THE JOYCE THEATER

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