THE JOYCE THEATER

THE JOYCE THEATER
DOVA, Inc., in association with The Joyce Theater Foundation, presents
Artistic Director
Doug Varone
The Company
Hollis Bartlett Xan Burley Julia Burrer Erin Owen Alex Springer
Colin Stilwell Eddie Taketa Hsiao-Jou Tang Netta Yerushalmy
Lighting Designers
Jane Cox David Ferri Lily Fossner Dan Feith
Scenic Projection Designer
Wendall K. Harrington
Costume Designers
Liz Prince Lynne Steincamp
Technical Director
Dan Feith
Executive Director
Martha Neighbors
General Manager
Sarah Bodley
Doug Varone and Dancers receives support from the Alphawood Foundation, Bossak/Heilbron Foundation,
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc., Harkness Foundation for Dance,
The Jerome Robbins Foundation, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, National Dance Project of the New England
Foundation for the Arts, New York State Dance Force, the Shubert Foundation, Seth Sprague Educational
and Charitable Foundation and the Trust for Mutual Understanding. This program is supported, in part, by public funds
from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of
Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; and is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York
City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
We also gratefully acknowledge the Commissioning Club and our many individual supporters.
Leadership support for The Joyce Theater’s 2012–2013 season has been received from
the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust.
The Joyce Theater Foundation gratefully acknowledges the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation for its generous endowment
to support dance performances at The Joyce Theater.
Generous support for this engagement was provided through a grant from The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.
to encourage the performance of New York City-based companies at The Joyce Theater.
The Joyce Theater’s Engagement Assistance Program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts
with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; and is supported, in part, by public funds
from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
Major support for The Joyce Theater has been provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
and The Shubert Foundation. Additional major support has been provided by Alphawood Foundation, First Republic Bank,
MetLife Foundation, and The Jerome Robbins Foundation.

T H E C I T Y O F N E W Y O R K
O F F I C E O F T H E M A Y O R
N E W Y O R K , N Y 1 0 0 0 7
October 11, 2012
Dear Friends:
It is a great pleasure to welcome everyone to the Doug Varone and Dancers’ 25 th
Anniversary Celebration.
New York City is a cultural capital of the world, and the best place anywhere to
experience the performing arts. We are home to some of the best known and well-respected
venues, companies, and one of the premier destinations for the most talented people in the arts.
For the past 25 years, Doug Varone and Dancers has been an integral part of New York’s
cultural landscape, and their groundbreaking work has been recognized across the globe. Their
educational and residency programs are crucial to inspiring the next generation of leaders in the
performing arts, and have enriched the cultural lives of so many throughout our City. Doug
Varone’s work as a choreographer and director has been brought to life across theater, opera, and
dance. His influence has been felt in a number of venerable productions, and we’re glad to join
in commemorating this auspicious occasion. Together, we’re looking forward to another 25 and
more years of achievement from this terrific company.
On behalf of the City of New York, please accept my best wishes for an enjoyable event
and continued success.
Sincerely,
Michael R. Bloomberg
Mayor

PROGRAM A: Oct. 9 at 7:30pm; Oct. 11 at 8pm; Oct. 13 at 8pm; Oct. 14 at 2pm
APERTURE
(1994)
Choreography: Doug Varone
Music: “Moments Musicaux, No. 2” by Franz Schubert
Lighting Design: David Ferri
Costume Design: Lynne Steincamp
XAN BURLEY COLIN STILWELL HSIAO-JOU TANG
Aperture premiered on January 8, 1994, at The Joyce Theater in New York City.
It was funded by the 1994 Altogether Different Fund for New Works. Additional support provided by
public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts Challenge III Grant Program.
- PAUSE -
CARRUGI
(2012 – NYC Premiere)
Choreography: Doug Varone
Music: “La Betulia Liberata” by W.A. Mozart
Lighting Design: Lily Fossner
Costume Design: Liz Prince
HOLLIS BARTLETT XAN BURLEY JULIA BURRER ERIN OWEN
ALEX SPRINGER COLIN STILWELL EDDIE TAKETA HSIAO-JOU TANG
1. Full Company
2. Full Company
3. Hsiao-Jou Tang
4. Hollis Bartlett and Alex Springer
5. Erin Owen, Colin Stilwell and Eddie Taketa
6. Full Company
7. Xan Burley and Colin Stilwell
8. Julia Burrer with Xan Burley, Erin Owen and Hsiao-Jou Tang
9. Eddie Taketa and Company
10. Julia Burrer, Alex Springer and Company

Carrugi premiered on March 24, 2012 at the Center for the Arts, on the campus of the University at Buffalo,
The State University of New York. The creation of Carrugi was made possible through public funding from the
National Endowment for the Arts with additional support from the National Dance Project of the New England
Foundation for the Arts. It was also made possible in part by a Company-in-Residence grant from the 92nd Street Y
Harkness Dance Center. Additional funding support was provided by New York State DanceForce with funding from
the New York State Council on the Arts Dance Program, and from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in
partnership with the City Council. It was created, in part, while in residence at Pick of the Crop Dance Company,
and the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
- INTERMISSION -
BALLET MÉCANIQUE
(2001)
Choreography: Doug Varone
Music: “Ballet Mécanique” by George Antheil
Lighting Design: David Ferri
Scenic Projections: Wendall K. Harrington
Video Programming: Paul Vershbow
Costume Design: Liz Prince
HOLLIS BARTLETT XAN BURLEY JULIA BURRER ERIN OWEN
ALEX SPRINGER COLIN STILWELL EDDIE TAKETA HSIAO-JOU TANG
Ballet Mécanique premiered on July 27, 2001 at the Lobero Theatre in Santa Barbara, CA.
Ballet Mécanique was co-commissioned by The Joyce Theater’s Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New Works,
SUMMERDANCE Santa Barbara, and The University of Texas at Austin Performing Arts Center. Major creative
support provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Doris Duke Fund for Dance of the National Dance
Project, a program administered by the New England Foundation for the Arts, with additional funding provided by the
National Endowment for the Arts, The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the
Philip Morris Companies Inc. Revival support has been provided by NEA American Masterpieces, the New York State
Council on the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
“Ballet Mécanique” by George Antheil, by arrangement with G. Schirmer, INC. publisher and copyright owner.

PROGRAM B: Oct. 10 at 7:30pm; Oct. 12 at 8pm; Oct. 13 at 2pm; Oct. 14 at 7:30pm
BOATS LEAVING
(2006)
Choreography: Doug Varone
Music: “Te Deum” by Arvo Pärt,
Lighting Design: Jane Cox
Costume Design: Liz Prince
HOLLIS BARTLETT XAN BURLEY JULIA BURRER ERIN OWEN
ALEX SPRINGER COLIN STILWELL EDDIE TAKETA HSIAO-JOU TANG
Boats Leaving was commissioned by the American Dance Festival and premiered on July 6, 2006 at Page Auditorium,
on the campus of Duke University in Durham, NC. Boats Leaving was funded with major support from the National
Endowment for the Arts and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Funding was also provided by the American Dance
Festival with support from the Doris Duke Awards for New Work.
“Te Deum” by Arvo Pärt, by arrangement with European American Music Distributors, LLC.
- INTERMISSION -
ABLE TO LEAP TALL BUILDINGS
(PREMIERE)
Choreography: Doug Varone
Music: “Cruel Sister” (excerpt) by Julia Wolfe
Lighting Design: Doug Varone and Dan Feith
Costume Design: Liz Prince
ERIN OWEN
ALEX SPRINGER
Able to Leap Tall Buildings is made possible in part with public funding from the National Endowment for the Arts
and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. It was created while in
residence at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.
“Cruel Sister” by Julia Wolfe, by arrangement with G. Schirmer, INC. publisher and copyright owner.
- PAUSE -
RISE
(1993)
Choreography: Doug Varone
Music: “Fearful Symmetries” by John Adams
Lighting Design: by David Ferri
Costume Design: Lynne Steincamp
JULIA BURRER and EDDIE TAKETA
NETTA YERUSHALMY and HOLLIS BARTLETT
HSIAO-JOU TANG and ALEX SPRINGER
ERIN OWEN and COLIN STILWELL
Rise premiered on October 8, 1993, at the Quick Center for the Arts in Fairfield, CT.
It was created in residence at the NYU Tisch Summer Dance Residency Program and at Virginia Commonwealth
University in Richmond, VA, through a generous grant from the Carpenter Foundation.
“Fearful Symmetries” by John Adams, by arrangement with Hendon Music, Inc., a Boosey & Hawkes company,
publisher and copyright owner.

PROGRAM NOTE
This 25th Anniversary season is dedicated to all the dancers, past and present, who have
helped process and create a body of work that continually explores the crosslink of human
movement and emotion. Through their tremendous artistry, generous commitment and selfless
imaginations they have each left an invaluable and passionate imprint on these dances. With
care and love they are, as ever and always, my closest allies.
Doug Varone
Nancy Coenen (1986-96)
Bonnie Wong (1986-96)
Mary Govern (1986-93)
Christine Philion (1986-89)
Leslee Lewis (1986-89)
Tina Goldstein (1986-89)
Alyce Bochette (1986-88)
Jim Campbell (1986-87)
Tim Hadel (1986-88)
Cal Grogan (1987-88)
Andrew Boynton (1987-88)
Larry Hahn (1988-2003)
Matthew Cazier (1988-1995)
Gabriel Masson (1989-94)
Gwen Welliver (1990-2000)
DOUG VARONE AND DANCERS (1986-2012)
Nancy Bannon (1992-2000)
Eddie Taketa (1994-present)
David Neumann (1995-1998)
Adriane Fang (1996-2007)
Merceditas Mañago (1996-2001)
Eric Handman (1998-99)
Keith Johnson (1999-2001)
Daniel Charon (1999-2010)
Faye Driscoll (2000-2002)
Jessica Swanson (2000)
Cria Merchant (2000-2001)
Ashley Gilbert (2000-2002)
Natalie Desch (2001-2012)
John Beasant III (2001-2007)
Nina Watt (2002-2004)
Stephanie Liapis (2002-2007)
Catherine Miller (2002-2006)
Kayvon Pourazar (2003-2005)
Michael Sean Marye (2005)
Peggy Baker (2005-2007)
Ryan Corriston (2005-2011)
Belinda McGuire (2006-2007)
Erin Owen (2006-present)
Netta Yerushalmy (2007-2012)
Julia Burrer (2007-present)
Alex Springer (2008-present)
Hollis Bartlett (2011-present)
Colin Stilwell (2011-present)
Hsaio-Jou Tang (2012-present)
Xan Burley (2012-present)

ABOUT THE COMPANY
During the 2012-13 season, the Company proudly celebrates its 25th Anniversary. Since its
founding in 1986, Doug Varone and Dancers has commanded attention for its expansive vision
and versatility. On the concert stage, in opera, theater, and on the screen, Varone’s kinetically
thrilling dances continually explore and mine the complexity of the human spirit. This season
has the company criss-crossing the United States with extensive performances, workshops,
and master classes in major cities and universities around the country. Internationally, the
Company will tour Argentina, Paraguay, and Peru as part of DanceMotion USA sm , a program
developed and funded by the US Department of State and produced by Brooklyn Academy of
Music (BAM).
At home in New York City, Doug Varone and Dancers is the resident company at the 92nd
Street Y Harkness Dance Center. On tour, the Company has performed in more than 100
cities in 45 states across the US and in Europe, Asia, Canada, and South America. Stages on
which the Company has performed include The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Brooklyn
Academy of Music, San Francisco Performances, London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, Toronto’s
Harbourfront, Moscow’s Stanislavsky Theater, the Venice Biennale, and the Tokyo, Bates,
Jacob’s Pillow, and American Dance Festivals. In opera and theater, the Company regularly
performs in the many Varone-directed or choreographed productions that have been produced
around the country. Varone and his dancers and designers have been honored with 11 New
York Dance and Performance Awards (Bessies).
Doug Varone and Dancers are among the most sought after ambassadors and educators in
the field. The Company’s multi-discipline residency programs on tour capture their concepts,
imagery, and techniques across disciplines and for people of all ages and backgrounds, reaching
out to audiences in ways that directly relate to their lives and interests. This year will mark the
Company’s 4th annual Winter NYC Intensive (Hunter College, January 14-19, 2013) and 14th
annual Summer Workshop (The College at Brockport, June 2-22, 2013), which attract students
and professionals from around the world.
To learn more about the Company, visit www.dougvaroneanddancers.org.
WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY
DOUG VARONE (Artistic Director) works
in dance, theater, opera, film, and fashion.
He is a passionate educator and articulate
advocate for dance. By any measure, his
work is extraordinary for its emotional range,
kinetic breadth, and the many arenas in which
he works.
His New York City-based Doug Varone
and Dancers has been commissioned and
presented to critical acclaim by leading
international venues for more than two
decades. In 2008, Varone’s Bottomland, set
in the Mammoth Caves of Kentucky, was
the subject of the PBS program, “Dance in
America: Wolf Trap’s Face of America.”
In opera, Varone is in demand as a director and
choreographer. Among his four productions
at The Met are Salome, with its sensational
“Dance of the Seven Veils” for Karita Mattila;
and the world premiere of Tobias Picker’s An
American Tragedy. He has directed multiple
premieres and new productions for Minnesota
Opera, Opera Colorado, Washington National
Opera, and Boston Lyric Opera, among others.
Varone is a frequent collaborator of composer
Ricky Ian Gordon: choreography, Grapes of
Wrath (2008); direction and choreography,
Orpheus and Euridice for Lincoln Center
(2005, OBIE Award). Upcoming: Les Troyens
at The Met (choreography), The Magic Flute
at Minnesota Opera (direction).

WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY
His numerous theater credits include
choreography for Broadway, Off-Broadway,
and regional theaters (McCarter, La Jolla,
Yale Rep, Walnut Street). He staged several
seasons of designer Geoffrey Beene’s NYC
couture runway shows. Film credits include
choreography for the Patrick Swayze film,
One Last Dance. Upcoming: Murder Ballad
at Manhattan Theater Club (fall 2012).
Varone has created dance works for the Limón
Company, Martha Graham Dance Company,
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Rambert
Dance Company (London), Dancemakers
(Canada), Batsheva Dance Company (Israel),
Bern Ballet (Switzerland), and An Creative
(Japan), among many others. His dances
have been staged on more than 75 college and
university programs throughout the United
States and abroad.
Varone received his BFA from Purchase
College, where he was awarded the
President’s Distinguished Alumni Award in
2007. Honors also include a Guggenheim
Fellowship, an OBIE Award, a NYFA
Fellowship, the Jerome Robbins Fellowship
for Creative Study in Bogliasco, Italy, two
American Dance Festival Doris Duke Awards
for New Work, four from the National Dance
Project, and two individual New York Dance
and Performance Awards (Bessies) for
Sustained Achievement in Choreography,
and for his 2006 work Boats Leaving.
HOLLIS BARTLETT (Dancer) was born in
Barrington, IL, and began dancing at a young
age. His love of performing stuck with him
as his family moved to Cape Cod, MA before
he began high school. In May 2010, Hollis
graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the
Arts with a BFA in Dance. Since graduation,
he has had the pleasure of working with
Brian Brooks, Adam Barruch, and the
Metropolitan Opera. In addition to dancing,
he is a member of Dance/NYC’s Junior
Committee, working to strengthen and unite
a community of emerging professional artists
and administrators. Hollis is honored to have
joined Doug Varone and Dancers in 2011.
XAN BURLEY (Dancer), a native Ohioan
and a graduate of the University of Michigan
with degrees in Dance and English, is an
active performer, creator, teacher, and arts
administrator based in Brooklyn. She has
had the great pleasure of working with artists
such as Nancy Bannon, Daniel Charon,
DOORKNOB Company, Shannon Gillen and
Guests (of which she is a founding member),
Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance, and Donnell
Oakley, among others. Xan also acts as
producer of WAXworks, is on faculty at the
92Y, and has held teaching positions at several
schools, summer programs, and festivals. Her
choreography with partner Alex Springer has
been presented in New York and elsewhere
and their dance films have been shown in
various screenings throughout the US. With
infinite enthusiasm and gratitude, she joined
Doug Varone and Dancers in 2012.
JULIA BURRER (Dancer), originally
from Austin, Texas, cultivated her love for
all types of dance from a young age. After
studying under Tapestry Dance Company
in Austin, she moved to New York in
2002, where she continued her training at
SUNY Purchase, earning a BFA in Dance.
She also studied abroad at Rotterdamse
Dansacademie. She has had the pleasure of
working for such artists as Daniel Charon,
Bill Young & Colleen Thomas, Teri & Oliver
Steele, and Chimaera Physical Theater. She
feels immensely grateful to continue delving
into the creative process, not only with
Doug Varone and Dancers, but also with
both alex|xan: the Median Movement and
Gwen Welliver. Julia also directs the teen
performing ensemble at the 92nd Street Y,
Harkness Repertory Ensemble, in addition
to guest teaching at various universities,
schools, and festivals. Julia joined Doug
Varone and Dancers in 2008.

WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY
ERIN OWEN (Dancer) was born and raised
in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western
North Carolina. Upon receiving BA degrees
in Dance and Biology from Scripps College
in Claremont, CA, she relocated to New
York City. She has since worked with many
choreographers, including Daniel Charon, Ivy
Baldwin, Faye Driscoll, Melissa Briggs, Netta
Yerushalmy, Karinne Keithley, Geraldine
Cardiel, alex|xan: the Median Movement, Bill
T. Jones, and David Neumann (I Am Legend,
film). Prior to joining Doug Varone and
Dancers in 2006, she worked with Varone on
two productions at the Metropolitan Opera and
a fashion shoot for W Magazine. As a Company
member, she has taught master classes and
workshops and staged Doug’s work around the
world. Erin holds certifications in Pilates and
GYROTONIC® instruction and has taught for
several years in New York City. She resides in
Brooklyn with her hilarious, loving, and ever
supportive husband, Jonathan. They are the
happy caretakers of Coda, the cat and various
lovely houseplants.
ALEX SPRINGER (Dancer), originally
from Farmington Hills, MI, is a dancer,
choreographer, teacher, and video editor.
After graduating from the University of
Michigan with a degree in Dance and a
minor in Movement Science, he joined Doug
Varone and Dancers in 2008. He has enjoyed
working with artists Alexandra Beller, Amy
Chavasse, Elizabeth Dishman/Coriolis, and
Leyya Tawil/Dance Elixir. Alex has also
staged Varone’s work for various companies
and universities and has taught in New York
City at the 92Y, Dance New Amsterdam,
the Playground, and Triskelion Arts. He
creates work with Xan Burley; as alex|xan:
the Median Movement, the pair have shown
work for the stage and screen throughout New
York City and the US. Alex is the associate
producer of WAXworks and the Company
Manager/Media and Archive Designer for
Doug Varone and Dancers.
COLIN STILWELL (Dancer) is a native
of San Francisco, CA. In 1997, he set about
to further his exploration in modern dance
at SUNY Purchase, where he received his
BFA in Dance. Since then, he has danced
with Bessie Award-winning choreographers
RoseAnne Spradlin and Neil Greenberg.
He has worked with Netta Yerushalmy,
robbinschilds, John Kinzel, Christine Elmo,
and Sarah White. Colin has worked and
collaborated with German performance artist
John Bock in his 2010 Lecture at the Anton
Kern Gallery and in 2012 at the Watermill
Center in Lecker Puste (Delicious Breath).
He has also worked with playwright, director,
and multi-media artist John Jesurun in
Shadowland. He has worked with Doug Varone
in the Metropolitan Opera’s productions of Les
Troyens and Le Sacre du Printemps and in the
Minnesota Opera’s Faust. Colin joined Doug
Varone and Dancers in 2011.
EDDIE TAKETA (Dancer) was born and
raised in Hilo, Hawaii. He holds a BFA in
Dance Theater from the University of Hawaii
at Manoa. Dancing professionally since 1982,
Taketa spent the 80s and mid-90s performing
with such companies as the Murray Louis
Dance Company, Nikolais Dance Theatre, and
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company. He performed
in the Jacob’s Pillow’s Men Dancers: The
Ted Shawn Legacy and maintained an ongoing
performing and creative collaboration
with Janis Brenner. In 1994, he joined
Doug Varone and Dancers, and in 1998, he
became a recipient of a New York Dance and
Performance Award (Bessie) for Sustained
Achievement in Dance. He has taught at
numerous universities, festivals, and studios
throughout the US, Europe, and Asia.
HSIAO-JOU TANG (Dancer) was born and
raised in Taiwan. She moved to New York in
2004 to attend SUNY Purchase College and
graduated in 2008 with a BFA in Dance. Tang
has had the great pleasure of working with a
number of wonderful people and companies,

WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY
including Shen Wei Dance Arts, Kevin
Wynn Collection, Sidra Bell Dance NY, Kyle
Abraham/Abraham.in.motion, Daniel Charon
Dance, Nora Petroliunas/The Pharmacy Project
and alex|xan: the Median Movement. Hsiao-jou
is thrilled to be here and has had a great time
working and dancing with all of these amazing
folks. She joined the Company in 2012.
NETTA YERUSHALMY (Dancer) was
recently awarded a fellowship from the John
Simon Guggenheim Foundation for her
choreographic work. In the coming months,
she will be in residence at the Baryshnikov
Arts Center and at the Liguria Study Center
in Bogliasco, Italy. A BFA graduate of
NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Netta has
also received a NYFA Fellowship and a Six
Points Fellowship. She has been an Artist-
In-Residence at the Tribeca Performing
Arts Center since 2010. Her work has been
presented by Danspace Project, Harkness
Dance Festival, DNA, Jacob’s Pillow, and The
Yard. She was also recently commissioned
by the Zenon Dance Company (Minneapolis,
MN). As a performer, Netta has worked
with Nancy Bannon, Mark Jarecke, Karinne
Kiethley, Joanna Kotze, Ronit Ziv, and others,
and has danced with Doug Varone in various
settings, including his productions at the
Metropolitan Opera. Netta staged Varone’s
work at the University of Michigan and
Point Park College. She has been a company
member of Doug Varone and Dancers since
2007. She would like to thank Doug for all
these years of inspiration and friendship.
KATHRYN DEAN RHODES (Apprentice)
is a Texas native who received her BFA in
Dance from SUNY Purchase in December
2010. While at SUNY Purchase, she
performed works by Lauri Stallings, Doug
Varone, and Pam Tanowitz. Since moving
to New York City, Kathryn has worked
with Zoe|Juniper, Nelly van Bommel, and
on the Metropolitan Opera Production of
Les Troyens. Kathryn currently resides in
Brooklyn, where she choreographs for her
own dance company RoadWork.
BRANDON WELCH (Apprentice) began
his training in Indianapolis, IN with Diane
Gudat. He received his BFA from SUNY
Purchase College, where he performed works
by Twyla Tharp, Ohad Naharin, Stephen
Petronio, and Doug Varone. He studied
for one semester at the Western Australian
Academy of Performing Arts, and in 2011,
Brandon joined MOMIX. Since moving
to New York, Brandon has danced for
Metropolitan Opera Ballet in Doug Varone’s
Les Troyens. He began working with Doug
Varone and Dancers in 2012.
JANE COX (Lighting Designer). Collaborating
with Doug Varone has been an enormous part of
Jane’s creative life since 1997. Collaborations
include lights for Castles, Agora, Dense
Terrain, Chapters from a Broken Novel,
Egalite, Alchemy, Victorious, Boats Leaving
(Bessie Award, 2007), The Bottomland,
The Bottomland: Part II, and Approaching
Something Higher. Opera and theater designs
with Doug include Faust, The Elephant Man,
La Cenerentola, and The Invisible Man. Jane’s
other projects for the 2012-13 season include
Lucia di Lammermoor at Sydney Opera House,
Picnic on Broadway, The Whale and Flick at
Playwrights Horizons, and Luster with Monica
Bill Barnes, with whom Jane also has a long
term collaboration. Jane teaches design at
Princeton University.
DAVID FERRI (Lighting Designer) has
worked with prominent choreographers such
as Pina Bausch, Shen Wei, Doug Varone, Yin
Mei, Eiko and Koma, Jane Comfort, David
Rousseve, Jody Sperling, and Ballet Preljocaj.
He has been the Production Manager for
the prestigious American Dance Festival
since 1996, training upcoming designers in
America. He is a recipient of a 1987-1988
Bessie Award for his design of Doug Varone’s
Straits and 2000-2001 Bessie Award for

WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY
Sustained Achievement in Lighting Design.
Mr. Ferri is the resident Lighting Designer/
Technical Director for The Vassar College
Dance Department. Mr. Ferri was also resident
lighting designer and technical director at PS
122 from 1985 to 1991. Between his travels
and projects, Mr. Ferri lives in New York
LILY FOSSNER (Lighting Designer). NYC:
Culture Project/Public Theatre; Monica Bill
Barnes & Company; Juilliard Opera Theatre;
Prospect Theater Company; NYU/Grad Acting.
Regional: People’s Light and Theatre, Chautauqua
Theater Company, Berkshire Theatre Festival.
Lighting Supervisor, Glimmerglass Opera;
Lighting Associate, Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
M.F.A., NYU
WENDALL K. HARRINGTON (Projection
Designer) was awarded The Drama Desk,
The Outer Critics Circle, American Theatre
Wing Award for The Who’s Tommy.
Broadway: Annie, Driving Miss Daisy, Grey
Gardens, Putting it Together, Freak, Ragtime,
The Capeman, Company, Having Our Say,
My One and Only, Will Rogers Follies, and
They’re Playing Our Song. Off Broadway:
Angels in America, Merrily We Roll Along
(four times!), Hapgood, Opera: Tristan and
Isolde, La Fanciulla, Brundibar, Rusalka,
Nixon in China, Grapes of Wrath, A View from
the Bridge, Transatlantic, The Photographer.
Ballet: Don Quixote (Joffrey), Firebird (Bessie
nom), Anna Karenina (Ratmansky), Othello
(Lubovich), Deconstructing English (Varone).
Concert: The Talking Heads, Pete Townshend,
Simon and Garfunkel, Chris Rock. Carnegie
Hall: Grapes of Wrath, James Taylor and
Friends, Ira Gershwin at 100. Ms. Harrington
lectures widely on projection design and heads
the projection design concentration at the Yale
School of Drama.
LIZ PRINCE (Costume Designer) has
designed costumes for theater and dance for
over twenty years. She has had the pleasure
of designing numerous works by Doug
Varone since 1998. Recently, she designed
costumes for the film Union Square, written
and directed by Nancy Savoca and starring
Mira Sorvino and Tammy Blanchard. Her
costumes have been exhibited at The New
York Public Library for the Performing Arts,
Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art,
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, and Rockland
Center for the Arts. She received a 1990 New
York Dance and Performance Award and a
2008 Charles Flint Kellogg Award from Bard
College for achievement in her field.
LYNNE STEINCAMP (Costume Designer)
has worked with numerous choreographers over
the course of her long association with dance,
including Gina Gibney, Shapiro & Smith, Susan
Marshall, and Alyson Pou. She was Costume
Consultant for the Trisha Brown Company
for over a decade. Her association with Doug
Varone began in 1990. She designed for many
of the Company works, including Force
Majeure, Rise, Possession, and Bel Canto. She
now lives on a horse farm in Connecticut with
her husband, artist Power Boothe.
DAN FEITH (Technical Director) has been
working as a Production Manager/Lighting
Designer/Stage Manager/Technical Director
in dance for the past 20 years. The companies
he has worked for range from Pilobolus and
MOMIX to the Tulsa Ballet and Hubbard
Street Dance.
SARAH BODLEY (General Manager)
grew up in the foothills of northwestern
Connecticut, where she began dancing at
the Connecticut Dance Theatre, Inc. She is
a graduate of Purchase College, with a BFA
in Dance. She has enjoyed performing for
Nancy Bannon, Sarah Beth Oppenheim, Nora
Petroliunas’ The Pharmacy Project, Nelly
van Bommel’s NØA Dance, and alex|xan:
the Median Movement, among others.
In addition to her life as a performer, Sarah
is the General Manager for Doug Varone and
Dancers and is cultivating a passion for work
in the non-profit sector.

WHO’S WHO IN THE COMPANY
MARTHA NEIGHBORS (Executive
Director) joined Doug Varone and Dancers in
2011, serving as chief administrative officer
and leading the Company’s fund-raising
efforts. Previously, she oversaw external
relations for Theatre Communications Group,
the national organization for the American
theatre, where she also served as chief
development officer. Her prior experience
includes company manager at Risa Jaroslow
& Dancers, on whose board she now serves,
and positions at the American Federation
of Arts, the Brooklyn Museum and the
J.Paul Getty Trust. Ms. Neighbors holds a
certificate in arts administration from New
York University, a Master’s in Art History
and Museum Studies from the University of
Southern California, and a Bachelor’s in Art
History and Fine Arts from Hunter College,
summa cum laude.
SILVER ANNIVERSARY SEASON
SPONSORS ($5,000+)
Jeanne Murphy & Bill Oris
Lida Orzeck & Susan Miller
Hanky Panky
COMMISSIONING CLUB:
NEW WORKS ($2,500-$4,999)
Naomi Grabel & Neil Kutner
Dianne & Daniel Vapnek
Joseph & Marie Varone
Pearl Zuchlewski
COMMISSIONING CLUB:
REVIVALS ($1,000-$2,499)
Leslie Hendrix & Joseph Smith
Gridley McKim Smith
Ann & Steven Murphy
Melissa S. Rockefeller
Janet Stanton
Carol K. & Peter Walker
Stephen & Cathy Weinroth
DOVA 25-TO-LIFE CHAMPION
($500-$999)
Richard Caples
William Critzman
Brendan Ben Feeney
Valerie Freedman Fund
Bob Gilson
Lester C. Rhodes
Meriam L. Rosen
Harold & Myra Shapiro
DOVA 25-TO-LIFE PATRON
($250-$499)
Peggy Baker
Robert Dorf
Dorothy & Jay Federman
Herrick, Feinstein, LLP
Dennis Lalli
Maryann Plunkett
& Jay O. Sanders
Suzanne Schaaff
James Shea
DOUG VARONE AND DANCERS 2012-2013 SEASON DONORS
Julia & Paul Sutter
Roger Tolle
Jaclynn Villamil
Martin Wechsler & David Fanger
DOVA 25-TO-LIFE SUPPORTER
($100-$249)
Rebecca Abdenour
Wolf Fritsche Beatty
James Berube
Natalie Desch
(in honor of Gene Desch)
Ruby Clipper Cherof
Janet & Bill Corriston
Barbara Dufty
Constance & Marcus Fang
Laura Faure
Virginia Gallagher
Robyn Goodman
Neal S. Goren
Sandy Graff
Cynthia & Daniel Hart
Joan Hershey
Mark Jones
Larry & Beth Kenney
Cynthia Low
Edward & Gloria Murphy
Jon Nakagawa
Martha Neighbors
& Charles Boday
Madeleine Nichols
Warren & Ellen Nichols
Katherine Roeder
David Ronis
Jeffrey Sholeen
Robert Small
Paula Springer
Collette Stewart
Judy & Carl Stewart
Thomas Ward
DOVA 25-TO-LIFE FRIEND
($1-$99)
John Bacon
Megan Bascom
Craig A. Becker
Carly Berrett
Chloe Carlson
Christopher P. Cayaba
Mae Chesney
John Ciano
Darrah Cloud
Debby DeGuire
Nancy Duncan
Elizabeth M. Frankel
Harry & Ruth Graff
Bernard P. Hanlon
Susan Hans
Phoebe Higgins
Maya Horowitz
Evelyn Intondi
Dan Kaslow
Alvera Kramer
Margaret Lockhart
Andrea Loverro-Sprick
James C. Martin
Elizabeth Miller
Johnna Modene
Margaret Morton
Laverne Muzenak
Kate Neighbors
Mary Beth Peil
Diana Rothenberg
Nancy Salmon & David Webster
James Siegel
Diane Sklar
Sharon Tanzer Kirschner
Zolita Vella
Thomas Von Foerster
Myles V. Whalen
Charles & Joan Woodbury

DOUG VARONE AND DANCERS is incorporated as
DOVA, Inc., a not-for-profit tax-exempt organization
founded in 1995. Contributions to the Company’s work
are tax-deductible and greatly appreciated.
Please make your gift payable to:
DOVA, Inc.
260 West Broadway, Suite 4
New York, NY 10013 USA
Website: www.dougvaroneanddancers.org
Email: info@dougvaroneanddancers.org
Board of Directors, DOVA, Inc.
Naomi Grabel, Chair
Richard J. Caples
Jeanne Murphy
Lida Orzeck
Doug Varone
Carol K. Walker
Pearl Zuchlewski
Elizabeth Geiger, Chair emeritus
Bob Sanders, Chair emeritus
DOUG VARONE AND DANCERS
Artistic Director: Doug Varone
Executive Director: Martha Neighbors
General Manager: Sarah Bodley
Program & Rehearsal Director: Eddie Taketa
Tour Manager: Eddie Taketa
Company Manager/Media & Archive Design: Alex Springer
Technical Director: Dan Feith
Costume Manager: Erin Owen
Company Apprentices:
Kathryn Dean Rhodes, Brandon Welch
Design & Graphics: Sondra Graff/rpm:projects
Press Agent: Jennifer Lerner
Website Design: Design Brooklyn
Booking Agent:
Lisa Booth Management, Inc.
Lisa Booth and Deirdre Valente
1501 Broadway #1915
New York, NY 10036
Tel: 212-921-2114 / Fax: 212-921-2504
Email: artslbmi@msn.com
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
Linda Shelton, Martin Wechsler, Martha Cooper, and the staff of The Joyce Theater; Bob Gilson,
Renata Celichowska, John-Mario Sevilla, Edward Henkel, Kathryn Wilkening and the 92nd Street Y Harkness
Dance Center; Sarahbeth Grossman & the events committee, Daisy Pommer and the Dance Division
of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Janet Stanton, Megan Weiner, John Toth,
James Ciano, Paul Vershbow, Lucy Cruz, Kay Stuntz, Richard Caples, Marie & Joseph Varone,
all our generous donors and hard-working volunteers, and the DOVA, Inc. Board of Directors.
Photo: Cylla von Tiedemann