2022 25th Anniversary Fall Program

TRAINING TURF

KIDS

CYCLE STUDIO

THE OFFICIAL FITNESS CLUB OF CAROLINA BALLET

J. Ward

Weiss and

Founders:

Weiss,

Artistic Director

, Founding Choreographers

Artistic Director/CEO: ZALMAN RAFFAEL

Resident Choreographer: ZALMAN RAFFAEL

Resident Choreographer:

AMY HALL GARNER

Ballet Masters:

Principal Guest Choreographer: LYNNE TAYLOR-CORBETT

Music Director: ALFRED E. STURGIS

DEBRA AUSTIN MARIN BOIERU DAMEON NAGEL PABLO JAVIER PEREZ MELISSA PODCASY

THE DANCERS

JAN BURKHARD KIEFER CURTIS AMANDA GERHARDT ASHLEY HATHAWAY RICHARD KRUSCH MARCELO MARTINEZ JAYSON PESCASIO ALYSSA PILGER COURTNEY SCHENBERGER MARGARET SEVERIN-HANSEN YEVGENY SHLAPKO

TAYLOR AYOTTE KATHLEEN BLACK JOSEPH GERHARDT BRADEN HART AYLA O’DAY LUKE POTGIETER SOKVANNARA SAR DEIRDRE SCANLON BILAL SHAKUR SMITH McKENZIE VAN OSS LAUREN WOLFRAM

ELYE BAILEY ROBERT CHAMP ZOE D’ASTOLFO SASKIA de MUINCK KEIZER

MIA DOMINI LAUREL DORN HEATHER DUNCAN EMILY FRETZ JONAS GODWIN PIERSON HALL ZOE HARREL ANTHONY HOYOS

ANNA INGOLD JILIAN KOSSAK SOFIA ROSE PEETOOM SARAHANNE PEREL RACHEL ROBINSON MADELINE ROGERS ALEXA TESTA ELLA VOLPE ANNE WRIGHT

BRYCE COCKMAN* MAGGIE-KATE HOWARD* JULIET MARINELLO*

Resident Lighting Designer: ROSS KOLMAN

Resident Designer: JEFF A.R. JONES

Resident Costume Designer: TERRY BAKER

Guest Ballet Master: OLGA KOSTRITZKY

PRINCIPALS

Taylor Ayotte was born in Sacramento, California and began her formal dance training at the age of 5 at the Green Bay School of Dance in Wisconsin. She continued her training in New York City as a full-time student at The School of American Ballet after accepting an invitation to study year-round at age 14. Ms. Ayotte performed with the New York Choreographic Institute, School of American Ballet’s annual workshop performances, and participated as both choreographer and dancer in the school’s Student Choreography Workshop. She attended summer courses on full scholarship at Pacific Northwest Ballet and The School of American Ballet. Ms. Ayotte’s featured roles with Carolina Ballet include Calliope in George Balanchine’s Apollo, Tall Girl in George Balanchine’s Rubies, and the Principal Woman in Zalman Raffael’s Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1.

TAYLOR AYOTTE

GREEN BAY, WI

Dancer Sponsors: Susan and David Brigham Pointe Shoe Sponsor: Dr. Robert Schantz

Jan Burkhard began her professional training at the School of American Ballet at the age of nine. She performed numerous ballets with New York City Ballet and was involved in the New York Choreographic Institute. Upon completion, she was also the recipient of the Mae L. Wien Award in 2005 for “Most Outstanding Promise.” In the fall of 2005, she became a member of Carolina Ballet’s Corps de Ballet and was promoted to Principal in 2011. She has performed principal roles, including Princess Aurora, Juliet, Firebird, Sugar Plum Fairy, and Giselle. Her repertoire also includes George Balanchine’s Tarantella, Valse Fantaisie, Apollo, Who Cares? and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux; August Bournonville’s La Sylphide and Flower Festival; Zalman Raffael’s Rhapsody and Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2; Robert Weiss’s A Classical Ballet, Intimate Voices, among others.

JAN BURKHARD

PISCATAWAY, NJ

Dancer Sponsors: Carolyn and Sandy Stidham Pointe Shoe Sponsors: Frank and Connie Plastina

Kiefer Curtis began his training at Metropolitan Ballet Theatre in Alpharetta, GA under Maniya Baredo. He attended summer intensives with Danita Emma and Momchill Mladenov in Syracuse, NY, Orlando Ballet in Orlando, Fl, as well as Peter Breur in Salzburg, Austria. He has also trained at the International Ballet Academy (IBA) with Rossana Gahagan in Cary, NC. His favorite roles include Romeo in Robert Weiss' Romeo & Juliet, and the pas de trois in Zalman Raffael's Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto.

Dancer Sponsors: Peter and Donna Heffring Pas de Deux Sponsors: Bonnie and John Medinger

CURTIS

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PRINCIPALS

AMANDA GERHARDT

JACKSONVILLE, FL

Amanda Gerhardt began training at age 10 in Florida under Dulce Anaya. She attended numerous summer intensives including Boston Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and The School of American Ballet where she was chosen to perform for the New York Choreographic Institute. She attended Miami City Ballet School in the pre-professional division before joining Carolina Ballet in 2013. She has since risen through the ranks to principal dancer and was nominated for the Princess Grace Award. She has performed principal roles like Sugar Plum Fairy, Firebird, and Cinderella. As well as performing George Balanchine’s Apollo, Agon, Serenade, Four Temperaments, Rubies, and Raymonda Variations; August Bournonville’s Flower Festival; Zalman Raffael’s In the Grey, Frankenstein, and The Other Ravel; Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Carmina Burana, Boléro, and Dracula; and Robert Weiss’ Messiah among numerous others.

Dancer Sponsors: Dr. and Mrs. Malcolm McDougal Brown Pointe Shoe Sponsors: Nancy and Christopher Bolen

Ashley Hathaway is a native of Raleigh, North Carolina where she began her ballet training at age six at the Raleigh School of Ballet. Having grown up in the capital city, she was chosen to be part of Carolina Ballet’s productions from a young age and was the very first Clara in The Nutcracker. Ms. Hathaway continued her education at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and has also trained at the School of American Ballet, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Jacob’s Pillow. Upon joining Carolina Ballet, Ms. Hathaway’s featured roles include Lucy in Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Dracula, The Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, and Juliet in Robert Weiss’ Romeo & Juliet. In the summer of 2018, Ms. Hathaway was selected to dance at the National Choreographers Initiative in Irvine, California.

ASHLEY HATHAWAY RALEIGH, NC

Dancer Sponsor: Sandy Sully Pointe Shoe Sponsors: Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Grew

Pas de Deux Sponsor: Norrish Munson Rozgonyi

RICHARD KRUSCH

Richard Krusch Richard Krusch was born in Budapest, Hungary. He started his ballet training in 1994 at the Hungarian Dance Academy, where he received training in the classical Vaganova technique and classical repertoire. He attended numerous summer programs in the United States, including the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and The School of American Ballet in New York City. He graduated from UNCSA in the summer of 2002 and joined Carolina Ballet the same year. Mr. Krusch has also worked with the American Ballet Theatre in 2004 and the Hungarian National Ballet in 2005 where he also toured with the Hungarian Ballet in Europe. In 2006 hr returned to Carolina Ballet and was made a Principal 2011. He has danced many major roles and many roles were choreographed on him by Robert Weiss and Lynne TaylorCorbett and Zalman Raffael. In 2011, Mr. Krusch represented Carolina Ballet at the International Ballet Festival of Miami.

PRINCIPALS

Marcelo Martinez was born in Paraguay and began his training at the former Academia de danza Bettina Ramos. He trained in Brazil at the Centro de Dança Rio under the instruction of Maria Angelica Fiorani. At age seventeen he was accepted into the Companhia Jovem do Teatro Municipal do Rio De Janiero where he danced for four years under the direction of Dale Aschar and Mariza Estrella. He joined Washington Ballet for three seasons (2004-2007) where he danced under the direction of Septime Weber. In July 2007, he came to Carolina Ballet and was promoted to Principal dancer in 2010. Featured roles include Romeo in Romeo & Juliet by Robert Weiss; as Man of Darkness in Carmina Burana and as Dracula in Dracula, both by Lynne Taylor-Corbett, as James in La Sylphide, Albrecht in Giselle and Macbeth in Macbeth.

MARCELO MARTINEZ PARAGUAY

Dancer Sponsors: Stefanie and Doug Kahn Pas de Deux Sponsors: Bob and Jane Green

Jayson Pescasio Jayson Pescasio began training at the age of 10 at the Teatro Baile de Cavite in the Philippines. He has danced with Ballet Philippines, Dance Theatre of Tennessee & Ballet San Antonio. Mr. Pescasio is also trained in modern & folk dance, and is a graduate of the College of Saint Benilde Manila where he earned a computer science degree. Some of his favorite roles include lead man in Balanchine’s Rubies and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, and Robert Weiss’ Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. This is Jayson’s fifth season with Carolina Ballet. Dancer Sponsor: Mr. James H. Lazenby Pas de Deux Sponsors: Margaret McKean and John Peraza

JAYSON PESCASIO CAVITE CITY, PHILIPPINES

Alyssa Pilger began her dance training in jazz at Performance Plus Dance Productions. At 15 she transitioned into ballet, training at Timothy M. Draper Center for Dance Education. A year later, Ms.Pilger won first place while competing at Youth American Grand Prix Rhode Island. Alyssa completed her training at The School of American Ballet before joining Carolina Ballet in 2012. Her repertoire also includes Balanchine Apollo, The Four Temperaments, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Serenade. She was also featured in Robert Weiss The Planets, and Zalman Raffael’s In The Grey. Pointe Shoe Sponsors: Rob and Sally Tiller

PRINCIPALS

Courtney Schenberger began her formal training at age 8, at The Ayako School of Ballet in Okinawa, Japan. At age 10, she continued her training at Ballet Hawaii. While attending she competed at Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) San Francisco and won 3rd place bronze in the Junior Women Classical category. She also competed at the World Ballet Competition where she achieved the 3rd highest score in the Pre-Professional category as well as receiving the Jury’s Award. At age 15, she attended the Washington School of Ballet’s professional training program and then the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA). Ms. Schenberger’s featured roles with Carolina Ballet include Lead Couple in George Balanchine’s Valse Fantasie, Cinderella in Robert Weiss’ Cinderella, and August Bournonville’s Flower Festival.

COURTNEY SCHENBERGER HONOLULU, HI

Pointe Shoe Sponsors: Jane Small and George Sanderson

Margaret Severin-Hansen (Founding Member) from Huntington, Long Island started ballet at the Huntington School of Ballet until she went to the School of American Ballet in 1993. In 1997 she was invited to study at The Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1998 she joined Carolina Ballet as an Apprentice and rose through to Principal in 2002. Ms. Severin-Hansen’s principal roles include: Giselle, Juliet, Princess Aurora, the Firebird, the Sylph, Swanhilda, Cinderella, Carmen, Odette/Odile, the Sugar Plum Fairy and many principal roles in Balanchine ballets such as Rubies, Square Dance and Who Cares? just to name a few. In January 2009, Ms. Severin-Hansen was one of eight graduates of the School of American Ballet personally invited by Peter Martins to perform with New York City Ballet dancers in the 75th Anniversary Celebration of the school. She is currently the Director of Carolina Ballet’s Ruth S. Shur Summer Intensive.

Dancer Sponsors: Dr. and Mrs. Clif Patterson Pointe Shoe Sponsors: Peggy Wilks and Don Davis

Yevgeny Shlapko was born in Odessa, Ukraine but was raised in Brooklyn, New York. He began his ballet training at age eight, with Madame Olga Kostritzky at The School of American Ballet. During his years at SAB, he had the opportunity to work with many choreographers including Christopher Wheeldon, Benjamin Millepied, and Justin Peck. In his final years of training, he performed featured roles in Peter Martins’s Les Gentilhommes, Christopher d’Amboise’s Tribute, and Benjamin Millepied’s 28 Variations on a Theme by Paganini. In 2007, Mr. Shlapko launched his professional dancing career by joining Carolina Ballet. He was promoted to the rank of Principal dancer in 2016 and has been featured in Robert Weiss’ Don Quixote, as well as Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Carmina Burana. Roles choreographed on him include “Renfield” in Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Dracula, and the principal couple in Zalman Raffael’s Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto #1.

Pas de Deux

Sponsors: Rosemary and Christopher Royce

SOLOISTS

KATHLEEN BLACK

RALEIGH, NC

Kathleen Black trained at Infinity Ballet and The Raleigh School of Ballet. She continued her training on scholarship at both Boston Ballet and School of American Ballet. She joined Carolina Ballet in 2014 and was promoted to Soloist in 2021.

Pointe Shoe Sponsor: Chris Walt Photography

JOSEPH GERHARDT

JACKSONVILLE, FL

Joseph Gerhardt began training at age 10 at Mary Pollines. In 2017, Joseph was awarded the two year male scholarship to attend the Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. He joined Carolina Ballet in 2019 and was promoted to Soloist in 2021.

Pas de Deux Sponsors: Alex and Taizo Uchiyama

BRADEN HART

WESTPOINT, NY

Braden Hart began training at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet and trained for 7 years. He attended summer programs at Ballet Academy East and Miami City Ballet.. She joined Carolina Ballet in 2020 and was promoted to Soloist in 2022.

Pas de Deux Sponsor: Marion Johnson Church

AYLA O’DAY

NEW YORK, NY

Ayla O'Day began her ballet training at the age of 3 where she trained at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet. In 2016, she became a trainee at Boston Ballet. She joined Carolina Ballet in 2018 and was promoted to Soloist in 2022.

Pointe Shoe Sponsor: Joan Caviness and Scot Huber

LUKE POTGIETER

NEW YORK, NY

Luke Potgieter began ballet training at the School of American Ballet (SAB) at age 9 under Olga Kostritzky, Garielle Whittle, Jock Soto, Johnathan Stafford, Sean Lavery and Andrei Kramarevsk. In 2016, Mr. Potgieter joined Pacific Northwest Ballet’s (PNB) Professional Division. He joined Carolina Ballet in 2017 and was promoted to Soloist in 2021. Dancer Sponsor: Dr. Robert Schantz Pas de Deux Sponsor: Jacobi Daley

SOKVANNARA SAR

CAMBODIA

Sokvannara Sar is from Cambodia and joined Carolina Ballet in 2011 as Soloist. Main and featured roles include: Flower Festival, Rubies, Mopey Blue Bird, Tarantella, Oberon, Frankenstein, Prodigal Son and Romeo. He appeared in the Documentary Dancing Across Borders.

Dancer Sponsor: Anonymous

SOLOISTS

DEIRDRE SCANLON

NEW YORK, NY

Deirdre Scanlon began her professional training at The School of American Ballet. She has performed with New York City Ballet, the New York Choreographic Institute as well as The School of American Ballet Workshop. She joined Carolina Ballet in 2018 and was promoted to Soloist in 2022.

BILAL SHAKUR SMITH BALTIMORE, MD

Bilal Smith began his training at age 14 after being accepted into the Baltimore School for the Arts. He has also trained on full scholarship with Houston Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Nashville Ballet. He joined Carolina Ballet in 2015 and was promoted to Soloist in 2021.

Pas de Deux Sponsors: Marjory Moe and Diane L. Staton

McKENZIE VAN OSS GREEN BAY, WI

McKenzie Van Oss began her ballet training at the Green Bay School of Dance at age 3. McKenzie continued her training at Walnut Hill School for the Arts before joining the Carolina Ballet in 2014. She was promoted in Soloist in 2021.

Pointe Shoe Sponsors: LaVerne and Bob Wells

LAUREN WOLFRAM

NEW YORK, NY

Lauren Wolfram trained at Ballet Academy East (BAE) under the direction of Darla Hoover. In 2014, she was awarded a full scholarship to attend the Boston Ballet School Trainee Program. She joined Carolina Ballet in 2017 and was promoted to Soloist in 2020.

Pointe Shoe Sponsors: Dr. Carolyn T. and Mr. Michael S. Halpern

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ZALMAN RAFFAEL (Artistic Director/CEO) Zalman Raffael, familiarly known as Zali, grew up in New York City. At age 8, he began studying at the School of American Ballet under the guidance of Olga Kostritzky. During this time, Zali had the opportunity to perform with New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theater, furthering his knowledge of the theater. At age 13 he choreographed his first piece for the School of American Ballet Choreographic Workshop. As a teenager, Zali worked with choreographers prominent at that time. After joining Carolina Ballet’s Corps de Ballet, Zali began setting ballets on the company and soon thereafter choreographing his own pieces for Carolina Ballet. Zali was promoted to Carolina Ballet’s first Resident Choreographer and has created over 30 ballets for the company including Rhapsody, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto and In the Grey. Founding Artistic Director Robert Weiss, and former Principal dancer Melissa Podcasy, have truly been mentors to Zali, exposing him to the intricacies of teaching, choreographing, fundraising, administrative duties and all aspects of running a professional ballet company. In 2018, Zali initiated opening the School of Carolina Ballet and after becoming Carolina Ballet’s Artistic Director/CEO in 2019, he continues to elevate Carolina Ballet through his innovative vision.

ROBERT WEISS (Founding Artistic Director) Robert Weiss has served as Carolina Ballet’s Artistic Director/CEO since the company’s professional launch in 1997. Under his artistic and executive leadership, Carolina Ballet has become one of America’s premier professional ballet companies, and one of the nation’s finest arts organizations (The Wall Street Journal). Mr. Weiss has created over 70 new works for Carolina Ballet, including the first full-evening ballet choreographed to Handel’s Messiah, an original full-length Don Quixote, Romeo and Juliet, Swan Lake, Carmen, and The Nutcracker. In addition, he has choreographed repertory pieces to Stravinsky’s Firebird, Petruschka, Symphony in C and Concerto for Two Pianos; Beethoven’s 5th Piano Concerto, Grosse Fuge, and the 9th Symphony; Bach’s Musical Offering; Grieg’s Piano Concerto; Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony; and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. He has worked with contemporary composer Paul Moravec using his Tempest Fantasy and Time Gallery to create new ballets; and he has collaborated on many pieces including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The Masque of the Red Death, and a full evening Macbeth with contemporary composer J. Mark Scearce. Mr. Weiss started his career as a dancer with the New York City Ballet where he was a Principal under George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins who both created work on him. Before moving to Raleigh he directed the Pennsylvania Ballet for just shy of a decade. Among his many awards for excellence are a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Raleigh Medal of Arts, and an honorary Doctorate from NC State University. He is married to Melissa Podcasy, the company’s Founding Principal Ballerina, now a Ballet Master with the company.

JEROME ROBBINS’ THE CONCERT

SEPTEMBER 22-25, 2022

Raleigh Memorial Auditorium DRACULA

OCTOBER 13-30, 2022

Fletcher Opera Theater

BEETHOVEN: SYMPHONY NO. 9

NOVEMBER 17-20, 2022

Raleigh Memorial Auditorium

THE NUTCRACKER

Presented by

DECEMBER 10-24, 2022

DPAC/Raleigh Memorial Auditorium

GRIEG: PIANO CONCERTO

FEBRUARY 2-19, 2023

Fletcher Opera Theater

MOZART: SYMPHONY NO. 40

MARCH 9-26, 2023

Fletcher Opera Theater

ORPHEUS & EURYDICE

APRIL 27-30, 2023

Raleigh Memorial Auditorium

SLEEPING BEAUTY MAY 18-21, 2023

Raleigh Memorial Auditorium

LYNNE TAYLOR-CORBETT (Principal Guest Choreographer:

Dracula, Carmina Burana) is a member of the Society for Directors and Choreographers and on the Counsel of Advisors for the Association on American Indian Affairs. She was nominated for Tony Awards and a Drama Desk Award for Broadway’s Swing! and received Drama Desk and Lortel nominations for My Vaudeville Man and Wanda’s World She directed and choreographed Cougar the Musical, KICK! and When it Happens to You Off-Broadway and adapted and directed The Lion King for Disney in Hong Kong. Her choreography can be seen in feature films Footloose and My Blue Heaven. Her dance works have been commissioned by New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Hubbard Street Dance Company, and Pacific Northwest Ballet. Companies throughout the world have performed her works which have been seen on Live from Lincoln Center, Live from the San Francisco Opera House and on UNC-TV. This coming Spring she will open Distant Thunder, a contemporary musical written with son, Shaun Taylor-Corbett set on the Blackfeet Reservation. It will open at the world renown First Americans Museum, in Oklahoma City produced by the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma in a state that is the end of the Trail of Tears and home to 39 tribes.

DEBRA AUSTIN (Ballet Master, Founding Member) received a scholarship to the School of American Ballet and at age 16 was asked by George Balanchine to join New York City Ballet. Praised by The New York Times for her ability to “levitate...and remain suspended in the air,” Ms. Austin danced many principal roles with New York City Ballet in works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, John Clifford, and Jacques d’Amboise. She later joined Zurich Ballet as a Soloist and danced roles with Rudolf Nureyev in works by all major choreographers, including Heinz Spoerli and Rudolf Nureyev. After her return to the United States, she joined Pennsylvania Ballet as a Principal under the direction of Robert Weiss. She was awarded the “Certificate of Appreciation” from Governor Roy Cooper. Currently, Ms. Austin is a guest teacher for Dance Theatre of Harlem and serves on the Diversity Committee at SAB. Her pointe shoes are displayed at the North Carolina Museum of Natural History. In February 2020, Ms. Austin will be honored at the Fashion Institute of Technology where a gown she once wore as designed by Bieff Herrera will be featured in an upcoming exhibit.

MARIN BOIERU (Ballet Master, Founding Member) studied ballet in his native Romania and then later at the Kirov Ballet in Russia. He won the gold medal at the International Ballet Competition-Varna and the silver at the International Ballet Competition-Moscow. Praised by The New York Times for his “heart-stopping ability,” he performed as a Principal Dancer in the United States at Miami City Ballet and Pennsylvania Ballet and in Europe at Maurice Béjart’s Ballet of the 20th Century (Switzerland), Roland Petit’s Ballet National de Marseille (France), and Opera of Bucharest (Romania). He has toured nationally and internationally with Stars of American Ballet partnering Susan Jaffe, Alexandra Ferri, and Leslie Brown. His television appearances include starring roles in La Sylphide on PBS, in The Magic Flute on French television, and in Giselle on TVR in Romania.

DAMEON NAGEL (Ballet Master, Founding Member) Dameon was born in Canada and received his training at The National Ballet School in Toronto. Before joining Carolina Ballet, he danced with Cleveland San Jose Ballet. Mr. Nagel joined Carolina Ballet as an Apprentice during its inaugural season. He performed the role of Paris in the premiere of Romeo & Juliet. As a founding member of Carolina Ballet, Mr. Nagel has performed in many of the company’s world premieres. Some notable roles include The Man in Lilac Garden, Concerto Barocco, Steptext and Chiaroscuro. Mr. Nagel has set ballets choreographed by Robert Weiss at Washington Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, and Ballet Hawaii as well as Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s Little Mermaid in Denver and Japan.

AGES

The School of Carolina Ballet offers a thoughtful, well versed curriculum led by our faculty and renowned guest artists for beginning to Pre-Professional dancers. Classes offered include Ballet Technique, Pointe, Variations, Pas de Deux, Men’s Class, Conditioning, Contemporary and Hip-Hop. Adult Drop-in classes available for ages 12 and up.

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TO ADULT!

Debra Austin

Marin Boieru

Jan Burkhard

Kiefer Curtis

Amanda Gerhardt

Willie Hinton

Marcelo Martinez

Ayla O’Day

Pablo Perez

Alyssa Pilger

Lindsay Purrington

Jose Rondon Jr.

Courtney Schenberger

Yevgeny Shlapko

MELISSA PODCASY (Ballet Master, Founding Member) In her 15 seasons as a Principal Ballerina with Carolina Ballet, her repertoire consisted of over 50 ballets, 40 of which were created on her. She danced as a Principal with Pennsylvania Ballet (Robert Weiss, Artistic Director) and Basel Ballet, Switzerland (Heinz Spoerli, Artistic Director). She has appeared as a guest artist with New York City Ballet (Peter Martins’ Barber Violin Concerto); has danced nationally and internationally with Stars of American Ballet; and toured North America with Principal Dancers of New York City Ballet (Colombia Artists Management). She has worked with and created roles for Christopher Wheeldon, William Forsythe, Richard Tanner, Damian Woetzel, and Peter Martins. Ms. Podcasy is honored to have shared the stage and been coached by the great José Limón dancer, Clay Taliaferro. She has collaborated with choreographers Lynne Taylor-Corbett and Robert Weiss throughout her career, appearing in a countless number of their creations. She has performed the work of Antony Tudor, August Bournonville and José Limón. Her Balanchine repertoire consists of more than 25 ballets. Ms. Podcasy has danced the ballerina roles in 10 full-length ballets including Giselle, John Cranko’s Romeo & Juliet, Heinz Spoerli’s La Fille Mal Gardee, and Peter Martins’ La Sylphide, which was filmed for PBS Dance in America. Other television credits: Giselle (Romanian national TV), Homage to Switzerland (Swiss television), 7 productions for UNC-TV statewide. Ms. Podcasy received the Raleigh Medal of Arts in 2007.

PABLO JAVIER PEREZ (Ballet Master, Founding Member)

Pablo was born in Uruguay and graduated with the highest honors from the National School of Dance. In 1994 he won a silver medal at an international dance competition in Brazil. Mr. Perez has also danced with The Teatro de Colón de Buenos Aires. Mr. Perez joined Carolina Ballet in its first season. His roles include Mercutio in Romeo & Juliet, Puck and Oberon in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Hilarion in Giselle, Renfield in Dracula, and principal roles in Tarantella, Square Dance, Four Temperaments, Fancy Free, Steadfast Tin Soldier, Rubies, and Valse Fantaisie. He has had several principal roles choreographed on him, including Robert Weiss’ Adagio, Joker in Masque of the Red Death, and Peter in Peter & the Wolf. In 2001, he was invited by the First Lady of Uruguay to participate in a national tour of Uruguay.

OLGA KOSTRITZKY (Guest Ballet Master) is a recipient of The Senates State of New York Award, Mae L. Wien Award and the 2012 Inspirational Award for Women USA. For two decades, Ms. Kostritzky was a faculty member at the School of American Ballet where she was a pioneer and creator of the first Boys Program and it's principal teacher as well. Ms. Kostritzky was a coach for a Cambodian dancer and was featured in the documentary film Dancing Across Borders, produced by Anne Bass. She was a Ballet Consultant and a coach for Natalie Portman in Darren Aronovsky’s Black Swan. She worked with directors: Igor Zelensky at NSOBT, Moscow Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theater, Benjamin Millepied, Aure’lie DuPont-Paris Opera, Aaron WatkinSemperoper of Dresden, Vail and Houston International Dance Festival.

ALFRED E. STURGIS (Music Director) has conducted over 30 different ballets for Carolina Ballet including four world premieres and nearly 400 Nutcracker performances. In addition to his work with Carolina Ballet, Sturgis serves as Music Director for the North Carolina Master Chorale and the Tar River Orchestra in Rocky Mount. Known for being a strong collaborative artist, he has also enjoyed a great deal of experience in opera and musical theatre. Maestro Sturgis has served as guest conductor for the New York City Ballet, North Carolina Symphony, North Carolina Theatre, Winston-Salem Symphony, Fayetteville Symphony, Long Leaf Opera, and Capital Opera. He has conducted overseas in China, Bulgaria, France, Italy and the U.K. In 1996, he was awarded the Raleigh Medal of Arts.

JEFF A.R. JONES (Resident Designer/Fight Director) has designed sets and/or costumes for many of Carolina Ballet’s original works beginning with the Company’s first new work, Dancers in a Gypsy Style, and continuing with such shows as Messiah, The Kreutzer Sonata, and Carmen. He created the scenery for The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Firebird, Dracula and Little Mermaid among many others. He has designed throughout the Southeast. As a Fight Director, he has staged fights for ballet, dance, theatre, opera, film, and television over the past 20+ years. He has taught classes at UNC Professional Actor Training Program, Florida State, Asolo Conservatory, Duke University, and is faculty at Elon University and William Peace University. He holds the titles of Fight Director, Certified Teacher, and Instructor of Theatrical Firearms with the Society of American Fight Directors. Mr. Jones has a Bachelor’s degree from William & Mary and a Master of Fine Arts from Florida State University.

ROSS KOLMAN (Resident Lighting Designer) is a Founding Member of Carolina Ballet, where he has designed the lighting for Romeo & Juliet, Messiah, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Kreutzer Sonata, Carmen, Coppélia, Stravinsky’s Clowns, The Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, Firebird and The Nutcracker, among many others. He has designed lighting for many others including Martha Clarke, Jacques d’ Amboise, Lynne TaylorCorbett, Christopher Wheeldon, Ann Carlson, Richard Tanner, Damian Woetzel, Tyler Walters, Chuck Davis, Mark Dendy, Liz Lerman, New Performing Dance Co., The North Carolina Dance Theatre, Peter Pucci, and Clay Taliaferro. Mr. Kolman has also served as the Resident Lighting Designer for Archipelago, The Duke University Institute of the Arts, and Marlies Yearby’s Movin’ Spirits Dance Theater. In addition, Mr. Kolman has worked as the Production Manager for the American Dance Festival, Carolina Ballet, and Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble Creative Exchanges Program.

TERRY BAKER (Resident Costume Designer) is a graduate of the Southern Illinois University Costume Design MFA program and has worked for Cortland Repertory Theatre, Barrington Stage Company, McCleod Summer Playhouse, and Georgia Shakespeare. His work ranges from production costume making & designing, wardrobe supervising, and makeup artistry to freelance costuming and crafting for individuals. Since coming to Carolina Ballet, his design credits include Barolage (Zalman Raffael), Four Miniatures (Robert Weiss), and the 2021 Choreographers Spotlight Series.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Mrs. Karen Foster CHAIR

Ms. Margaret A. Deal TREASURER

Mrs. Jane Small SECRETARY

BOARD MEMBERS

Dr. Lenore Behar Mr. Maurice W. Boswell Mrs. Susan Brigham Dr. Anna Goodmon, M.D. Dr. Robert Schantz

EMERITUS BOARD MEMBERS

Mr. J. Ward Purrington, Founding Chairman Emeritus Mr. William T. Barnett Mrs. Tamara P. Barringer Mrs. Laura Bayzle Mrs. Sandra Berry Mrs. Cooper P. Bratton Mrs. Cynthia D. Brodhead Mrs. Stephanie B. Brown Mrs. Mary Jane Bryant Mr. Clymer Cease Ms. Holly Crumpler Mrs. Angela H. Dillard Mrs. Melanie Black Dubis The Hon. Allyson K. Duncan Mr. Clayton I. Duncan Ms. Susan C. Garrity Dr. A. Blanton Godfrey Ms. Jane Heitman Green Ms. Meredythe J. Holmes Ms. Jan Hoomani Mr. R. Horace Johnson Ms. Becky Johnson Dr. Moise Khayrallah

Mrs. Stefanie Kahn VICE-CHAIR

Ms. Elise Hobbs-Gannaway VICE-TREASURER

Mr. Charlie Silver Mrs. Katherine R. White Mrs. Lesley Wilson Mrs. Judy Zelnak

Mr. Robert E. Leak Mrs. Judy LeGrand Mrs. Nancy Lilly Ms. Rose Meltzer Mr. M. Reid Overcash Mrs. Tricia Phoenix Mrs. Connie A. Plastina Mrs. Rochelle Prystowsky Dr. Suzanne T. Purrington Mrs. Laura Raynor Mr. Larry Robbins Mrs. June Roberg Ms. Pandora Shaw Mr. Harvey Smalheiser Mrs. Eve H. Smith Mrs. Mindy Solie Mrs. Carolyn Stidham Ms. Sandy Sully Mrs. Kimberly Swintosky Mrs. Joan Techet Mr. Robert Tiller Mr. Lars von Kantzow Mr. Thomas G. Ward Ms. Peggy Wilks

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CAROLINA BALLET STAFF

ARTISTIC

Artistic Director/CEO

Zalman Raffael

Founding Artistic Director Robert Weiss

Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director/CEO

Emily McGeehan

Principal Guest Choreographer . . Lynne Taylor-Corbett

Resident Choreographer . . . . . . Amy Hall Garner

Ballet Masters . . . . . . Debra Austin, Marin Boieru

Dameon Nagel, Pablo Javier Perez Melissa Podcasy, Amar Ramasar

Guest Ballet Master . . . . . . . . . . . . Olga Kostritzky

Music Director Alfred E Sturgis

Class Pianists Margarita B Jackson

Karl Moraski, Michael Pelz-Sherman

Mark Wells

Resident Physical Therapist . . . . . . . Rebecca Arce

Senior Consulting Physical Therapist . . Elizabeth Henry

Piano Technicians . . . . . . . . . . . John Ruggero and Richard Ruggero, Ruggero Piano

ADMINISTRATIVE

Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vanessa Nelson

Accounting and HR Manager . . . . . . . . . Aji Touray

General Manager Courtney Hilliard

DEVELOPMENT

Director of Development Adam Schiffer

Senior Development Associate . . . . Marjorie Terry Development Associate . . . . . . . . Eleanor Zywicki

MARKETING

Marketing Coordinator Will Clayton

Graphic/Web Designer April Craig

Videographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Hambridge

BOX OFFICE

Box Office Manager Aurora Carey

Box Office Associate Sean Armstrong

SALES

Director of Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim Casey

PRODUCTION

Production Manager . . . . . . . . . Matthew Strampe

Production Stage Manager Julia Tyson

Costume Director Terry Baker

Resident Lighting Designer . . . . . . . Ross Kolman

Resident Scenic Designer Jeff A R Jones

Technical Director Andrew Armas

Assistant Technical Director . . . . . . . Andrik Brickley

Master Electrician . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kirt Landry

Props

Joel Soren, Steph Stone

First Hand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amber Funderburk

Wardrobe Technician . . . . . . . . . Kristina Benshoff

Wardrobe Coordinator Doni Rotunno

Videography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Hambridge

Production Assistant . . . . . . . . . . Sean Armstrong

SCHOOL OF CAROLINA BALLET

Chairman of Faculty . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jan Burkhard

Administrator of School Operations Nicholas Fokine

Administrative Assistant . . . . . . . . Michaela Rose

SUMMER INTENSIVE STAFF

Director of Summer Intensive Margaret Severin-Hansen

CORPORATE AND FOUNDATION SUPPORT

Carolina Ballet would like to thank the following government agencies, corporations and foundations that gave generous annual gifts from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. ♥ indicates Artistic Director’s Society

$100,000+

City of Raleigh

The Shubert Foundation

State of North Carolina

$50,000+

The John William Pope Foundation

North Carolina Arts Council

PNC Foundation

$25,000+

Brigs Restaurants

Capitol Broadcasting Company

E.T. Rollins, Jr. & Frances P. Rollins Foundation

$10,000+

Bailey's Fine Jewelry

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina

F.M. Kirby Foundation, Inc. Fenwick Foundation ♥

The Jerome Robbins Foundation

Richard Catlin and Associates, Inc. Ruggero Piano Synergy Face + Body

W. Trent Ragland, Jr. Foundation Wells Fargo

$5,000+

Britt Dental Center

Freed of London

GRP Engineering, Inc.

Williams Realty and Building Co, Inc.

$2,500+ Citrix Deloitte

Paul Scheible, CPA, PLLC ♥

Publix Super Markets Charities Red Hat, Inc.

Triangle Dentistry / Smith and Tart Associates

The William Bass Charitable Foundation

$1,000+ Anonymous

Blackwell Mortgage of NC LLC

The Clara Weiss Fund Environment Control Galloway Ridge

Ms. Deborah B. Koenig NC Water Heaters

Nomaco Inc.

Wegmans Food Market, Inc.

Carolina Ballet is funded in part by the City of Raleigh based on recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission.

This project was supported by the N.C. Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural & Cultural Resources. www.NCArts.org

INDIVIDUAL GIFTS

Carolina Ballet would like to thank the following individuals who generously supported the Ballet from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. We also would like to recognize members of the Artistic Director’s Society ♥ – individuals who have included Carolina Ballet in their estate planning.

Crown Jewels $100,000+ Anonymous

Judy and Steve Zelnak ♥

Crown Jewels $50,000+ Anonymous

Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Green Stefanie and Douglas Kahn ♥ Moise Khayrallah Mrs. Jolene B. McGehee Dr. and Mrs. Steve Prystowsky

Diamond $25,000+ Anonymous (2)

Chip and Judy Anderson ♥ Linda Karen Griffin ♥

Mr. James H. Lazenby Mr. Michael Rierson and Dr. Kay Lowe Mr. John E. Malmstad Dr. and Mrs. Clif Patterson ♥ Carolyn and Sandy Stidham Sandy Sully Ms. Vera Tayeh

Ruby $10,000+

Drs. Victor and Lenore Behar William and Sandra Berry Donna Block Ronald and Maryllen Blum Marion Johnson Church John Thomas Hobby, Jr. Endowment Fund

Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Grew Peter and Donna Heffring Dr. J. Keith and Katherine O. Keener

The Thomas S. Kenan Foundation Mr. Johnny Kerr Judy LeGrand

Louise Pariser ♥

Mr. and Mrs. J. Stuart Phoenix Tom and June Roberg ♥ Dr. Robert Schantz ♥

Dena and Charlie Silver

The Ann C. and C. Hamilton Sloan Family Foundation ♥ Guy and Mindy Solie Katherine White and Thomas Urquhart LaVerne and Bob Wells ♥ Emerald $5,000+ Anonymous (2) Ms. Carole J. Akerly Mr. and Mrs. James F. Boericke, Jr. Nancy and Christopher Bolen Colette Burrus Joan Caviness and Scot Huber Clymer and Patty Cease Cindy K. and Thomas J. Cook Brian and Cathy Cosens Jacobi Daley Mr. and Mrs. David A. Davenport ♥ Margaret Deal

Mrs. Angela H. Dillard Melanie Black Dubis and Jeff Dubis Marsha Ferree and Michael Gering

Dr. and Mrs. Charlie Foster, Jr. Mr. E. Thomas Franklin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Goldwater Phyllis and Stephen Gordon Carolyn Happer and Leonard Graham Dr. Carolyn T. and Mr. Michael S. Halpern Horace and Beckie Johnson ♥ Amy and Shaun Jones

Drs. Ruth Gross and Hans Kellner Lynn and Daniel Langmeyer Nancy K. Lederer

Connie and James Maynard

John and Bonnie Medinger

Margaret McKean and John Peraza

The Norris Family Foundation

Edmund and Louise Reiss ♥

Larry and Debbie Robbins Rosemary and Christopher Royce Norrish Munson Rozgonyi

Jane Small and George Sanderson

Dr. Christopher O. Schonwalder Walter Shur ♥

Eve and Sherwood Smith ♥

Carol B. Smithwick Anne Steidinger

Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Thomas Rob and Sally Tiller Alex and Taizo Uchiyama Peggy Wilks and Don Davis ♥

Sapphire $2,500+ Anonymous (3) Mr. Christopher A. Adams Dr. B. Jasmine Adams Polly P. Armsby Edward and Marlou Bacon

Mr. C. Coleman Billingsley, Jr. Jon and Lane Blank ♥

Mr. Maurice W. Boswell Sally Bugg Rebecca Christian Tim and Carroll Clancy Ms. Sue W. Cole Mr. Brian Cook Sharon Perry and Robert Cooper ♥ Ruth and Sidney Cox Holly and Grady Crumpler Ms. Sophie L. Dangtran ♥ Mr. Curtis Driver

Mr. and Mrs. David M. Duke Ms. Clare S. Dupree Mr. Bobby Edgerton Allison S. Elsee Mrs. Mary-Owens Fitzgerald Dr. Roy Cromartie and Mr. Paul E. Fomberg

The Ella Ann and Frank B. Holding Foundation

The Baskerville Fund of Triangle Community Foundation

Ted Glod

Mr. Stephen L. Keith and Ms. Lisa C. Glover Jeff and Terri Haddock

Dr. Peter Hamilton ♥

Dr. John E. Hammond Clark and Karen Havighurst Chuck Lewis and Laurie Heffner

Dr. Michael Hickman Dick and Sylvia Hoffert Alice Irby and Andrea Irby Richard and Barbara Irwin Chancy and Keith Kapp Martha N. Keravuori Dr. Lawrence Kim Heidi and Michael Lanford Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Leak Kathleen Blum and Paul Lester Maggie Bailey and David Levine Judith C. P. Lilley Jay Krueger and Jennifer Lohmann Susan Wolf and Doug MacLean Mr. and Mrs. Philip T. Martin Drs. Glen Medders and Paul Coggins John W. Mentha and Gerda H. Mentha ♥ Brock and Amanda McCloskey Michael and Helen K. Norins Susan and Dale Oller Cedric and Sue Pearce ♥ Ms. Jill J. Pinto ♥

Mr. and Mrs. J. Ward Purrington J. Michael and Libby B. Robb Libby Holding Ross

Ms. Nancy M. Salmon Kirk and Lois Semke Brian Bizub and Anthony Sgarlata Scott and Susan Joan Smiley Baker Marjory Moe and Diane Staton Jorgelina Araneda and Randall Stroud Catherine and James Stuart Beverly Taylor

Dick and Susan Timmons

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Trowbridge Lars and Elisabeth von Kantzow Helen H. White ♥

Tom and Lisa Williamson

Mr. Sung Paik and Mrs. Claire Yang

The Walter S. Mander Foundation

Corps De Ballet Circle $1,000+ Anonymous (7) Ms. Ellen B. Adelman ♥

Beverly and Robert Atwood

Hal Bowman and Mercedes Auger Mrs. Franc A. Barada, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William T. Barnett Mrs. Marilyn Beumeler Stanley W. Black Mary Baumunk Blondy Mary Hamrick, Randy Hall, and Anna and Maria Boyer Ms. Gail P. Braun

Drs. Richard Felder and Rebecca Brent Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Bryant Lydia Wegman and Robert Cantwell Mr. Raymond M. Carroll Prof. and Mrs. Philip B. Carter Ms. Linda S. Christiana June Clendenin David and Karen Cook Drs. Lochie B. Overbey and R. Donald Coffey, Jr. Drs. Glen Medders and Paul Coggins Bob Dannegger

The Darr Family

Ms. Anne E. Darter Lowell Davidson Yvonne M. DeWald Belle Diaz and Jill Diaz Dr. Joe Tooley and Mr. Dan DiGregorio Mr. and Mrs. Franklin C. Dorn Bob and Candy Elder Judith Ferster Marty Finkel

Michael Bertics and Carolyn Fleck Ms. Margaret W. Flintom

Jan and Alexander Floyd

The Lindsay Smith Newsom Family Fund of Triangle Community Foundation

The Weisler Family Fund of Triangle Community Foundation

Mr. Alan Hymowitz and Ms. Olivia G. Fried

Mr. and Mrs. Imre Gaal, Jr. Melissa Garrett, M.D. Mr. B. Berry Gentry, II Kurt and Monica Gerhardt Carol C. Gillham

Mr. and Mrs. James Fletcher Goodmon, Jr. Joe and Carol Gosselin Ms. Laurie A. Griffin Sandi Macdonald and Henry Grzes

Cheryl and Charles Hall Ceil Weinstein Hall Phil and Mary Hanna Ms. Jeanne K. Harris

Dr. and Mrs. Timothy B. Hart Mr. and Mrs. Bryan S. Hollander Dr. Nancy Green and Mr. Andrew Huber Trevor and Kimberly Ingold Ms. Susan Joines

Jeff A.R. and Lisa M.K. Jones Claudia Kadis Jo Ellen and Jim Kalat Alice S. Knowles John and Raymonde Koonce Mr. Roger Lawrence Mr. Antoine A. Pontón and Mr. Ryan W. Lenz

Drs. Diane Deresienski and Gregory Lewbart ♥

Mr. and Mrs. Frank R. Liggett, III Ted and Beverly Lingerfeldt Mrs. Lucille Lockamy Donna and Eric Lupo Kathryn and Graham Lythgoe Ms. Carolyn C. Maness Francine Warwick and Christopher Martin Mr. Robert Auman and Mrs. Agnes Marshall Ann McCracken Matthew Melino and Daniel McFee

Ms. Teresa McKenzie

Mac and Susan McMichael

Notie Vay and Frank Meadows Carl Blackman and Carolyn Miller ♥

Mr. Steven Miller

Jim and Eileen Mitchell Marie C. Moylan

Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. Mueller Ron and Jeanne Muñoz

Jillian Munro

Mr. and Mrs. James P. Murphy Ms. Christina Floyd Myers Ms. Marjorie Neu Mrs. Jane S. Norris Mrs. Valentina Pavlova Mr. David L. Sheeks and Dr. Ann Marie Pendergast Harry and Tari Perlstadt Ms. Lang Anh Pham Don Phan

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Plastina Scott and Donna Pliler Mrs. A. L. Purrington, III Mr. and Mrs. Hurley P. Raynor Ms. Susan Osborne and Mr. Stephen Reynolds Fran Richardson Francine and Ralph Roberson Dr. Michael and Sandra Roberts Dr. Harry M. Rosenberg and Ms. Theresa Joan Rosenberg Mr. Kenneth Russell Malinda and David Schantz Ms. Alice L. Schnapier Kay Schoellhorn

John and Catherine Schwab Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Scott, III Deborah A. Smith and David A. Seibert Lois Q. Semmens Ms. Carole Shelby Faith and Arnold Shertz Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Shivers Ann and Tom Slade Judith Ashbaugh and Dana Stahlman Liddy and Todd Staker

Donna Bryant and Donald Stanford Barbara Strohbehn

Stephanie Gray and Toby Terrell David and Theresa Tesh

Gail Arneke and Dale Villeponteaux Dr. Page Wages

Josie Walker Dr. Charles and Diane Wallas Suzanne Whitmeyer Ms. Elizabeth Whitmore Mr. and Mrs. Joel T.C. Williams Brad and Carole Wilson

The Winters Family Meribeth Withrow Phillip Trainor and Roberta Wood Chancellor and Mrs. Randy Woodson Joan and John Wrede Pilar and Chuck Zimmerlein Mr. and Mrs. David B. Zoffer ♥

Patrons Circle $500+ Anonymous (6) Sallie and Leon Abbas Ms. Terry D. Adkins Ms. Patricia A. Barnes Sarah Alston and Steven Barry Drs. Randal and Alice Batenhorst Dr. Vernee N. Belcher Dr. Sarah B. Berenson Mary and Paul Berry Mr. and Mrs. David Beuning Mr. and Mrs. Udo Blum Henry and Sory Bowers Ms. Mary R. Boxley Mr. and Mrs. C. O’Donnell L. Boyce Jack Clasen and Linda Brower Ms. Carol Brown

Danielle Greco and Tony Bryant Carol Weisberg Burgess Kay Burgess Mr. and Mrs. George A. Butterworth Drs. Gregory and Coralie Cannon Scot Scheuring and Tod Carver Ms. Elizabeth F. Chenery Mr. Justin Cranford

Dr. Abdel Darensburg June and Al Decker

Ms. Maria Del Valle-Torres Joe and Janie DeMario Jo Anne and Shelley Earp Paul and Jennifer Elam Ms. Holly Erdmann Mr. J. Albert Ervin, Jr. Jenny Eury ♥ Richard and Donna Falvo Liz and Britt Ferrill ♥ Ms. Caryl G. Fuller Elise and Sean Gannaway Ms. Alison Gantt Mr. Jeff Basham and Ms. Susan Garrity ♥ Ruth and Art Gerber Ms. Caroline S. Giunipero Ekaterina and Robert Golub Matthew and Nikiann Gray John and Mary Kay Hannah Mr. and Mrs. James Healy Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Herron Ms. Ann Holloman Dr. Michele M. Hoyman Kathryn Hykes Ms. Becky Johnson Laura Mary Johnson Bob and Cecelia Jolls Joan and Howard Kastel Ms. Jeanette Kimmel Charlene Kinelski Lou and Don Kline ♥ Linda Kranendonk Ms. Annie Lang Arthur Benavie and Marcy Lansman Stephen and Julie Lowe ♥ Allan and Wendy Luihn Marilyn and Don Lummus Lynch School of Ballet Anna Waller and Steve Marshall Lane Mangum Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Mattocks, II Dr. and Mrs. Russell G. McAllister, Jr. George Evans and Karen Monaco

Susan and David Morton

Drs. Thomas and Elizabeth Motyka Peggy and John Murray Paul and Jeanne Nelson Dan and Marlene Palchinsky Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Parker ♥ Dr. and Mrs. Mark C. Pilkinton Mr. John Poverchuk

Michelle and Charles Putterman Mr. and Mrs. James A. Rapp Ms. Gabrielle E. Raymond Ms. Charlotte Kirk Reynolds Ms. Ann Robertson Brenda Hyde Rogers Mary McMorris and Leonard Santoro Ellen Schloemer ♥ Stephen F. Davis and Nancy E. Shoemaker Louise Williams and Richard Silva Judith Silver Leslie and John Silverstein Tom and Judy Jo Small Jonathan and Kathryn Wooten Sobel Anita L. Stejskal Mr. and Mrs. Terrence D. Sullivan Resi and Keith Thomas Mark and Lucinda Thompson Julie B. Tomlin

Drs. Debara Tucci and Kevan VanLandingham Eric and Karin Vander Elst

Mary-Perrin and Chris Vlahoplus Alan Teasley and Andrew Wheeler Kay Karslake White Mr. Robert Wittman Mr. Cecil W. Wooten Sandra Phillips Yaggy Ann Bare and Thomas Zang

Ovation Circle $250+ Anonymous

Mr. Lawrence L. Adrian

Malay and Mamatha Agrawal Carol Allen

Mr. and Mrs. William Allred

Prinny Anderson

Ralph and Daphne Ashworth Mr. Rodrigo Avendano Mrs. Barbara B. Baker Ms. Lauren Gregory and Mr. Christopher Baker Ms. LynnErla Beegle Mr. and Mrs. Dennis R. Beemer Ms. Heidi C. Behrends Dr. Alexandra and Mr. Andrew Bentley Matthew and Katherine Bernardina Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Bielawski Mr. and Mrs. David M. Bird Mr. and Mrs. James B. Black, III Blair Bowers Carole J. Breckinridge Ms. Sharon Broadwell Ms. Nancy E. Brockman Mr. and Mrs. David A. Burgess Connie and Brodie Burwell Deborah Cade

Mr. and Mrs. John Calcagni Mrs. Karen H. Calhoun Blanche Capel Carol and Carl Carson Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Castro, Jr. Irma and Barry Ceglia Lorna and Bill Chafe Dr. Margaret K. Champion Drs. Mark Alan Peot and Lydia Chang Ken and Marilyn Cherry Robert and Lucinda Chew Mr. Huddy Cohen Elizabeth M. Cooke Ms. Jane Crabill Ms. Laura Grady Crumpler Carolyn Dalby Ms. Judith E. Darling Ms. Chelsea M. D'Astolfo Ms. Kittie Davenport Mr. and Mrs. Nathan J. Diering Shawn and Jacqueline Earle A. Erickson

Lt. Colonel James W. Rose and Ms. Tracey Fink

Eric and Heidi Fisher

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory C. Flood Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Flynn The Gilpin Family Claudia Brown and Renee Gledhill-Earley Scott and Donna Grainger Peter Higgins and Kathleen Gray Eva Grinberg Fund Sue and Dick Guenther Lee and Dotty Hanson Dan Gaugert and Terry Harper Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Head Mr. Gordon P. Whitaker and Mr. Robert L. Hellwig Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Hemric Dave and Michelle Hile Harriet and Jim Hill William and Mary Alice Holmes Mrs. Barbara W. Hood Mr. William L. Hopper Mr. and Mrs. Ian D. Hoppes J. and Andrea Hosfelt John and Joyce Hren Joseph and Anne Hungate Ms. Kristine Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Marc Iafratte Ms. Lauren Ivey Eloise Watson and Mark Jalkut Mr. and Mrs. Steven W. Johnson Ms. Lillian M. Kaluza Kathy Maloney and Kevin Koch Rebecca and Pete Koelsch

The Jason Krieger Family Vicky Martin Langley Phyllis S. Larson Ms. Jean A. Lee Mr. and Mrs. Jason D. Lorentzen Ms. Marjorie B. McElroy Patricia Thibodeau and Steven Melamut Susan Meredith Vincent Moss

Ms. Patricia A. Moylan Mary LeGere and John Newton Barbara Nickel

Ms. Allison R. Northcutt Paul and Phyllis Page Ms. Camille Patterson Florence and James Peacock Deborah and Alan Petersburg Mr. and Mrs. Ash Pipkin Dr. Thomas E. Powell, III Sherry Essig and Warren Raybould Lisa Rivera

Ms. Sylvianne Roberge Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Rodbourn Tim and Ruth Ann Ross Ms. Joyce A. Rothchild Sven and Desiree Samoska Jenn Collins and Paul Runkle Ms. Harriet K. Sato Courtney Schaefer Pandora Nix Shaw Mr. and Mrs. H. Gilbert Smith, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Staggers Bobby and Patty Stricklin Mr. Hunter J. Surles John and Lida Thoma Debbie Thompson Ms. Ariana E. Tinney Mr. Henry Tonn Cheryl Trottier Carol Vatz

Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Wachtel, III Ms. Sharon E. Waidler

Mr. and Mrs. Walter R. Whaley

Terry Byrd Eason and Jonathan D. Whitney Richard and Gina Wilson Janet S. Wolf Helen Wolfson ♥ Mrs. Gerry Pope Young Joyce and Ken Zeitler Dr. and Mrs. Michael Zellinger Joan and Jack Zollinger

THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR'S SOCIETY

Extend your legacy and become a member of The Artistic Director’s Society. This special group of patrons are investing into the future by including Carolina Ballet in their estate plans. ♥

For more information please contact Adam Schiffer, Director of Development, at (919) 747-5457 or aschiffer@carolinaballet.com.

Anonymous

Ms. Ellen B. Adelman Chip and Judy Anderson

Mr. Julian T. Baker, Jr. Mr. Jeff Basham and Ms. Susan Garrity Carl Blackman and Carolyn Miller

Jon and Lane Blank

Mr. and Mrs. J. Miles Branagan Wendy Brown

Dr. Yvonne G. Bryant

Mr. and Mrs. David A. Davenport

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander J. DeGrand Drs. Diane Deresienski and Gregory Lewbart Jenny Eury Liz and Britt Ferrill

Ms. Linda Karen Griffin Dr. Peter Hamilton Dr. and Mrs. Hank G. Hoomani Horace and Beckie Johnson Stefanie and Douglas Kahn Lou and Don Kline

Stephen and Julie Lowe

Ms. Billie L. Marrow Dr. LeRoy and Mrs. Charlotte Martin Mark McClure and Cheryl McClure Elliott Mrs. Marion L. McMorris John W. Mentha and Gerda H. Mentha

Mr. Charles W. Millard, III Ms. Dianne H. Oakland

Elizabeth Parker

Dr. and Mrs. Clif Patterson

Cedric and Sue Pearce Sharon Perry and Robert Cooper Ms. Jill J. Pinto

Ms. Anne A. Platsky

Mr. and Mrs. W. Trent Ragland, Jr. Ms. Karla Reed Edmund and Louise Reiss Ms. Margaret Goldsmith Rice Tom and June Roberg Dr. Robert Schantz Paul and Pat Scheible Ms. Ellen M. Schloemer Mr. Walter Shur Mr. and Mrs. C. Hamilton Sloan Ms. Zigrida R. Smith Eve and Sherwood Smith

Ms. Joy Snipes

Ms. Elizabeth R. Stoker Charles D. Sumner

Ms. Monica Van Sciver LaVerne and Bob Wells Helen H. White Peggy Wilks and Don Davis Helen Wolfson

Rev. P. C. Yelverton Judy and Steve Zelnak Mr. and Mrs. David B. Zoffer

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