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27-634: Ballet Austin has performed in a State Department trip to Europe as well as at the Joyce Theater in New York City and The Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The Ballet Austin Academy serves more than 900 students each year as one of the largest classical ballet schools in the country. It offers classes from creative movement, ages three and four, all the way to pre-professional. The academy students are given

54-661: A Bachelor of Architecture in 1954 and a Master of Fine Arts in Architecture in 1956. After serving as a drafting instructor in the United States Army Corps of Engineers , he began working with the theatrical set and lighting designer Jo Mielziner in New York. One of his first projects was the Vivian Beaumont Theater , designed by Eero Saarinen ; he painted a hotel-room set for the original stage production of

81-405: A $ 1 million endowment contributed by a Joyce board member. The organization also mounts a range of education, school and family programs that range from structured class visits to Joyce performances, to lessons at schools and community centers with Joyce-affiliated teaching artists, to family matinees with discount tickets for children. In 2004, The Joyce's proposal to operate a dance theater in

108-526: A defunct movie theater in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood built in 1941. They quickly commenced negotiations to purchase it, ultimately arriving at a price of $ 225,000 and concluded the transaction in January, 1979. The philanthropist LuEsther Mertz , co-founder of Publishers Clearing House and a benefactor of the company who had supported the renovation of the company’s studio, underwrote the full cost of

135-576: A full-time staff of approximately 45 people. Before joining the Joyce in 1993, Shelton was General Manager of the Joffrey Ballet , and had earlier held senior management roles at Twyla Tharp Dance . Aaron Mattocks is Director of Programming, with lead responsibility for developing each year’s presenting season. The Joyce presents an annual 40 to 45 week season on its stage, hosting an audience of approximately 150,000 people. In addition to this Chelsea season,

162-541: A nominal rent of $ 1 a year. As the 2016 conclusion of the lease term approached, the operating organization, the Joyce Theater Foundation, purchased the theater from the Feld organization for $ 20 million. The Joyce is a 501(c)3 charitable organization whose mission is “To serve and support the art of dance and choreography, to promote the richness and variety of the art form in its fullest expression, and to advance

189-752: Is a leading presenter of dance in New York City and nationally. It is runs, in part, from the Joyce Theater , a 472-seat dance performance venue located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City . The Joyce occupies the Elgin Theater , a former movie house that opened in 1941 and was gut-renovated and reconfigured in 1981–82. In 1977, the Eliot Feld Ballet had begun exploring more affordable approaches to presenting its annual season of performances in New York City. Rental costs and house sizes of

216-574: Is currently planned as The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center , a multi-venue facility encompassing a range of performing and media arts. The Joyce's role in the current plan for the center has not been announced. In 1996, The Joyce purchased a dance performance and rehearsal facility at 155 Mercer Street in Manhattan's SoHo neighborhood that was owned and operated by the Dia Art Foundation . The building had been used for dance since 1985, and

243-570: Is located in a 34,000 sq/ft facility named the Butler Dance Education Center in downtown Austin at 3rd Street and San Antonio Street. The center features administrative offices, box office, eight rehearsal studios, a 1,500 sq. ft fully equipped Pilates studio and the AustinVentures StudioTheater with 287 seats. Dance Magazine called the ensemble "sleek and sophisticated", while The Washington Post dubbed it "one of

270-557: Is made up of 10 emerging artists. Founded in 2007, the Butler Center for Dance & Fitness serves over 8,000 people with year-round classes in ballet to modern, hip hop to hula, and jazz to Broadway. The company has developed outreach initiatives that reach 31 Central Texas school districts and 200 other area non-profits. Ballet Austin offers fitness and dance programs for the public, such as yoga, Pilates, adult ballet, hula, hip-hop, jazz, tap, modern and musical theater. Ballet Austin

297-642: The Historic Districts Council 's Landmarks Lion award (2013). In 1981, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an associate member; he became a full academician in 1994. In 2010, Hardy was one of 52 leading architects invited to participate in Vanity Fair ' s 2010 World Architecture Survey . Hardy married the architect Tiziana Spadea in 1965. They had two children. On March 16, 2017, Hardy fell and hit his head while getting out of

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324-531: The Joyce presents or co-presents at a small number of other venues, including the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center and alternative spaces. Through artistic residency and commissioning programs, the Joyce gives resources to established, early- and mid-career artists to advance their practice and develop new works for the Joyce stage. New commissions are supported by the Stephen and Cathy Weinroth Fund for New Works,

351-503: The June 25, 1981 groundbreaking, the building was renamed the Joyce Theater after the daughter of LuEsther Mertz in recognition of the elder Mertz’s leadership support of the project. The theater opened with a gala performance on June 2, 1982. The Feld organization retained ownership of the building and created a separate non-profit organization to operate the theater under a 35-year lease at

378-408: The building for $ 27.25 million. In December, 2009, the Joyce leased a rehearsal studio facility at 305 West 38th Street, in Manhattan's Garment District, that it operated under the name DANY [Dance Art New York] Studios. The facility contained 11 studios. The Joyce did not renew when its lease ended in 2016 and closed DANY. Hugh Hardy Hugh Hardy (July 26, 1932 – March 17, 2017)

405-415: The facility. Major changes to the structure included the elimination of the original balcony configuration to create a steeply raked seating area on one level, new construction at the rear of the building to provide additional backstage space, and the installation of a 67 x 36 foot proscenium stage with a sprung floor . The completed theater had 472 seats. The overall cost of the project was $ 3.6 million. At

432-582: The musical Gypsy . Hardy joined Local 829 of the United Scenic Artists in 1958. Over the course of his career, Hardy founded three firms: Hugh Hardy & Associates in 1962, Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates in 1967, and H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture in 2004. Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer received the Architecture Firm Award in 1981, the highest honor bestowed on a firm by American Institute of Architects for distinguished work. Hardy

459-519: The nation's best kept ballet secrets". Mills' work with Ballet Austin has been declared" whimsical and fantastic" ( Dallas Morning News ), "effortlessly striking" ( Dance View Times ), and "meaningful" ( Pointe magazine). Named Artistic Director in 2000, Stephen Mills is an American dancer and choreographer. There are twenty two full-time professional dancers, recruited from an annual 30-city audition tour. As of November 2015: As of September 2016: Joyce Theater The Joyce Theatre Foundation

486-492: The opportunity to perform in the company production The Nutcracker , performed by Ballet Austin during the month of December for more than 53 years. Ballet Austin's Nutcracker is the longest running in the state of Texas. Ballet Austin's apprentice company, Ballet Austin II, offers an opportunity for post-high school, advanced dancers to hone their skills. Established in 1999 by associate artistic director Michelle Martin, Ballet Austin II

513-542: The planned "arts hub" at the World Trade Center was accepted by the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation . The Joyce would have been one of several arts organizations at the facility, and proposed a 1,000-seat theater for major dance companies, with supporting programming. In the ensuing years, the vision for the cultural center has evolved through multiple iterations and tenant lists. It

540-406: The public interest in, and appreciation of, dance and the allied arts of music, design, and theater.” A 27-member Board of Trustees oversees the organization. It operates on a budget of around $ 10 million annually that is supported by earned revenue, contributed income, government support and endowment income. Executive Director Linda Shelton oversees day-to-day activities of the Joyce, supported by

567-506: The purchase. In developing financial projections for the theater, Feld and Cahan anticipated an inclusive rental cost of around $ 12,000 per week. In a national survey they conducted, 73 dance organizations expressed interest in using the theater at the projected rental rate. These findings helped garner a wide range of financial support for developing the theater. The project secured a $ 400,000 Federal Urban Development Action Grant, which recognized its potential to provide employment and add to

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594-417: The theaters available to the company made these seasons financially risky propositions. Eliot Feld , the company’s founder and Artistic Director, and Cora Cahan, its Executive Director, envisioned creating a theater specifically for smaller dance organizations that their company could use, which would also be available to other companies. The first facility they looked at in late 1978 was the Elgin Theater ,

621-589: The vitality of its neighborhood. Other Federal Government support included a $ 450,000 challenge grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a guarantee of a $ 600,000 bank loan. Private donors and foundations such as the Rockefeller Foundation contributed the balance of the funds. Feld and Cahan engaged architect Hugh Hardy of the firm Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer to develop plans for a gut renovation of

648-949: Was also a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. He was named a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1993. He won the Placemark Award from the Design History Foundation (2001), the AIA New York Chapter's President's Award (2002), the General Services Administration Commissioner's Award for Excellence in Public Architecture, the Architectural League of New York's President's Medal (2010), and

675-546: Was an American architect , known for designing and revitalizing theaters, performing arts venues, public spaces, and cultural facilities across the United States. The New Yorker writer Brendan Gill called him "the Stanford White of our fin de siècle". In 1995, Julie Iovine of The New York Times wrote, "There is scarcely a cultural icon in the city with which Mr. Hardy has not been involved." Hugh Gelston Hardy

702-560: Was born on July 26, 1932, in Majorca, Spain , to Gelston Hardy and the former Barbara Bonestell Walton. His father, who worked for Young & Rubicam advertising agency, had traveled to Spain to write a novel. The family soon returned to New York, dividing their time between Manhattan and Irvington-on-Hudson. Hardy graduated from the Deerfield Academy in 1950. He then attended his father's alma mater, Princeton University , where he earned

729-488: Was sold because of financial difficulties at Dia. The Joyce obtained the building for $ 1.5 million with support from the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust , the charitable organization established by the organization's longstanding benefactor LuEsther T. Mertz upon her death. The Joyce continued Dia's program of rehearsal space rental and performances in the 75-seat theater until 2012, when it accepted an unsolicited offer to sell

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