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2pm & 7:30pm
December 20-24
Tue 7:30pm; Wed 2pm & 7:30pm; Thu-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 7pm
December 27-31
Tue 7:30pm; Wed 2pm & 7:30pm; Thu-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 7pm
Dance Chat: Wednesday, December 14
Tickets: $10-$59 (Joyce Members $26-$44)
Press Contact: Richard Kornberg and Associates, (212) 944-9444

Known internationally for presenting work of exceptional inventiveness and physical beauty, MOMIX is celebrated for conjuring up a world of surrealistic images by using props, light, shadow, humor, and the human body in a startling way. Experience this always enchanting company when it returns to The Joyce for the holiday season with Botanica, a work described by The New York Times as creating "an animated world" that "comes fabulously alive." Featuring music that ranges from Vivaldi to birdsong, Botancia not only follows the rhythms of the New England season, but also the evolution of the world and the passing of a day. Flowers bloom, go to seed and die; vegetable, animal and mineral--all in human form--combine and metamorphose in this magical production.

FOCUS DANCE
January 3 - 8
Tue-Wed 7:30pm; Thu-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2pm & 7:30pm
Tickets: $10-$39 (Joyce Members $19-$29)
Press Contact: Michelle Tabnick, (646) 765-4773
Tue 7:30pm & Sat 8pm zoe | juniper (Seattle, WA)
KEIGWIN + COMPANY (New York, NY)
Wed & Sun 7:30pm Susan Marshall & Company (New York, NY)
Kate Weare Company (New York, NY)
Thu 8pm & Sat 2pm Joe Goode Performance Group (San Francisco, CA)
Barack Marshall Theaterdance (Los Angeles, CA)
Fri 8pm & Sun 2pm Jason Samuels Smith & Company (New York, NY)
Trey McIntyre Project (Boise, ID)
FOCUS Dance, an exciting week-long celebration showcasing eight dance companies, is a new initiative aimed at promoting American dance to the national and international community. The Joyce partners with Gotham Arts Exchange and the Dance/USA Agents Council for this exciting project that will feature some of the most riveting companies in America today.

PARSONS DANCE
January 10 - 22
Tue-Wed 7:30pm; Thu-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sun 1pm & 5pm
Dance Chat: Wednesday, January 11
Tickets: $10-$59 (Joyce Members $26-$44)
Press Contact: Michelle Tabnick, (646) 765-4773

"One of the great movers of modern dance" (New York Times) and "one of modern dance's great living dance-makers" (New York Magazine), David Parsons brings his company back to The Joyce with a program that includes one world premiere and two programs filled with selections from the company's repertory of more than 70 Parsons works. The programs will feature an assortment of audience favorites, including Swing Shift, with music by Kenji Bunch, and Touched by Time, with music by John Corigliano and costume design by Donna Karan. All programs will include David's stroboscopic masterwork, Caught.

DAVID DORFMAN DANCE
Prophets of Funk
January 24 - 26, 28 - 29
Tue-Wed 7:30pm; Thu 8pm; Sat 8pm; Sun 2pm
Dance Chat: Wednesday, January 25
Tickets: $10-$39 (Joyce Members $19-$29)
Press Contact: Janet Stapleton, (212) 633-0016

Heralded by the Boston Globe for its "exuberant, gorgeous and delightfully oddball style," David Dorfman Dance returns to The Joyce with Prophets of Funk, a work that reinvigorates "boomer memories to the sounds of Sly and the Family Stone." (Boston Phoenix). A celebration of the band's groundbreaking, visceral and political music, a tribute to the ‘funk' of everyday people, the piece leaves everyone dancing in their seats, except for those choosing to join the performers on stage," says the choreographer. "Dorfman in league with Sly and the Family Stone? Irresistible." The Village Voice

CAMILLE A. BROWN AND DANCERS
January 27 - 29
Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm; Sun 7:30pm
Tickets: $10-$39 (Joyce Members $19-$29)
Press Contact: Michelle Tabnick, (646) 765-4773

A huge hit when she appeared at The Joyce in 2010, Camille A. Brown is noted for mixing modern dance techniques with West African dance elements to produce "focused bursts of energy and frozen positions that explode into motion" (The New York Times). At The Joyce, her company will present three snazzy performances of a program that includes the Groove to Nobody's Business, set to Ray Charles and Brandon McCune, and Been There, Done That, a duet filled with "Brown's considerable and effortless humor." The Boston Globe

JIN XING DANCE THEATRE SHANGHAI
Shanghai Tango
January 31 - February 5
Tue-Wed 7:30pm; Thu-Fri 8pm; Sat 2pm & 8pm; Sun 2pm
Dance Chat: Wednesday, February 1
Tickets: $10-$39 (Joyce Members $19-$29)
Press Contact: Richard Kornberg and Associates, (212) 944-9444

Created in 2003 by Jin Xing, one of the most fascinating choreographers and artists performing today, Shanghai Tango includes ten works that she has created over the last 25 years. Set to an eclectic collage of music from Astor Piazzolla to Johann Strauss, the piece uses the sometimes sleazy, sometimes playful, but always sensuous, rhythmic, and passionate components of the tango as a conceptual framework to explore contemporary Shanghai culture. This wondrous movement landscape is striking in its visual melding of Eastern and Western artistic threads.
Supported by The R. Britton Fisher and Family Gift for International Dance.

DANCE CHATS
The Joyce Theater holds free post-performance dialogues with artistic directors and/or company members following the performance on the first Wednesday of each company's engagement unless otherwise noted. These dialogues are open to all audience members attending that evening's performance.

FAMILY MATINEES
Created to help build dance audiences for the future, The Joyce's popular family-oriented performance series will return this fall with three family-friendly matinees, each followed by a special chance to meet the artists. Kids' tickets are only $10. Children who see two of the three family matinees automatically become Joyce Junior Members and save 40% on the price of their tickets ($10 reduced to $6). Children, ages 6-14, must be accompanied by an adult (maximum four kids to one grownup). Joyce Junior Members get a special "Backstage-at-the-Joyce" tour, a T-shirt and gift coupons.
This fall/winter season's Family Matinee series is as follows:
EMIA Dance* - Saturday, October 22 at 2pm, Joyce SoHo (155 Mercer St.)
Parsons Dance - Saturday, January 14 at 2pm
Camille A. Brown & Dancers - Saturday, January 28 at 2pm
*Earl Mosley's Institute of the Arts (EMIA)celebrates the power of bringing dance and young people together in this lively family-friendly program featuring high-energy young dancers performing hip hop, African, modern, and jazz works created by choreographers such as Troy Powell, Kevin Wynn, and Mosley himself. Following the performance, everybody will be invited to dance with the dancers and join the fun on stage.
Family Matinee series sponsored by First Republic Bank

DANCE TALKS AT JOYCE SOHO
The Joyce Theater will continue its popular "Dance Talks" series in the fall. These conversations between artists and audiences provide an informal, but in-depth examination of issues shaping dance today. "Dance Talks" are free and take place at Joyce SoHo (155 Mercer St, between Houston & Prince). Reservations: 646-792-8377.

ABOUT THE JOYCE THEATER
The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization, has proudly served the dance community and its audiences since 1982. The founders, Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld, acquired and renovated the Elgin Theater in Chelsea, which opened as The Joyce Theater in 1982. The Joyce is named in honor of Joyce Mertz, beloved daughter of LuEsther T. Mertz. It was LuEsther's clear, undaunted vision and abundant generosity that made it imaginable and ultimately possible to establish the theater. One of the only theaters built by dancers for dance, The Joyce Theater has provided an intimate and elegant New York home for more than 300 domestic and international companies. The Joyce has also commissioned more than 130 new dances since 1992. In 1996, The Joyce created Joyce SoHo, a dance center providing highly subsidized rehearsal and performance space to hundreds of dance artists. New York City public school students and teachers annually benefit from The Joyce's Dance Education Program, and adult audiences get closer to dance through pre-engagement Dance Talks and post-performance "Dance Chat" discussions. The Joyce Theater now features an annual season of approximately 48 weeks with over 340 performances for audiences in excess of 135,000.

TICKET PRICES AND MEMBER INFORMATION
To become a Joyce Member, ticket buyers simply purchase tickets to four different companies at the same time and they automatically save 25% on tickets (not applicable for $10 or $19 tickets). Joyce Members are entitled to the 25% discount on additional tickets purchased throughout the season - until August 2011. For more information on becoming a Joyce Member, please visit www.Joyce.org or call JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800. Single ticket prices range from $10-$59. Tickets can be purchased by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800, in person at the Box Office (Monday - Friday 12-6pm), or online by visiting www.Joyce.org. Please note: ticket prices are subject to change. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue (at 19th street).

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Leadership support for The Joyce Theater's 2011-2012 season has been received from the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust.

Major support has been provided by Alphawood Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, First Republic Bank, Fund for the City of New York, The Hearst Foundations, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Open Society Foundations, Rockefeller Brothers Fund, The Rockefeller Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, and The Shubert Foundation. Lead support has been provided by Bloomberg, The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, MetLife Foundation, The New York Community Trust, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, and the Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation.

The fall ‘11/winter ‘12 season is made possible with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; the New York State Council on the Arts, celebrating 50 years of building strong, creative communities in New York State's 62 counties; and the National Endowment for the Arts.

The presentations of Chunky Move, Martha Clarke, and Jin Xing Dance Theatre Shanghai are funded, in part, by the National Dance Project (NDP) of the New England Foundation for the Arts. NDP is supported by lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, with additional funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Community Connections Fund of the MetLife Foundation, and the Boeing Company Charitable Trust.

Performances at The Joyce Theater by national and international dance companies are supported, in part, through a generous endowment established by the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund. The Joyce's Commissioning Program is supported, in part, by the Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New Work. The Joyce's presentations of international dance companies are supported, in part, by The R. Britton Fisher and Family Gift for International Dance. The Joyce's Dance Education Program is supported, in part, by the Charles E. Culpeper Endowment Fund and the Constance Sanders Fund for Dance Education. Additional support is provided by a generous endowment established with funds from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust and many friends of The Joyce.

2011-2012 JOYCE THEATER FALL / WINTER DANCE SEASON
September 20-25
Israel Galván*
$49; $35; $19; $10 // Joyce Members $37; $26

September 27 - October 2
Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca*
$49; $35; $19; $10 // Joyce Members $37; $26

October 4 - 9
Garth Fagan Dance
$59; $35; $19; $10 // Joyce Members $44; $26

October 11 - 16
Houston Ballet*
$59; $35; $19; $10 // Joyce Members $44; $26

October 19 - 23
The Suzanne Farrell Ballet*
$59; $35; $19; $10 // Joyce Members $44; $26

October 25 - 30
Morphoses
$59; $35; $19; $10 // Joyce Members $44; $26

November 2 - 6
Chunky Move*
$49; $35; $19; $10 // Joyce Members $37; $26

November 8 - 13
Sydney Dance Company*
$49; $35; $19; $10 // Joyce Members $37; $26

November 15 - 27
Complexions Contemporary Ballet
$59; $35; $19; $10 // Joyce Members $44; $26

November 29 - December 11
Martha Clarke*
$59; $35; $19; $10 // Joyce Members $44; $26

December 13 - 31
MOMIX
$59; $35; $19; $10 // Joyce Members $44; $26

January 3 - 8
FOCUS DANCE
$39; $25; $19; $10 // Joyce Members $29; $19

January 10 - 22
Parsons Dance
$59; $35; $19; $10 // Joyce Members $44; $26

January 24 - 26, 28 - 29
David Dorfman Dance
$39; $25; $19; $10 // Joyce Members $29; $19

January 27 - 29
Camille A. Brown & Dancers
$39; $25; $19; $10 // Joyce Members $29; $19

January 31 - February 5
Jin Xing Dance Theatre Shanghai*
$39; $25; $19; $10 // Joyce Members $29; $19

Prices subject to availability

* JOYCE THEATER FOUNDATION PRESENTATION