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Gala Honors Media Pioneer Sonya Hamlin Loyal supporters and new friends joined RIOULT at a festive evening on April 15 at the historic Altman Building in Chelsea. The event honored acclaimed communications field pioneer and ground-breaking leader, Sonya Hamlin. We were thrilled to honor Sonya, whose keen insights into the art of dance and into the humanity and passions that we all share have made her our trusted advisor for many years. (Pictured above: Honoree Sonya Hamlin, Pascal Rioult, and dancers. Photo by Chris George) RIOULT Performs to Sold-Out Houses at The Joyce  RIOULT's return to The Joyce Theater for a seventh season was a rousing success in every way. The run opened with the world premiere of Pascal's The Great Mass set to music of the same name by Mozart. Two programs— the evening-length The Great Mass, plus Views of the Fleeting World, Les Noces and Wien— attracted return visits, pushing audience attendance to 91% and selling out three shows. (Pictured above: RIOULT dancers perform The Great Mass. Photo by Ellen Crane) Participate in Our Next Joyce Theater Season (January 19-24, 2010)  RIOULT's recently completed Joyce Theater season was a tremendous success--as witnessed by the size and enthusiasm of our audiences. Our generous donors, along with our dedicated dancers and Pascal's choreographic brilliance, made that accomplishment possible. Pascal's work has been described in the New York Times as "heroic and spiritual, with a look of rooted resiliency." Our organization has also had to be rooted and resilient to reach this moment, but in order for Pascal and the dancers to continue, we must ask for your help. Please consider making an online donation now so that we can make our next Joyce Theater season even better. If you are interested in being a volunteer for RIOULT, contact info@prdance.org. Thank you. — Joyce Herring (Pictured above: Pascal in the studio with dancers. Photo by Neill Roan) Donate Online or by Mail TodayCatch RIOULT at Central Park SummerStage, Summer Workshops and More 
(Pictured above from right: Marianna Tsartolia, Stacy Soroczynski, Charis Haines, and Jane Sato in Les Noces. Photo by Basil Childers)
RIOULT Circle Debut, New Office and Other News 
(Pictured above: RIOULT Circle founders Michael Phillips and Brian Flynn with RC member Marc Raybin) Fun and Learning with DanceREACH  Recent DanceREACH (RIOULT's education program) activities featured full residencies with culminating performances at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women, PS 11 William Harris School, Lyceum Kennedy French School, and PS 163 Alfred E. Smith School. RIOULT also gave lecture/demonstration performances at the French Institute Alliance Français and the French American School of New York. (Pictured above: Young students audition for DanceREACH'S Small Steps project in West Palm Beach, FL New Grants from Shana Alexander Charitable and Jana Foundations We are thrilled to welcome new donors, the Shana Alexander Charitable Foundation and the Jana Foundation. Their important funding helped support education residencies this year at four NYC public schools. Thank you for your support! We would also like to thank the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund for supporting RIOULT's re-branding and marketing efforts this year. These critical funds supported the creation of RIOULT's new visual language. Thank you! And finally, a big thank-you to all of our institutional funders: Major supporters of RIOULT's 2008-2009 season include Air France, Shana Alexander Charitable Foundation, The Atlantic Philanthropies, Crédit Industriel et Commercial, The Grand Marnier Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, Harriet & Gordon Greenfield Foundation, The Geoffrey C. Hughes Foundation, Gupton Marrs Int'l, Jana Foundation, Kenneth French Fund for New Works, LePercq de Neuflize, The Lepercq Foundation, The Lila Acheson Wallace Theater Fund of the New York Community Trust, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, The Shubert Foundation, and the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation. RIOULT's Performances on Two Continents and at Home  Following our stunning 2008 New York season at New York University's Skirball Center, RIOULT danced to live music at the LaJolla Music Society SummerFest in LaJolla, CA, and returned to the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach, FL, where we presented our Family Program. International tours included Mexico (performances in four cities as part of the Tamaulipas Festival) and two trips to Europe, with performances in Italy, France, Switzerland and Luxembourg. 2009 got off to a great start with performances in Berkeley, CA and a blitz of showings at the annual Association of Performing Arts Presenters conference in January. After the 2009 New York Season at the Joyce Theater and the Claudia Boettcher Theatre at the Masters School at Dobb's Ferry, NY, we are looking forward to an eventful rest of the year. (Pictured above: Pascal Rioult and dancers. Photo by Basil Childers) Glorious Gala 2008  Pascal Rioult presents a gift to honoree Hope Greenfield (on right) during the 2008 Gala celebration. RIOULT hosted its annual gala on June 3, where we honored Hope Greenfield and the Harriet and Gordon Greenfield Foundation. Hope has been a supporter of the company for many years and a board member since 2005. Her family has a long tradition of involvement in the performing arts, especially through the Greenfield Foundation, a private family foundation that supports music and music-related performing arts. Crowd-pleasing 2008 New York Season This year's New York Season, which closed on June 7, featured the debut of Pascal's latest work, "Views of the Fleeting World," commissioned by the Harriet and Gordon Greenfield Foundation. The new piece was met with tremendously positive feedback from viewers each night. "The dance demanded attention for its choreographed patterns that exploded as quickly as they dissolved." - The Daily Gazette "Sections titled 'Orchard,' 'Gathering Storm,' and 'Wild Horses' suggest the images of their titles, as Bach's solemn 'The Art of the Fugue,' arranged for chamber orchestra, provides a scaffold for the choreographer's canonic and contrapuntal arrangements of heroic lunges, contractions, twisting falls, and sustained extensions." - Gus Solomons Jr. "The evening was magnificent. I've seen many modern dance companies, but this one was truly special. His choreographic style changed for each piece. The dancers were impeccably trained and their execution extraordinary. Each and every single dancer on that stage was giving 110% to his or her respective performance. I would love to see this company several times a season." - FUZE High 5 Tickets patron RIOULT dances for DRA in Times Square  RIOULT was delighted to join around 30 of New York's best dance companies on June 8 for Dancing at the Crossroads in Times Square, an annual free event sponsored by Dancers Responding to AIDS. The company performed an excerpt from "Prelude to Night," starring dancer Penelope Gonzales. |
