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On the 20th of November 1972, a pen scrawled across the bottom of a

document and Pacific Northwest Dance was incorporated. I wish I could tell you that at that very moment a conductor’s baton thrust into the first downbeat of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings and the curtain rose on seventeen women in blue tulle, but that was not the case. There was no conductor, no orchestra, no dancers, and no tulle. All of that would come. In truth, there were no performances for a few years, but the intention on that day became a reality, and now on our fortieth anniversary we are grateful not only to the bold pioneers of our company’s history but to the thousands who contributed in so many invaluable ways over the past forty years.

There were several attempts to found a company prior to 1972 and a few false starts afterwards. The first incorporation of the Pacific Northwest Ballet Association was in 1966. The Association presented successful summer seasons of the Joffrey Ballet, but after four seasons, attendance for the Joffrey was in decline. Support shifted to present Seattle-based First Chamber Dance Company, though by 1972, finances were in disarray and the Association was dissolved.

With newfound momentum under the guidance of Seattle Opera director Glynn Ross and former Opera board chair Sheffield Phelps, various pieces were put in place to establish a classical ballet company in Seattle. Pacific Northwest Dance was formed with an initial charge of finding an artistic director and growing from there. A school was created and installed in an old municipal bathhouse. Janet Reed, former New York City Ballet principal, was appointed ballet mistress and director of the School in 1974.

Performances in Seattle Opera productions of Mefistofele, Manon, and Eugene Onegin followed in 1974 and 1975, and the company found new digs in Wallingford at the Home of the Good Shepherd. Todd Bolender, another former New York City Ballet principal, and Lew Christensen, artistic director of San Francisco Ballet, joined newly appointed Company Manager Leon Kalimos in helping to present performances. A 1975 production of Christensen's Nutcracker sold out all eight performances. In 1976, Melissa Hayden, recently retired from New York City Ballet, arrived in Seattle with the title of ballet mistress and later artistic director, but Hayden was not the right fit for Seattle and less than a year after her hire, PND was again searching for the a new artistic director. Fortuitously, Kalimos knew Kent Stowell from San Francisco Ballet. Kent was initially approached back in 1974 to come to Seattle with his wife, respected Balanchine repetiteur Francia Russell, as artistic director and ballet mistress prior to Hayden’s appointment. But without enough money to fly Kent to Seattle for discussions, the opportunity passed. The young couple opted to direct the Frankfurt Ballet instead. This time around, funds were found for the flight and Kent and Francia were hired. PND was soon to become PNB and the rest is history.

(Below) Lew Christensen and Janet Reed rehearsing Lew Christensen's Nutcracker. Photo © Victor Gardaya.

(Right) Thordal Christensen, Kent Stowell, Francia Russell, and Colleen Neary in rehearsal. Photo © Kurt Smith.

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With the arrival of Kent and Francia, the company moved from great moments to greatness. Change happened in every aspect of the institution: name, home, school, audience, outreach, orchestra, theater, repertory, and finance. Kent and Francia built with unwavering excellence and grand ambition. I inherited an impressive tradition and an arts institution of great influence when I arrived here in 2005, and it has been an honor to continue and develop this vision.

The history of PNB can be read in books or programs or in the comprehensive timeline that Sheila Dietrich prepared meticulously for this publication, and the facts are informative. The other side of our company’s history is harder to tell. It’s that of the individuals, every one of them, whose stories would warrant volumes. Some have worked for the company for nearly the span of its entire history and some for much shorter stints, but it is these stories that tell the tale and make PNB an organization of uncommon integrity and character.

In 1980, Denise Bolstad took a job as an evening receptionist for the School shortly after graduating from college. Today, after having taken on countless responsibilities and holding numerous positions, she’s the School’s administrative director. Denise has seen tens of thousands of students attend our School, each with their own stories of performances, injuries, lost leotards, and their first pairs of pointe shoes. Larae Theige Hascall, hired by Mark Zappone in 1982 to help create the horses for a new production of Nutcracker, worked with choreographer Kent Stowell and designer Maurice Sendak to help realize their vision of the fight scene. Today, thousands of costumes, fittings, and washings later, Larae continues to run the PNB Costume Shop to the highest standards and with admirable grace. Doug Fullington, who started out as a PNB audience member as a teenager in the 1980s, may have worn more hats than anyone else. His first job at PNB was as a pianist for the School. He later added assistant to

Kent, Francia, and then me to his list of responsibilities. He has also appeared as the Major Domo in Cinderella, served as tour manager, staged works for both the School (Le jardin animé) and Company (Giselle), written extensively on dance history and research, and lectured for PNB both preceding every home performance and in other cities.

Eric Hipolito Jr. was sort of drafted for PNB’s DanceChance program from the third grade of Maple Elementary in 1993. As the first DanceChance grad to join the Company, Eric can be seen on stage and in the studio all the time. It’s fair to say that the day PNB interrupted Eric’s third-grade class was a day that changed his life. Aya Hamilton’s life was also changed by DanceChance. A friend brought Aya to the DanceChance observation day in 1994. She watched a room full of young Eric Hipolitos and was hooked, becoming a fan and then a board member and now a board chair, following a lineage of essential and excellent leadership. These are only a few of the stories that are the real history of PNB. At this proud point in our history, we can take a moment to puff up and pat ourselves on the back. Forty years, from uncertain beginnings to acknowledged excellence, is quite an accomplishment. We have never rested on our laurels and won’t start now. With six world premieres, four tours, and a season brimming with favorite works and favorite dancers, we are grateful for all who have brought us here. Now, I think I see a raised baton and I’m pretty sure I hear a thunderous downbeat.

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Director's Notes 2–3 School 30–31 Peter Boal 6–7 Historical Timeline 32–41 Principals 8–9 Season 42–43 Cinderella 44–45 Soloists 10–11 All Premiere 46–47 Corps de Ballet 12–15 Nutcracker 48–49 Company 16–17 Romeo et Juliette 50–51 Emil de Cou 18 52–53 Orchestra 19 Modern Masterpieces Swan Lake 54–55 Artistic Staff 20–21 Director’s Choice 56–57 Crew & Costume 22–23 Repertory Index 58–65 D. David Brown 24 Dancers, Orchestra & Staff 66–67 Executive Staff 25 Board of Trustees & Credits 68–69 Staff 26–27 Faculty 28–29

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1964–1973

H I STO R I CA L T I M E L I N E 1964–Today Compiled by Sheila C. Dietrich PNB Archivist

1964: Glynn Ross, director of Seattle Opera, attempted to establish

a resident ballet company to perform in opera productions. Eleven dancers performed in Faust in November 1964; seven dancers identified as members of “the new Opera Ballet established by Glynn Ross” performed in a holiday dance concert in December 1964.

1966: Pacific Northwest Ballet Association (PNBA) was founded

with the immediate goal of sponsoring Joffrey performances in the Pacific Northwest and with the general goal of promoting interest in ballet. The Joffrey Ballet performed in the Seattle Opera House under the sponsorship of PNBA from 1967-1970.

1974–1975

Spring 1974: Janet Reed, former ballerina with San Francisco Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and New York City Ballet, appointed ballet mistress and director of the School to take effect July 1974, conducted auditions for the first scholarship class of Pacific Northwest Dance.

1974–1976: PND dancers performed

in Seattle Opera productions (Aida in July 1974, Mefistofele in September 1974, Manon in March 1975, Eugene Onegin in October-November 1975, and Aida in March and July 1976).

PNB dancers in Aida. Photo © Des Gates & Associates.

1975–1976

Spring 1975: PND dancers combined with members of the

Seattle Symphony and with Seattle Opera singers for performances of Pulcinella (choreographed by Janet Reed) in several area high schools and in Kane Hall at the University of Washington.

December 1975: Pacific Northwest Dance performed its first

Nutcracker (choreography by Lew Christensen), with eight soldout performances at the Seattle Opera House. Guest artists Cynthia Gregory and Ivan Nagy danced leading roles on opening night.

Lew Christensen and Janet Reed rehearsing Nutcracker children. Photo © Victor Gandaya.

1976–1978

December 1976: Eleven soldout performances of Nutcracker.

Spring season 1977: Pacific

Northwest Dance’s first repertory season in the Seattle Opera House, with performances in February, March, and May. Each program featured two guest artists in selected roles.

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Vivian Little and Robert Sund in Todd Bolender’s La Favorita.

May 1977: The Ballet Board review committee unanimously endorsed the recommendation that PND employ Kent Stowell and Francia Russell as artistic directors, and Russell as director of the School, effective August 1977.

December 1977: Fourteen performances of Nutcracker.

1971–1972: PNBA sponsored performances in Seattle by the First

Late 1972–early1973: Glynn Ross considered several potential

November 1972: Pacific Northwest Dance Association

October 1973: PND hired Leon Kalimos as executive/

Chamber Dance Company. PNBA was dissolved in late 1972. was incorporated under the aegis of Seattle Opera; its most immediate goals were to engage an artistic director and establish a paid dancer apprenticeship program.

artistic directors to head Pacific Northwest Dance (PND).

administrative director. Kalimos engaged in a search for artistic leadership. He served as administrative director until late 1977.

1973–1977: PND sponsored performances by the Joffrey Ballet at the Seattle Opera House.

November 1974: Pacific Northwest Dance moved to

its first permanent home at the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford, where it remained until January 1993.

March 1975:

Maria Tallchief, former ballerina with New York City Ballet and artistic director of Chicago Lyric Opera Ballet, conducted a master class at the Good Shepherd Center for PND’s scholarship students.

Leon Kalimos, Maria Tallchief, and Janet Reed. Photo © Carol Beach.

December 1975: PND’s Board approved offering the

dancers six-month contracts—one of the first commitments to a permanent company (six dancers were paid $125 per week, four apprentices received $75 per week).

Summer 1976: “Ballet ’77 - A Summer

Preview” featured four preview performances in Meany Hall (University of Washington) of the 1977 spring season. Approximately 25 dancers under the direction of choreographer Todd Bolender performed works by George Balanchine, Bolender, Lew Christensen, and John Taras.

Summer 1976: Former New York City Ballet dancer Melissa Hayden replaced Janet Reed as ballet mistress/artistic director and head of the School; she served in those positions until May 1977.

1976: Bylaws amended to eliminate the

requirement that the majority of board members be members of Seattle Opera Association, and that the president of the Opera Association be president of PND.

Melissa Hayden with Charlotte Richards.

PND brochure.

Spring season 1978:

PND gave its first repertory performances under Stowell and Russell’s direction; the Company consisted of 21 dancers plus 6 apprentices.

Works performed included George Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments, staged

by Russell, and ballets choreographed by Stowell.

June 1978: Premiere of Kent Stowell’s Coppélia, (scenery and costumes by Robert O’Hearn) the first full-length ballet Stowell choreographed for the Company.

1978: PND initiated its official separation from Seattle

Opera and changed its name from Pacific Northwest Dance Ballet Company to Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB).

Leslie Peck, R. Crawford, and Lisa Stickleman in The Four Temperaments, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust.

Uncredited photos courtesy of PNB Archives.

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1978–1981

July 1978: First of four

December 1978: PNB toured its Nutcracker to Vancouver, BC, the Company’s first major appearance outside Seattle.

annual Summer Inventions programs, designed to showcase new choreography.

The first was presented in Meany Hall at the University of Washington; the next three were presented in the Seattle Center Playhouse.

Spring 1979: Deborah Hadley

joined PNB as a principal dancer.

PNB brochure.

Deborah Hadley in Kent Stowell’s Coppélia.

Photo © Jim Cummins.

1981–1982

April 1981: Premiere of Swan Lake,

1981: Beginning of four-year

with choreography by Kent Stowell, staging by Francia Russell (after Petipa and Ivanov) (scenery by Filippo Sanjust, costumes by Sandra Woodall, lighting by Randall G. Chiarelli).

collaboration with San Francisco Ballet to jointly acquire five large-scale ballets

by George Balanchine. Among the works included in the agreement were Western Symphony, Chaconne, and Prodigal Son.

Deborah Hadley and Jory Hancock in Kent Stowell’s Swan Lake. Photo © John Turner.

Lucinda Hughey in Prodigal Son, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo © Ben Kerns.

1983–1985

March 1983: PNB performed

December 1983:

an All Balanchine Program (The Four Temperaments, Chaconne, Stars and Stripes) as a tribute to the choreographer. (Balanchine died shortly thereafter, on April 30.)

Premiere of the Kent Stowell/ Maurice Sendak Nutcracker, with 26 near-capacity performances.

July 1983: PNB’s San Francisco debut at the Stern Grove Festival.

Lucinda Hughey and Michael Auer in Western Symphony, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust.

(l-r) Maurice Sendak, Patricia Barker, Alaina Alberston, Wade Walthall, Kent Stowell, and Hugh Bigney on opening night of Nutcracker. Photo © David Cooper.

1986–1988

July 1986: Pacific Northwest Ballet School’s Eastside location in Bellevue, Washington opens.

November 1986: Release of the feature film of the Stowell/Sendak Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (directed by Carroll Ballard).

April 1987: First PNB tour to Kennedy Center in Washington, DC (return engagements in 1989, 1992, 1996, 2008, 2010).

June 1987: Premiere of Kent Stowell’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet (with scenic design

by Ming Cho Lee, costumes

by Theoni Aldredge, lighting

by Randall G. Chiarelli, and music by P.I. Tchaikovsky).

34 Deborah Hadley and Benjamin Houk rehearsing Kent Stowell’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Photo © Kurt Smith

October 1979: Notification of National Endowment for the Arts Challenge Grant of $150,000 awarded to PNB.

1979–1980: First full fiscal year of operational

independence from Seattle Opera; PNB hired its own production/stage manager, “costumer”, and Randall G. Chiarelli as lighting designer and technical director. Prior to this, those positions were provided by Seattle Opera.

1979–1980 season: The

Company gave 30 performances in the Seattle Opera House, including 16 Nutcrackers.

1980–1981 season: Tours to Wyoming and Alaska.

Deborah Hadley and Jory Hancock on tour in Alaska.

Photo © Archie Horspool.

Summer 1981: Patricia Barker joined PNB as an apprentice, the first step in her stellar career with the Company.

February 1982: PNB’s first tour outside of North America, to Taiwan’s International Arts Festival.

June 1982: First annual School performance, held at Meany Hall.

Fall 1982: Expansion of PNB’s season, with first performances in the fall season of programs other than Nutcracker.

Company photo. Photo © Archie Horspool.

Patricia Barker.

1983: Stewart Kershaw

June 1984: PNB performed at the

hired as PNB’s music director and conductor, a position he held until 2009. Larae Theige Hascall hired; she became costume shop manager in 1987.

March 1984:

Spoleto Festival USA in Charleston, South Carolina.

1985: The National Endowment for the Irena Pasaric and Wade Walthall in George Balanchine's Chaconne, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust.

PNB’s New York debut, with performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Among the works presented were Balanchine’s The Four Temperaments and Chaconne, and Kent Stowell’s Ravenna and Dumbarton Oaks.

Arts awarded PNB a $500,000 Challenge Grant. This year witnessed PNB premieres of Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Theme and Variations, and Kent Stowell’s Hail to the Conquering Hero, set to selections of Handel’s choral and orchestral works and marking the 300th anniversary of the composer’s birth.

PNB dancers in Kent Stowell's Hail to the Conquering Hero. Photo © David Cooper.

1987–1988 season: The tenth anniversary of Kent Stowell and Francia Russell

as artistic directors and the 15th anniversary of the founding of the institution. The Company consisted of 36 members plus 5 apprentices; the performing schedule had expanded to six repertory programs as well as Nutcracker. This season was representative of the range of PNB’s repertory: full-length story ballets (A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Coppélia); Balanchine ballets, including the PNB premiere of Rubies to celebrate the 40th (ruby) wedding anniversary of long-time supporters Sheffield and Patricia Phelps; the premiere of Kent Stowell’s Delicate Balance; and modern classics, including Paul Taylor’s Roses and Antony Tudor’s Jardin aux Lilas.

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1988–1989

June 1988: Annual School Performance of Pacific Northwest

November 1988: PNB launched

1988–1989: Francia Russell staged Balanchine’s Theme and Variations

1989: PNB Orchestra (PNBO)

Ballet School was held at the Seattle Opera House for the first time; prior School Performances (1982-1987) had been held at Meany Hall. In 1988 the School earned accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Dance.

for the Kirov Ballet, the first authorized staging of a Balanchine ballet in Russia. She initiated an exchange program through which the directors of the Kirov subsequently staged Paquita for PNB in 1990.

a $10 million capital campaign to underwrite a new state-ofthe-art facility on the site of the Exhibition Hall at Seattle Center. organized as independent entity (separate from Seattle Opera and Seattle Symphony).

PNB Board Chairman Sheffield Phelps.

Photo © Kurt Smith.

1990–1992

Spring 1990: PNB Offstage, the first

Summer 1990: Performances at the Goodwill Games Arts Festival.

of six annual performances created to develop new choreography and artistic collaborations. Performances in 1990-1992 were held at the Seattle Opera House Rehearsal Hall; in 1993-1995, performances were held at the Phelps Center.

October 1990: Public announcement of the capital campaign; $5.5

million already had been raised by the time of the public announcement.

November 1990: First tour to Hawaii (subsequent tours occurred in November 1991 and October 1992).

February 1991: Construction of the new facility at Seattle Center began.

Ariana Lallone and Sterling Kekoa in Trey McIntyre’s Mantis.

Photo © Kurt Smith.

1992–1994

November 1992: Launch of

January 1993: Official opening of

Bravo! Ballet, an arts-in-education program that brought elementary and middle school students to special performances at the Opera House.

PNB’s new facility, the Phelps Center, named after Sheffield and Patricia Phelps, founding members of the organization in 1972 and generous supporters in subsequent years.

1992–1993 season: Celebration

of the life and work of George Balanchine on the tenth anniversary of his death. Ten of his ballets were performed, including PNB premieres of Agon and Apollo (both staged

by Francia Russell), and Who Cares?.

Ariana Lallone in Who Cares?, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust.

Kent Stowell in Studio C at the Phelps Center.

Photo © Kurt Smith.

1994–1998

Fall 1994: Beginning of DanceChance program, offering

classical ballet training on full scholarship to elementary school children in the Seattle School District. Eric Hipolito Jr. was the first DanceChance graduate to join the Company in 2008.

October 1995: PNB performances opened the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts in Australia.

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April 1996: Dance Magazine

Award presented to Artistic Directors Kent Stowell and Francia Russell, and to New York City Ballet principal dancer Peter Boal.

October 1996: East Coast Tour, with performances at The Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and at City Center in New York City. The Company will return to City Center in February 2013.

Julie Tobiason and Paul Gibson in Nacho Duato's Jardí Tancat. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Fall 1989: PNB’s second tour to

September 1989: PNB performed at the Bumbershoot

The Kennedy Center included the premiere of Kent Stowell’s Firebird (scenic design by Ming Cho Lee, costumes by Theoni Aldredge, lighting by Randall G. Chiarelli) and performances of Balanchine’s Symphony in C. Firebird received its Seattle premiere in May 1990.

Arts Festival. Subsequent Bumbershoot appearances occurred in August 1997 (in the Opera House, as in 1989) and in September 2006 and 2007 in the Bagley Wright Theater.

1989: PNB was the first performing arts organization in Washington State to be awarded a National Arts Stabilization Fund grant (for $1 million).

Deborah Hadley and Colleen Neary backstage at The Kennedy Center. Photo © Steven Caras.

June 1991: Principal dancer

Deborah Hadley’s last performance before her retirement from the stage; she danced the role of Juliet, created for her by Kent Stowell in 1987.

Summer 1992: First performance at

Chateau Ste. Michelle (summer outdoor performances continued in 1993-1995).

Francia Russell, Arthur Jacobus, Michel Mesnier, Kent Stowell, Thordal Christensen, Erica Fischbach, Colleen Neary, and Wendy Griffin. Photo © Fitz Dent.

PNB at Chateau Ste. Michelle. Photo © Kurt Smith.

October 1993: Premiere of Kent Stowell’s Carmina Burana (scenic design by Ming Cho Lee, costume design by Theoni Aldredge, lighting design by Randall G. Chiarelli).

November 1993: Special performance of Carmina Burana for the

delegates to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference.

June 1994: Premiere of Kent Stowell’s Cinderella (scenic design

by Tony Straiges, costume design by Martin Pakledinaz, lighting design by Randall G. Chiarelli). In fall 1994 and spring 1995, PNB toured Cinderella to Arizona, California, and Alberta, Canada.

Kent Stowell and Francia Russell with Anne Derieux and Olivier Wevers rehearsing Cinderella.

Photo © Kurt Smith.

May 1997: New production of

1997–1998: Twenty-fifth Anniversary

Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream (staged by Francia Russell, scenery and costumes by Martin Pakledinaz, lighting by Randall G. Chiarelli).

Season featuring all new works, ending with Kent Stowell’s Silver Lining, set to Jerome Kern songs (scenery by Ming Cho Lee, costumes by David Murin, lighting by Randall G. Chiarelli).

September 1997: Opening

of Museum of History and Industry’s exhibit on PNB (Ballet Backstage: Celebrating 25 Years of Pacific Northwest Ballet).

Paul Gibson and Seth Belliston in George Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Kent Stowell's Silver Lining. Photo © Angela Sterling.

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1998–2001

1997–1998: Beginning of Discover Dance, a community education and

outreach program that included performances at the Seattle Opera House.

August 1998: PNB performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Edinburgh International Festival.

1998: PNB announces the public phase of a $10 million endowment campaign, chaired by Susan Brotman.

February 1999: Tour to Sadler’s Wells

Theatre, London, featuring a mixed repertory program of American choreographers and Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream; the BBC filmed A Midsummer Night’s Dream and released the award-winning DVD in 2001.

May 2000: D. David Brown hired as executive director.

Sadler’s Wells program book.

2002–2004

January 2002 to June 2003:

July 2002: Return visit to Sadler’s

January 2002: Premiere of

October 2002: The Francia Russell Center

PNB performed in the Mercer Arts Arena.

Wells Theatre in London.

Kent Stowell’s Carmen, a multimedia production designed for the Mercer Arts Arena stage (scenery and lighting by Randall G. Chiarelli, costumes by Larae Theige Hascall, video by Iole Allessandrini).

(the new School facility in Bellevue) opened.

Ariana Lallone and Jeffrey Stanton in Kent Stowell's Carmen. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Sadler’s Wells program book.

2004–2005

November 28 to December 28, 2003: Celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Stowell/ Sendak Nutcracker.

2004: The Balanchine Centenary, with performances of nine of his ballets to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth.

April 2004: First Choreographers’

Showcase, new works choreographed by PNB dancers performed in McCaw Hall.

Nutcracker poster.

Louise Nadeau and Christophe Maraval in BrahmsSchoenberg Quartet, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Olivier Wevers with Liora Neuville and Andrew Bartee.

Photo © Angela Sterling.

2005–2008

2005–2006: First season of

August 2006: Dancers from PNB first performed at

Artistic Director Peter Boal included works new to PNB by Jerome Robbins, George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, and Ulysses Dove.

the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Massachusetts; the Company also appeared there in August 2009.

October 2006: Dancers from PNB first performed at the Fall for Dance festival in New York City, with return performances in 2007 (Orange County, California) and 2012 (New York City).

April 2006: The first of three tours in 2006–2009 to Palm Springs, California.

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April 2007: PNB’s Celebrate Seattle Festival featuring

Northwest choreographers and honoring individuals and institutions that have contributed to the Seattle dance community since the first half of the twentieth century.

Peter Boal. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Summer 2000:

September 2001:

February 2001:

December 27, 2001: The Stowell/

Tours to Istanbul in June and to Hong Kong in July.

Program celebrating principal dancer Patricia Barker’s 20th anniversary with the Company.

Sendak Nutcracker was the last performance in the Opera House before it closed for renovation.

PNB premiere of The Sleeping Beauty (choreography by Ronald Hynd after Marius Petipa).

Ronald Hynd with Timothy Lynch. Photo © Matthew Lawrence.

Carrie Imler in Kent Stowell's Nutcracker.

Photo © Angela Sterling.

June 28, 2003: Marion Oliver McCaw Hall

Opening Night Celebration, with performances by Pacific Northwest Ballet and by Seattle Opera.

September 25, 2003: PNB’s inaugural season in McCaw Hall

opened with the premiere of the Company’s new production of Kent Stowell's Swan Lake (scenic design by Ming Cho Lee, costume design by Paul Tazewell, lighting design by Randall G. Chiarelli).

Patricia Barker and Stanko Milov in Kent Stowell's Swan Lake. Photo © Angela Sterling.

2004–2005: Dedication Season commemorating

the 28 years Kent Stowell and Francia Russell led PNB.

November 2004: The PNB board announced

June 12, 2005: Tribute performance honoring retiring Artistic Directors Kent Stowell and Francia Russell.

Peter Boal had accepted the position of artistic director and director of the School, effective summer 2005.

April 2005: PNB participated in the Guggenheim Museum’s Works

& Process program in New York City. Subsequent appearances occurred in May 2010, January 2011, May 2012 , and September 2012.

Tribute performance, June 12 2005. Photo © Jack Austin.

June 2007: A Celebration of Patricia

January 2008: PNB premiere of

Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette (originally created for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo in 1996). Principal dancer Noelani Pantastico danced the role of Juliet in all nine performances.

Barker, year-end performance honoring principal dancer Patricia Barker upon her retirement after 26 years with PNB.

July–August 2007: PNB performed at the Vail (Colorado) International Dance Festival; subsequent tours to the Festival occurred in 2008 and 2010.

Patricia Barker. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Noelani Pantastico and Lucien Postlewaite in Jean Christophe-Maillot's Roméo et Juliette.

Photo © Angela Sterling.

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2008–2011

June 2008: PNB dancers performed

June 2009:

at Kennedy Center under the auspices of Ballet Across America. They made a second appearance there in June 2010.

Year-end performance honoring the career of principal dancer Louise Nadeau upon her retirement after 19 years with PNB.

September 2008: Lecture-

demonstration by Twyla Tharp presented at McCaw Hall prior to PNB’s All Tharp program that included two world premieres commissioned for PNB.

Charlie Neshyba-Hodges, Kaori Nakamura, and Olivier Wevers in Twyla Tharp's Afternoon Ball. Photo © Angela Sterling.

Louise Nadeau. Photo © Bill Mohn.

2011–2012

June 2011: Premiere of PNB’s historic

June 2011: Year-end performance

new production of Giselle, staged by Peter Boal with the assistance of dance historians Marian Smith and Doug Fullington, based on primary musical and dance notation sources from Paris and St. Petersburg. PNB hosted the annual Dance Critics Association Conference in conjunction with the premiere.

honoring 8 departing dancers, including principal dancers Ariana Lallone, Jeffrey Stanton, Olivier Wevers, and Stanko Milov upon their retirements from PNB (after 24 years, 17 years, 14 years, and 12 years, respectively).

September 2011:

Emil de Cou hired as music director/principal conductor.

Giselle poster.

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Ariana Lallone and Jeffrey Stanton in Val Caniparoli's Lambarena. Photo © Angela Sterling.

January 2010:

June 2010: Year-end performance

Performances at the Joyce Theater, New York City.

honoring Music Director and Conductor Stewart Kershaw who led the PNB orchestra from late 1983 to late 2009.

June 2010: Premiere of new

October 2010: PNB performed

production of Balanchine’s Coppélia (scenery and costume design by Roberta Guidi di Bagno, lighting

by Randall G. Chiarelli).

at the Royal Theatre in Victoria, BC and will return in February 2013.

Kaori Nakamura and Jonathan Porretta in Coppélia, choreography by Alexandra Danilova and George Balanchine (after Marius Petipa) © The George Balanchine Trust. Photo © Angela Sterling.

September 2011:

Stewart Kershaw. Photo © Angela Sterling.

March 2012: Executive director of the

The Company opened the season with a mixed bill of ballets by Christopher Wheeldon.

Joyce Theater presented The Rudolph Nureyev Prize for New Dance (a $25,000 grant) to Peter Boal, enabling PNB to commission a new ballet that will be presented at the Joyce Theater during the 2013/2014 season.

February 2012: PNB

presented the American premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s production of Don Quixote (originally created for the Dutch National Ballet in 2010).

July 2012: Tour to Spoleto Festival (Italy) with an all -Tharp program.

2012–2013 Season: Carla Körbes in Alexei Ratmansky's Don Quixote.

Photo © Angela Sterling

40th anniversary of the organization’s incorporation in November 1972.

Lesley Rausch. Photo © Angela Sterling.

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Stellar

Celebration

“Pacific Northwest Ballet is a jewel in the crown of American ballet and a rightful source of Northwest pride. This season we celebrate our 40th by honoring the past with repertory favorites as we leap into our future with six new works by choreographers ranging from promising fledglings to the best in the business. Please join us for this stellar celebration season, and thank you for loving PNB.�

Artistic Director

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2012–2013 SEASON THE NEXT

FIFTY

FIRST

LOOK 2012

REP 1

REP 2

STOWELL SENDAK &

REP 3

REP 4

CHILDREN’S MATINEE SERIES

REP 5

REP 6

CELEBRATE

NEW WORKS

PNBS

CELEBRATE SEATTLE Sept 16, 2012

SEASON OPENING GALA Sept 21, 2012

CINDERELLA Sept 21–30, 2012

ALL PREMIERE Nov 2 –11, 2012

NUTCRACKER Dec 7–29, 2012

ROMÉO ET JULIETTE Feb 1–10, 2013

MODERN MASTERPIECES Mar 15–24, 2013

HANSEL & GRETEL Mar 17–23, 2013

SWAN LAKE Apr 12–21, 2013

DIRECTOR'S CHOICE May 31–June 9, 2013

SEASON ENCORE PERFORMANCE June 9, 2013

NEXT STEP June 14, 2013

ANNUAL SCHOOL PERFORMANCES June 15, 2013

Programming subject to change.

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REP 1

September 21–30, 2012

TO LAUNCH THE 40th ANNIVERSARY SEASON and honor Founding

Artistic Director Kent Stowell, PNB’s wondrous Cinderella returns to McCaw Hall.

Choreographer Stowell conjures rare enchantment from this best-loved fairy tale by recalling Cinderella’s long-lost mother in a tender memory scene and then returning her in the guise of Fairy Godmother. As if stepping between the pages of a beloved storybook, the ballet’s breathtaking beauty, in union with Prokofiev’s evocative score, vividly illustrates the familiar narrative and supports a rich array of character roles—from silly step-sisters to tiny dancing pumpkins to a gentle, handsome prince. And when her ivory carriage rolls to a stop at the entrance to a magnificent golden ballroom and Cinderella takes her first, shy steps into the midst of swirling, scarlet-clad dancers, all hearts go with her into this dream come true.

Music: Sergei Prokofiev Choreography: Kent Stowell Staging: Kent Stowell & Francia Russell

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Scenic Design: Tony Straiges Costume Design: Martin Pakledinaz Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

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REP 2

November 2–11, 2012

All Premiere A FOUR-PACK OF WORLD PREMIERES underscores the commitment to dance

innovation and encouragement of emerging choreographers that has been central to PNB’s mission from its inception. Headliner Mark Morris—internationally acclaimed as his generation’s most musical choreographer—debuts his first commissioned ballet for PNB, set to cello concerto Kammermusik No. 3, Op. 36, No. 2 by Paul Hindemith. Artistic Director Peter Boal developed PNB’s NEXT STEP choreographers’ showcase to cultivate the Company’s current crop of young dance-makers. NEXT STEP veteran and Company soloist Kiyon Gaines debuts his second ballet for the mainstage, Sum Stravinsky, an homage to inspirations George Balanchine and Kent Stowell. Another pair of NEXT STEP participants, corps de ballet dancers Margaret Mullin and Andrew Bartee, make professional leaps forward with their first works for PNB’s repertory, Lost in Light and arms that work.

WORLD PREMIERE Kammermusik No. 3

WORLD PREMIERE Lost in Light

Music: Paul Hindemith Choreography: Mark Morris

Music: Dan Coleman Choreography: Margaret Mullin

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WORLD PREMIERE Sum Stravinsky

WORLD PREMIERE arms that work

Music: Igor Stravinsky Choreography: Kiyon Gaines

Music: Barret Anspach Choreography: Andrew Bartee

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Nutcracker Stowell / Sendak

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET CAN PROUDLY LAY CLAIM to the world's

most recognized and celebrated production of Nutcracker, now in its 29th season. The brilliant result of close collaboration between Kent Stowell and renowned children's book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, Nutcracker draws on E.T.A. Hoffman's original story, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King." Stowell and Sendak delved deeply into the story, infusing the ballet with a drama and strength that fully complements Tchaikovsky’s rich score, while creating a kaleidoscope of roles for all levels of the Company and School. Nutcracker premiered to national acclaim in December 1983.

The following year saw the publication of "Nutcracker," a new edition of the original Hoffman story with illustrations by Sendak. In 1986, a feature-length film of Nutcracker was premiered in Seattle, released nationwide and, subsequently, on video. In addition to annual Seattle performances, PNB has performed Nutcracker in Vancouver, Portland and Minneapolis.

Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Choreography: Kent Stowell Scenic and Costume Design: Maurice Sendak Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

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REP 3

February 1–10, 2013

FROM WEST SIDE STORY TO TWILIGHT, Shakespeare’s great romance seems

always to find new interpretation, and its tale of forbidden love has been especially enticing to the dance world. Peter Boal was so mesmerized by Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette when he attended its New York debut in 1999, that it became his first full-length acquisition for PNB as artistic director. Though Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette is firmly grounded in classical ballet, his choreography is imbued with natural and intuitive movement that feels progressive and expands margins of expression. As the famous story unfolds, the dancers' swimming hands, flying arms, and off-kilter balances speak for racing hearts, reckless impulses, and inner turmoil. Stage action is brought into high relief by the ballet’s spare and elegant design. Great washes of blue and gold light reflect the magnitude of Prokofiev's dramatic score, and the piercing elation and lament of young love project like Hollywood close-ups.

ROMÉO et JULI ETTE

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Music: Sergei Prokofiev

Scenic Design: Ernest Pignon-Ernest

Choreography: Jean-Christophe Maillot

Costume Design: Jérôme Kaplan

Staging: Bernice Coppieters, Giovanna Lorenzoni & Gaby Baars

Lighting Design: Dominique Drillot

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REP 4

March 15–24, 2013

Modern

Masterpieces Concerto Barocco Music: Johann Sebastian Bach Choreography: George Balanchine © New York City Ballet

Staging: Francia Russell

WORLD PREMIERE Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Choreography: Paul Gibson

Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven Music: Arvo Pärt Choreography: Ulysses Dove Staging: Eva Säfstrom

In the Upper Room

Music: Philip Glass, arranged by Kurt Munkacsi Choreography: Twyla Tharp Staging: Shelley Washington, William Whitener

MARCH’S IDEALLY BALANCED MIXED-BILL DELIVERS three repertory giants and a

world premiere. Peter Boal’s desire to curate new choreographic collections paved the way for works

by Ulysses Dove and Twyla Tharp to enter PNB’s repertory. In Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven, Dove’s ode to love and loss, the pairing and parting of three couples is illuminated in still pools of white light. Aerobic-clad “stompers” and ankle-socked ballerinas convene under arena-rock haze for Tharp’s In the Upper Room, an exuberant full-court assault from the 80s. Concerto Barocco, George Balanchine’s testament to the mathematical beauty of Bach, achieves flawless form via Francia Russell, one of the first ballet masters chosen by Balanchine to stage his works. PNB’s own Paul Gibson (The Piano Dance) unveils a new work for the Company set to Mozart, sensitively crafted to the dancers he knows best.

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REP 5

April 12-21, 2013

Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography: Kent Stowell Staging: Francia Russell (after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov)

Scenic Design: Ming Cho Lee Costume Design: Paul Tazewell Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

Made possible by the E.L. Wiegand Foundation.

REVERED BY AUDIENCES AND DANCERS, Swan Lake is widely considered the greatest of all classical ballets. In

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1981, Founding Artistic Directors Kent Stowell and Francia Russell judged their young company ready for a major challenge and mounted PNB’s first Swan Lake. In 2003, the production was magnificently re-designed for the grand opening of McCaw Hall. Swan Lake’s tale of young maidens under the spell of an evil sorcerer offers its lead ballerina an exceptional dual role—Odette, trapped in the body of a white swan until the oath of a faithful man sets her free—and Odile, the “Black Swan” temptress, whose deception snares Odette's true love, Siegfried. Ultimately, Swan Lake’s haunting beauty stems from its pure union with Tchaikovsky’s sublime score—most completely realized when twenty-four perfect swans emerge from the mist and move as one through the moonlight.

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REP 6

May 31–June 9, 2013

Director's Choice PNB’S 40TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON COMES TO A CLOSE WITH A TRIBUTE to George Balanchine, whose works have been vital to the Company’s history. This triple-bill also features a world premiere from Christopher Wheeldon, frequently cited as today’s best contemporary ballet choreographer and often compared to “Mr. B” for his prolific versatility and capacity to up-date tradition.

Agon returns, expertly staged by Francia Russell (an original New York City Ballet cast member) and as startlingly avant-garde as its 1957 premiere. The program’s dazzling grand finale is Diamonds, the crowning gemstone of Balanchine’s threepart Jewels, added to PNB’s repertory by Peter Boal in 2006.

WORLD PREMIERE

Diamonds

Music: Joby Talbot

Music: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Choreography: George Balanchine

Choreography: Christopher Wheeldon Costume Design: Holly Hynes

Agon Music: Igor Stravinsky Choreography: George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust

Staging: Francia Russell Lighting Design: Randall G. Chiarelli

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© The George Balanchine Trust

Staging: Elyse Borne Costume Design: Karinska Lighting Design: Mark Stanley

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R R E P E RTO RY I N D E X

TITLE

* denotes world premiere

COMPOSER

PNB PREMIERE

Johann Sebastian Bach

February 1, 1994

Riccardo Drigo

April 12, 2001

Igor Stravinsky Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Igor Stravinsky Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Johannes Brahms Cristoph Willibald von Gluck Johann Sebastian Bach Léo Delibes Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Igor Stravinsky Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Igor Stravinsky Gabriel Fauré Paul Hindemith Riccardo Drigo Felix Mendelssohn Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Alexander Glazunov Maurice Ravel Sergei Prokofiev Igor Stravinsky Felix Mendelssohn Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Richard Rodgers Vittorio Rieti (based on themes by Bellini) Arcangelo Corelli, Antonio Vivaldi John Philip Sousa Igor Stravinsky Léo Delibes Georges Bizet Igor Stravinsky Louis Moreau Gottschalk Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Maurice Ravel Mikhail Glinka Hershy Kay George Gershwin

March 30, 1993 February 10, 1977 February 23, 1993 November 4, 1997 February 28, 1985 March 3, 1983 March 10, 1977 June 3, 2010 June 1, 2006 November 4, 2011 March 10, 1977 September 17, 2005 June 1, 2006 February 23, 1978 November 19, 1982 May 15, 1985 November 15, 1994 July 30, 1976 April 1, 2006 April 19, 1984 February 3, 1988 February 10, 1977 September 29, 1978 September 20, 2008 March 15, 2007 March 5, 1981 March 3, 1983 March 5, 1986 November 11, 1987 March 25, 1987 September 17, 2005 January 31, 1985 February 10, 1977 October 16, 1985 May 21, 1981 July 30, 1976 February 11, 1982 October 6, 1992

IB ANDERSEN

Brandenburg Concerti*

AFTER SAMUIL ANDRIANOV Le Corsaire Pas de Trois

GEORGE BALANCHINE

Agon Allegro Brillante Apollo Ballet Imperial Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet Chaconne Concerto Barocco Coppélia Diamonds Divertimento from "Le Baiser de la Fée" Divertimento No. 15 Duo Concertant Emeralds The Four Temperaments Harlequinade Pas de Deux A Midsummer Night's Dream Mozartiana Pas de Dix Pavane Prodigal Son Rubies Scotch Symphony Serenade Slaughter on Tenth Avenue La Sonnambula Square Dance Stars and Stripes Stravinsky Violin Concerto Sylvia Pas de Deux Symphony in C Symphony in Three Movements Tarantella Pas de Deux Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux Theme and Variations La Valse Valse Fantaisie Western Symphony Who Cares?

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TITLE

COMPOSER

PNB PREMIERE

Barret Anspach

November 2, 2012

Astor Piazzolla

April 11, 2002

Paul Hindemith

April 12, 1989

John Kennedy

June 9, 2007

ANDREW BARTEE arms that work*

STEPHEN BAYNES El Tango*

HUGH BIGNEY No. 1 ("Sweet Levinsky")*

PETER BOAL Adieu*

PETER BOAL (production), Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa Giselle*

Adolphe Adam

June 3, 2011

Gaetano Donizetti Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Samuel Barber

August 13, 1976 August 13, 1976 April 19, 1984

Edvard Helsted, Holger Simon Paulli Hans Christian Lumbye

February 3, 1988 February 23, 1978

Georges Bizet Georges Bizet Gordon Lightfoot

April 20, 2007 April 20, 2007 April 20, 2007

William Bolcom Kurt Weill Louis Andriessen

April 7, 1998 May 30, 2002 February 22, 1999

Dmitri Shostakovich Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Johann Sebastian Bach, traditional African music Alexander Glazunov Michael Torke

February 24, 1998 March 22, 1991 April 9, 1997 November 5, 2009 May 31, 2001

K. Schultze, T. Mayuzumi, Takemitsu

July 22, 1978

Steve Reich Paul Chihara

March 1, 1984 April 2, 1986

Gioachino Rossini Virgil Thomson Franz Josef Haydn Benjamin Britten Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

November 12, 1986 July 30, 1976 May 1, 1980 August 13, 1976 December 19, 1975

Maurice Ravel Erik Satie

February 5, 1986 April 11, 1987

TODD BOLENDER La Favorita Seraglio Souvenirs

AUGUST BOURNONVILLE Bournonville Variations La Ventana Pas de Trois

TRISHA BROWN Carmen Entr'acte Carmen Overture Spanish Dance

DONALD BYRD Capricious Night* Seven Deadly Sins* Subtext Rage*

VAL CANIPAROLI The Bridge* Gran Partita* Lambarena The Seasons* Torque*

CARLOS CARVAJAL Three Poems*

LUCINDA CHILDS Cascade* Clarion*

LEW CHRISTENSEN Con Amore Filling Station Il Distratto Jinx The Nutcracker

JOHN CLIFFORD Ravel Concerto* Satie*

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TITLE

COMPOSER

PNB PREMIERE

Igor Stravinsky

November 4, 1997

Dmitri Shostakovich

February 28, 1980

John Cage Erik Satie

April 17, 2007 November 15, 1989

George Frideric Handel

April 3, 1980

Duke Ellington Thelonius Monk

February 2, 1984 January 27, 1998

Jules Massenet

March 10, 1977

Nina Simone, Jacqueline Fuentes, Matthew Segal

March 23, 2005

Johann Sebastian Bach

March 16, 2012

Philip Glass Francis Poulenc John Adams

February 24, 1998 March 11, 1997 February 22, 1994

Arvo Pärt Richard Einhorn Robert Ruggieri Mikel Rouse

November 2, 2006 September 17, 2005 March 18, 2010 September 15, 2007

Maria del Mar Bonet Toto Bissainthe

February 27, 1996 April 7, 1998

Johann Sebastian Bach, Arvo Pärt David Lang

March 13, 2003 March 16, 2006

Bohuslav Martinu

March 5, 1981

Johannes Brahms

November 4, 1999

Igor Stravinsky

May 31, 2007

Laurie Anderson, Karl Jenkins, Thomas Oboe Lee Arvo Pärt

April 11, 2002 March 18, 2004

DIANE COBURN BRUNING Symphony of Psalms*

JEAN PAUL COMELIN Shostakovich Piano Concerto No. 2

MERCE CUNNINGHAM Inlets 2 Septet

CHARLES CZARNY Concerto Grosso

LYNN DALLY Black Iris* Ruby, My Dear*

JACQUES D'AMBOISE Thaïs

SONIA DAWKINS Ripple Mechanics*

DAVID DAWSON A Million Kisses to my Skin

MARK DENDY Auguries: one, two, and three* Les Biches* Symmetries*

ULYSSES DOVE Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven Red Angels Serious Pleasures Vespers

NACHO DUATO Jardí Tancat Rassemblement

DOMINIQUE DUMAIS Scripted in the Body* Time and other Matter*

BILL EVANS Le Jazz*

ELIOT FELD Intermezzo

MOLISSA FENLEY State of Darkness

NICOLO FONTE Almost Tango* Within/Without* 60

TITLE

COMPOSER

PNB PREMIERE

Johann Sebastian Bach Thom Willems Thom Willems Gustav Mahler

February 24, 1998 March 16, 2000 March 13, 2008 June 7, 2009

Astor Piazzolla Christina Spinei Igor Stravinsky

March 22, 2006 November 6, 2008 November 2, 2012

Morton Gould Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Frederic Chopin, John Cage, György Ligeti, Bela Bartok, Alberto Ginastera Bohuslav Martinu Philip Glass

January 27, 1998 March 15, 2013 April 14, 2005

C.P.E. Bach and the Cramps Camille St. Saens

November 3, 2005 March 18, 2011

Felix Mendelssohn

May 11, 1978

Arvo Pärt

November 9, 1988

Antonio Vivaldi

May 9, 1979

Léo Delibes

May 20, 1977

Bela Bartok Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

February 11, 1987 April 11, 1985

Georg Muffat

April 12, 1989

Ralph Vaughan Williams

May 1, 1980

Walter Piston

April 12, 1989

Franz Lehar

September 26, 2002

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

February 1, 2001

Richard Wagner

September 16, 2006

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

November 5, 2009 September 24, 2010

WILLIAM FORSYTHE Artifact II In the middle, somewhat elevated One Flat Thing, reproduced Urlicht

KIYON GAINES ə {Schwa}* M-Pulse* Sum Stravinsky*

PAUL GIBSON Diversions* New work* The Piano Dance*

Rush* Sense of Doubt*

November 7, 2002 April 20, 2007

MARCO GOECKE Mopey Place a Chill*

CHOO SAN GOH Variations Sérieuses

PAT GRANEY Light Years*

BENJAMIN HARKARVY Madrigalesco

MELISSA HAYDEN (after Marius Petipa) Coppélia

IAN HORVATH Matrix* Terre á Terre*

BENJAMIN HOUK

By When*

LOYCE HOULTON Lone Poems

LUCINDA HUGHEY Painting the London Bridge*

RONALD HYND The Merry Widow

RONALD HYND (after Marius Petipa) The Sleeping Beauty

ROBERT JOFFREY Remembrances [pas de deux]

JIRI KYLIAN Petite Mort Sechs Tänze (Six Dances)

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TITLE

COMPOSER

PNB PREMIERE

Arvo Pärt

March 13, 2008

Henry Purcell

November 12, 1986

Aaron Copland

April 13, 2000

Charles Ives Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

January 28, 1992 February 8, 1991

Steve Reich

April 7, 1998

Sergei Prokofiev

January 31, 2008

Arvo Pärt

February 2, 2006

John Adams Jean Sibelius

March 15, 2001 November 2, 2006

Steve Reich

November 6, 2008

Richard Strauss Paul Hindemith Lou Harrison

November 6, 2008 November 2, 2012 April 5, 2007

Dan Coleman

November 2, 2012

Igor Stravinsky

March 25, 1982

Alexander Scriabin Sergei Prokofiev

May 20, 1982 April 14, 1983

David van Bouwel, Johann Sebatian Bach, Henry Purcell

March 16, 2012

Graham Fitkin Pieter Hellendaal

November 4, 1997 April 12, 2001

Jerome Moross

March 10, 1977

Robert Fripp

September 15, 2007

Italian folk music

April 20, 2008

EDWAARD LIANG Für Alina

JOSE LIMÓN The Moor's Pavane

EUGENE LORING Billy the Kid

LAR LUBOVITCH America Gesture* Sinfonia Concertante*

MIRIAM MAHDAVIANI And Then Again…*

JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MAILLOT Roméo et Juliette

SUSAN MARSHALL Kiss

PETER MARTINS Fearful Symmetries Valse Triste

BENJAMIN MILLEPIED 3 Movements

MARK MORRIS A Garden Kammermusik No. 3* Pacific

MARGARET MULLIN Lost in Light*

MARJORIE MUSSMAN Octet*

VICENTE NEBRADA Lento, a Tempo e Appassionato Six Waltzes*

ANNABELLE LOPEZ OCHOA Cylindrical Shadows*

KEVIN O'DAY Aract* [soundaroun(d)dance]*

RUTH PAGE, BENTLEY STONE Frankie & Johnny

DAVID PARSONS Caught 62

SARA PEARSON, PATRIK WIDRIG Ordinary Festivals [excerpts]

TITLE

COMPOSER

PNB PREMIERE

Philip Glass

April 22, 1992

Ludwig Minkus Ludwig Minkus Riccardo Drigo Riccardo Drigo Ludwig Minkus, et al.

November 8, 2001 September 29, 1978 January 30, 2003 February 23, 1978 May 16, 1990

Antonin Dvorak

April 18, 2007

Jasper Gahunia Mitchell Akiyama

March 16, 2012 November 2, 2006

Dmitri Shostakovich

March 18, 2011

KIRK PETERSON Amazed in Burning Dreams*

AFTER MARIUS PETIPA Don Quixote Don Quixote Pas de Deux Esmeralda Pas de Deux Le Corsaire Pas de Deux Paquita

TONI PIMBLE Two's Company [pas de trois]

VICTOR QUIJADA Mating Theory* Suspension of Disbelief*

ALEXEI RATMANSKY Concerto DSCH

ALEXEI RATMANSKY (production), MARIUS PETIPA, ALEXANDER GORSKY Don Quixote

Ludwig Minkus

February 3, 2012

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

April 17, 2008

BRIAN REEDER Lost Language of the Flight Attendant

ANN REINKING, WILLIAM WHITENER Sondheim Suite

Stephen Sondheim

November 15, 1989

Claude Debussy Igor Stravinsky Igor Stravinsky Frederic Chopin Frederic Chopin Leonard Bernstein Benjamin Britten Philip Glass Frederic Chopin Leonard Bernstein

May 11, 1978 October 11, 1984 September 16, 2006 September 15, 2007 May 28, 2009 September 21, 2006 November 15, 1994 September 24, 2010 September 22, 2005 March 12, 2009

Aram Khachaturian

July 30, 1976

George Gershwin

May 21, 1981

Samuel Barber

February 10, 1977

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

November 12, 1996

Carl Reinecke Gustav Mahler Igor Stravinsky

September 26, 1979 February 11, 1982 October 11, 1984

[performed in silence]

August 10, 1979

JEROME ROBBINS Afternoon of a Faun The Cage Circus Polka The Concert Dances at a Gathering Fancy Free Fanfare Glass Pieces In the Night West Side Story Suite

TOM RUUD Mobile

MARGO SAPPINGTON Les Cerises Perdues*

RONALD SEQUOIO Astral Night

TON SIMONS The Tenderness of Patient Minds*

MICHAEL SMUIN Harp Concerto Pas de Deux Songs of Mahler Stravinsky Piano Pieces

DENNIS SPAIGHT Crayola*

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TITLE

COMPOSER

PNB PREMIERE

Sergei Prokofiev

May 21, 1980

Camille Saint-Saëns Jean-Philippe Rameau

April 14, 2005 April 10, 2003

Gerhard Samuel Richard Danielpour Georges Bizet and Rodion Shchedrin Carl Orff Sergei Prokofiev Léo Delibes Maurice Ravel Frederic Chopin Charles Ives William Bolcom Igor Stravinsky William Bolcom Gabriel Fauré Igor Stravinsky George Frideric Handel Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Jean Sibelius Maurice Ravel Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Franz Liszt arr. G. Hubbard Miller and Gunther Schuller Ramon Delgado Palacios Giuseppe Verdi Camille Saint-Saëns Sergei Rachmaninoff Igor Stravinsky Gioacchino Rossini Sergei Prokofiev William Bolcom Jerome Kern Igor Stravinsky Franz Schubert Joseph Schwantner Sergei Prokofiev Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Kurt Weill

February 3, 1983 April 2, 1996 January 31, 2002 October 5, 1993 May 31, 1994 June 15, 1978 February 23, 1979 February 3, 1988 February 28, 1980 March 18, 2004 February 11, 1982 December 17, 1988 March 30, 1993 September 29, 1989 October 16, 1985 March 19, 1991 February 28, 1980 April 13, 1978 February 28, 1985 December 13, 1983 February 7, 1990 April 13, 1978 October 4, 1997 May 21, 1981 November 13, 1990 March 28, 1995 February 23, 1978 March 27, 1984 November 19, 1982 March 5, 1986 May 26, 1998 September 29, 1978 February 23, 1978 October 9, 1992 November 15, 1991 June 3, 1987 March 15, 1989

BEN STEVENSON Cinderella

CHRISTOPHER STOWELL Quick Time* Zaïs*

KENT STOWELL Agam* Anima Mundi* Carmen* Carmina Burana* Cinderella* Coppélia* Daphnis and Chloe* Delicate Balance* Deranged Dances* Dual Lish* Dumbarton Oaks* Duo Fantasy* Fauré Requiem* Firebird* Hail to the Conquering Hero* Kammergarten Tänze* Karelia* L'Heure Bleue La Bergère Célimène* Nutcracker* Orpheus Portrait* Over the Waves* Palacios Dances* Pas de Deux Campagnolo* Poeme St. Saëns* Quaternary* Ragtime Ravenna* Romeo and Juliet Pas de Deux* Seattle Slew* Silver Lining* Symphonic Expressions* Symphony #5* Through Interior Worlds* Time and Ebb* The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet* Zirkus Weill*

KENT STOWELL (after Marius Petipa, Lev Ivanov) Swan Lake

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

April 8, 1981

Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond

April 17, 2008

Ottorino Respighi

February 2, 2006

Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

July 30, 1976

SUSAN STROMAN TAKE FIVE…More or Less*

RICHARD TANNER Ancient Airs and Dances

JOHN TARAS Design with Strings 64

TITLE

COMPOSER

PNB PREMIERE

Songs sung by the Andrews Sisters Richard Wagner, Heinrich Baermann American folk music

February 2, 1993 April 20, 1988 February 1, 1989

Peter Seeger Benjamin Britten Franz Josef Haydn Charles Strouse

May 30, 2002 April 2, 1996 February 21, 1995 November 12, 1991

David del Tredici Igor Stravinsky Francis Poulenc

February 28, 1992 February 5, 2005 February 27, 1990

Vladimir Martynov Philip Glass Songs sung by Frank Sinatra Johannes Brahms Anton Webern, Kevin Volans, John Lurie, David Lang, Astor Piazzolla, Mickey Hart, John Adams

September 25, 2008 November 1, 2007 February 2, 2006 September 25, 2008 November 2, 2006

John Adams Johann Sebastian Bach

October 12, 1990 April 4, 1990

Gustav Mahler Ernest Chausson

March 25, 1987 November 11, 1987

Alberto Ginastera György Ligeti

February 27, 1998 February 5, 1981

Astor Piazzolla

March 15, 2001

Maurice Ravel Igor Stravinsky

January 27, 1998 May 20, 1982

PAUL TAYLOR Company B Roses Three Epitaphs

LYNNE TAYLOR-CORBETT Ballad of You and Me The Quilt* Mercury Tunes

GLEN TETLEY Alice The Rite of Spring Voluntaries

TWYLA THARP Afternoon Ball* In the Upper Room Nine Sinatra Songs Opus 111* Waterbaby Bagatelles

CLARK TIPPET Chrysalis Regarding* Gigue*

ANTONY TUDOR Dark Elegies Jardin aux Lilas

RUDI VAN DANTZIG Ginastera Ramifications

HANS VAN MANEN Five Tangos

BRUCE WELLS III for V* Salute*

OLIVIER WEVERS Shindig*

Leroy Anderson, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, April 20, 2008 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky

CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON After the Rain pas de deux Carousel (A Dance) New work* Polyphonia Variations Sérieuses

Arvo Pärt Richard Rodgers Joby Talbot György Ligeti Felix Mendelssohn

September 20, 2008 March 12, 2009 May 31, 2013 March 15, 2007 April 17, 2008

Sergei Prokofiev

April 2, 1996

LILA YORK Rapture [first movement]

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Peter Boal Artistic Director

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Kent Stowell and Francia Russell Founding Artistic Directors

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D. David Brown Executive Director

DA N C E R S PRINCIPALS

SOLOISTS

Batkhurel Bold Maria Chapman Karel Cruz Rachel Foster Carrie Imler Carla Körbes Kaori Nakamura Seth Orza Jonathan Porretta Lesley Rausch

Lindsi Dec Kiyon Gaines Laura Gilbreath Benjamin Griffiths Kylee Kitchens James Moore Sarah Ricard Orza Jerome Tisserand

CORPS DE BALLET Chelsea Adomaitis Jessika Anspach Andrew Bartee

Leta Biasucci Ryan Cardea Amanda Clark Kyle Davis Angelica Generosa Joshua Grant Eric Hipolito Jr. William Lin-Yee Steven Loch Emma Love Charles McCall Margaret Mullin Elizabeth Murphy Jenna Nelson

Liora Neuville Leah O’Connor Sarah Pasch Brittany Reid Matthew Renko Sean Rollofson Carli Samuelson Price Suddarth Ezra Thomson

BASS CLARINET/ E-FLAT CLARINET

TYMPANI

APPRENTICES Jahna Frantziskonis Elle Macy

ORCHESTRA VIOLIN 1

CELLO

Michael Jinsoo Lim Concertmaster Brittany Boulding

Page Smith Principal Virginia Dziekonski

Lynn Bartlett-Johnson Natasha Bazhanov Stephen Daniels Tom Dziekonski Ella Marie Gray Peter Krysa Rebecca Lowe Christine Olason

Meg Brennand Andrea Chandler Charles Jacot Brian Wharton

BASSOON

BASS

Rodger Burnett Principal Danielle Lemieux Richard Reed Ryan Stewart

Associate Concertmaster

VIOLIN 2 Ingrid Frederickson, Principal Bryan Boughten Assistant Principal William Boyd Anne Cady Adrianna Hulscher Rita Lee Laurel Wells Kim Zabelle

Assistant Principal

Todd Larsen Principal Stephen Schermer Assistant Principal Maurice Clubb Ben Musa

FLUTE

Denise Lum Mona Butler Principal Penny Lorenz

HORN

TRUMPET

Karla Flygare Principal

George Oram Principal Richard Werner

OBOE

TROMBONE

Ove Hanson Principal Tad Margelli

ENGLISH HORN

VIOLA

Tad Margelli

Scott Ligocki Principal Betty Agent Assistant Principal Tim Christie Joyce Ramée Laura Renz Eileen Swanson

CLARINET Jennifer Nelson Principal Denise Lum

Mark Williams Principal Kay Nichols

BASS TROMBONE Douglas Nierman

TUBA Ryan Schultz

Phillip Hanson

PERCUSSION Matthew Kocmieroski Principal Gunnar Folsom

HARP John Carrington

KEYBOARD Jessica Choe Allan Dameron Christina Siemens

PERSONNEL MANAGER Rodger Burnett

MUSIC LIBRARIAN Mona Butler

Revolving members of the string sections are listed alphabetically. The Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra is composed of musicians represented by the PNB Orchestra Players Organization. Sherman Clay & Co. is the official purveyor of pianos for PNB. Steinway & Sons is the official piano

P N B S TA F F ARTISTIC STAFF

Doug Fullington

Christina Siemens, Jessica Choe

Sheila Dietrich

Artistic Director

Emil de Cou

Stephen Barnes, Yelena Golets, Katja Rubin, Don Vollema

Di Anna Kurriger

Peter Boal

Otto Neubert Ballet Master

Anne Dabrowski 66

Ballet Master

Paul Gibson Ballet Master

Assistant to the Artistic Director Music Director/Principal Conductor

Allan Dameron

Company Pianist/Conductor

Rodger Burnett

Orchestra Personnel Manager

Company Pianists

Class Pianists

Mona Butler

Orchestra Librarian

Jon Blake, Birgit Hansen Librarians

Archivist

Parent Volunteer Coordinator

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PRODUCTION Norbert Herriges Technical Director

Sandra Barrack

FINANCE

Community Education Programs Coordinator

Chief Financial Officer

Community Education Programs Assistant

David Thorpe

Ana Maria Campoy

Karen Portzer

Josh Rowland

Kaleriya Maslyak

Judith May Austin

Accounting Analyst Accounting/Payroll Associate

Liz Willett

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Murray Johnson

IT Manager

Production Stage Manager Assistant Stage Manager Master Carpenter

Dante Leonardi Master Electrician

Jeffrey Stebbins Master of Properties

Jim Mitchell

Craig Big Eagle IT Consultant

Doug Jones

Report Developer

Alan Hiskey

OPERATIONS

Howard Neslen, Tim Casey

Office Manager

Flyman

Assistant Carpenters

Jonathan Hackett, Bob Breeden Assistant Electricians

Peter Gantt, Jay Gosselin Properties Assistants

Jan Harvey-Smith, Sarah Middleton Master Scenic Artists Charlene Hall, Scott Bennett, Nina Crampton, Kelly Staton Scenic Artists

Jeff Doll

Lighting Technician

Serni Reeves Brian Zenk

Maintenance Supervisor

Cheryl Gunder Receptionist

Teresa Mosteller Saturday Receptionist

COMPANY MANAGEMENT & TOURING Michael Ann Mullikin

DEVELOPMENT

Toby Basiliko

Katherine Cardinal

Jim Austin, Chris Balducci

Lilah Helton

Jack Taylor

Katie Johnson

Randall G. Chiarelli

Geri Morris

Sound

Follow Spot

Videographer

Resident Lighting Designer

COSTUME SHOP STAFF Larae Theige Hascall Costume Shop Manager

Sherri J. Thompson Wardrobe Mistress

Director

Associate Director Major Gifts & Planned Giving Manager Annual Fund Manager

Lindsay Krause

Corporate Relations Manager

Suzanne Erickson

Foundation & Government Relations Manager

Liza Turner

Special Events Manager

Barbara Pritchard

Yelena Brandman

Robin Emerson

Matthew Echert

Assistant Wardrobe Mistress Costume Shop Assistant

Donor Information Coordinator Research Manager

Victoria McFall, Mark Zappone

Jillian Vasquez

Lisa Petersen, Luna Pham, Pauline Smith First Hands Patrick Stovall

Alyssa Harvey

Drapers

Wardrobe Assistant

Terry Frank Millinery/Crafts

Wendy Oberlin Dyer/Painter

Karen Armand

Head of Specialty Makeup

Joyce Degenfelder

Individual Giving Associate & Board Liaison Development Coordinator

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS Ellen Walker Director

Lia Chiarelli

Associate Director

Gary Tucker

Media Relations Manager

Wigmaster

Marsha Bennion

EXECUTIVE OFFICE

Doug Fullington

Executive Director

Kayti Bouljon

Publications Manager

D. David Brown

Education Programs Manager

Terrie Flaming

Community Education Programs Manager

Director of Human Resources

Shannon Barnes

Webmaster/Digital Media Specialist Marketing & Media Relations Assistant

Lindsay Thomas Videographer

Jennifer Maier

Senior Manager of Ticket Operations

John Tangeman

Manager of Audience Services

ACCOMPANISTS

Don Vollema Music Staff Coordinator Ray Allan, Nichalas Barnes, Stephen Barnes, John Boatner, Sheila Bristow, Rob Cook, Carol Buschmann, Sue Clifford, David Clodfelter, Tatyana Dadayeva, Yelena Golets, Irv Huck, Nathan Jensen, Jeff Junkinsmith, Marina Katsel, Beth Ann McKelvey, Katja Rubin, Rob Vienneau, Anastasia Workmann

PNBCONDITIONING STAFF

Megan Weigley

Marjorie Thomson

Julie Jamieson

Alexandra Dickson, Carol Elsner, Deborah Kenner, Dina McDermott, Uraina Nagy, Kayoko Price, Tara Stepenberg, Jamien Cvjetnicanin, Teresa Hanawalt

Customer Service Manager Group Sales

Tim Garrison, Madeleine Horst, Kelsey Von Stubbe Customer Service Representatives

Elizabeth Suckow

PNBConditioning Program Director

Telesales Campaign Manager

THERAPY

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET SCHOOL

Consulting Physicians

Steven Anderson, MD Pierce E. Scranton Jr., MD

Peter Boal

Boyd Bender

Denise Bolstad

Melanie Foust, Jennifer Pastore, Ellie Pierce Massage Therapists Seattle Gym

Director

Administrative Director

Abbie Siegel School Principal

Marjorie Thompson, Meg Potter Assistant Principals

Wendy Casper

Assistant to the Administrative Director

Physical Therapist

Official Fitness Club for PNB Dancers & Staff

SCHOOL CONSULTANTS Toby Diamond, Ph.D.

Jennifer Panara

Psychologist

Kerrie Thornton

Nutritionist

Jennifer McLain

Podiatrist/Foot & Ankle Specialist

Lauren Kirchner

Kinesiologist

David Jensen

Physical Therapist

Teri McCarthy-Greene

Dance Historian

School Supervisor

Interim School Supervisor DanceChance Manager DanceChance Coordinator Summer Residence Director Registrar

Elizabeth Belyea

Peggy Swistak, M.S., R.D., C.D. Alan Woodle, D.P.M.

Karen Clippinger, M.S.P.E. Henry Lu

Doug Fullington

SPECIAL COUNSEL

Assistant Registrar

Perkins Coie

Benjamin Benne, Barbara Nakatani, Zach Lombardo, Bethany Pruitt, Mae Saul Administrative Assistants

Amy M. Royalty, MacDonald Hoague & Bayless

FACULTY

Marisa Albee, Peter Boal, Dana Hanson, Dane Holman, Lauri-Michelle Houk, Timothy Lynch, Meg Potter, Abbie Siegel, Marjorie Thompson, Bruce Wells, Le Yin Elaine Bauer, Megan Becker, Kelly Boal, Kayti Bouljon, Tatiana Cater, Michele Curtis, Alexandra Dickson, Sara de Luis, Juanita Franke, Susan Gorter, Deborah Kenner, Dina McDermott, Stanko Milov, Brenna Monroe-Cook, Suzanne Singla, Jeffrey Stanton, Eva Stone, Julie Tobiason PNB Company dancers Special Guest Faculty

Employment Law

Immigration Law

Moss Adams LLP Auditors

The dancers of Pacific Northwest Ballet are members of AGMA—the American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO. Stage Crew work is performed by employees are represented

by I.A.T.S.E. local #15.

Wardrobe attendants provided by members of Theatrical Wardrobe Union #887, I.A.T.S.E. Stage Draperies: I. Weiss, New York. PNB is an EOE.

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B B OA R D O F T R U S T E E S OFFICERS

Aya Hamilton Chairman

Joe Norman President

W. Daniel Heidt2 Treasurer

Lynn Lindsay Secretary

Lynne Graybeal Assistant Secretary

Carl Behnke2

Immediate Past Chairman

VICE PRESIDENTS Gail James

Board & Donor Development

Pamela Johnson Marketing/PR

Gregory Kusnick Education

Rocke R. Koreis

Volunteer Development

Peter Horvitz2 New Works

Peter Horvitz2

Foundation Board Chairman

Peter Horvitz2

Governance Leadership

Sheffield Phelps* Chairman Emeritus

EX OFFICIO TRUSTEES Peter Boal1

Artistic Director

D. David Brown1 Executive Director

Jon Wagher & Emily Van Dyke Backstage Pass

Kari Anspach PNB Stars

Rebecca Wakefield PNB League

Jennifer Parker & Jennifer Northrop Parents Annual Fund

GOVERNING BOARD OF TRUSTEES Patrice Auld Elisabeth Bodal Susan Brotman2 Kathy Budinick Cheryl Clark Robert Cremin Jerald Farley Joan Fitzmaurice Eliza Flug Stephen E. Fuhs Joerg Gablonsky Robin F. Gainey Susan Grinstein William Grinstein David Hadley Cathi Hatch2 John E. Iverson2 Sara A. Jones H. David Kaplan Travis Keeler2 April Kieburtz Wendy Kizzier Lisa Kroese Carol Neiman Susan Okamoto Alida Oles Barbara Pearson Tom A. Puentes James Raisbeck Richard C. Redman Sharon Richardson Barbara Ries Catherine Ries Scott Scherer Johnese Spisso Jeanne Tweten David Vaskevitch Deidra Wager Connie Walsh Deborah Watson Leslie Yamada

ADVISORY BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Nancy Alvord Kathy Alvord Gerlich Diane Burgess Barbara Chaplin Patricia Edwards Caroline Goedhart Gail Goralski Stacy Graves Tracy Harsvik Anne-Marie Hedges Tom Hedges Cathy Beth Hooper C. James Judson Glenn Kawasaki Jackie Kotkins Susan Krabbe Firoz Lalji Candy J. Lee Jennifer Lowe Helene Mawyer Frederick W. McDonald Cindy Moss Mimi Richards Michael Righi Gladys Rubinstein John C. Rudolf Laura Selipsky John F. Shaw John H. Short Melba Short Mel Sturman Angela Sutter Peggy Swistak Christina Tanner Shannon Tierney Bertrand Valdman Lisa Wahbe Linda Warson Arlene Wright Jack D. Wulfekuhle

TRUSTEES EMERITI Kent Stowell Francia Russell Jane M. Davis Norma Cugini Wendy Griffin2 Arthur H. Mazzola2 Jane McConnell Carol Wright

BOARD OF TRUSTEES LIFE FELLOWS Patty Barrier Benjamin W. Bevis Robert R. Braun, Jr. James A. Elias Ron Elgin Don C. Franklin2 Catherine Hobi Hawes David F. Hill Dr. Susan Lindsay Maria Postnikoff-Downing Marsha Rich Ingham Susan R. Richey Cynthia Stroum David B. Winder2 Linda Wyman

Advisory/Ex Officio 2Past Chairs *Deceased

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THANKS

This 40th Anniversary Book is generously underwritten by H. David Kaplan.

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CREDITS Photos © Angela Sterling, except where noted.

COVER: PNB School students.

PAGE 4 & 5: PNB Company dancers.

PAGE 6 & 7: Peter Boal.

PAGE 8 & 9: PNB principal dancers (l-r) Carla Körbes, Karel Cruz, Rachel Foster, Kaori Nakamura, Seth Orza, Carrie Imler, Jonathan Porretta, Lesley Rausch, Batkhurel Bold, and Maria Chapman.

PAGE 10 & 11: PNB soloist dancers (l-r) Kiyon Gaines, Lindsi Dec, Benjamin Griffiths, Sarah Ricard Orza, James Moore, Kylee Kitchens, Jerome Tisserand, and Laura Gilbreath.

PAGE 12 & 13: PNB corps de ballet (l-r) Carli Samuelson, Elle Macy, Jessika Anspach, Eric Hipolito Jr., Sarah Pasch, Andrew Bartee, William Lin-Yee, Brittany Reid, Leta Biasucci, Price Suddarth, Emma Love, Jahna Frantziskonis, Josh Grant, and Amanda Clark.

PAGE 14 & 15: PNB corps de ballet (l-r) Steven Loch, Ryan Cardea, Margaret Mullin, Liora Neuville, Ezra Thomson, Chelsea Adomaitis, Elizabeth Murphy, Kyle Davis, Leah O’Connor, Jenna Nelson, Sean Rollofson, Angelica Generosa, Matthew Renko, and Charles McCall.

PAGE 16 & 17: Company dancer candids. (l-r) Chelsea Adomaitis.

Ezra Thomson. Jerome Tisserand. Laura Gilbreath. Lindsi Dec and Maria Chapman. Sarah Pasch. Kiyon Gaines. Sarah Ricard Orza and Seth Orza. Batkhurel Bold. Carla Korbes. Lindsi Dec, Kylee Kitchens, and Jonathan Porretta. Carli Samuelson and Emma Love. Anne Dabrowski and Kylee Kitchens. Amanda Clark.

Seth Orza and Company dancers. Lindsi Dec, Kylee Kitchens, and Paul Gibson. Jonathan Porretta. Benjamin Griffiths and Kaori Nakamura. Elizabeth Murphy. Kylee Kitchens. Laura Gilbreath and Otto Neubert. Joshua Grant.

PAGE 18: Emil de Cou. PAGE 19: PNB Orchestra. Photo © Dean Forbes.

PAGE 20 & 21: PNB artistic staff (l-r) Doug Fullington, Paul Gibson, Otto Neubert, Randall G. Chiarelli, Allan Dameron, Anne Dabrowski, Christina Siemens, Norbert Herriges, Larae Theige Hascall, and Jessica Choe.

PAGE 22 & 23: PNB costume and crew candids.

PAGE 46: Tutu detail. Photo © Lindsay Thomas.

PAGE 47: (clockwise l-r) Andrew Bartee. Kiyon Gaines. Mark Morris. Photo © Rosalie O’Connor. Margaret Mullin. Photos © Lindsay Thomas except where noted.

PAGE 48: Company dancers in Nutcracker.

PAGE 49: (l-r) Patricia Barker. Nutcracker tree. Hugh Bigney and Kent Stowell.

Photos © David Cooper. Mother and Baby Mice. Company dancers and PNB School students. Brittany Reid. PNB Company and PNB School students. Kylee Kitchens and Jerome Tisserand. Otto Neubert and PNB School student. Photo © Kurt Smith.

Maria Chapman. Company dancers and PNB School students. Elizabeth Murphy.

PAGE 50: Company dancers in Roméo et Juliette.

PAGE 51: Noelani Pantastico and Lucien Postlewaite. Josh Spell, Olivier Wevers, and Jerome Tisserand. Noelani Pantastico. James Moore, Kaori Nakamura, and Peter Boal.

Maria Chapman and Lucien Postlewaite. Kaori Nakamura and Lucien Postlewaite.

Carla Körbes. Noelani Pantastico and Lucien Postlewaite.

PAGE 52: Lindsi Dec in Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven.

PAGE 53: (l-r) Maria Chapman, Lesley Rausch, and Chalnessa Eames. Lindsi Dec and Batkhurel Bold. Louise Nadeau and Charles Newton*. Melanie Skinner*.

Kaori Nakamura and Company dancers*. Lindsi Dec and Stacy Lowenberg*.

Paul Gibson and Maria Chapman. © Lindsay Thomas. Peter Boal and Paul Gibson.

Christopher Wheeldon and Paul Gibson. Lesley Rausch and Jordan Pacitti.

Twyla Tharp. Photo © Marc von Borstel. Jonathan Porretta. *Concerto Barocco, choreography by George Balanchine © The New York City Ballet.

PAGE 54: Carla Körbes in Swan Lake.

PAGE 55: (l-r) Kent Stowell, Lucien Postlewaite, and Francia Russell. Patricia Barker and Otto Neubert. Company dancers. Louise Nadeau. Photo © Ben Kerns. Le Yin. Kaori Nakamura and Lucien Postlewaite. Company dancers. Kent Stowell and Patricia Barker. Lindsi Dec. Company dancers.

PAGE 56: Company dancers in Diamonds, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust.

PAGE 57: (l-r) Francia Russell with George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky.

Photo © Martha Swope. Patricia Barker and Jeffrey Stanton*. Company dancers*.

Casey Herd and Carla Körbes. Company dancers. Leah O’Connor and Jerome Tisserand.+. Christopher Wheeldon, Maria Chapman, and Paul Gibson. *Diamonds, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust. + Agon, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust.

BACK COVER: Louise Nadeau. Photo © Bill Mohn.

PAGE 24: D. David Brown.

PAGE 24: PNB executive staff (l-r) Terrie Flaming, Denise Bolstad, Ellen Walker, David Thorpe, Katherine Cardinal, and D. David Brown.

PAGE 25: PNB staff candids. Photos © Angela Sterling and Lindsay Thomas.

PAGE 26 & 27: PNB School faculty (l-r top row) Jeffrey Stanton, Marisa Albee, Miriam Landis, Bruce Wells, Tatiana Cater, Kelly Boal, Alexandra Dickson, Dane Holman, Peter Boal, Nicholas Ade, Victoria Pulkkinen, Julie Tobiason, Deborah Kenner, Stanko Milov, Abbie Siegel, Marjorie Thompson, Timothy Lynch, and Elaine Bauer. (l-r bottom row) Dina McDermott, Meg Potter, Lauri-Michelle Houk, Dana Hanson, Michele Curtis, and Kayti Bouljon.

PAGE 42: Company dancers in Diamonds, choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust.

40TH ANNIVERSARY PROGRAM Lia Chiarelli, Sheila Dietrich, Doug Fullington, and Ellen Walker Editors & Content Angela Sterling Portrait Photography Chad Kent Design Graphic Design THE 2012–2013 40TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON IS SPONSORED BY:

PAGE 43: Lesley Rausch.

PAGE 44: Company dancers in Cinderella.

PAGE 45: (l-r) Kent Stowell. Photo ©Kurt Smith. Olivier Wevers and Lindsi Dec. Larae Theige Hascall, Martin Pakledinaz, Pauline Smith, and Jen Stone (staff photo). Rachel Foster. Jonathan Porretta, Lindsi Dec, Ariana Lallone, Chalnessa Eames, and Lucien Postlewaite.

Kent Stowell and Patricia Barker. Photo © Jill Sabella. Maria Chapman.

Louise Nadeau. Laura Gilbreath.

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