2023 25th Anniversary Spring Program

by:

Founders:

J. Ward Purrington, Founder Robert Weiss, Founding Artistic Director

Robert Weiss and Lynne Taylor-Corbett, Founding Choreographers

Artistic Director/CEO: ZALMAN RAFFAEL

Resident Choreographer:

ZALMAN RAFFAEL

Resident Choreographer:

AMY HALL GARNER

Principal Guest Choreographer: LYNNE TAYLOR-CORBETT

Music Director: ALFRED E. STURGIS

Guest Ballet Master/Artist in Residence: OLGA KOSTRITZKY

Ballet Masters:

DEBRA AUSTIN MARIN BOIERU DAMEON NAGEL PABLO JAVIER PEREZ MELISSA PODCASY AMAR RAMASAR

THE DANCERS

TAYLOR AYOTTE JAN BURKHARD KIEFER CURTIS AMANDA GERHARDT

ASHLEY HATHAWAY RICHARD KRUSCH MARCELO MARTINEZ

JAYSON PESCASIO ALYSSA PILGER COURTNEY SCHENBERGER

MARGARET SEVERIN-HANSEN YEVGENY SHLAPKO

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* ELEANOR SANDERSON*

Resident Lighting Designer: ROSS KOLMAN

Resident Designer: JEFF A.R. JONES

Resident Costume Designer: SHOMAREE POTTER

www.carolinaballet.com Box Office 919.719.0900

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.

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.

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

JAN BURKHARD PISCATAWAY, NJ

TAYLOR AYOTTE GREEN BAY, WI

PRINCIPALS

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.

Dancer Sponsor: Sandy Sully

Pointe Shoe Sponsors: Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Grew

Pas de Deux Sponsor: Norrish Munson Rozgonyi

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.

ASHLEY HATHAWAY RALEIGH, NC

RICHARD KRUSCH HUNGARY

AMANDA GERHARDT JACKSONVILLE, FL

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

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

ALYSSA PILGER ROCHESTER, NY

JAYSON PESCASIO CAVITE CITY, PHILIPPINES

PRINCIPALS

YEVGENY SHLAPKO UKRAINE

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.

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

COURTNEY SCHENBERGER HONOLULU, HI

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 BOILING SPRINGS, PA

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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MIA DOMINI GILBERT, AZ

ROBERT CHAMP NEW YORK, NY Dancer Sponsor: Louise Pariser

EMILY FRETZ BUFFALO, NY

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Pas de Deux Sponsors: Dr. Roy Cromartie and Mr. Paul E. Fomberg

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ANNA INGOLD RIVERSIDE, CA

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Pointe Shoe Sponsors: Phyllis and Stephen Gordon

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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.

SEASON 2022-2023

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.

ACCEPTING STUDENTS AGES 6 TO ADULT!

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.

Visit www.carolinaballet.com for additional information.

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.

Call 919-747-8459 or email nfokine@carolinaballet.com .

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/ Artist in Residence ) 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 Watkin-Semperoper 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.

SHOMAREE M. POTTER (Resident Costume Designer) is a former professional classical ballet dancer and educator trained at the School of American Ballet, and a current member of the schools Alumni board on Diversity and Inclusion. A renewed passion was sparked by returning to the theatre, and integrating three of their first loves – art, ballet, and fashion. Shomaree joined the Carolina Ballet in October of 2022 with 20+ years of experience in the Fine Arts and Classical Ballet.

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

Founding Artistic Director

Zalman Raffael

Robert Weiss

Executive Assistant to the Artistic Director/CEO

Emily McGeehan

Principal Guest Choreographer Lynne Taylor-Corbett

Resident Choreographer Amy Hall Garner

Guest Ballet Master/Artist in Residence . . .

Olga Kostritzky

BOX OFFICE

Box Office Manager

Box Office Associate

SALES

. Aurora Carey

Sean Armstrong

Head of Sales and Customer Service .

PRODUCTION

Sarah Fuller

Ballet Masters

Debra Austin, Marin Boieru

Dameon Nagel, Pablo Javier Perez Melissa Podcasy, Amar Ramasar

Music Director

Class Pianists

Alfred E

Margarita B

Sturgis

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

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

Production Stage Manager . .

Julia Tyson

Costume Director Shomaree Potter

Resident Lighting Designer Ross Kolman

Resident Scenic Designer . . . . . . . Jeff A .R . Jones

Stage Manager Alexis Ovenden

Technical Director Robert Norman Jr

Assistant Technical Director

Master Electrician

Andrik Brickley

. Jennifer Sherrod

Props Joel Soren, Steph Stone

Wardrobe Coordinator . . . . .

Wardrobe Technicians . .

Doni Rotunno

Kristina Benshoff

Anna Burke

Director of HR & Accounting Aji Touray Controller

HR & Accounting Assistant

General Manager

DEVELOPMENT

Vanessa Nelson

Eva Gonzalez

.Courtney Hilliard

Videography

David Hambridge

SCHOOL OF CAROLINA BALLET

Chairman of Faculty Jan Burkhard

Administrator of School Operations

Nicholas Fokine

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

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 M. Gordy

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

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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

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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.

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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

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Lou and Don Kline

Stephen and Julie Lowe

Ms. Billie L. Marrow

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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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