Staff & Board

Lloyd Mayor

Director

Lloyd Mayor is of Swiss and British nationality and was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and trained at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in London. After entering the Martha Graham School with a full scholarship, he joined the Martha Graham Dance Company as a soloist dancer from 2012 to 2022. Mr. Mayor performed a wide range of lead roles in Martha Graham's repertoire as well as contemporary collaborations with Pam Tanowitz, Nacho Duato, Andonis Foniadakis, and Richard Move’s “The Show (Achilles Heels),” first danced by Mikhail Baryshnikov. For the Martha Graham Company's 90th anniversary in April 2016, Mr. Mayor danced with former Étoile and former artistic director of the Paris Opera Ballet, Aurélie Dupont. Mr. Mayor also continues to teach around the world, sharing the knowledge of the Graham Technique. Outside of dance, Mr. Mayor is a vibrant real estate agent with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices and takes great pride in being a global multilingual and multicultural professional who always puts forward the experience of collaborative effort and being of service to his clients’ needs. In 2014, he was honored with the Clive Barnes Dance Award, and is now Director of the Foundation. Lloyd Mayor is passionate about keeping Clive and Valerie Taylor Barnes's legacy alive so that young talent can keep being recognised and celebrated.

Diana Byer

Senior Adviser

Diana Byer is the founder and Artistic Director Emerita of New York Theatre Ballet (NYTB) and Director of New York Theatre Ballet School. A former professional dancer, she was a long-time pupil and colleague of Margaret Craske, who was Director of Ballet Instruction at the New York Theatre Ballet School until her retirement. Byer is a répétiteur for The Antony Tudor Trust and is the Education Director for the Dance Notation Bureau. She has also served on the Dance Portal Advisory Board of The Children’s Museum of Manhattan and the Bessie Awards selection committee. She has staged the ballets of Antony Tudor for American Ballet Theatre (ABT), The Hartt School, and the ballets of Agnes de Mille for the Alabama Ballet and ABT. She also coached the principals for the Columbia Pictures film, “Center Stage.” In 1988, Byer founded NYTB’s community LIFT program, providing dance classes, scholarships, and services to homeless and at-risk New York City children. She has received the Helen Wieselberg Award from the National Arts Club, a Humanitarian Hero recognition from Good Housekeeping Magazine for her ongoing work with LIFT, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Martha Hill Dance Fund. A feature-length film documenting Byer’s journey of LIFT was featured at the 2022 Tribeca Festival.

Nathan Z. Podziewski

Program Manager

Nathan Podziewski is a New England Native and New York-based artist whose work combines contemporary and modern styles and focuses on interdisciplinary. Nathan's main focus is these intersections as he is a dancer, choreographer, and actor whose credits include various excerpts from Graham's repertory presented in partnership with the Martha Graham School. As well as works with choreographers such as Bradley Shelver, Ben Schultz, and the Cecilia Whalen Dance Company. This past winter, he danced in Saks Fifth Avenue's holiday celebration, a collaboration between Dior and the Martha Graham Dance Company. Nathan has also performed on regional stages as an actor with credits from Hartford Stage, The Greater Hartford Shakespeare Festival, and Capital Classics.

He graduated from The Hartt School of Music, Dance, and Theatre, where he achieved a BFA in Acting and graduated Summa Cum Laude. He is currently a student at the Martha Graham School in the Advanced Studies Certificate Program with a focus in Composition.

Board of Directors

William H. Ausman
William Whitener
Pia Catton
George Dorris
Michael Reidel
Spring Sirkin
Kelly Ryan
Diana Byer (Senior Adviser)
Lloyd Mayor (Director)

Executive Committee



Lloyd Mayor
Diana Byer
Pia Catton
Kelly Ryan

Dance Selection Committee

William H. Ausman
Diana Byer
Jenny Chiang
Nicole Duffy Robertson
William Whitener
Andrea Murillo

Theatre Selection Committee

William H. Ausman
Diana Byer
Frank DiLella
Erik Forrest Jackson
Harry Haun
Marshall Heyman
Patrick Pacheco
William Whitener

Directors Emeritus

Edward Albee
Jennifer Dunning
Paloma Herrera
Howard Kissel
Jacques le Sourd
Arthur Mitchell
Valerie Taylor-Barnes (Founder)
Damien Woetzel

Archivist

Ailina Rose, Ailina Dance Archives

Press Representation

Richard Kornberg & Associates