Ross Leclair

Experience

1. Producer

   The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc

   Sep 2016 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Producer for Joyce Theater Productions, the in-house producing entity for The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc, formed to create original work for The Joyce’s stage and for worldwide touring. Work with dance artists at every stage of development, from concept to premiere and touring, with the goal of executing their vision to the highest artistic standard. This includes development of budgets, fundraising and marketing strategies, tour plans, and offering creative producing support.Recently produced The Joyce\'s NY Times Critic\'s Pick centennial celebration of Jazz drummer and social activist Max Roach, featuring new dance works by Rennie Harris, Ronald K. Brown, and Ayodele Casel. Also recently produced and toured Heart of Brick featuring serpentwithfeet, a new evening-length production of by Caleb Teicher, and States Of Hope by Hope Boykin.During the pandemic, produced the revival of Molissa Fenley’s State of Darkness, which was the first ticketed, live-streamed engagement from The Joyce stage after the COVID-19 pandemic began, and which went on to win a Bessie award for Outstanding Revial. The revival featured performances by Jared Brown, Lloyd Knight, Sara Mearns, Shamel Pitts, Annique Roberts, Cassandra Trenary, and Michael Trusnovec, and was also named Best of 2020 by the New York Times.Co-chair of the Dance/USA Presenters Council, speaker at the 2019 Shanghai International Arts Festival and NYU’s Translucent Borders workshop in Abu Dhabi, and moderated the Copperbridge Foundation’s 2020 panel on contemporary Cuban dance.

Education

• Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance

  Contemporary Dance, Choreography, Yoga

• New York University

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

• New York University

  Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)