Cincinnati Ballet - Beauty and the Beast 2023

APRIL 13-16, 2023

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ACADEMY AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy serves the greater Cincinnati area through world-class dance education programs and unparalleled performance opportunities. Whether students aspire to dance as a profession or pursue it as a personal passion, we believe dance training allows them to unleash potential that proves impactful in all aspects of their lives. Led by nationally recognized faculty, our guiding principles are to teach, challenge, and inspire the whole student to achieve their

CHILDREN’S AND YOUTH DANCE PROGRAMS

Enrollment based on age with beginning and progressing levels Designed to inspire a lifelong love of dance, the Academy’s Children’s and Community Divisions offer entry-level and advancing classes in creative dance, ballet, and a wide array of

Ages 8 – 18

Enrollment based on experience with an accelerating curriculum

Our highly regarded ballet training, coupled with well-rounded

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING DIVISION

Ages 16 and Up Enrollment by invitation

For students on the cusp of careers in dance, the Professional Training Division provides dancers with a full-day immersive training program and opportunities to perform alongside Cincinnati Ballet’s professional Company.

ADAPTIVE DANCE PROGRAMS

Ages 4 – Young Adult Placement determined by student support resources

Cincinnati Ballet’s CB Moves program, developed in partnership with Cincinnati Children’s Department of Physical Therapy, fosters a love of dance and creative expression for students with specific needs.

For more information or to register connect with us at: Email: cbacademy@cballet.org | Phone: 513.562.1111 | Website: cballet.org/academy

Address: 1801 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio

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WELCOME BALLET LOVERS OF ALL AGES,

As Director of the Second Company – CB2, I am honored to welcome you to this incredible production of Cincinnati Ballet’s Family Series: Beauty and the Beast. The original Beauty and the Beast fairy tale is a classic rags-to-riches story written by French writer Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve in 1740. You might be more familiar with the popular 1991 Disney animated musical film, which has delighted generations of children. The story of Beauty and her love for a monster (who is actually a prince) is, like most fairy tales, more than just an entertaining story. Beauty and the Beast is really a tale of virtue and seeing beyond one’s appearance. Beauty isn’t just the ballet heroine’s name, but also the way she sees the world—filled with beauty, virtue, and kindness. Her ability to see the goodness in the Beast in turn helps the audience understand there is goodness in everyone, if we all look closely. For several hundred years, ballet choreographers have been inspired by classic fairy tales and have brought them to life on stage. Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and last season’s Family Series: Snow White are some of the fairy tales that have also been reimagined as popular ballets. The life lessons involved in these stories are inspirational and allow both the choreographers and the dancers to explore human emotions. Emotions like hope, fear, and of course, love. As you watch today’s performance, pay special attention to the dancers as they communicate these feelings through movement and expression. All our dancers—from Second Company – CB2 artists to the youngest students of the Otto M. Budig Academy—have rehearsed many hours to create a performance that will inspire the audience to laugh a little, perhaps shed a tear, and smile at the happy ending. We invite you now to experience this beautiful story that reminds us all not to ‘judge a book by its cover.’

SUZETTE BOYER WEBB Second Company – CB2 Director

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DEAR FRIEND OF CINCINNATI BALLET,

Welcome to our annual Family Series: Beauty and the Beast! In addition to being a beautiful and entertaining interpretation of the classic story, the performance you are about to enjoy will also teach you a lot about ballet. First things first! For those of you new to ballet, you may ask…“what exactly is it?” Ballet is an art form created by the movement of the human body. It is theatrical, which means it can be performed on stage with sets and costumes in front of an audience or can be as informal as a living room recital. Traditional ballet is meant to tell a story and create an emotional response from the audience. During this performance of Beauty and the Beast, you will experience the emotions of the main characters as they dance the story of a beautiful girl who meets and falls in love with a beastly prince. The Family Series is special because, unlike the rest of our productions, it includes narration. As you may be experiencing ballet for the first time, we want to make it accessible and seamless for you to follow along with the story. While the dancers perform, you will also hear actors explaining the plot unfolding before your eyes. It is meant to make The Family Series the perfect introduction to ballet. At just an hour in length, the Family Series is also designed with younger children’s shorter attention spans in mind. Another unique aspect of the Family Series is who is dancing on stage. Who am I seeing on stage, you may ask? We are thrilled to present Cincinnati Ballet’s Second Company – CB2 and Professional Training Division, as well as dozens of children from our Otto M. Budig Academy are performing Beauty and the Beast. We also want children to see themselves on stage and how much fun ballet can be; Academy students as young as 8 years old are part of the cast. If you didn’t get a chance before you found your seats in the theater, I encourage you to enjoy the engaging and educational games and activities in the lobby. Our sincere hope is that the hundreds of children visiting with us will come away from this performance comfortable with the artform and excited to learn more. Cincinnati Ballet it committed to its mission to bring the love of dance to local and global communities and that begins with all of you.

Enjoy the performance!

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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

CHOREOGRAPHY Pamela Robinson-Harris, Principal Rehearsal Director at Ballet West, and Peggy Dolkas

MUSIC Alexander Glazunov: Masquerade, The Seasons, Raymonda; Nikolai Tcherepnin: Armida’s Pavillion

STAGING Suzette Webb, Director of Second Company – CB2 and Jacqueline Damico Amador

SCENIC DESIGN John Wayne Cooke

COSTUME DESIGN David Heuvel

ORIGINAL LIGHTING DESIGN James K. Larsen

LIGHTING SUPERVISOR Joseph Walls

MUSICAL SELECTIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS Pamela Robinson-Harris and Peggy Dolkas

MUSIC AND SOUND EDITING Ken Kruckenberg at Sonic Pathways

STAGE MANAGER Quinn Nicole Morgan

Costumes and scenery courtesy of Ballet West, Adam Sklute, Artistic Director

PROGRAMS FOR SCHOOLS

IN-SCHOOL RESIDENCIES

Cincinnati Ballet is delighted to provide elementary schools in the greater Cincinnati area with FREE residency experiences sure to inspire your students to move and to develop an appreciation for the art of dance.

Focus: Second Grade

Available: September - December

The CincyDance! program starts in the classroom using a combination of physical education curriculum and dance training to activate a student’s desire to express themselves through movement. Following the residency, students are invited to audition for scholarships to continue their training at Cincinnati Ballet.

Focus: Pre-K

Available: January - April

The CincyDance! Pre-K program activates a student’s imagination while introducing them to the joy of creative movement and ballet. Students will explore locomotor movement, balance and other key coordination skills with highly skilled Cincinnati Ballet teaching artists.

PERFORMANCES FOR SCHOOLS

Cincinnati Ballet makes the beauty of live performance available to students across the greater Cincinnati area through in-school touring productions and student matinees for all grade levels.

TOURING COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES

Bring Cincinnati Ballet directly to your school or community center! Each production is designed with a specific age group in mind and creates an experience that welcomes new audiences to dancethrough accessible storytelling, relatable themes, funchoreography,and interactive content.

STUDENT MATINEES

Cincinnati Ballet’s student matinees connect students to live dance at the Aronoff Center, Music Hall, and the Valentine Center for Dance. These special performances are offered at an accessible price and time, making for an extraordinary student experience and a unique connection to the region’s largest professional ballet company.

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CINCINNATI BALLET LEADERSHIP

JODIE GATES

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR | SUE AND BILL FRIEDLANDER ENDOWED CHAIR | OTTO M. BUDIG ACADEMY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

Jodie Gates has contributed to the profession as a visionary leader, director, arts educator, choreographer, and dancer. She is a former principal ballerina with the Joffrey Ballet, Philadelphia Ballet, Frankfurt Ballet, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet, as well as an international guest artist. She is the Founding Director of the University of Southern California’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance where she also served as Vice Dean and Professor while creating a one-of-a-kind curriculum. She is Founder and Artistic Director of the presenting organization Laguna Dance Festival based in Laguna Beach, California, establishing a sustainable organization that cultivates world-class dance performance and education. As an accomplished choreographer she has been commissioned by numerous companies such as Ballet West, Staatsballett Berlin, and the

SCOTT ALTMAN

PRESIDENT AND CEO

Scott Altman joined Cincinnati Ballet as President & CEO in August 2016. Under his visionary leadership, Cincinnati Ballet has reached many noteworthy milestones, more than tripling asset growth to over $75 million, implementation of its first $11 million operating budget, a dynamic new logo and brand identity, record-breaking ticket sales, the launch of a new Family Series, as well as expanded Academy and community programs. To accommodate this incredible growth, Cincinnati Ballet launched a $31 million capital campaign to construct a new, larger, state-of-the-art ballet center. With the successful completion of the campaign, the 62,000-square-foot Cincinnati Ballet Margaret and Michael Valentine Center for Dance had its grand opening in September 2021. During his tenure, Altman has been honored four consecutive years by Cincinnati Magazine in its Cincinnati 300 , a compilation of the city’s top 300 executives, and currently serves as Executive Managers Council Chair for DanceUSA, Trustee on the Board of Ohio Citizens for the Arts, and member of the Dean’s Advisory

Vail International Dance Festival. Additionally, she created content for television commercials, curated performances for singer/songwriter John Legend, and collaborated for a global ad campaign for Los Angeles Tourism. She is an artistic collaborator with choreographer William Forsythe, staging ballets internationally for Forsythe Productions and has worked at Paris Opera Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Houston Ballet, La Scala Theatre Ballet, and Zurich Ballet, among others. She was awarded the distinguished Residency Fellowship from The Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University, a recipient of the Jerome Robbins New Essential Works Program and Altria/ABT fellowship from American Ballet Theatre. Gates received a Psychology of Leadership Certificate from Cornell University SC Johnson College of Business and studied with the Higher Education Leadership Program for Women (HERS Institute) at Bryn Mawr College.

Council for Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. Altman has been a featured guest speaker for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), Americans for the Arts, and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Altman brings with him nearly three decades of experience in nonprofit administration and performing arts. Prior to his roles in administration, Altman enjoyed a 20year career as a professional opera singer and performed 40 opera roles internationally. He has held leadership positions as General Director at both Arizona Opera and Opera New Jersey, and just prior to coming to Cincinnati Ballet he was Executive Director of Ballet West. During his tenure, Ballet West experienced phenomenal expansion, including growth in ticket sales, a vastly expanded touring schedule, robust growth in donor development, and the construction of a new building. He is an alumnus of the Manhattan School of Music as well as State University College at Purchase and taught for three years at Princeton University. Altman earned a certificate from Stanford University’s Executive Program for Nonprofit Leaders, was a Utah Business 2016 CEO of the Year Honoree and is a three-time recipient of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts Citation of Excellence Award.

DALE SHIELDS REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

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, Coppelia, Night Shadow, The Moor’s Pavane, and many original works. She served as Principal Bal-

let 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, David Bentley, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Amy Seiwert, among others. She is now in her third season with Cincinnati Ballet.

CERVILIO MIGUEL AMADOR REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

A skilled artist, entrepreneur, and change agent for the world of dance, Cervilio Miguel Amador received his education and training from the Vocational Ballet School in Camagüey, Cuba, and the National Ballet School of Cuba. He danced with the National Ballet of Cuba as a corps de ballet dancer and then as a corifeo (demi-soloist) before joining Cincinnati Ballet in 2004 as a Soloist. He was promoted to Principal Dancer in 2006 becoming one of the youngest Principals

in the history of the company. During his professional career he has performed as a guest artist in galas all over the world as well as a guest teacher for numerous schools. He has represented Cincinnati Ballet dancers as a Union delegate for over 10 years and after retiring from dance, he became the Rehearsal Director for Cincinnati Ballet. He is currently the Rehearsal Director for Cincinnati Ballet and Co-Artistic Director/Founder of Moving Arts. Amador is also a member of the Cincinnati Ballet Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Task Force leading sustainable change for dancers now and future artists.

SUZETTE BOYER WEBB DIRECTOR OF SECOND COMPANY

Suzette Boyer Webb joined Cincinnati Ballet in 1979. As a Principal Dancer under the directions of David McClain, Frederic Franklin, and Ivan Nagy, she danced classical and contemporary roles in works by choreographers Frederic Franklin, Ivan Nagy, George Balanchine, Ruth Page, Peter Anastos, John Butler, Sir Kenneth McMillian, Ben Stevenson, James Truitte, Lester Horton, and Vincente Nebrada. Upon retirement from Cincinnati Ballet, Webb served on the Dance Division faculty at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. There, she was awarded The Outstanding

Adjunct Teacher of the Year award. As the director of the Cincinnati Ballet’s Second Company – CB2 and Young Performers Rehearsal Director, Webb has been instrumental in providing technical and artistic learning opportunities to CB2 and Academy dancers in various Cincinnati Ballet productions, including the highly successful Cincinnati Ballet Family Series Webb has choreographed numerous works for the Cincinnati Ballet Second Company. She has staged many ballets, including children’s roles for Victoria Morgan’s The Nutcracker, in Cincinnati; Anchorage, Alaska; at the Kennedy Center for the Arts in Washington, D.C.; and at the Detroit Opera House. Webb has worked nationally as guest teacher, adjudicator, and panelist.

CINCINNATI BALLET LEADERSHIP

CARMON DELEONE 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 bestknown 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.

ACADEMY LEADERSHIP

SARAH HAIRSTON BERKLEY ACADEMY DIRECTOR

Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Sarah Hairston Berkley began her early ballet training at Charleston Ballet Theatre. At the age of 9, she continued her training in Columbia, South Carolina, under the direction of Ann Brodie at the Calvert Brodie School of Dance and later went on to graduate from North Carolina School of the Arts. Upon graduation, Hairston Berkley joined Boston Ballet II, where she danced for a year, and in 2001 joined Cincinnati Ballet as a Corps de Ballet member. Hairston Berkley was promoted to Soloist in 2006 and later to Principal in 2010 after a successful debut as Princess Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty. Throughout her performance career, she held featured roles in the breadth of classical repertoire including Myrtha and Giselle in Giselle; Odette/

Odile in Swan Lake; the Lilac Fairy, Carabosse, and Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty; Snow Queen and the Sugarplum Fairy in The Nutcracker; and Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, among others. In addition to the classics, Hairston Berkley’s Balanchine repertoire includes the Siren in Prodigal Son, the Second Movement in Symphony in C, Emeralds in Jewels, Dark Angel in Serenade and “The Man I Love” in Who Cares?. Hairston Berkley has also performed in work by such notable choreographers as Adam Hougland, Luca Vegetti, Jessica Lang, Amy Seiwert, Val Caniparoli, and Yuri Possokhov. She danced with Cincinnati Opera for many seasons and choreographed its production of Die Fledermaus in 2016. Since 2006, Hairston Berkley has been an instructor in Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy and was promoted to the role of Academy Director in 2016.

IHAIAH MILLER PRINCIPAL FACULTY, CONTEMPORARY AND CHOREOGRAPHY

Ihaiah Miller is a native of Jacksonville, Florida, where they trained at the Douglas Anderson School for the Arts and Jacksonville University’s Dance with Distinction program. In 2003, they graduated from the Joffrey Ballet/New School University with a BFA in Ballet and Composition Studies and in 2016 was a “Reaching for the Stars” fellowship recipient at Arizona State University were they were pursing their Master’s of Fine Arts in Theatre, Performing Arts Management, and Entrepreneurship. As a professional dancer, Miller has performed with the Eugene Ballet, Ballet Idaho, the Dance Theatre of Harlem Ensemble,

Coastal Arts Project, the Florida Ballet, and Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo in soloist and principal roles. They have toured nationally and internationally, performing on major stages across North and South America, Africa, Australia, Asia, and Europe. In 2005 they founded a dance company, Diesel Dance, which later became Diesel | Fusion Dance Theatre (DFDT), and was based both in New York City and Jacksonville, Florida. Through DFDT, Miller’s choreography has been showcased throughout Florida and New York, and has been performed at many festivals, benefits, and concerts. Miller is happy to be a member of Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy and looks forward to sharing their knowledge of and passion for dance with the community.

ACADEMY LEADERSHIP

DAVID MORSE RESIDENT FACULTY

David Morse is a teacher, choreographer, and musician. Prior to joining the Otto M. Budig Academy faculty, he danced for six seasons as a soloist with Cincinnati Ballet. After training under Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Darleen Callaghan, Mark Diamond, Patricia McBride, and Kathryn Moriarty, he danced eight seasons with Charlotte Ballet. In his time there he danced numerous featured roles in the works of George Balanchine, Jiří Kylián, Dwight Rhoden, and Twyla Tharp as well as much of the classical repertory. His choreography has been performed throughout the United States by professional companies, universities, and pre-professional schools, and has been recognized by various awards and accolades. Morse has twice participated in sessions at the New York Choreographic Institute where he created new works on dancers of New York City Ballet and School of American Ballet. Morse has also created new works at Ballet Academy East and Pointe Park University.

In his time at Cincinnati Ballet, Morse created several new works on the company. Most recently he

was honored to create Our Story in partnership with the Nancy and David Wolf Holocaust and Humanity Center. This one act ballet was a commemorative tribute to the victims of the Holocaust.

Since its inception in 2018, Morse has served as Director of Cincinnati Ballet’s Collegiate Intensive, a partnership between Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy and the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music. Morse was honored to be nominated for the Rolex Mentor Protégé Arts Initiative’s 2014–2015 cycle. Additionally, he has been nominated for the Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship.

Also an accomplished pianist, Morse has served as a ballet class accompanist for Cincinnati Ballet, Charlotte Ballet, The Chautauqua Institution, and Regional Dance America. He has also played as a guest accompanist for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Ballet Academy East, University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, and New York City Ballet. During the COVID-19 pandemic Morse served as the founding principal accompanist at the online ballet class platform @worldwideballetclass.

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PAMELA ROBINSON-HARRIS CHOREOGRAPHER

Pamela Robinson-Harris has served as Rehearsal Director for Ballet West for 20 years as well as the Company’s Interim Artistic Director from 2006 to 2007. Her career began with the Cleveland Ballet, followed by the State of Alabama Ballet in 1982 and Ballet Mississippi in 1984. Robinson-Harris joined Ballet West in 1985, advancing to Principal in 1988. During her career, Robinson-Harris performed in some of the most prestigious theaters in America,

performing principal roles in most major classical works, including those of George Balanchine, Val Caniparoli, Sir Frederick Ashton, and Ben Stevenson. Robinson-Harris, together with Associate Director of Ballet West II, Peggy Dolkas, co-choreographed three ballets for Ballet West’s Family Series—The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Beauty and the Beast. She also reworked major sections of Ballet West’s productions of The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and Giselle, and has choreographed for Ballet West II and the Ballet West Academy Professional Trainee Division.

PEGGY DOLKAS CHOREOGRAPHER

Peggy Dolkas was born in Auburn, California, and studied under Sheila Humphreys, former Soloist and Ballet Mistress of The Royal Ballet of London. She then studied at Canada’s National Ballet School earning the acclaimed Peter Dwyer Scholarship Award and the Christopher Ondaatje Ballet Prize. Upon graduation in 2000, she went on to dance for The National Ballet of Canada. During this time, she was chosen to represent Canada’s up-and-coming talent in an exclusive performance for His Royal Highness, King Charles III. In 2003, Dolkas joined Ballet West and was promoted to Soloist performing a multitude of principal rolls including Aurora, Giselle, Odette/Odile, and Juliet, in the world premiere of Jonas Kåge’s Romeo and Juliet.Dance Magazine named her one of the “Top 25 Dancers to Watch” in 2007. Nevada Ballet Theatre invited Dolkas to become Ballet Mistress, assisting James Canfield, Cynthia Gregory, and other prestigious répétiteurs, as well

as collaborating with Cirque du Soleil. In 2015, Dolkas joined the Ballet West Artistic Staff as Associate Director of Ballet West II, where she assisted in the staging of major ballets by John Cranko, Marius Petipa, Jirí Kylían, George Balanchine, Ben Stevenson, et. al, for the main company. Dolkas’s choreographic achievements include being awarded“Best Choreographer by The Salt Lake City Arty’s (2009), Best Choreography by the Youth America Grand Prix (2010) and the SLC’s Arts Festival Dance Commission Award (2018). In addition, she has co-choreographed three original full-length productions with Pamela Robinson-Harris as part of the Ballet West’s Family Series: The Little Mermaid (2012), Aladdin (2013), and Beauty and the Beast (2016), which she also re-staged for Cincinnati Ballet and Longview Ballet Theatre. Most recently, she has been teaching for Sacramento Ballet and Northern California Dance Conservatory, and has been the Artistic Director/Choreographer for Placer Theatre Ballet’s 2021 and 2022 seasons of The Nutcracker.

JACQUELINE DAMICO AMADOR STAGER

Jacqueline Damico Amador was raised in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and began her ballet training at the age of 6 at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet under the direction of Marcia Dale Weary. She later moved to New York City to train with The School of American Ballet for two years. Damico Amador also attended summer intensives on scholarship with Miami City Ballet,

DAVID HEUVEL COSTUME DESIGN

David Heuvel has been associated with Ballet West since 1979. Apart from his work for Ballet West, he has designed

JAMES K. LARSEN LIGHTING DESIGNER

James K. Larsen hails from Salt Lake City, Utah, where he is the Head Electrician for Ballet West and supplements his time designing light for dance/theatre as well as being a union IATSE Arena Rigger. When he is not working, you can find him fly fishing vast rivers in Montana, Idaho, and all over Utah. A few selected Design credits:

JOSEPH WALLS LIGHTING SUPERVISOR

Joseph R. Walls recently designed Dwight Rhoden’s Catching Feelings, Juliano Nunes’s Orange, and Sophie Laplane’s Galantheae. Additionally, Walls created a new lighting design for Jorden Morris’s Moulin Rouge – The Ballet and Ethan Stiefel’s production of Giselle. Walls designed Dana Genshaft’s Orpheus for The Washington Ballet that was created exclusively for MarqueeTV. He has designed the lighting for numerous original works for choreographers who include Jessica Lang, Trey McIntyre, Ethan Stiefel, John Heginbotham, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Dana Genshaft, Mark Diamond, Sasha Janes, Andrea Miller, Yury Yanowsky,

Chautauqua Ballet, and Stiefel and Stars, among others. Following her graduation, she received a contract to dance with Oregon Ballet Theater for their 2007–2008 season. Since joining Cincinnati Ballet in 2008, Damico Amador has danced featured roles in ballets such as Frisch’s Presents The Nutcracker , Cinderella , Romeo and Juliet , Capri, Theme and Variation, Symphony in C, Mozart’s Requiem, All My Favorite People, Extremely Close, and Classical Symphony.

and built costumes nationally and internationally, including Ballet Du Nord (France), Singapore Ballet, Washington Ballet, Carolina Ballet, North Carolina School of the Arts, Atlanta Ballet, and Richmond Ballet.

Nicolo Fonte’s Piece of My Heart , Ballet West’s Aladdin , Beauty and the Beast , Little Mermaid May also be seen on: Netflix comedy special Rob Schneider (Programmer). Disney’s High School Musical, The Series season 2 (Rigging Grip). Ballet West’s Breaking Pointe (Lighting Designer).

Ricardo Amarante, David Morse, Gemma Bond, Yoshiaki Nakano, Helen Pickett, Nathrea Blake, Heath Gill, David Ingram, Gennadi Nedvigin, Bruce Wells, Jorden Morris, Desmond Richardson and Dwight Rhoden. In 2019, Walls designed the weeklong celebration with Pope Francis – The World Youth Day. Additional design collaborations include those with Pacific Northwest Ballet, Richmond Ballet, American Repertory Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Ballet West, Atlanta Ballet, Utah Metropolitan Ballet, staibdance, Inland Pacific Ballet, Chautauqua Dance, Ballet Spartanburg, The Charlotte Ballet, Roswell Dance Theatre, Komasnsé Dance Theater, as well as Sundance Summer Theatre productions. www.jwallsdesign.com

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ARTISTIC

Jodie Gates

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

SUE AND BILL FRIEDLANDER ENDOWED CHAIR

OTTO M. BUDIG ACADEMY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

ARTISTIC STAFF

Carmon DeLeone

MUSIC DIRECTOR EMERITUS

Cervilio Miguel Amador REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Nicolas Bierwagen

Erin Blair

Nikolas Button

Anderson Da Silva

Sam Epstein

Ciarán Barlow

Camille Boggs

Cathleen Breslin

Amber Harper

Fiona Allen

Hannah Blair

Ava Bradford

Anna Doggett

Carmen Doll

Brianne Falanga

Dale Shields REHEARSAL DIRECTOR

Suzette Boyer Webb

DIRECTOR OF SECOND COMPANY – CB2

SECOND COMPMANY – CB2

Hailey Flanagan

Julia Gundzik

Ramsay Miller

Isabelle Morgan

TRAINEES

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Dietrich Klawonn

Trevor PinterParsons

Sierra Severt

Simone Muhammad

Scott Reed

Anthony Rhee-Reynoso

Mia Steedle

Salomé Tregre

Claire Sturgeon

Lauren Vogel

Avery Ward

Anneliese Welsh

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING DIVISION

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Natalie Higle

Elizabeth Jacobson

Helen Jardon

Anna Kinghorn

Caroline Love

Fiona Murphy

Annika Olsen

Taylor Petrowski

Jenna Renfield

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ACT I

SCENE 1: THE FOREST/CASTLE DOORS

An evil fairy, disguised as an old hag, begs a Prince shelter from the storm. When he denies her access to his castle, she steals his heart, turning him into a hideous beast.

SCENE 2: BEAUTY’S HOME

Beauty’s father, the merchant, learns that one of his lost ships has arrived at port and he prepares to claim his fortune. Beauty and her two spoiled sisters Babette and Colette see him off as Henri, The Suitor, pursues Beauty’s affection.

SCENE 3: THE FOREST/CASTLE DOORS

The merchant, upon his return home, becomes lost in the forest during a dreadful storm. He seeks shelter in what seems to be a welcoming but empty castle.

SCENE 4: THE ANIMATED CASTLE

Weary from his travel, the merchant enters the castle and treats himself to a sumptuous meal. Warm and cozy, he falls asleep.

SCENE 5: THE ROSE GARDEN

The next morning, the merchant wakes feeling refreshed, discovering he is now in a magical rose garden. While picking a rose for his daughter Beauty, the Beast appears and demands that the merchant must die for stealing his most prized possession—or one of his daughters must return in his place as a captive.

SCENE 6: THE GATES OF BEAUTY’S HOME

Upon learning of her father’s fate, Beauty agrees to take his place in the castle.

SCENE 7: THE ANIMATED CASTLE

Beauty meets the Beast and bids her father adieu.

ACT 2

SCENE 1: THE HALLWAY/BEAUTY’S CHAMBER

Beauty falls asleep in her bedroom and with the help of the Good Fairy and the statues, she wakes in a new garment.

SCENE 2: THE HALLWAY/CASTLE INTERIOR

Beauty and the Beast dine, and he asks for her hand in marriage.

SCENE 3: BEAUTY’S CHAMBER

Beauty dreams of a handsome Prince and wonders if she is alone in the castle.

SCENE 4: HALLWAY/ROSE GARDEN

The Beast asks for Beauty’s hand in marriage a second time and instead Beauty agrees to teach him how to dance.

SCENE 5: BEAUTY’S CHAMBER

The Beast allows Beauty to travel home by way of a magic glove after she discovers her father is ill.

SCENE 6: THE GATES OF BEAUTY’S HOME

The merchant is happy to see his daughter alive.

SCENE 7: ROSE GARDEN

Beauty returns to the castle after learning that the Beast is dying and agrees to marry him. Before his last breath, she offers her heart to the Good Fairy.

SECOND TO NONE

How Second Company – CB2 is training the next generation of dancers

On stage today you might see a future star of Cincinnati Ballet.

That is because the principal and soloist roles in Beauty and the Beast are dancers from the Cincinnati Ballet’s Second Company – CB2. Fourteen gifted CB2 dancers train with the Company for up to two years, often performing alongside Main Company artists.

“The goal is to develop the future of Cincinnati Ballet,” says CB2 Director Suzette Boyer Webb. “It is incredibly rewarding to develop these dancers to join us or other companies. You are mentoring them to move to the next step.”

Most major ballet organizations have second companies to train their future Main Company dancers, analogous to a Major League Baseball minor-league team. For second company dancers,

many of whom have just graduated from high school, the two-year experience offers inspiration and opportunities they will not experience elsewhere. CB2 dancers typically range from 18 to 23 years of age and receive a living stipend during their residency. Their participation in the Second Company can result in a CB2 dancer’s transition to the Main Company as an apprecntice. Currently eight of the 28 Main Company dancers were Second Company dancers. CB2 alumni have also earned positions with professional companies around the world, including Alberta Ballet, American Ballet Theater, Alvin Ailey, Bayerisches Staatsballett, Dance Theater of Harlem, Kansas City Ballet, Philadelphia Ballet, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Smuin Ballet, and West Australian Ballet.

“Our current CB2 dancers have been tremendous,” says Webb. “They’ve really stepped into Main Company Corps de Ballet roles when needed, supporting the Main Company, and allowing for multiple casts for the longer-running productions such as The Nutcracker.”

Webb has been instrumental in providing technical and artistic learning opportunities to CB2 dancers in Cincinnati Ballet productions and has choreographed and staged numerous works for the Second Company. A former Principal Dancer for Cincinnati Ballet (1979–1989), she has directed the company from its inception in 2011. She was the first of three principal dancers to retire into artistic administration positions with the organization. “That continuity is important,” Webb says. “Tradition has a lot of good in it.” She also served on the Dance Division faculty at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, where she was honored with The Outstanding Adjunct Teacher of the Year award.

The Family Series productions are vitally important for CB2 training. Beauty and the Beast marks the fifth year of the Family Series, and these productions are the high point of the CB2 year.

“It’s been a great recruiting tool,” says Webb. “It was exciting for the Second Company when we started this, because not all second companies get their own production. We’ve created a professional production for them, instead of a school-oriented one.”

The perfect mix of theater and dance, Beauty and the Beast, choreographed by Pamela Robinson Harris and Peggy Dolkas and set to music of Alexander Glazunov and Ni-

kolai Tcherepnin, was debuted by Ballet West, Salt Lake City, Utah, in 2016. The enchanting fairy tale follows Beauty and her tragic Beast in a romantic story of friendship and love. As with other Family Series productions, the performance length is a little more than an hour with narration so that even the youngest audience members can understand the action on stage.

Using dance to tell a fairy tale brings out some of the most expressive qualities of the art. Fairy tales also demand more characterization from the dancers. “It’s great for pushing CB2 dancers to create a character and communicate with an audience—skills they will need in their future,” says Webb.

The production also features Professional Training Division dancers and young performers from Cincinnati Ballet’s Otto M. Budig Academy. The Professional Training Division is an elite training program designed to support the transition

from student to professional dancer. Through full-day training, participants are immersed in a course of study aligned with the artistic standards of Cincinnati Ballet’s professional Company and focused on developing each student’s professional aptitude. Participants dance alongside Cincinnati Ballet’s Second Company and may be asked to perform with Cincinnati Ballet’s professional Company at the invitation of the artistic staff. In some cases, Professional Training Division participants are promoted to the Second Company, as was the case with CB2’s most recent addition, Salomé Tregre, who began training with the Otto M. Budig Academy at age 3. For these artists, who were once tiny dancers with big dreams, Cincinnati Ballet’s Second Company – CB2 is instrumental in helping turn their wishes into reality.

“It is incredibly rewarding to develop these dancers to join us or other companies. You are mentoring them to move to the next step.”

CB2 DIRECTOR, SUZETTE BOYER WEBB

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ALL RESTROOMS in the Aronoff Center are accessible to people with disabilities. Restrooms in the Procter & Gamble Hall are located in the side corridors on both sides of the lobbies (except Balcony—restrooms located on the north side of the lobby only).

COAT CHECK can be found on the street level of the Aronoff Center.

IF YOU LOSE AN ITEM while attending an event at the Aronoff Center, check with one of our ushers before leaving the building. If they are unable to locate the item, call the Security Desk at (513) 977-4128 during regular business hours, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Monday-Friday.

YOUR PARTICIPATION IN OUR RECYCLING effort is appreciated! Blue or silver recycling containers are located near every concession stand. If you don’t want to keep your program, you may recycle it in the program bins in the lobby at the Aronoff Center.

PLEASE NOTE

THE LOBBY at the Aronoff Center opens one hour prior to curtain and you may enter the theater 30 minutes prior to the start of the performance.

LATE SEATING is at the discretion of the Front of House Manager. For many events, there may be a seating hold for latecomers. These holds vary in length depending on the show. Should you need to leave the auditorium during the performance, re-admittance and seating will also be at the discretion of the house manager.

PHOTOGRAPHY AND VIDEO of Cincinnati Ballet performances is strictly forbidden.

SMOKING IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED at The Aronoff Center.

FREE TOURS OF THE ARONOFF CENTER are available for groups up to 50 people and are typically offered Monday – Friday between the hours of 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM, pending theater availability. Weekend or early evening tours also may be possible and can be discussed with a representative. The Aronoff Center tour lasts approximately one hour. To schedule a tour, call (513) 977-4117, ext. 3 and leave a message with the date(s) and time(s) you are interested in attending. An Aronoff Center representative will respond within 2 business days.

ACCESSIBILITY

All theaters and meeting spaces within the Aronoff Center are accessible to patrons with physical disabilities. Once inside the building, all levels are accessible by elevator. The Jarson-Kaplan Theater is equipped with one elevator for patron use. Automatic accessible doors are located on the south end of the building near Sixth and Walnut Streets.

A COURTESY WHEELCHAIR IS AVAILABLE upon request on a first-come, first-served basis for patrons needing assistance from the lobby to their seats. Patrons can ask any staff member or volunteer usher for assistance.

ASSISTIVE LISTENING DEVICES for the hearing impaired are available at the coat room in the lobby of the Jarson-Kaplan Theater. These assistive listening devices operate on an infra-red system and are not compatible with other frequency-based units.

ACCESSIBLE SEATING is available in all theaters for patrons not able to transfer out of their wheelchairs or with other seating needs. Please contact the Ticket Office at (513) 621-2787 in advance to discuss your needs.

SERVICE ANIMALS are always welcome at the Aronoff Center in order to accommodate patrons with disabilities.

For more information about Cincinnati Ballet please visit our website www.cballet.org, call (513) 621-5282, or visit us at 1801 Gilbert Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45202.