Atlanta Ballet: Coco Chanel, February 2024 by Encore Magazine

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February 9–17, 2024 Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

With the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra Conductor, Jonathan McPhee Music by Peter Salem Choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa Artistic Collaboration by Nancy Meckler Set and Costume Design by Jérôme Kaplan Costume Assistant to the Designer, Mark A. Zappone Original Lighting Design by Billy Chan Lighting Design Re-creation by Joseph R. Walls Audio Consultant, Roy Cheung Presenting Underwriter

Chris Carlos in honor of Thalia N. Carlos With additional support from Katherine Scott, Nancy Field & Michael Schulder, an anonymous donor, Arrow Exterminators, Kathleen & Kirk Knous, Ginny Brewer, Yee Family Charitable Trust, and Linda & Don Morris. A Co-production of Hong Kong Ballet, Atlanta Ballet and Queensland Ballet

On the cover: Atlanta Ballet dancer Emily Carrico. Photo by Shoccara Marcus.

atlanta ballet COMPANY BALLET REPETITEURS

Angela Agresti, Rory Hohenstein, Eduardo Permuy

CHOREOGRAPHER-IN-RESIDENCE Claudia Schreier

DEAN OF THE CENTRE FOR DANCE EDUCATION Sharon Story

THE COMPANY

Nadyne Bispo, Severin Brotschul, Georgie Grace Butler, Emily Carrico, Michael Caye, Anastasia Cheplyansky, Dylan Clinard, Catherine Conley, Larissa Dal’Santo, Guillermo Dominguez, Brooke Gilliam, Jessica He, Airi Igarashi, Darian Kane, Erik Kim, Saho Kumagai, Sojung Lee, Jordan Leeper, Guilherme Maciel, Sergio Masero, Juliana Missano, Miguel Angel Montoya, Marius Morawski, Denys Nedak, Carraig New, Patric Palkens, Madison Penney, Ángel Ramírez, Kaitlin Matree Roemer, Mikaela Santos, Anderson Souza, Fuki Takahashi, Munkhjin Ulziijargal, Kelsey Van Tine, Ashley Wegmann, Spencer Wetherington, Luiz Fernando Xavier, Rei Yamaguchi

ATLANTA BALLET 2

Santiago Bedoya, Claire Buchi, Gianna Horton-Sibble, Camille Jackson, Avery Jarrard, Isabella Kessler, Jacob Arthur Lainchbury, Ashley McKoy, Mayu Nakayama, Estefania Ontanilla, Dyhan Pierre, Ícaro Queiros, Emma Sophia Robinson, Joaquin Ruiz, Paxton Speight, Emanuel Talongo, Rachel Zinman

Atlanta Ballet 2 courtesy of Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education

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Dorothy Moses Alexander - Atlanta Ballet Founder, 1929 - 1960 Robert Barnett - Artistic Director Emeritus, 1961 - 1994 John McFall – Artistic Director, 1994 - 2016

choreographer’s notes

Hong Kong Ballet dancers Garry Corpuz and Yang Ruiqi. Photo by Tony Luk, courtesy of Hong Kong Ballet.

The life of Coco Chanel is a rags-to-riches story which lends itself perfectly to being told through the medium of dance. Whereas many ballet heroines are created as a convenient love interest for a male character, I discovered in Chanel a strong woman of great talent, full of complexities and conflicting desires. Starting from poor beginnings, Chanel worked her way to the top of her profession to become the most visionary, creative and iconic fashion designer of modern times. Finding the nuances in her story and choosing which aspects of her life would be danceable and theatrically interesting was an inviting challenge for me and my team. Each scene serves as a piece of a kaleidoscope that unveils who Coco Chanel is and what makes her iconic. We chose to develop three themes: the transformation of the poverty-stricken Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel into the rich and famous designer and businesswoman Coco Chanel; her dramatic, groundbreaking transformation of the female silhouette through the years; and the loss of the great love of her life, Boy Capel. All her life, from a very young age, Coco was dedicated to being totally independent. She refused to be owned. Her fashion liberated women, giving them freedom from traditionally restrictive clothing, and at the same time, her simple, elegant clothes gave women a seductive power attractive to men. She herself loved seducing men, although only on her own terms. Complications often arose when she had to accept funding from the men in her life. Throughout the ballet, we are aware of the driving force of Shadow-Chanel, the ambitious and determined side of Coco. Translating Chanel’s long life into dance has been a fascinating journey. I like challenges, and it was not easy to find ways to tell this story but I would not be a choreographer if it was an easy task. It is the unknown and the challenges which keep me going. - Annabelle Lopez Ochoa

synopsis

SYNOPSIS PROLOGUE We see young Coco, a penniless seamstress, sewing garments of the rich and fashionable in order to survive. She is observed from a distance by her future self, Shadow-Chanel.

ACT I Cabaret Coco and her sister Julia dance for their supper in a noisy Parisian bistro, receiving cash for their efforts. Balsan, a wealthy man, notices Coco and tries to seduce her. At first, Coco resists, but Shadow-Chanel urges her to dance with him, showing her a way out of poverty into a world of luxury and power. Life with Balsan As simple chairs become exquisite chandeliers, Balsan’s world appears. Shadow-Chanel convinces Coco to visit Balsan’s manor, where a huge party is underway. The party guests find Coco, this strangely dressed outsider, a curiosity. Soon the party descends into wild and drunken behavior, but Boy Capel emerges as a vision of calm and gentleness. Hats Chanel starts her design career by creating hats. Actress Dorziat comes to visit and has her silhouette dramatically transformed by the hand of the designer herself. Coco’s reputation grows. Capel offers to help Coco buy her own shop. Not wanting to lose her independence, she refuses, but ShadowChanel convinces her to accept his offer. Deauville Inspired by male clothing she sees on the streets of Deauville, Coco creates sailor-inspired outfits for women that will become all the rage in the 1920s. She is overjoyed when Balsan and Boy Capel buy her a shop. The two men are clearly in competition for Coco’s attention. However, they eventually leave to re-join their upper-class world, and she is left alone and lonely. ShadowChanel reminds her that nothing should distract her from her real calling. Work is the answer. Coco’s Empire As she oversees the army of seamstresses, Coco is tough and demanding. Actress Dorziat gets another transformation in one of Coco’s signature garments. Coco’s fame grows. Boy Capel applauds her success, and they dance their love for each other. Chanel No. 5 Five groups of flower ladies dance. Which one will be chosen as Chanel’s perfume scent? Wertheimer, a businessman who is interested in financing the perfume, has a business proposal for Coco. Shadow-Chanel encourages Coco to accept the deal—something she will regret her whole life since Wertheimer now owns 70 percent of all income from Chanel No. 5.

synopsis

The Logo There are a few myths about the origins of the famous Chanel logo. According to the French brand, Chanel designed the interlocking Cs in 1925 as an homage to a monastery in Aubazine where she spent most of her childhood. A more romantic myth posits that the two Cs represent the first letters of Chanel and Boy Capel, her business partner and love of her life. Loss In 1919, Boy Capel dies tragically in a car crash.

– Intermission – ACT II Moving on and Stravinsky Devastated by the sudden loss, Coco mourns Boy Capel but eventually realizes that she needs to move on. When she meets Igor Stravinsky, she is so enamored by his creativity and talent that she commits to funding his iconic The Rite of Spring. Their short-lived love affair comes to an end by the reality of Stravinsky’s wife and children. Once again, Coco faces solitude but is urged by Shadow-Chanel to dive deeply into her work and grow the Chanel empire. The War Years When France is occupied during World War II, Chanel closes her shop and lives the high life at the Paris Ritz Hotel. She mingles with the Nazis and starts a romance with a senior Nazi officer, Baron von Dincklage. Using the Aryanization laws that target Jewish-owned businesses, Chanel denounces her business partner Wertheimer in order to gain control of her perfume No. 5. Wertheimer had anticipated German seizing laws and sold the company to a Frenchman for the duration of the war. Exile and the Nouvelle Vague After the war, Coco is rejected by Parisian society for her collaboration with the Nazis. She flees to Switzerland and lives in exile for eight years. Meanwhile in Paris, her perfume No. 5 remains a huge success, even as the city streets fill up with Christian Dior’s Nouvelle Vague fashion. Chanel is distressed by the popularity of this new silhouette with its yards of superfluous fabric and a tight waistline. The Comeback Coco has a nightmare vision where she and her team rip the Dior dresses off all the women. Satisfied, Coco puts the women back into her signature look and silhouette. Her comeback is funded by her former partner, Wertheimer. Finally, she becomes the icon that was her destiny. In the distance, Boy Capel watches over her.

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leadership 13 leadership GENNADI NEDVIGIN (Artistic Director), in February 2016, was named Atlanta Ballet’s fourth artistic director in the Company’s then 87-year history. Nedvigin, born in Rostov, Russia, began his training at age 5. At 10, he was accepted into the Bolshoi Ballet Academy. Upon graduating, he joined Moscow Renaissance Ballet as a soloist before he was invited to dance with Le Jeune Ballet de France in Paris. In 1997, while on tour in the U.S., San Francisco Ballet (SFB) Artistic Director Helgi Tomasson offered Nedvigin a soloist contract. After three years, he was promoted to principal dancer. During his 19-year tenure at SFB Nedvigin won the International Competition’s Erik Bruhn Prize (1999). He has also received three Isadora Duncan Dance Awards (2001, 2010 and 2017). Along the way, Nedvigin was fortunate to work with many world-renowned choreographers. In addition to his dancing career, Nedvigin also taught master classes and staged ballets in the U.S. and abroad before becoming an artistic director. Recently, Nedvigin sat on juried panels at the World Ballet Competition in Orlando, the International Ballet Competition held in Jackson, Mississippi, Japan Grand Prix and the Youth America Grand Prix. Under Nedvigin’s guidance, Atlanta Ballet has established the Academy training program, which includes a top-tier performance ensemble, Atlanta Ballet 2, representing his commitment to training for the next generation of professional dancers. TOM WEST (Executive Director) assumed his role as Atlanta Ballet’s Executive Director at the top of the 2021 | 2022 Season. West’s career in arts management spans more than 20 years, including leadership roles at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Segerstrom Center for the Arts and American Film Institute. An actor and theatre director by training, West received a Master of Arts in arts administration from American University and began his career in arts management at the Kennedy Center in 1997, where he rose to serve as Vice President of Development, overseeing all fundraising programs for the National Symphony Orchestra and the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, and leading the effort to fund a remount of Balanchine’s Don Quixote. In 2007, West served as Vice President of Development for the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California. From 2010-2021, West served as the Chief Advancement Officer for the American Film Institute (AFI) in Los Angeles, where he championed the development of new programs to provide bridges to the film industry for under-represented storytellers in Hollywood. West also served on AFI’s senior leadership team, shaping organizational strategy for the Institute’s filmmaker training programs and working with major studios developing targeted diversity initiatives, as well as its strategy for weathering the COVID-19 pandemic. West established the AFI National Council in 2011, a community of philanthropists from across the United States who serve as champions for excellence in the art of film and opportunities for the next generation of great storytellers. SHARON STORY (Dean of the Centre for Dance Education) joined Atlanta Ballet after a professional dance career that spanned more than 20 years and included tenures with Joffrey Ballet, the School of American Ballet, Stars of New York City Ballet, Atlanta Ballet and 10 years with Boston Ballet. Her Boston Ballet tenure included international tours with Rudolf Nureyev. In 1996, along with her role as ballet mistress, Story became dean of Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education (Centre), which has grown to become one of the largest dance schools in the nation. The Centre is nationally recognized for its programs and community initiatives. Under Story’s direction, the Centre achieved accreditation with the National Association of Schools of Dance (NASD). She serves on the board of directors for NASD. In 2021, Story received Atlanta Ballet’s Dorothy Alexander Award. She received the 2015 Women Making a Mark Award from Atlanta Magazine and was featured in the Arts ATL Legacy Series 2018. Story is committed to providing a noncompetitive atmosphere and access to dance education that is shaped by the community’s needs, is innovative and inspires the commitment and excellence that are the trademarks of Atlanta Ballet.

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artistic staff ANGELA AGRESTI (Company Repetiteur) grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she began her training at the Jordon College Academy of Dance. In high school, she transferred to North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) for ballet where she worked closely with mentor Anna-Marie Holmes. After UNCSA, Agresti went on to dance with Cincinnati Ballet for one season before moving to Amsterdam to be in Het Nationale Ballet (Dutch National Ballet) where she danced for eight years. While at Het Nationale Ballet, she danced a mix of classical ballets, Balanchine works, Hans van Manen repertoire, contemporary and neoclassical works, along with new creations. Agresti has been featured in William Forsythe’s Second Detail, Alexei Ratmansky’s Don Quichot, Shen Wei’s Sacre du Printemps, and other notable ballets, such as The Dream, Paquita and Swan Lake. During her time dancing in Amsterdam, Agresti gained experience as a choreographic assistant for multiple choreographers’ stage, film and festival works. She traveled to Riom, Switzerland, assisting works by Juanjo Arques and Peter Leung for the Origen Cultural Festival. She also worked with Peter Leung on the first-ever virtual reality ballet titled Nightfall. Since returning to the U.S. in 2018, Agresti has been teaching, coaching and rehearsing dancers at the collegiate, preprofessional and professional levels. She held positions at Butler University and Anderson University, and as a company ballet teacher and rehearsal assistant at Gregory Hancock Dance Theatre. In 2018, she assisted Annabelle Lopez Ochoa in the making of Tulips and Lobster for Kansas City Ballet and re-staged the work for the company the following season. She holds certifications in the ABT National Training Curriculum for levels Pre-Primary through Level 5 and has received Basi Pilates teacher training for mat Pilates and reformer. She is certified as an integrative nutrition health coach and holds a Nonprofit Management Certificate from the University of California Irvine. Agresti is looking forward to her second season with Atlanta Ballet. RORY HOHENSTEIN (Company Repetiteur) was born in Washington D.C., where he began dancing at the age of 6. Hohenstein furthered his training from the age of 12 at the Kirov Academy of Ballet. At 17, he joined Le Jeune Ballet de France in Paris. In 2000, he joined San Francisco Ballet as a member of the corps, being promoted to soloist in 2006. In 2008, he moved to New York, joining Christopher Wheeldon’s company, Morphoses, performing in its home seasons at New York City Center and at Sadler’s Wells in London. He spent a season dancing with the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company before joining the Joffrey Ballet in 2011, where he continued to be a leading artist with the company through the 2018/19 season. Some personal highlights include dancing the roles of Romeo in Krzysztof Pastor’s Romeo and Juliet, Riff in Jerome Robbins’ West Side Story Suite, Levin in Yuri Possokhov’s Anna Karenina and in Wayne McGregor’s Eden/Eden. Hohenstein has been a company repetiteur at Atlanta Ballet since 2019. EDUARDO PERMUY (Company Repetiteur) was born in Cuba, where he began his training at the age of 7 at Laura Alonso’s ballet school Pro-Danza, later joining the National Ballet School of Cuba and finishing at Miami City Ballet School under the tutelage of Nancy Raffa. At the age of 17, Permuy started his professional career with Miami City Ballet as an apprentice and he went on to enjoy a career of 18 years also dancing for American Ballet Theatre Studio Company, Joffrey Ballet, Ballet West, Smuin Contemporary Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, and appearing as guest artist with a few others. During this time, his repertoire included most of the classics and a vast number of ballets from the Balanchine repertoire, ranging from corps to principal roles. He also had the opportunity to perform ballets from Gerald Arpino, Robert Joffrey, Jiří Kylián, Kurt Joss, John Cranko, Frederick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan, Twyla Tharp, Helen Picket, Nicolo Fonte, Antony Tudor, Ulysses Dove, Michael Smuin, Val Caniparoli, Alberto Alonso, Benjamin Millepied, Leonide Massine,

artistic staff and Amy Seiwert. Throughout his career, Permuy feels blessed to have learned from figures like Nancy Raffa, Fernanado Bujones, Martha Bosh, Sir Anthony Dowell, Christopher Carr, Eddie Villella and Clinton Luckett. In 2021, he joined Cleveland Ballet as a director of repertoire, where he had the opportunity not only to perform ballet master duties but also was able to return to the stage as a character dancer, performing the roles of Don Quijote in the ballet by the same name and Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker. This is Permuy’s second season with Atlanta Ballet. CLAUDIA SCHREIER (Choreographer-in-Residence) has choreographed, directed and produced for dance, opera and film across the U.S. and internationally. She has been commissioned by Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Vail Dance Festival, Juilliard Opera, ABT Studio Company and New York Choreographic Institute and premiered new works for San Francisco Ballet and Richmond Ballet in 2023. Schreier has created four works for Atlanta Ballet: First Impulse, named a 2019 Standout Performance by Pointe Magazine; Pleiades Dances (2021); Fauna (2022); and Carnivale (2023) and will present a new World Premiere for the company in May 2024. In October 2022, in collaboration with the Cathedral Choir Society, Atlanta Ballet performed excerpts of Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette at the Washington National Cathedral, choreographed by Schreier. In 2021, she released Force of Habit, a film commissioned by Guggenheim Works & Process and co-presented by Atlanta Ballet. She has contributed to programs at the White House, Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center, including the Kennedy Center Honors. Her work is the subject of two documentaries, including PBS’s Emmy Award-winning “Dancing on the Shoulders of Giants” (Capital Region). She is a recipient of the Princess Grace Award, Toulmin Fellowship at the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU, Lotos Prize, and Suzanne Farrell Dance Prize.

the company

NADYNE BISPO Santos Coast of São Paulo, Brazil

SEVERIN BROTSCHUL Glen Arbor, Michigan

GEORGIE GRACE BUTLER Roswell, Georgia

EMILY CARRICO Lexington, Kentucky

MICHAEL CAYE Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

ANASTASIA CHEPLYANSKY Saratoga, California

DYLAN CLINARD High Point, North Carolina

CATHERINE CONLEY Chicago, Illinois

LARISSA DAL’SANTO Chapecó, Brazil

GUILLERMO DOMINGUEZ Burgos, Spain

BROOKE GILLIAM Boulder, Colorado

JESSICA HE Rancho Cucamonga, California

AIRI IGARASHI Gunma, Japan

DARIAN KANE Lincoln, California

ERIK KIM Little Rock, Arkansas

SAHO KUMAGAI Sapporo, Japan

SOJUNG LEE Chungju, South Korea

JORDAN LEEPER Jamestown, New York

Visit atlantaballet.com/about/dancers/company to learn more about the Company.

the company

GUILHERME MACIEL São Paulo, Brazil

SERGIO MASERO Madrid, Spain

JULIANA MISSANO Lloyd Harbor, New York

MIGUEL ANGEL MONTOYA Cali, Colombia

MARIUS MORAWSKI Łódź, Poland

DENYS NEDAK Odessa, Ukraine

CARRAIG NEW Juneau, Alaska

PATRIC PALKENS Boston, Massachusetts

MADISON PENNEY Mesa, Arizona

ÁNGEL RAMÍREZ Trinidad, Cuba

KAITLIN MATREE ROEMER Highland, Michigan

MIKAELA SANTOS Manila, Philippines

ANDERSON SOUZA Santo Angelo, RS, Brazil

FUKI TAKAHASHI Yokohama, Japan

MUNKHJIN ULZIIJARGAL Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

KELSEY VAN TINE Naples, Florida

SPENCER WETHERINGTON Bridgeton, New Jersey

LUIZ FERNANDO XAVIER São Paulo, Brazil

REI YAMAGUCHI Hokkaido, Japan

ASHLEY WEGMANN Shamong, New Jersey

Atlanta Ballet photos by Kim Kenney.

artistic & production team ANNABELLE LOPEZ OCHOA (Choreography) is an award-winning choreographer who has created ballets for more than 75 dance companies around the world, including New York City Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, English National Ballet, and Hong Kong Ballet, among others. In 2009, Temecula Performing Arts Examiner pinpointed exactly what Ochoa stands for by writing, “Ochoa is truly a masterful choreographer with an edge for what dance can and should be in this constantly changing industry”. In 2019, Ochoa became the recipient of the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award. She is one of the very few female choreographers creating narrative ballets around the world. Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon, is Ochoa’s tenth narrative ballet, and is a co-production with Hong Kong Ballet, Atlanta Ballet, and Queensland Ballet. NANCY MECKLER (Artistic Collaboration) is a freelance director of theatre, film and dance. She ran Shared Experience Theatre, a UK touring company, for over 20 years and has directed for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Shakespeare’s Globe. She collaborated with Annabelle Lopez Ochoa in 2012 on A Streetcar Named Desire for Scottish Ballet. Since then, they have worked together on Broken Wings, Frida, The Little Prince, and Doña Perón. Meckler was the first woman to direct at the National Theatre. She has also directed two feature films for Film Four including Alive and Kicking, a film about a dancer, which won the London Film Festival Audience Award in 1997. JÉRÔME KAPLAN (Set and Costume Design). Born in Paris, Jérôme Kaplan studied Scenography at the Ecole de la Rue Blanche (ENSATT). After graduating in 1987, he began designing sets and costumes for theatre and opera. In 1992, he collaborated with the Ballets de Monte-Carlo and JeanChristophe Maillot on L’Enfant et les Sortilèges. He went on to design sets and costumes for the productions of Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella, CasseNoisette Circus, Œil pour Œil and Scheherazade, and in 2001, became the first French scenographer to collaborate with the National Ballet of China in Beijing, where he created costumes for Raise the Red Lantern, staged by director Zhang Yimou. Kaplan has showcased his talents worldwide, including for The Sleeping Beauty for the Royal Danish Ballet, The Nutcracker for the Mikhailovsky Theatre, Spartacus for the Australian Ballet, Sylvia for the Houston Ballet, Don Quixote for the Dutch National Ballet, Cinderella for the Australian Ballet, Paquita for the Bayerisches Staatsballett, Swan Lake for the Zürich Ballet, and La Bayadere for the Staatsballett Berlin. In 2012, Kaplan won a Golden Mask Award for the Costume Design of the world premiere of Lost Illusions for the Bolshoi in Moscow. JOSEPH R. WALLS (Lighting Design Re-creation) recently designed the 2023 world premiere of Orlando Ballet’s The Nutcracker. He has worked with numerous choreographers on their new works, including Ricardo Amarante, Gemma Bond, Dana Genshaft, John Heginbotham, Sophie Laplane, Jessica Lang, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Trey McIntyre, Andrea Miller, Yoshiaki Nakano, Juliano Nuñes, Helen Pickett, Ethan Stiefel, Desmond Richardson, Dwight Rhoden, and Yury Yanowsky. Walls also designed the weeklong celebration–The World Youth Day with Pope Francis in Panama. Upcoming productions include the world premiere of Johan Kobborg’s Lucile with the National Ballet of Cuba and a new La Sylphide collaboration with Howard Jones and Ethan Stiefel. www.jwallsdesign.com

artistic & production team PETER SALEM (Music). Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon is Salem’s eighth full length ballet score. Other music for dance includes the score for Scottish Ballet’s critically acclaimed A Streetcar Named Desire, English National Ballet‘s Broken Wings, Dutch National Ballet’s Frida, The Little Prince for BalletX and Doña Perón for Ballet Hispanico, all choreographed by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Other scores include Atlanta Ballet’s Camino Real based on the play by Tennessee Williams and Scottish Ballet’s The Crucible, both choreographed by Helen Pickett and for which he was nominated for a British Dance Award. Salem’s media work is also internationally renowned, principally his music for the BBC series Call the Midwife (which won the Best Television Programme Music category at the Music and Sound Awards 2016), as well as other high profile productions including dramas such as Cider With Rosie, Five Daughters (nominated for Best Original Score at the RTS awards), Great Expectations (BBC) and documentaries including Francesco’s Venice and Simon Schama’s The Power of Art (BBC2). His extensive theatre work includes many scores for productions by the Royal Shakespeare Company, The Royal National Theatre and Shared Experience Theatre. JONATHAN MCPHEE (Conductor) is Music Director for the Lexington Symphony, and Music Director Emeritus for Boston Ballet having completed 28 years as Music Director for that Company. His adaptation of Wagner’s Ring Cycle into two full evenings with orchestra and singers premiered in 2016 to rave reviews and will soon be available from Boosey & Hawkes. McPhee has served as conductor for The Royal Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, National Ballet of Canada, The Australian Ballet, New York City Ballet, Den Norske Ballett in Norway, the Houston Ballet, and Royal Danish Ballet, among many others. In addition to a broad repertoire in the field of dance, McPhee has conducted pops concerts and opera. His works as an arranger and composer are published by Boosey & Hawkes, Inc, & Schott Music Publishers in Germany, and are in the repertoires of orchestras and ballet companies around the world. McPhee’s edition of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring and The Firebird are the only authorized reduced orchestrations of these works. McPhee’s best-selling recording of The Nutcracker with the Boston Ballet Orchestra has achieved “classical gold” status. He has recorded highlights from Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty and Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet with that orchestra, and Michael Gandolfi’s Caution to the Wind on the CRI label. McPhee was the conductor for the films of Martha Graham’s works telecast by DANCE IN AMERICA that included Samuel Barber’s Cave of the Heart, Gian Carlo Menotti’s Errand into the Maze, and Edgard Varèse’s Intégrales, Offrandes, and Octandre. McPhee received his L.R.A.M. from the Royal Academy of Music and University of London, and a B.M. and M.M. from The Juilliard School.

board of trustees

Officers Nancy Field, J.D., Chair Barbara S. Joiner, Vice Chair Linda Morris, Treasurer Jan Beaves, Secretary Lynda B. Courts, Chair Emeritus Trustees Elizabeth Adams Emily C. Baker Ron Breakstone Ginny Brewer Chris Carlos Lynn Cochran-Schroder Cynthia Crain, Ed.D. Vanessa Delmer Yelena Epova, CPA Nigel Ferguson Jacqueline Flake Amy Gerome Matthew Hartnett Mona Heyer Lindsay R. Hill Joyce Houser, Ph.D. Tharon Johnson Kathleen Knous Kristin Manion Taylor Araya Mesfin, CFP Taylor Meyer, CFA Linda Morris Gennadi Nedvigin* Rachel Lee Phipps Katherine Scott Tom West* Advisory Council David M. Barnett Mark Bell, Ph.D. Dr. Meria Carstarphen Harvey Coleman Elaine E. Davis Erroll B. Davis Anne-Laure Desjonquères Lovely Dhillon F. Javier Diaz Raoul “Ray” Donato Jake Evans Linda Nau Givens Mark Goldman Robert L. Green Susan S. Kettering Allegra Lawrence-Hardy Allen Maines Santiago Marquez Juan Mejia Allen W. Nelson Eric Robbins Arden Hess Rowland Scot Safon Laura Turner Seydel

Sharon Silvermintz Rebecca Christian Smith Anat Sultan-Dadon Dov Wilker Allen W. Yee Sonjia Waller Young Honorary Board Margaret Carton David Crosland Kenneth R. Hey Wade Hooper J. David Hopkins Bill Huber, CPA Michael Jones Sloan Kennedy-Smith Edward B. Krugman Amanda Shailendra Michelle Sullivan Trustees Emeriti Lynda B. Courts Lavona S. Currie † Karen Vereb Patti Wallace † Lifetime Board Jane Dean Carole Goldberg Joseph Prendergast Deen Day Sanders Corps de Ballet Board Sharon Silvermintz, Chair Jacqueline Flake, Vice-Chair & Secretary Joanne Chesler Gross, Treasurer Doug Weiss, Immediate Past Chair Jennifer Alewine Kimberlyn Daniel Jane Dean Jessica DeHart Nancy Flaherty Caroline Jeffords Corrie Johnson Lara Mitchelson Amy Nelson Melissa Nowak Gailen Rosenberg Arden Hess Rowland Dottie Smith Marsha Taylor Preston Wilson, Jr. *Ex-Officio †In Memoriam

orchestra

ATLANTA BALLET ORCHESTRA VIOLIN Lisa Morrison Concertmaster

FLUTE Jeanne Carere Principal

TROMBONE William Mann Principal

Sally Gardner-Wilson Assoc. Concertmaster

Kelly Bryant*

Ryan Black

Elonia Varfi Acting Principal Second

OBOE Alexandra Shatalova Prior Principal

Pete Ciaschini Felix Farrar Patti Gouvas Eva Hsu Alison James Kathryn Koch* Elena Kolbrek Shawn Pagliarini Patrick Ryan Angèle Sherwood -Lawless+ Rafael Veytsblum Ying Zhuo

Christina Gavin

VIOLA Joli Wu Principal

Dan Worley

Josiah Coe Shadwa Mussad Kristeen Sorrells CELLO Charae Krueger Principal Sarah Kapps* Mary Kenney+ Alexis Lee Laura Usiskin CONTRABASS Adam Bernstein Principal Sam Dugo

CLARINET Katherine White Principal Gregory Collins+ Miranda Dohrman* Andrew Warwick BASSOON Amy Pollard Principal

HORN Jason Eklund Principal Eric Hawkins Amy Trotz TRUMPET Ryan Moser Acting Principal Kevin Lyons+ Co-Principal John Morrison+ Co-Principal Alex Freund Greg Holland

TUBA Don Strand+ Principal Greg Rowell Acting Principal PERCUSSION Mike Cebulski Principal Stuart Gerber Jeff Kershner KEYBOARD Scott Douglas PIANO Western-Li Summerton HARP Nella Rigell Principal * 1-Year Appointment + Leave of Absence

supporters

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THE CHOREOGRAPHER’S CIRCLE

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Special thanks and deepest gratitude to the Atlanta Ballet Trustees for 100% participation in contributions to Atlanta Ballet’s Operating Reserve Fund, with leadership gifts from The Carlos Family Foundation, Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Courts II, Nancy Field & Michael Schulder, and Katherine Scott.

supporters THE DANCER’S CIRCLE

Recognizes generous gifts up to $10,000

GRAND JETÉ $7,500+ Robert J. Barnett Pam & Paul Whitacre TOUR JETÉ $5,000+ Anonymous James J. Andrews, in honor of Jill M. Voznick Lucy & Henry Bush Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence W. Davis Mr. Richard Delay & Ms. Francine Dykes Mr. Daniel E. Gaylord & Ms. Marilyn Altman Joanne & Alex Gross Kenneth & Colleen Hey Mariana Laufer Carole & Nelson Marchioli Linda & Don Morris Ginger Brill Pisik Wade Rakes & Nicholas Miller Mr. & Mrs. Mark Silberman Karen Vereb & Bud Blanton ASSEMBLÉ $2,500+ Diana & Miguel Arteche Robert & Terry Banta Mr. & Mrs. Jerome M. Cooper Mr. Mark du Mas Steve, Susan & Grace Hauser, in memory of Armantine Groshong James Honkisz & Catherine Binns Dr. Leslie & Mrs. Marilyn Kelman, in honor of Darcy & Rachel Denneen Dr. & Mrs. Ellis L. Malone Gino & Belinda Massafra Mr. & Mrs. Larry Pelletier Stuart Pliner & Barbara Bing Pliner Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ratonyi Debby & Baker Smith Sharon Story, Julien & Kim Kenney The Mortimer Family Dr. Peter & Mrs. Beverly Thomas Dr. John Trimble & Ms. Marianne Stribling Irma J. Turnipseed Sonia P. Witkowski Allen W. Yee GLISSADE $1,000+ Anonymous (3) Overton & Kay Anderson Ms. Tracie Arnold Hope Barrett

Mr. & Mrs. Martin P. Bennett Xavier Bignon Peter Boucher Mr. & Mrs. Sean Bowen Michael Bracken, in memory of Louis Molino Dr. & Mrs. James A. Brennan, M.D. Dr. & Mrs. William Brinkman Dr. Harold J. Brody & Mr. Donald E. Smith Kate & Scott Carmack Mr. Michael E. Carroll & Mr. Paul Alberto David Cofrin & Christine Tryba-Cofrin Lawrence M. Cohen John Condo Consilium Partner Group Ann & Frank Critz Dr. & Mrs. O. Anderson Currie, Jr., in honor of Sharon Story Heather Dean Mrs. Jane S. Dean Robert Paul Dean & Robert Epstein Kevin & Demi Doyle Lauren Elliott Doug & Florida Ellis Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Goddard Dr. Marvin Goldstein Richard Goodjoin & Kelvin Davis Mrs. Carol Lanier Goodman Francis & Marguerite Hallman Lisa & Forrest Hibbard Dorothea & Robert Jeffrey Holland & Ceci Johnson Mrs. Peter G. Kessenich, Sr. Edward Krugman & Jill Pryor Leigh Anna & Steven Lang Allegra Lawrence-Hardy & Timothy Hardy Ms. Doreen M. Lewis Linda L. Lively & James E. Hugh III Melissa & Austin Merritt Audrey & Danny Meyer Margaret Painter Dr. Z. Pressley and Mr. Billy S. Rice Walter & Arden Rowland, in honor of Elliott Rowland Ashley & Drew Scott Manda & Jeremy Shankel Toreya Shea Beverly & Dianne Shlapak Dr. & Mrs. Mark Silverstein Matt Simon

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Anne M. Spratlin Mr. & Mrs. James E. Stueve Mr. & Mrs. Perry Taylor Johnny Thigpen & Clay Martin, in honor of Tricia Ekholm Dr. Kirsten Travers-UyHam & Mr. John J. UyHam Annie York Trujillo & Karen Trujillo Mrs. Julie Turner-Davis & Mr. John Davis Joseph & Heather Vivona Eric & Chan Voiles Harriet H. Warren Betsy Wash Norman Zapien RELEVÉ $500+ Ann Barrett Herb & Lisa Bastin Richard Bohrer Cynthia Brant Kerry Bryan Mrs. Carolyn Champion Carol Comstock & Jim Davis Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Courts II James Datka & Nora DePalma Mr. Joseph Dawsey III Ashleigh Dobrin, in loving memory of Mel Dobrin Amanda Dove Antoinette J. Earley & William L. Green Elaine Eaton Tricia & Chris Ekholm Kathryn & Patrick Gaul Christine A. Gilliam Marius Hechter Helen & Jeff Herbert Vicki Hooten Mr. Douglas Hopkins Allan & Vaneesa Little Jean & Robert McColl Eugene and Carol Meany

Terri & Stephen Nagler Miho & Gennadi Nedvigin Mrs. Debby Overstreet Judith Powell Grace Pownall & Ron Harris Dr. Robert & Gail Riesenberg Dr. & Mrs. William M. Scaljon Jennie & Stephen Schuermann Shad Sterling Teena Stern Judith Story Roberta Taylor & James Hill Aisha Walth Alan & Marcia Watt Tom West Dr. & Mrs. Wetherington

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INSTITUTIONAL GIVING Atlanta Ballet gratefully acknowledges the following corporations, foundations, and government agencies whose generous annual contributions were received during the period of November 1, 2022 – November 1, 2023. $100,000+ Bobbie Bailey Foundation Hearst Foundations The Home Depot Foundation The Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Foundation The Thalia N. Carlos & Chris M. Carlos Foundation

$10,000+ Aprio Chick-fil-A Georgia Council for the Arts National Endowment for the Arts Publix Super Markets Charities The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation

$75,000+ The Shubert Foundation

$5,000+ Anonymous Hellen Ingram Plummer Charitable Foundation Massey Charitable Trust Price Gilbert, Jr. Charitable Fund The Dante S. Stephensen Fund

$50,000+ City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs PNC The Zeist Foundation $25,000+ Cox Enterprises Fulton County Arts & Culture Southern Company Gas Foundation The Kettering Family Foundation $20,000+ Arrow Exterminators JBS Foundation Mark & Evelyn Trammell Foundation The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation

$1,000+ Dana Foundation ETRO Jamestown, L.P. Lindsey Treadaway, Realtor, Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices South Fulton Institute $500+ Sweet Tea Murals

$15,000+ FLOWER Magazine Google

Atlanta Ballet is supported in part by the Georgia Council for the Arts (GCA) through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. GCA also received support from its partner agency, the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by the Fulton County Commission under the guidance of the Fulton County Arts Council and the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

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GIFTS MADE IN LOVING MEMORY OF LAVONA S. CURRIE Anonymous Overton & Kay Anderson Dr. & Mrs. W. Perry Ballard III Ms. Eleanor F. Banister Robert & Terry Banta Robert J. Barnett Ruthanna & Bill Bost Mary Burns Lucy & Henry Bush Consilium Partner Group: Seth Abrams & Hunter Sapp Linda Copeland Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Courts II Betsy Akers Crawford Susan Currie Allen W. Nelson & Caroline B. Gottschalk

Peter Howard Barbara Johnson Judy Lampert Audrey & Danny Meyer Mr. & Mrs. Frederick L. Neely, Jr. Carol Osner Ginger Brill Pisik Judith Powell Mitch Purvis Patty & Doug Reid Mr. & Mrs. Schear Mr. & Mrs. Slick Judith Story Sharon Story, Julien & Kim Kenney The Office of Institutional Advancement at the Westminster Schools

THE DOROTHY ALEXANDER LEGACY SOCIETY Individuals who have included Atlanta Ballet in their long-term estate plans through bequests and other deferred-giving arrangements. Madeline & Howell Adams, Jr. C.D. Belcher Cynthia Crain Mrs. Lynn Cochran-Schroder Patty & Marc Dash Mrs. Daphne Moore Eitel Melodi Ford Brad Foresythe

Joyce Houser, Ph.D. Mrs. Audrey B. Morgan Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Morgan Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel John K. Palmisano & Stephen A. Williams, III Katherine Scott Marianne Stribling

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ATLANTA BALLET IS GRATEF ATLANTA BALLET IS GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING PARTNERS FOR TH FOR THEIR SUPPORT

ATLANTA BALLET IS GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING

Atlantic Capital, The Preferred Bank of Atlanta Ba PARTNERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT tlantic Capital, The Preferred Bank of Atlanta Ballet Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters, The Official C atdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters, The Official Coffee Provider of Atlanta Ballet orporate Sports Unlimited, Inc., The Official Fitness Partner for Atlanta Ballet Corporate Sports Unlimited, Inc., The Official Fitn Doyle Law, LLC, Immigration Counsel oyle Law, LLC, Immigration Counsel Jones Provider Day, Attorneys Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters, The Official Coffee of Atlanta ones Day, Attorneys Kim Kenney Photography m Kenney Photography Ballet Publix Super Markets, The Preferred Supermarket ublix Super Markets, The Preferred Supermarket of Atlanta Ballet Cookerly PR Frank A. Sinkoe, DPM, podiatric medicine ank A. Sinkoe, DPM, podiatric medicine Kara Pepper, MD, internal medicine, Laurette Med Corporate SportsLaurette Unlimited, Inc., The Official Health, Wellness, and Fitness ara Pepper, MD, internal medicine, Medical Group Laura Gandy, MD, internal medicine, Laurette Med aura Gandy, MD, internal medicine, Laurette Medical Group Partner of Atlanta Ballet adine Kaslow, Ph.D, ABPP, Psychologist, Emory University School of Medicine Nadine Kaslow, Ph.D, ABPP, Psychologist, Emory DoyleBrookwood Law, LLC, Immigration Counsel Bryn Chafin, LCSW, Brookwood Center for Psych ryn Chafin, LCSW, Center for Psychotherapy Brandon Nguyen, B-Right Atl Sports Massage JD B-Right FrenchAtlMedia randon Nguyen, Sports Massage Dr. Cliff Willimon, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Child r. Cliff Willimon, MD, Day, Orthopedic Surgeon, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Jones Attorneys Dr. Dominic Carreira, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Pe r. Dominic Carreira, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Peachtree Orthopedics Dr. Jason Bariteau, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Emo Kim MD, Kenney Photography r. Jason Bariteau, Orthopedic Surgeon, Emory Healthcare Dr.Atlanta Ched Garten II, MD, Paragon Sports Medicine r. Ched Garten II, MD,Super ParagonMarkets, Sports Medicine Publix The Preferred Supermarket of Ballet Dr. Rayden Cody, MD, Peachtree Spine and Sport r. Rayden Cody, MD, & Peachtree Spine and Sports Smith Howard, Audit Firm Physicians Mandy Blackmon, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therapy andy Blackmon, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therapy, Atlanta Dance Medicine Emma Faulkner, DPT, OCS, physical therapy, Physical Services medical coordination provided byPT, Atlanta Dance mma Faulkner, PT, DPT,Therapy OCS, physical therapy,and Atlanta Dance Medicine Mark Nimmo, PT, DPT, physical therapy, BenchMa ark Nimmo, PT, DPT, physical Physical Medicine, LLCtherapy, MandyBenchMark Blackmon, PT, Therapy DPT, Emma Faulkner, PT, DPT, and Ann Ami Kirollos, PT, DPT, CSCS, physical therapy, On mi Kirollos, PT, DPT, CSCS, physical therapy, One on One Physical Therapy MacDougall, PT, DPT and their affiliates. Susan Bush, PT, DPT, CMTPT, physical therapy, A usan Bush, PT, DPT, CMTPT, physical therapy, Atlanta Dance Medicine Anzika Tuliva, PT, physical therapy, On-Site Solut nzika Tuliva, PT, physical therapy, On-Site Solutions Physical Therapy Physicians and allied health providers: Ali Hoegel, DPT, physical therapy, Atlanta Sport & i Hoegel, DPT, physical therapy, Atlanta Sport & Spine Physical Therapy Liz Chesarek, PT, DPT, SCS, physical therapy, Atla z Chesarek, PT, DPT, SCS, physical therapy, Atlanta Dance Medicine Caroline Collins, MD, Emory Healthcare aggie Schessele, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therapy, Druid Hills Physical Therapy Maggie Schessele, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therap Lauren Alesch, PT, physical therapy, PT Solutions sports medicine, Emory Healthcare auren Alesch,Courtney PT, physicalGleason, therapy, PTMD, Solutions Val Schonberg, MS, RD, nutrition and dietetics al Schonberg, MS, RD, nutritionMD, and dietetics Rosa Pasculli, sports medicine, Emory Healthcare Courtney Gleason, MD, sports medicine, Emory H ourtney Gleason, MD, sports medicine, Emory Healthcare Bryn Chafin, LCSW and associates at Brookwood Center for Psychotherapy Nova Medical Centers, Occupational Medicine Cli ova Medical Centers, Occupational Medicine Clinic American Family Care, Family Practice ValCare, Schonberg, MS, RD, Dietitian, EnlightenU Nutrition Consulting merican Family Family Practice Silcox, MD; Dr. David Schiff, MD; Dr. Ashok Red r. Hal Silcox, MD; Dr. DavidNguyen, Schiff, MD; Dr. Ashok Reddy, MD; & Dr.Massage Ezequiel Cassinelli, Dr. MD,Hal Peachtree Orthopedics Brandon B-Right Atl Sports Dr. Howard Krone, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon r. Howard Krone, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Thomas Dopson, MD, Resurgens Orthopedics Stephanie Hsu, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho Institute r. Thomas Dopson, MD, Resurgens Orthopedics Stephanie Hsu, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho r. Stephanie Cliff Hsu, MD, NorthsideMD, Hospital Ortho Institute Willimon, Orthopedic Surgeon, Children’s Dr. Healthcare of Atlanta Dr. Christopher Potts, MD, Northside Hospital Ort r. Christopher Potts, MD, Northside MD, Hospital OrthoMedicine, Institute Tatiana Patsimas, Sports Children’s Healthcare Atlanta Dr. Mark Sakr,of MD, Northside Hospital Ortho Insti r. Mark Sakr, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho Institute Dr. Alonzo Sexton, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho Dominic Carreira, MD, Orthopedic Orthopedics r. Alonzo Sexton, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho Institute Surgeon, Peachtree Dr. John Andrachuk, MD, Northside Hospital Orth r. John Andrachuk, NorthsideMD, Hospital Ortho Institute JasonMD, Bariteau, Orthopedic Surgeon, Emory Healthcare Smith & Howard, Audit Firm mith & Howard, Audit Firm Ched Garten II, MD, Paragon Sports Medicine yder Truck Rental Systems, Inc., The Official Set Transporter of Atlanta Ballet Ryder Truck Rental Systems, Inc., The Official Set Epitome Risk Solutions, Inc. Rayden Inc. Cody, MD, Peachtree Spine and Sports Physicians pitome Risk Solutions,

Diego Herrera, DO, Northside Hospital Kennard Hood, MD, Emory Healthcare

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EXECUTIVE EXECUTIVE Tom West, Executive Director Tom West, Executive Director Danielle Wallace, Executive Assistant Nathan Jones, Executive Assistant & Board Liaison FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION ARTISTIC Pamela Whitacre, Chief Operating Gennadi Nedvigin, Artistic Director Officer ThomasAgresti, Fowlkes, GeneralRepetituer Manager Angela Company HanaHohenstein, Miller, Controller Rory Company Repetiteur Amani Hill, Accounts PayableRepetiteur & Benefits Manager Eduardo Permuy, Company Dana Hylton Calabro, Director, Data Services Claudia Schreier, Choreographer-in-Residence

Sicily Palms, Director of Artistic Operations ADVANCEMENT Allison Cash, Artistic Operations Coordinator/ Manda Wilhite, Director of Advancement, Assistant StageSenior Manager Major Gifts and Board Liaison Sherren Sandy, Director of Advancement, FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION Donor Engagement Pamela Whitacre, Chief Operating Officer Kelly Criss, Director of Advancement, Calla Vaughn, Controller Leadership Gifts Natasha Harris, Director of Human Resources Francesca Frederick, Director of Advancement, Dana Hylton Calabro, Director of Technology and Institutional Gifts Sales Operations D’Anté Dukes, Technology and Operations MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS Support Associate Tricia Ekholm, Chief Marketing Officer Allison Kang, Director of Public Relations PATRON SERVICES Taylor Graves, Interim Graphic Designer Stephen Hall, Patron Services Supervisor Brian Wallenberg, Video Content Producer Kristian Brown, Patron Services Coordinator Myredith Momongan, Associate Director of Connor Maguire, Patron Services Associate Group Sales Toni C. Vacinek, Associate Director of Marketing ADVANCEMENT Communications Juliana Han Witt, Chief Advancement Officer Zoey Fleck, Social Media Manager/Graphic Kelly Criss, Director of Individual Giving Designer Sherren Sandy, Director of Special Events Brianna Smith, Individual Giving Manager PATRON SERVICES Kathryn Special Events Coordinator LindsayGutierrez, Smith, Associate Director of Patron Services MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS Desiree Houston, Patron Services Manager Tricia Ekholm, Chief Marketing Officer Mallory Hazen, Patron Services Assistant Fiona Shaw, Senior Manager Communications Jasmine Martinez, Patron Services Assistant Alane Marco, Design Director Josh Reynolds, Patron Services Assistant Amber Times, Social Media Manager Justin Clay, Communications Coordinator PRODUCTION Dave Smith, Production Manager & Technical PRODUCTION Director Dave SicilySmith, Palms,Production Company Manager Manager Jonathan Fries, Technical Director Nicole Walters, Production Stage Manager Nicole Walters,Assistant Production Stage Manager Jane Kuipers, Stage Manager Kristin Kelley, Assistant Stage Manager COSTUMES Colleen McGonegle, Costume Director COSTUMES Susan Carter, CostumeCostume Construction Supervisor Colleen McGonegle, Director Abigail Dupree-Polston, Abby Polston, Draper Patternmaker Abby Manager/Wardrobe SusanParker, Carter,Company Costume Shoe Construction Supervisor Supervisor Abby Parker, Company Shoe Manager/Wardrobe BriáSupervisor/Costume Sanders, Costume Technician Technician Katherine Savage, Costume Technician Chloe Gervais, Costume Technician MaddieSimmons, Simmons,Costume CostumeTechnician Technician Maddie Ashleigh Dobrin, Finisher

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CENTRE FOR DANCE EDUCATION CENTRE DANCE EDUCATION Gennadi FOR Nedvigin, Artistic Director Gennadi Nedvigin, Sharon Story, DeanArtistic Director Sharon Dean Ballet 2 Repetiteur Serena Story, Chu, Atlanta Kelly Centre Administrative DianeTonina Caroll,Cooper, Community Partnerships Director Director Diane Caroll Sales, Community Partnerships Kelly Tonina Cooper, Centre Administrative Director Director Kate Gaul, Buckhead CentreCentre Principal Ansilla Bearden, Buckhead Manager & Nicole Adams, Virginia-Highland Centre Principal Summer Programs Coordinator Ansilla Satellite Manager AshleyBearden, Gibson Suta, Virginia-Highland Centre Brittney Flowers, Centre Education Associate Manager

Rina Cook, Front Desk Manager Faculty Nicole Adams, Alice Balhatchet, Ansilla Faculty Bearden, Shirley Bennett, Haley Bennett, Brink, Darby Marlena Marshall Abaza, Shirley Burgess, SerenaGeorgie Chu, Harmony Clair, Kelly Darby Burgess, Grace Butler, Diane Tonina Cooper, Kameron Davis, Nardja Caroll, Serena Chu, Kelly Tonina Cooper, el-Shabazz, Kate Gaul, Ashley Gibson, Nell Kameron Davis, Mia Givens, Jennifer Inman, Heflin Goza, Jennifer Inman, LaToya Princess LaToya Princess Jackson, Madelin Jamison, Jackson, Aaron James, Malik Jenkins, Courtney Johnson, Sergio Masero, Caroline Kraehe, Sergio Masero, Loren Armoni Moody, Amelia Murren, Arneshuia McFalls, Arneshuia Nelson, Anna Penny, Nelson, Kyra Opdyke, Anna Penny, Chantia Robinson, Diane Caroll Sales, Roscoe Chantia Robinson, Roscoe Sales, Sales, Erin Smith, Jasmine Stevenson, Abigail Anderson Souza, Jasmine Stevenson, Tan-Gamino, Grace Thompson, Jennifer Van Ashley Suta, Calla Vaughn, Natalya Vyashenko, Meter, Calla Vaughn, Natalya Vyashenko, Martine Weber Martine Weber Company Pianist / Music Accompanists Administrative Coordinator Elizabeth Grimes, Aleksandra Korshunova, Western-Li Summerton Yulia Rice, Gretel Rodriguez, Kyla Zollitsch Accompanists Centre Education Associates Yulia Rice, Stephanie Kosarin, Kyla Zollitsch Imani Austin-Edwards, Shannon Geary, Flora Mangio, Hui-Wen Peng, Kaitlin Roemer, Jada Centre Education Russell, Samantha Associates Schuermann, Emma Seif Anna Ames, Imani Banks, Rina Cook, Sophia Doctoroff, Sidney Hall Atlanta Ballet Boutique Carol Campbell March Leslie Judge, General Manager Nardja el-Shabazz, Asst. General Manager, Atlanta Ballet Boutique Atlanta Ballet Boutique Kate Gaul, Boutique Merchandise Manager Louise Gordon, Retail Operations Manager

Atlanta Ballet is an American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA) Company.

Atlanta Ballet is an American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Company.

Atlanta Ballet is an International Alliance of Theatrical Stage (IATSE) Employees Company.

30 theaterinformation Concessions: Concession stands are located in the center of the lobbies. All sales are cashless - credit or debit card only. Emergency Information: In the event of an emergency, please locate the nearest usher who will direct you to the appropriate exit. Elevators: Elevators are located on each side of the lobbies on all levels. Lost and found: Items are turned into Public Safety on the day of a performance. To inquire about a lost item, Please call Public Safety at 770.916.2911. Parking: Day of parking is available for $15 (credit or debit card only). There are 1,000 on-site parking spaces; 700 in a four-level deck and 300 more in a surface lot. $15 day of park fee.

Restrooms: Located on house right and house left of all three lobbies. Family restrooms are located on house right of all three lobbies. Mobility-impaired patrons may use any of our restrooms. Smoking: Smoking, vaping and e-cigarettes are prohibited inside the building. Special assistance: Persons requiring access assistance are asked to contact the Ticketmaster at 800-982-2787 for advance arrangements. Audio clarification devices are available to our hearing-impaired guests at no charge. This is on a first-come, first-served basis. These are available at the Synovus Box Office. Wheelchairs are available upon request. All items require a form of identification to be held until the item is returned. Prohibited items: The venue does not check items. Please visit https://www. cobbenergycentre.com/plan-your-visit/ prohibited-itemssecurity for more information.

ATLANTA BALLET REQUESTS

• All patrons, regardless of age, must have a ticket to be admitted to the performance. Please be aware the not all events are suitable for children. Infants will not be admitted to adult programs. Parents will be asked to remove children who create a disturbance.

• Please turn off all cellphones before each performance.

• Audio & video recording devices are not permitted.

• Please unwrap all candies and cough drops before the perfomance.

• Late arrivals will be seated in alternative

seating until intermission when you can then access your seats.

• We recommend arriving at least 45 minutes

early so you have time to visit concessions and get to the seats you purchased. Doors to Cobb Energy Centre open 90 minutes prior to the performance.