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It is an honor to welcome you to the 50th anniversary of our magical production of The Nutcracker presented by Sheakley Family! This enchanting ballet is more than just a performance—it is a beloved tradition that celebrates the power of imagination and the transformative beauty of the arts. We are filled with joy and gratitude to share this timeless story with you, our treasured audience.
The Nutcracker is a tale that captivates hearts of all ages. From the ethereal Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy to the vibrant Waltz of the Flowers, every moment whisks you away to a world where the ordinary becomes extraordinary and dreams take flight. As you watch tonight’s performance, we hope you are transported along with Clara, the Nutcracker Prince, and the dazzling characters they meet on their magical journey.
Each production of The Nutcracker is a testament to the dedication and passion at the heart of our organization. It signifies countless hours of hard work by our extraordinary dancers, artistic team, musicians, and technical crew, all of whom bring their unique talents to the stage. They represent an unwavering commitment to excellence and love for this art form, and we are immensely proud of what Cincinnati Ballet has achieved over the last 50 years.
We also wish to extend our heartfelt gratitude to our patrons, sponsors, and donors, whose invaluable support makes it possible to bring this beloved ballet to life year after year. You enable us to offer young dancers their first steps onto the stage, provide musicians with opportunities to perform scores that stir the soul, and create a space for audiences to experience the magic of live performance. Your presence here tonight and your continued commitment to the arts ensure that we can keep creating, inspiring, and sharing the joy of performance with all.
May the spirit of the season and the magic of The Nutcracker stay with you throughout the holidays and beyond.
CERVILIO MIGUEL AMADOR Interim Artistic Director
This season, Cincinnati Ballet celebrates the life and impact of one of our greatest supporters – Larry Kellar. For 50 years, Larry gave his heart and soul to the Company helping transform the organization into a cornerstone in our community’s arts scene. May his memory be for a blessing; an indelible testament to a purpose-driven life.
PRESENTING SPONSOR
PRODUCTION SPONSOR
CHOREOGRAPHER Victoria Morgan
COMPOSER Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky performed by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
SCENIC DESIGNER John Ezell
COSTUME DESIGNER Carrie Robbins
LIGHTING DESIGNER Trad A Burns
STAGER Cervilio Miguel Amador, Jacqueline Damico Amador, Yoshihisa Arai, Allison Evans, Carlos Quenedit, Dale Shields
MICE
HIP-HOP CHOREOGRAPHER Derrek Burbridge
ASSOCIATE SCENIC DESIGNER Gene Emerson Friedman
ASSOCIATE LIGHTING DESIGNER Benjamin Gantose
WIGS & MAKEUP James Geier of J. Geier Designs LTD
MAGIC CONSULTANT Sean Ownes with Wood Herron & Evans LLP
PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER Carissa Gandenberger
FLYING EFFECTS PROVIDED BY ZFX
CONDUCTOR CARMON DELEONE, MUSIC DIRECTOR EMERITUS
Evening – Thursday, December 19
CONDUCTOR LAUREN WASYNCZUK
Evening – Friday, December 20; Saturday, December 21; Sunday, December 22; Monday, December 23; Matinee – Saturday, December 21; Sunday, December 22; Monday, December 23
CONDUCTOR MING LUKE
Evening – Thursday, December 26; Friday, December 27; Saturday, December 28
Matinee – Tuesday, December 24; Thursday, December 26; Friday, December 27; Saturday, December 28; Sunday, December 29
The scenic designer thanks confectioner Colette Peters for the use of references to her cake design in Act II “The Land of Sweets.” Peters/CAKES TO DREAM ON: © Copyright 2005; Reproduced with permission of the author and publisher John Wiley & Sons, inc.
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Our story begins on Christmas Eve. There is a flurry of activity as the maids, butlers, and chef prepare for a party where friends and family of the Stahlbaums will gather to open presents and celebrate the holiday. The Stahlbaums’ son, Fritz, and their daughter, Clara, try their best to be helpful, but that is not without its complications.
The Stahlbaum living room is bright and festive with the most beautiful Christmas tree imaginable. All the guests and children are having a marvelous time dancing, laughing, and opening gifts when suddenly, Herr Drosselmeyer bursts into the room. He is a mysterious doll maker who surprises everyone with his acts of magic. With the swipe of his cloak, dresses change color and dancing dolls appear. One doll is so beautiful Clara bravely asks if she can have it for Christmas, but Mother Stahlbaum says no. Clara is sad until Drosselmeyer places the most colorful Nutcracker in her hands. She joyfully dances around the room showing off her splendid gift. Fritz
wishes that Drosselmeyer had given him the Nutcracker and in his frustration, grabs it from Clara and breaks it. Immediately, the precocious Fritz is scolded by his father and sent off to bed. Herr Drosselmeyer comes to the rescue and mends the Nutcracker. The festivities continue into the night, highlighted with a stately dance initiated by Clara’s grandparents. As the evening comes to an end, Drosselmeyer is the last to bid the family farewell. Just before heading up to bed, Herr Stahlbaum brings out one last gift. He fastens an elegant necklace around his wife’s neck and there is one last embrace before the parlor grows quiet.
Clara, candle in hand, sneaks downstairs to check on her beloved Nutcracker. She finds herself in the drawing room and is startled by the sound of scampering feet and flickering eyes. Clara hears the chimes of the big grandfather clock striking midnight as a band of mischievous mice tries to steal away her precious Nutcracker. Drosselmeyer appears out of the darkness and, with a wave of his arms, the tree, parlor furniture, and toys begin to grow. A terrible battle ensues between the mice and the toy soldiers. The Nutcracker, having escaped the clutches of the mice, has grown to life-size and challenges the Mouse King to duel. It is a fierce fight but the Mouse King
is distracted by Clara’s imaginary friend, Minnie the Poodle, allowing the brave Nutcracker to wound his foe. As the mice scamper away and the parlor grows quiet, Clara watches as her Nutcracker magically transforms into a handsome prince. He takes her hand and they soon find themselves in a magical snow forest. There, they meet the noble Snow Queen and King, who dance with a storm of Snowflakes. As the storm subsides, a beautiful flying balloon descends to take Clara and her Nutcracker Prince to the Land of Sweets.
As the curtain opens on Act II, we see a delightful assortment of filigree frosted cakes. It is The Sugar Plum Fairy’s Kingdom, a place so sweet it attracts characters from all over the world. All of the characters from the Land of Sweets are frolicking and playing together when suddenly the illustrious Queen, The Sugar Plum Fairy, arrives. All bow to honor her and her Cupcake and Gingerbread Attendants. The Sugar Plum Fairy graces them with a special dance when unexpectedly an enormous flying balloon appears carrying Clara and the Nutcracker Prince. The Sugar Plum Fairy welcomes them and they are treated to the kingdom’s most scrumptious delights. Clara is reunited with Minnie, her poodle, and together they recount the fierce battle between the Nutcracker and the Mouse King. The entire
kingdom cheers as the Nutcracker reenacts his victory. Each character honors them with a special dance. As the celebration continues, the Land of Sweets transforms into a beautiful garden full of flowers with flowering petals and one brilliant pink rose. Finally, The Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cotton Candy Cavalier do a grand dance as a special treat for Clara. All the characters join together for a rousing finale.
As the dancing concludes, the flying balloon descends to take Clara and her Prince high over the mountains, further and further away from the Land of Sweets. When Clara opens her eyes, she finds herself at home in the parlor room with her imaginary friend Minnie by her side and her beloved Nutcracker watching over her, always.
Cincinnati Parks are for hiking, exploring and playing. But they’re also places for dancing, singing, painting and more.
Because Cincinnati Parks are for everyone!
Just like the arts, our parks are vital to what makes Cincinnati thrive. The Cincinnati Parks Foundation is proud to support the Cincinnati Ballet, and we invite you to rediscover your favorite park. Dance under the trees, hike the trails, sing by the rivers, or simply relax and be. And don’t forget to bring a friend.
Together, we can create more moments and memories in Cincinnati Parks.
CERVILIO MIGUEL AMADOR INTERIM ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Cervilio Miguel Amador is an artist and transformative figure in the dance world. He trained at the Vocational Ballet School in Camagüey, Cuba and the National Ballet School of Cuba before joining the National Ballet of Cuba, where he advanced to Corifeo (demi-soloist). In 2004, he joined Cincinnati Ballet as a Soloist, and in 2006, he was promoted to Principal Dancer, becoming one of the youngest in the company’s history.
Over his 15-year career with Cincinnati Ballet, Amador performed world premieres by choreographers such as Victoria Morgan, Adam Hougland, Travis Wall, Val Caniparoli, Jessica Lang, and Luca Veggetti. Amador has performed worldwide as a guest artist and taught at various schools. He staged works for Victoria Morgan and Jennifer Archibald and judged prestigious ballet competitions,
including UBC, YAGP, and VKIBC.
After retiring as Principal Dancer in the 2019–2020 season, Amador transitioned to the role of Rehearsal Director, where he focused on coaching and mentoring dancers. He co-founded Moving Arts and served as its Artistic Director from 2018 to 2023. He also collaborated with Cincinnati Opera, performed in Lumenocity, and was featured in an Emmy award-winning PBS documentary about his journey from Cuba.
In September 2023, the Cincinnati Ballet Board appointed Amador as Interim Artistic Director. In this capacity, he has been planning repertoire for upcoming seasons, commissioning new works, and collaborating with the leadership team to shape his artistic vision. Additionally, Amador has been instrumental in fostering community partnerships and broadening the reach of the art form both locally and internationally.
PRESIDENT AND CEO
The Board of Trustees appointed Deborah S. Brant President and CEO of Cincinnati Ballet in March 2024. For many years, Brant has fostered a deep and meaningful relationship with Cincinnati Ballet and has been one of the organization’s biggest supporters. Brant is the former Chair of the Cincinnati Ballet Board of Trustees and The Cincinnati Ballet Foundation and led the capital
campaign committee that secured funding to construct the 62,000-square-foot, $32 million Cincinnati Ballet Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance in Walnut Hills.
Ballet has been central to Brant’s life since childhood in Akron, Ohio, where she began lessons at age 9. She stopped dancing after high school and began studying American Studies and Art History at Brandeis University. She went on to create a successful
fundraising career that included work in Washington, D.C., and New York City as a fundraiser and grants writer for The Kennedy Center | National Symphony Orchestra, as well as a fundraising consultant for New York City Ballet, Paul Taylor Dance Company, and Jacob’s Pillow, among others. Brant moved to Cincinnati in 1998 where she continued as a fundraising consultant for Ensemble Theatre Cincinnati, Prospect House, and the Art Academy of Cincinnati. Philanthropy is a family tradition, one Brant learned from her parents and grandparents who were
themselves dedicated volunteers. In addition to her tireless philanthropic work for Cincinnati Ballet, Brant is also a former Board Chair of the Mayerson JCC, Jewish Federation of Cincinnati, and Most Valuable Kids of Cincinnati, Inc. (MVK). Brant is a past recipient of The Cincinnati Enquirer ’s Women of the Year Award, the 2021 Volunteer of the Year Award from the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater Cincinnati Chapter, And Volunteer of the Year Award from the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati.
Dale Shields trained at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts and Butler University before joining Indianapolis Ballet Theatre where she rose to principal dancer under artistic director George Verdak. Shields performed principal roles in productions including Giselle, The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Romeo & Juliet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Coppélia, Night Shadow, The Moor’s Pavane, and many original works. She served as Principal Ballet Mistress for Ballet Internationale, assisting with the
original choreography of full-length ballets by artistic director Eldar Aliev and worked alongside Irina Kolpakova in staging many well-known classics. Accepting Artistic Director John McFall’s invitation to join Atlanta Ballet as Ballet Mistress gave her the opportunity to assist in mounting numerous full-length productions. She assisted on works by inspiring national and international choreographers including Alexander Ekman, Helen Pickett, Twyla Tharp, Liam Scarlett, Alexei Ratmansky, David Bentley, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Amy Seiwert, among others.
Carlos Quenedit is an accomplished artist renowned for his captivating performances in classical and contemporary ballet productions. During his career, Carlos was principal dancer with several companies including San Francisco Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Houston Ballet, as well as Principal Guest Artist with the Joffrey Ballet, and Soloist with the National Ballet of Cuba. He has graced the stage in a wide array of principal roles, including Albrecht in Helgi Tomasson’s Giselle , Romeo in Romeo & Juliet, and Basilio in Tomasson/Possokhov’s Don Quixote His repertoire extends to the works of
iconic choreographers, including George Balanchine pieces such as Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux , Divertimento No. 15 , and Jewels and Jerome Robbins’ In the Night (2nd movement) and Dances at a Gathering as the Purple Boy. Quenedit has also collaborated with worldrenowned choreographers such as Helgi Tomasson, Yuri Possokhov, Christopher Wheeldon, and William Forsythe and danced in notable productions such as Jean de Brienne in Rudolf Nureyev’s Raymonda Act III and Ashly Page’s Guide to Strange Places. Throughout his career, Carlos Quenedit has graced stages at venues worldwide, from San Francisco War Memorial Opera House to the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.
REHEARSAL DIRECTOR/DIRECTOR SECOND COMPANY – CB2
Yoshihisa Arai began his training at International Ballet Academy in Japan before he joined The Royal Ballet School in London in 2005. After graduating with a honors and receiving an Achievement Award in 2008, Arai joined Northern Ballet in Leeds, UK, where he performed many original ballets by David Nixon. In 2011, Arai joined Tulsa Ballet where he performed several ballets by Forsythe, Kylian, Lee, and Liang. In 2012 Arai joined The Joffrey Ballet Chicago, where he performed principal roles in world
renowned classical and contemporary ballets and several original works, as well as creating many featured roles in world premieres by Arpino, Balanchine, Caniparoli, Nuemeier, Scarlett, Welch, and Wheeldon. Arai has also created several new works as a choreographer for The Joffrey Ballet including Bolero, Elegie , and Afternoon Watch , which premiered at The Lyric Opera House in Chicago, and Appalachian Spring, a collaboration with Illinois Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. In 2023 Arai choreographed and directed his first mini chamber opera, Caraboo.
VICTORIA MORGAN CHOREOGRAPHER
Victoria Morgan, Artistic Director
Emerita of Cincinnati Ballet, is an accomplished choreographer, creating numerous one-act and full-length ballets. Her acclaimed works include the world premieres of King Arthur’sCamelot in 2014 and The Nutcracker in 2011 and her reimagined Cinderella, which premiered in February 2016. She retired from her 25-year tenure as Artistic Director at the conclusion of Cincinnati Ballet’s 2021-2022 season.
Prior to her tenure with Cincinnati Ballet, Morgan was resident choreographer for the San Francisco Opera, a principal dancer with Ballet West and San Francisco Ballet, and performed
Carrie Robbins’s costume design credits include over 30 Broadway shows, among them Grease (Travolta), Agnes of God (Page/ Plummer), Yentl (Feldshuh), Octette Bridgeclub (Marchand), Sweet Bird of Youth (Bacall), Frankenstein (Wiest), Happy End (Streep), Boys of Winter (Dillon), Cyrano (Langella), White Christmas (D’Arcy James). Her awards and nominations include two Tony Award nominations, five Drama Desk Awards, Maharam, USITT/Prague-International, L.A. Dramalogue, Henry Hughes, F.I.T/Surface Design, Audelco, and others. Robbins’s regional work includes M. Butterfly and On theVerge
lead roles for television and film. Her choreography was featured in the PBS documentary, The Creation of O.M.O. Morgan served on the boards of Dance/ USA and Dance Magazine, as well as a National Endowment for the Arts evaluation panel, and she adjudicated multiple international ballet competitions.
She received a Career Woman of Achievement from the YWCA and a Women Who Mean Business award from the Cincinnati Business Courier in 2021, and was named by ArtsWave in 2022 as the Rosa F. & Samuel B. Sachs Fund Prize honoree, which recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contribution to the region through the arts. Morgan graduated Magna Cum Laude with an M.F.A. from University of Utah.
for Arena Stage in D.C. (dir. By Tazewell Thompson); AmericaninParis for the Alley Theatre, Houston; TheTempest (starring Sir Anthony Hopkins), and FleainHerEar for Mark Taper Forum. Opera design includes Death inVenice (Glimmerglass), Samsonet Delila (San Francisco Opera and Houston Grand Opera), many for Opera Company of Boston (Sarah Calldlwell), and WestSideStory for Hamburg Staatsoper. In New York City, Robbins has designed many productions for Lincoln Center Rep, Chelsea Theatre/ BAM, Acting Company/Juilliard, and NY Shakespeare Festival. Her film/ television credits include In the Spirit (Marlo Thomas/Elaine May), Saturday
Night Live, and PBS Arts in America. Known for her drawing ability, Robbins’s work was featured in the TimeLife Series “Collectibles,” between Telephones & Trivets. Recently, The Designs of Carrie Robbins was released by U.S. Institute of Theatre Technology. In 2008/2009 Robbins was co-curator of a groundbreaking exhibit, Curtain Call: Celebrating a Century of Women Designing for Live Performance at the NY Public Library for the Performing Arts. In 2012, she received the Irene
JOHN EZELL
SCENIC DESIGNER
John Ezell is an internationally recognized scenic designer, having designed for such prestigious institutions as the Royal Danish Ballet, the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Cullberg Ballet, the Swedish Riksteater, and the Royal Theatre Olympics in Istanbul. His credits also include designs for Broadway, the New York Shakespeare Festival, The Public Theatre, the York Theatre, and the Roundabout. He was artistic associate of the Tony Award–winning Crossroads Theatre and Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park as well as the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C.; Olde Globe in San Diego; Asolo Theatre, Lyric Opera, Blackstone Theatre, Second City in Chicago; the historic Market Theatre in Johannesburg; and the Hong Kong Repertory, and many others. He was a designer and art director for CBS, PBS-TV, and Swedish
Sharaff LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT Award. Robbins was Master Teacher of Costume Design at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts for many years, producing a stream of award-winning young costume designers across the country. Since 2014, Robbins has been writing. She’s on her 21st play, and has received seven nominations to date from the NY Innovative Theatre Awards, most recently for her play “The Dragon Griswynd” for Outstanding Original Short Script.
State Television, and a consultant to the design collection at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale. His drawings have been exhibited in galleries internationally. His work has received the award for Experimental Television Art in Milan, two Corporation for Public Broadcasting Awards for Excellence in Prime-Time Drama, and 12 Critic’s Circle Awards for best professional sets. Ezell was recognized for contributions to the American Theatre on the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Yale Drama School. He is the recipient of Washington University in St. Louis’s 2001 Distinguished Alumni Award, and a fellow of the American College Theater Festival at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
Trad A Burns has been designing scenery and lighting professionally since 1989 for theater, dance, and amusement parks. Recent credits include the world premiere of Carmen, choreographed by Kenneth Tindal; Thrive, choreographed by Ma Cong; What’s Going On?, choreographed by Val Caniparoli; and Little Shop of Horrors for Great Lake Theatre and Idaho Shakespeare Festival. Upcoming works include world premiere ballets for Penny Saunders, Adam Hougland, Caili Quan, Stephanie Martinez, Ma Cong, and Nicolo Fonte. Burns has had the privilege of designing world premiere ballets for such notable choreographers as Trey McIntyre, Val Caniparoli, James Kudelka, Edwaard Liang, Annabelle Lopez Ocha, Matthew Neenan, Adam Hougland, Garrett
Smith, Jessica Lang, Alejandro Cerrudo, Kirk Peterson, Donald Byrd, Jodie Gates, Gina Patterson, Amy Seiwert, Ma Cong, Andrea Schermoly, Jennifer Archibald, Penny Saunders, Stephanie Martinez, Septime Webre, Devon Carney, Victoria Morgan, Robert Curran, and Sarah Slipper. Over the years, his dance lighting has been seen at American Ballet Theatre, National Ballet of Canada, Atlanta Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, Kansas City Ballet, Colorado Ballet, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Alberta Ballet, Ballet X, The Joffrey Ballet, BalletMet, Louisville Ballet, Tulsa Ballet, Pittsburg Ballet Theatre, Grand Rapids Ballet, Sacramento Ballet, Smuin Ballet, Hubbard Street, and Cincinnati Ballet. Burns is currently a member of the design faculty for Texas State University’s Department of Theatre, Dance and Film.
MUSIC DIRECTOR EMERITUS
Carmon DeLeone, Music Director Emeritus of Cincinnati Ballet and Conductor Laureate of The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra and The Middleton Symphony, has served as Conductor and Host of the Family Concert Series at New York’s Carnegie Hall and has conducted orchestras in Germany, England, Luxembourg, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Under his leadership, The Illinois Philharmonic was twice named “Illinois Orchestra of the Year.” He has composed many original scores for the ballet. His best-known work, Peter Pan, is frequently performed nationally and overseas. As Assistant and later Resident Conductor of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, DeLeone served on its staff with Music Directors Max Rudolf, Thomas Schippers, Walter Susskind, and Erich Kunzel. He was also selected by Maestro Erich Leinsdorf to participate in an intensive master conducting seminar at The Lincoln Center. He possesses a wide range of musical interests; he is versed in both the classics and jazz playing the French horn or leading his own “Studio Big Band” from the drum set. Maestro DeLeone made his New
York conducting debut with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center, and his Carnegie Hall debut with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s. DeLeone is a recipient of the Post-Corbett Award and most recently was awarded the esteemed
MacDowell Medal by the Cincinnati MacDowell Society. His very popular weekly radio show, Sunday Morning Music Hall, can be heard on WDJO-FM 99.5 & 107.9 and AM 1480.
Manchester-based American conductor Lauren Wasynczuk is known for her dynamic leadership and commitment to building culturally diverse bridges through the arts, connecting communities.
Professional highlights include conducting the BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Manchester Camerata and Northern Ballet Sinfonia. Lauren has held assistantships with the BBC Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Psappha and served as a Leverhulme Arts Scholar with Opera North. She has guest conducted with Northern Ballet where she made her debut in Richard Rodney Bennett’s The Great Gatsby directed and choreographed by David Nixon CBE. Recently, she toured with the company conducting David Nixon’s production of Beauty & the Beast and will conduct Cathy Marston’s Jane Eyre this season.
Additionally, Lauren was Cover/Assistant Conductor for Opera San Luis Obispo’s production of Verdi’s Aïda and the Marina del Rey Summer Concert Series, where she made her debut in Pucci-
ni’s Madama Butterfly. She also served as Conducting Fellow with Miami Symphony Orchestra, Allentown Symphony Orchestra and Saratoga Orchestra. Deeply committed to community engagement, Lauren has collaborated with nonprofit arts organizations, providing access to high quality music education in communities in need of support for arts programming. Her work includes the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Youth Orchestra Los Angeles, Young Musicians Foundation, D’Addario Foundation, Hungry for Music and Homeboy Industries “Music Heals” program serving formerly gang-involved and incarcerated individuals. She has also led the Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, which was showcased at the Florence Youth Festival, performing at venues including the Loggia dei Lanzi.
She received her Master of Music in Conducting with Distinction from the Royal Northern College of Music, Master of Music in Saxophone Performance from The Hartt School, graduating as a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society, and a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
With the “energy, creativity and charisma not seen since Leonard Bernstein” and “vibrant,” “mind-blowing,” and “spectacular” conducting, Ming Luke is a versatile conductor that has excited audiences around the world. Highlights include conducting the Bolshoi Orchestra in Moscow, performances of Romeo and Juliet and Cinderella at the Kennedy Center, his English debut at Sadler’s Wells with Birmingham Royal, conducting Dvorak’s Requiem in Dvorak Hall in Prague, recording scores for a Coppola film, multiple Asian cultural programs with the San Francisco Symphony, and over 150 performances at the San Francisco War Memorial with San Francisco Ballet as their Principal Guest Conductor. Long time critic Allan Ulrich of the San Francisco Chronicle said, “Ming Luke delivered the best live
theater performance I’ve ever heard of [Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet]” and in 2016 Luke’s War Requiem was named best choral performance of 2016 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Luke has collaborated with many of the world’s leading choreographers, including Mark Morris, John Neumeier, Christopher Wheeldon, Justin Peck, Alexei Ratmansky, Cathy Marston, Benjamin Millepied, David Dawson, and more. Luke has guested with Boston Ballet, New York City Ballet Orchestra, Houston Ballet, Nashville Symphony/Ballet, San Diego Ballet, and others and conducted l’Orchestre Prométhée in Paris as part of San Francisco Ballet’s residency with Les Etés de la Danse. Famed dancer Natalia Makarova stated, “Ming has a mixture of pure musicality and a sensitivity to needs of the dancers, which are such rare qualities.”
PRINCIPAL
MELISSA GELFIN (SHE/HER) PENNSYLVANIA | 2014
ALEJANDRO OLIVERA (HE/HIM) CUBA | 2023
KATHERINE OCHOA (SHE/HER) CUBA | 2022
MAINE CHERNJAVSKY JAPAN | 2023
SIRUI LIU (SHE/HER) CHINA | 2011
RAFAEL QUENEDIT (HE/HIM) CUBA | 2021
CHANDLER PROCTOR (HE/HIM) NORTH CAROLINA | 2021
FIRST SOLOIST SOLOIST
MARCUS ROMEO (HE/HIM) PENNSYLVANIA | 2017
MAIZYALET VELÁZQUEZ (SHE/HER) PUERTO RICO | 2008
STAYTON (HE/HIM) OHIO | 2019
CORPS DE BALLET
NIKITA BORIS (SHE/HER) NEW JERSEY | 2020
AMANDA DE JESUS PÉREZ DUARTE (SHE/HER) CUBA | 2023
GRIFFIN (SHE/HER) NORTH CAROLINA | 2016
CARRASCO (HE/HIM) NEW MEXICO | 2015
DEL TORO
(HE/HIM) CUBA | 2022
HUNSBERGER NEVADA | 2024
| 2023
NEW YORK | 2023
AUSTRALIA | 2023
CALIFORNIA | 2019
| 2016
SIMON PLANT (HE/HIM) AUSTRALIA | 2022
BELLA URETA (SHE/HER) WASHINGTON | 2017
JOSHUA FISK (HE/HIM) MONTANA | 2024
NASRULLAH ABDUR-RAHMAN (HE/HIM) NEW YORK | 2024
SIMONE MUHAMMAD (SHE/HER) MISSOURI | 2022
APPRENTICE
ANNIE FITZPATRICK (SHE/HER) MASSACHUSETTS | 2023
MIA SCHLOSSER (SHE/HER) CALIFORNIA | 2024
SALOMÉ TREGRE (SHE/HER) OHIO | 2023
The Artists of Cincinnati Ballet are represented by the American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO.
CIARÁN BARLOW (HE/HIM) PENNSYLVANIA | 2024
AMBER HARPER (SHE/HER) OHIO | 2023
ISABEL BORGES (SHE/HER) LOUISIANA | 2024
ISABELLE LAPIERRE (SHE/HER) OHIO | 2024
CALVIN PETERSON (HE/HIM) COLORADO | 2024
ANGELINA DE LA NUEZ (SHE/HER) OHIO | 2024
ZANDER MAGOLNICK (HE/HIM) TEXAS | 2024
MADISON TAYLOR (SHE/HER) TEXAS | 2024
MADELINE HALKOS GEORGIA | 2024
NICHOLAS MOTLEY (HE/HIM) GEORGIA | 2023
Rebecca Banig, Frankie Bennett, Gianna Brace, Sanaa Brown, Sydney Caggiano, Kaytlan Carvajal, Claire Daley, Julia Fanazini, Maile Fitzgerald, Madeline Flythe, Andrew Fung, Noah Gnes, Engler Gonzalez, Trea Hultgren, Cailyn Jackson, Elizabeth Jacobson, Taylor Johnson, Zooey Kraemer, Brighid McGahran, Julian Nejezchleb, Grace Nelson, Hannah Newman-Williams, Piper Panek, Eli Petraccia, Rebecka Rundkvist, a Sanchez, Zoe Shemet, Scarlett Starkey, Katie Stuckenschneider, Elizabeth Swisher,
DECEMBER 5-29
Select dates, from 5:30–9 pm
A light and art spectacular featuring some of Cincinnati’s celebrated illumination artists along with children’s activities, live music, shopping, a decorated historic home, and more!
Preregistration required: Scan the QR code to register or visit CincyNature.org
CRISTIAN MĂCELARU, MUSIC DIRECTOR DESIGNATE
LOUISE DIETERLE
NIPPERT & LOUIS NIPPERT CHAIR
JOHN MORRIS
RUSSELL, CINCINNATI POPS CONDUCTOR
LOUISE DIETERLE
NIPPERT & LOUIS NIPPERT CHAIR
Matthias Pintscher, CSO CREATIVE PARTNER
Damon Gupton, POPS PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR
Samuel Lee, ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR ASHLEY AND BARBARA FORD CHAIR
Daniel Wiley, ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR ASHLEY AND BARBARA FORD CHAIR
FIRST VIOLINS
Stefani Matsuo CONCERTMASTER
ANNA SINTON TAFT CHAIR
Felicity James ASSOCIATE CONCERTMASTER
TOM & DEE STEGMAN CHAIR
Philip Marten FIRST ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
JAMES M. EWELL CHAIR++
Eric Bates
SECOND ASSISTANT CONCERTMASTER
SERGE SHABABIAN CHAIR
Kathryn Woolley NICHOLAS
TSI MARAS–PETER G. COURLAS CHAIR++
Anna Reider
DIANNE & J. DAVID ROSENBERG CHAIR
Mauricio Aguiar§ ANNE G. & ROBERT W. DORSEY CHAIR
Minyoung Baik
JO ANN & PAUL WARD CHAIR
James Braid
MARC BOHLKE CHAIR GIVEN BY KATRIN & MANFRED BOHLKE
Rebecca Kruger Fryxell CLIFFORD J. GOOSMANN & ANDREA M. WILSON CHAIR
Elizabeth Furuta
Gerald Itzkoff
JEAN TEN HAVE CHAIR
Joseph Ohkubo
Luo-Jia Wu
Jonathan Yi
SECOND VIOLINS
Gabriel Pegis PRINCIPAL AL LEVINSON CHAIR
Yang Liu*
HAROLD B. & BETTY
JUSTICE CHAIR
Scott Mozlin** HENRY MEYER CHAIR
Kun Dong
Cheryl Benedict
Evin Blomberg§
SHEILA AND CHRISTOPHER COLE CHAIR
Rose Brown
Rachel Charbel IDA RINGLING
NORTH CHAIR
Chika Kinderman
Charles Morey
Hyesun Park
Paul Patterson
CHARLES GAUSMANN CHAIR++
Stacey Woolley
BRENDA & RALPH TAYLOR CHAIR++
VIOLAS
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ACTING ASSOCIATE
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GRACE M. ALLEN CHAIR
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Rebecca Barnes§
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CELLOS
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Lachezar Kostov *
ONA HIXSON DATER CHAIR
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KARL & ROBERTA
SCHLACHTER
FAMILY CHAIR
Drew Dansby§
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PETER G. COURLAS–
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CHAIR FOR CELLO
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BASSES
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Boris Astafiev§
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FLUTES
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OBOES
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CLARINETS
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Hugh Michie
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TRUMPETS
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TUBA
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TIMPANI
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PERCUSSION
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Joseph Bricker
MORLEEN & JACK ROUSE CHAIR
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JAMES P. THORN-
TON CHAIR
Julie Spangler+ JAMES P. THORNTON CHAIR
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STAGE MANAGERS
Brian P. Schott
Phillip T. Sheridan
Daniel Schultz
Mike Ingram
Andrew Sheridan
§ Begins the alphabetical listing of players who participate in a system of rotated seating within the string section.
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** Assistant Principal
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‡ Leave of absence
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National Endowment for the Arts
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