Atlanta Ballet, Fall Into Rhythm, September 2024

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ATLANTA BALLET

Atlanta Ballet dancers in Elemental Brubeck.
Photo by Kim Kenney.

September 13-15, 2024

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Tu Tu

Music by Maurice Ravel

Choreography by Stanton Welch AM

Staged by Kelly Myernick & Angela Agresti

Costume Design by Holly Hynes

Lighting Design by Lisa J. Pinkham

Associate Lighting Design by Ben Rawson

Elemental Brubeck

Music by Dave Brubeck

Choreography by Lar Lubovitch

Staged by Rory Hohenstein

Costume Design by Ann Hould-Ward

Lighting Design by Jack Mehler

Associate Lighting Design by Ben Rawson

Harmony of Opposite Tensions

A World Premiere

Music by Kirill Richter, Sofiane Pamart and Max Richter

Choreography by Kiyon C. Ross

Costume Design by Pauline Smith

Lighting Design by Ben Rawson

Supported by Kathleen & Kirk Knous

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

Santiago Bedoya, Severin Brotschul, Khulan Burenjargal, Georgie Grace Butler, Emily Carrico, Michael Caye, Catherine Conley, Larissa Dal’Santo, Brooke Gilliam, Jessica He, Gianna Horton-Sibble, Airi Igarashi, Darian Kane, Sojung Lee, Jordan Leeper, Guilherme Maciel, Sergio Masero, Juliana Missano, Miguel Angel Montoya, Marius Morawski, Mayu Nakayama, Denys Nedak, Carraig New, Madison Penney, Sophie Poulain, Ángel Ramírez, Mikaela Santos, Anderson Souza, Paxton Speight, Emanuel Tavares, Munkhjin Ulziijargal, Kelsey Van Tine, Spencer Wetherington, Luiz Fernando Xavier, Rei Yamaguchi, Nicholas Yurkevich

ATLANTA BALLET 2

Claire Buchi, Daniel Gray, Sayaka Iwase, Camille Margaret Jackson, Stacey Johnson, Isabella Kessler, Jacob Lainchbury, Emily McAllister, Ashley McKoy, Avery Nelson, Leo O’Reilly Okuno, Dyhan Pierre, Luisa Pimenta, Ícaro Queiros, Gianni Salazar, Júlio Santos, Eliza Soto, 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

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. While 19 seasons 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, the 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 25 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. Since joining Atlanta Ballet in 2021, West’s focus has been on Atlanta Ballet’s long-term financial health and prestige, expanding engagement in the greater Atlanta region and breaking down historic barriers to full participation in the artform of Ballet for all.

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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ANGELA AGRESTI (Company Repetiteur) grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana, where she began her training at the Jordon College Academy of Dance and later transferred to North Carolina School of the Arts (now 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 entitled Nightfall. Since returning to the U.S. in 2018, Agresti has been teaching, coaching and rehearsing dancers at the collegiate, pre-professional 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 PrePrimary through Level 5 and holds a Nonprofit Management Certificate from the University of California Irvine. Since being a repetiteur with Atlanta Ballet, she has worked with classical repertoire such as Don Quixote and La Sylphide as well as new works for Remi Wörtmeyer, Garrett Smith and Juliano Nunes. In the 23-24 season, Agresti had the privilege of staging Coco Chanel: The Life of a Fashion Icon for the North American premiere with Atlanta Ballet.

RORY HOHENSTEIN (Company Repetiteur) was born in Washington D.C., where he began dancing at the age of six. 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 & Juliet, Riff in Jerome Robbins’ West Side Story Suite, Fancy Free, Red Man in Lar Lubovitch’s Elemental Brubeck, The Roper in Agnes De Mille’s RODEO, Levin in Yuri Possokhov’s Anna Karenina, Forgotten Land from Jiří Kylián and Wayne McGregor’s Eden/Eden. As a Repetiteur Rory has staged several works from Choreographers Helgi Tommason, Lar Lubovitch and Liam Scarlet. He has been a Company Repetiteur with 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, 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 third 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 created over 50 works for various companies and organizations, including San Francisco Ballet, Boston Ballet, Miami City Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Vail Dance Festival, Richmond Ballet, Guggenheim Works & Process, ABT Studio Company, Juilliard Opera, New York Choral Society, and New York Choreographic Institute. Her works for Atlanta Ballet include Nighthawks, Carnivale, Fauna, Pleiades Dances, and First Impulse, named a 2019 Standout Performance by Pointe Magazine Schreier and Atlanta Ballet partnered with the Cathedral Choir Society in 2022 to present Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette at the Washington National Cathedral. In 2021, Schreier 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, most recently PBS’s Emmy Award-Winning “Dancing on the Shoulders of Giants” (Capital Region). Schreier presented her TEDx talk “Thinking On Your Feet,” at Columbia University in 2018. 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.

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LARISSA DAL’SANTO Chapecó, Brazil
SEVERIN BROTSCHUL Glen Arbor, Michigan
EMILY CARRICO Lexington, Kentucky
MICHAEL CAYE Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
CATHERINE CONLEY Chicago, Illinois
GEORGIE GRACE BUTLER Roswell, Georgia
MARIUS MORAWSKI Łódź, Poland
BROOKE GILLIAM Boulder, Colorado
JESSICA HE Rancho Cucamonga, California
AIRI IGARASHI Gunma, Japan
DARIAN KANE Lincoln, California
SOJUNG LEE Chungju, South Korea
JORDAN LEEPER Jamestown, New York
GUILHERME MACIEL São Paulo, Brazil
SERGIO MASERO Madrid, Spain
JULIANA MISSANO Lloyd Harbor, New York
MIGUEL ANGEL MONTOYA Cali, Colombia
KHULAN BURENJARGAL Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
SANTIAGO BEDOYA Medellín, Colombia
GIANNA HORTON-SIBBLE Hornell, New York

SPENCER WETHERINGTON Bridgeton, New Jersey

Atlanta Ballet photos by Kim Kenney.
LUIZ FERNANDO XAVIER São Paulo, Brazil
MADISON PENNEY Mesa, Arizona
REI YAMAGUCHI Hokkaido, Japan
DENYS NEDAK Odessa, Ukraine
CARRAIG NEW Juneau, Alaska
ÁNGEL RAMÍREZ Trinidad, Cuba
MIKAELA SANTOS Manila, Philippines
ANDERSON SOUZA Santo Angelo, RS, Brazil
KELSEY VAN TINE Naples, Florida
MUNKHJIN ULZIIJARGAL Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
MAYU NAKAYAMA Tochigi, Japan
SOPHIE POULAIN Halifax, Nova Scotia
PAXTON SPEIGHT York County, Virginia
EMANUEL TAVARES Fortaleza, Brazil
NICHOLAS YURKEVICH San Francisco, California

creative team

STANTON WELCH AM (Choreographer, Tu Tu). In July 2003, Australian Stanton Welch AM assumed leadership of Houston Ballet, America’s fifth-largest classical ballet company. Since he took the helm of the company, Welch has revitalized Houston Ballet, bringing in new dancers, commissioning new works, and attracting a top-flight artistic staff. Welch has created works for such prestigious international companies as Houston Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, America Ballet Theatre, The Australian Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet, and the Royal Danish Ballet. Welch was born in Melbourne to Marilyn Jones OBE and Garth Welch AM, two of Australia’s most gifted dancers of the 1960s and 1970s. In 1989, he was engaged as a dancer with The Australian Ballet, where he rose to the rank of leading soloist, performing various principal roles. He has also worked with internationally acclaimed choreographers such as Jiří Kylián, Nacho Duato, and Maurice Bejart. In 1995, Welch was named resident choreographer of The Australian Ballet. For his contributions to the world of dance, he was awarded the Order of Australia (AM) in June 2015. For Houston Ballet, he has choreographed more than 20 works, including a new fulllength narrative ballet Marie (2009), inspired by the life of the legendary Marie Antoinette, and spectacular stagings of Swan Lake (2006), La Bayadère (2010), Romeo and Juliet (2015), Giselle (2016), The Nutcracker (2016), and Sylvia (2019).

KELLY MYERNICK (Stager, Tu Tu) received her early ballet training at The Susquehanna School of Ballet in Oneonta, New York and later Springs City Ballet in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 1996, she became a student at Houston Ballet Academy, receiving the Michael Wasmund Memorial Award upon graduation. She enjoyed a 13-year career with Houston Ballet, retiring as a First Soloist in 2014. Through her career, she danced a wide variety of classical and contemporary roles. Her broad experience in contemporary repertoire led her to her current position with Houston Ballet Academy, teaching contemporary repertoire, choreography, and ballet technique in addition to serving as a rehearsal director for Houston Ballet 2. Myernick’s experience as a répétituer includes staging ballets by Christopher Bruce, Garrett Smith, Alice Topp and Stanton Welch. She resides in Houston with her husband and two children.

HOLLY HYNES (Costume Designer, Tu Tu) is an award-winning costume designer with over 250 ballets to her credit, including more than 70 at New York City Ballet. Hynes’ designs are also on view in companies around the world, including: American Ballet Theatre; The Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow, Russia; National Ballet of Canada; La Scala Ballet in Milan, Italy; The Kirov Ballet in Saint Petersburg, Russia; The Royal Ballet in London; Ballet de l’Opéra National de Paris, The Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen; Bulgarian State Ballet in Sofia, Bulgaria; Miami City Ballet; Koninklijk Ballet van Vlaanderen in Antwerp, Belgium; San Francisco Ballet; Houston Ballet; Colorado Ballet in Denver, Colorado; Den Norske Ballet in Oslo, Norway; Finnish National; BalletMet in Columbus, Ohio; Pennsylvania Ballet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Ballet Vancouver, Canada; Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Canada; American Repertory Ballet in Princeton, New Jersey; Pacific Northwest Ballet, Seattle, Washington; Atlanta Ballet, Georgia; Nashville Ballet, Tennessee; Ballet Pacifica, California; Dance Galaxy, New York; Joffrey Ballet in Chicago, Illinois; and The Suzanne Farrell Ballet at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, where she served as the resident costume designer for 19 years.

LISA J. PINKHAM (Lighting Designer, Tu Tu) has designed lighting for over 200 ballets, operas, and plays. Her lighting can be seen in the repertories of many national companies. She enjoys a successful relationship with Stanton Welch AM, and has designed the lighting for many of his ballets, including Maninyas, Taiko, Tu Tu, and Falling for San Francisco Ballet; Madame Butterfly for Boston Ballet and Houston Ballet; Clear for American Ballet Theatre; and Swan Lake, Play, Cinderella, Tapestry, Marie, The Rite of Spring,

Sons de L’âme, Paquita, The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Romeo and Juliet, Zodiac, Giselle, The Nutcracker, and Sylvia for Houston Ballet.

LAR LUBOVITCH (Choreographer, Elemental Brubeck) is one of America’s most versatile and widely seen choreographers. He founded the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company in 1968. Over 56 years, it has gained an international reputation as one of America’s top dance companies, produced more than 120 dances and performed before millions across the U.S. and over 40 countries. Many other major companies throughout the world have performed the company’s dances, including American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, San Francisco Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet, Royal Danish Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Joffrey Ballet, Martha Graham Dance Company, and more. Lubovitch has created ice-dancing works for Olympians John Curry, Peggy Fleming, Dorothy Hamill, Brian Orser, JoJo Starbuck, and Paul Wylie, and he has created feature-length icedance specials for TV: “The Planets” for A&E (nominated for an International Emmy Award, a Cable AceAward, and a Grammy Award) and “The Sleeping Beauty” for PBS and Anglia TV, Great Britain. His theater and film work includes Sondheim/ Lapine’s Into the Woods (Tony Award nomination), The Red Shoes (Astaire Award), the Tony Award-winning revival of The King and I (on Broadway and in London’s West End), Disney’s Hunchback of Notre Dame in Berlin, and Robert Altman’s movie The Company (American Choreography Award). In 2016, he premiered The Bronze Horseman, based on the Pushkin poem, for the Mikhailovsky Ballet in Russia. In 1987, he conceived Dancing for Life, which took place at Lincoln Center. It was the first response by the dance community to the AIDS crisis, raising over one million dollars. Together with Jay Franke, in 2007 Lubovitch created the Chicago Dancing Festival, in collaboration with the City of Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Art. It presented 10 seasons entirely free to the public. Recent awards: 2007 named Chicagoan of the Year by the Chicago Tribune; 2008 named similarly by Chicago Magazine; 2011 designated a Ford Fellow by United States Artists and received the Dance/USA Honors Award; 2012 his dance Crisis Variations awarded the Prix Benois de la Danse for outstanding choreography at the Bolshoi Theatre; 2013 honored for lifetime Achievement by the American Dance Guild; 2014 awarded an honorary doctorate by The Juilliard School; 2016 received the Scripps/ American Dance Festival Award for lifetime achievement and the Dance Magazine Award, named one of America’s Irreplaceable Dance Treasures by the Dance Heritage Coalition and appointed a Distinguished Professor at UC/Irvine. In honor of his company’s 50th anniversary, in 2018 he was presented with the Martha Graham Award for lifetime achievement.

ANN HOULD-WARD (Costume Designer, Elemental Brubeck) has won, or been nominated for, virtually every major theatre award in existence, including the Tony, Drama Desk, Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, American Theatre Wing, Outer Critics Circle and Olivier awards for her costume design. A Tony winner for Beauty and the Beast and Tony nominee for Into the Woods, Sunday in the Park with George, Hould-Ward’s stage credits also include countless Off-Broadway productions and designs for the most highly regarded regional theatres and the theatre world’s finest producers and directors. International audiences applaud her work as well, as do audiences for film, television, concerts, dance and opera. Hould-Ward is the recipient of the inaugural Patricia Zipprodt Award for Innovative Costume Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology, and she is a seasoned lecturer on costume design.

JACK MEHLER (Lighting Designer, Elemental Brubeck). For over thirty years, critically acclaimed, international award-winning theatrical lighting and scenery designer Mehler has been creating unique performance environments for theatre, dance, and related events. Mehler develops specific designs which support the intentions, needs and aspirations of each project which create environments that transport an audience. His work has been recognized by The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Seattle PostIntelligencer, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, New York Magazine and many others. In 2012 and 2013, he received the Korean Musical Theatre Award for Lighting Designer of the Year (The Korean version of the Tony).

KIYON C. ROSS (Choreographer, Harmony of Opposite Tensions). Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Ross trained at the Baltimore School for the Arts, Pittsburg Ballet Theatre, School of American Ballet, and Pacific Northwest Ballet School. He joined Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) as a new dancer in 2001. While dancing, he earned his BA in Arts Leadership from Seattle University through the Second Stage program. Ross retired as a soloist in 2015. After retirement, he served on the PNB School faculty, where he taught in the DanceChance program and coordinated the Next Step program. In 2019, he became PNB’s Director of Company Operations, and in 2022, he was appointed as PNB’s Associate Artistic Director. He has choreographed works for PNB, PNB School, Ballet Arkansas, and Atlanta Ballet and staged works by Twyla Tharp.

PAULINE SMITH (Costume Designer, Harmony of Opposite Tensions) has worked as a costumer for Pacific Northwest Ballet since 1991. Additional duties over the years have included supervisor for specialty shoes and wigs; assistant to designers Martin Pakledinaz (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Ballet Imperial), David Murin (Silver Lining), and Roberta Guidi di Bagno (Coppélia); and assistant stage manager on tours to Istanbul and Hong Kong. Previous collaborations with Kiyon Ross are Sum Stravinsky and throes of increasing wonder (Pacific Northwest Ballet) and Bolero (Ballet Arkansas). www.paulinesmithphotography.com.

BEN RAWSON (Associate Lighting Designer, Tu Tu and Elemental Brubeck, and Lighting Designer, Harmony of Opposite Tensions) is an Atlantabased Lighting Designer for Theatre, Opera, and Dance, member USA 829. Theatrical/Opera design work can be seen at the Alliance Theatre (GA), Detroit Opera (MI), Florida Studio Theatre (FL), Glimmerglass Opera (NY), Utah Opera (UT), The Atlanta Opera (GA), Theatrical Outfit (GA), Center Rep (CA), Aurora Theatre (GA), Actors Express (GA), and others. Dance design work includes choreographers Ana Maria Lucaciu, Troy Schumacher, Claudia Schreier, Remi Wörtmeyer, Bruce Wells, Danielle Agami, and Omar Roman De Jesus, as well as with Atlanta Ballet (GA), BalletCollective (NY), Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre (GA), Fly On A Wall (GA), and others. Ben has also worked across the country as an Associate & Assistant Lighting Designer for San Diego Opera (CA), Alliance Theatre (GA), Berkshire Theatre Festival (MA), The Atlanta Opera (GA), Utah Opera (UT), Glimmerglass Festival (NY), Playmakers Repertory Company (NC), and Atlanta Ballet (GA). Benrawsondesign.com

For the full creative team behind this production, visit atlantaballet.com/ performances/fall-into-rhythm

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

Scott Wagner

Tom West*

Advisory Council

David M. Barnett

Mark R. 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

Jacqueline Flake, Chair

Nancy Flaherty, Vice-Chair

Jen Alewine, Secretary

Joanne Chesler Gross, Treasurer

Sharon Silvermintz, Immediate

Past Chair

Sineet Berhane

Susan Currie

Kimberlyn Daniel

Jane Dean

Jessica DeHart

Christy Fiftel

Corrie Johnson

Lara Mitchelson

Amy Nelson

Melissa Nowak

Gailen Rosenberg

Arden Hess Rowland

Dottie Smith

Marsha Taylor

Erica Thomas

Doug Weiss

Preston Wilson, Jr.

Mary Kathryn Winsett

*Ex-Officio

†In Memoriam

ANNUAL FUND DONORS

Atlanta Ballet gratefully acknowledges the following individuals whose generous annual contributions were received during the period of August 1, 2023 – July 31, 2024. If you find that we did not recognize you appropriately, we apologize. For corrections, please contact us at advancement@atlantaballet.com.

THE CHOREOGRAPHERS CIRCLE

Recognizes exceptional gifts of $10,000 and above

DIAMOND $100,000+

Anonymous (2)

Chris Carlos & Family

Ms. Nancy Field & Mr. Michael Schulder

Katherine Scott

Carol & Ramon Tomé

RUBY $75,000+

Anonymous

Kathleen & Kirk Knous

SAPPHIRE $50,000+

Anonymous

EMERALD $25,000+

Mrs. Lynn Cochran-Schroder & Mr. Bill Schroder

Elaine & Erroll Davis  Morgan Family Fund

PEARL $20,000+

Anonymous

Elizabeth & Howell Adams III

Ginny & Charles Brewer

Cynthia Crain, Ed. D. & Dwight Lee, Ph.D.

Jacqueline Flake & David Dase

Barbara & Eric Joiner

Mr. William F. Snyder

OPAL $15,000+

Anonymous

Emily C. Baker & Christopher Bly

Nigel Ferguson

Bonnie & Terry Herron

Linda & Don Morris

Heather & Bill Preston

The Elster Foundation

Yee Family Charitable Fund

AMETHYST $10,000+

Anonymous

Ms. Jan P. Beaves

Vanessa & Robin Delmer

Adrienne & Scott Hardesty

Matthew & Brittany Hartnett

Joyce Houser, Ph.D.

Kelin Foundation

Kristen Manion Taylor & Jason Taylor

Taylor & Brad Meyer

Allen W. Nelson & Caroline B. Gottschalk

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.

GRAND JETÉ $7,500+

Robert J. Barnett

THE DANCERS CIRCLE

Recognizes generous gifts up to $10,000

Lucy & Henry Bush, in memory of Lavona Currie, and in honor of Sharon Story

Pam & Paul Whitacre

TOUR JETÉ

$5,000+

Robert Paul Dean & Robert Epstein

Mr. Richard Delay & Ms. Francine Dykes

Mr. Daniel E. Gaylord & Ms. Marilyn Altman

Joanne & Alex Gross

Alison Womack Jowers

Wade Rakes & Nicholas Miller

Silberman Family Fund, in honor of Ron Breakstone

The Mortimer Family

Irma J. Turnipseed

Karen Vereb & Bud Blanton

Sonia P. Witkowski

ASSEMBLÉ $2,500+

Anonymous

Diana & Miguel Arteche

Robert & Terry Banta, in memory of Lavona Currie

Catherine Binns

Dr. Harold J. Brody & Mr. Donald E. Smith

Mr. & Mrs. Jerome M. Cooper

James Datka & Nora DePalma

Dr. Madalyn Davidoff

Steve, Susan & Grace Hauser

Marius Hechter

Kenneth & Colleen Hey

Laurie & John Hopkins

Dr. Leslie & Mrs. Marilyn Kelman, in honor of Darcy & Rachel Denneen

Vaughn Linder, in honor of Lynda & Richard Courts

Carole & Nelson Marchioli

Gino & Belinda Massafra

Denis Ng

Margaret Painter

Mr. & Mrs. Larry Pelletier

Ginger Brill Pisik

Stuart Pliner & Barbara Bing Pliner

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ratonyi

Debby & Baker Smith

Sharon Story, Julien & Kim Kenney

Dr. Peter & Mrs. Beverly Thomas

Dr. John Trimble & Ms. Marianne Stribling

Andrea Weyermann & Tim Goodwin

GLISSADE $1,000+

Anonymous (3)

Mr. & Mrs. Martin P. Bennett

Kaitlyn Bergeron

Peter & Dulce Boucher

Mr. & Mrs. Sean Bowen

Dr. & Mrs. James A. Brennan, M.D.

Dr. & Mrs. William Brinkman

Sara & Alex Brown

Kate & Scott Carmack

Mr. Michael E. Carroll & Mr. Paul Alberto

Carolyn Champion

David Cofrin & Christine Tryba-Cofrin

John Condo

Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence W. Davis

Mr. Joseph Dawsey III

Lovely Dhillon

Jennifer Dodd & Reggie Graham

Kevin & Demi Doyle

Mr. & Ms. Rolston A. Dyer

Lauren Elliott

Doug & Florida Ellis

Yelena Epova

Brad Foresythe

Dr. Spencer Gelernter & Sonya Kuropatwa

Mr. & Mrs. Robert C. Goddard

Dr. Marvin Goldstein

Margaret Graff

Rand Hagen, in honor of Martine Weber

Lisa & Forrest Hibbard

Mr. Douglas Hopkins

Mr. and Mrs. William C. Humphreys, Jr.

Dorothea & Robert Jeffrey

Oren Johnson

Ronnie Kessenich

Edward Krugman & Jill Pryor

Allegra Lawrence-Hardy & Timothy Hardy

Linda L. Lively & James E. Hugh III

Drs. Robert and Mary Jo Lund

Dr. & Mrs. Ellis L. Malone

Mimi Maslia

Mr. & Mrs. Eugene F. Meany

Christine & Eric Nelson

Rachel & Corey Phipps

Anthony & Judith Ragunas

Dr. Z. Pressley and Mr. Billy S. Rice

Ashley & Drew Scott

Manda & Jeremy Shankel

Toreya Shea

Michelle & Steve Shlansky

Dr. & Mrs. Mark Silverstein

Matt Simon

Jasmine Spivey

Kalen Swanson

Mr. & Mrs. Perry Taylor

Johnny Thigpen & Clay Martin, in honor of Tricia Ekholm

Dr. Kirsten Travers-UyHam & Mr. John J. UyHam

Mrs. Julie Turner-Davis & Mr. John Davis

Joe & Heather Vivona

Eric & Chan Voiles

Harriet H. Warren

Betsy Wash

Alan & Marcia Watt

Tom West

Jason Wiggam

Allen Yee

Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Young

RELEVÉ $500+

Anonymous

Judith M. Alembik

Ms. Tracie Arnold

Leigh Ball

Richard Bohrer

Cynthia Brant

Kerry Bryan

Lawrence M. Cohen

Carol Comstock & Jim Davis

Cynthia & Mike Davison

Katie Deegan

Dr. Carlos del Rio and Dr. Jeannette Guarner

Ashleigh Dobrin, in loving memory of Mel Dobrin

Elaine Eaton

Tyler R. Edgarton

Tricia & Chris Ekholm

Kathryn & Patrick Gaul

Christine A. Gilliam

Richard Goodjoin & Kelvin Davis

Francis & Marguerite Hallman

Virginia Hepner & Malcolm Barnes

Mr. J. David Hopkins

Jean Gatton Jones

Dr. Harvey P. Kaufman

Stacey Leebern, in honor of Ginny Brewer

Ms. Doreen M. Lewis

Allan & Vaneesa Little

Jean & Robert McColl

Terri & Stephen Nagler

Miho & Gennadi Nedvigin

Donald & Helen O’Shea

Mrs. Debby Overstreet

Grace Pownall & Ron Harris

Dr. & Mrs. William M. Scaljon

Anne M. Spratlin

Shad Sterling

Teena Stern

Mr. James A. Swanson

Dr. Michael & Mrs. Francoise Szikman

Roberta Taylor & James Hill

The Kang Family

Katharine & Todd Tinkler

Aisha & James Walth

INSTITUTIONAL GIVING

Atlanta Ballet gratefully acknowledges the following corporations, foundations, and government agencies whose generous annual contributions were received during the period of August 1, 2023 – July 31, 2024.

$100,000+

Bobbie Bailey Foundation

Hearst Foundations

The Home Depot Foundation

The Shubert Foundation

The Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Foundation

$50,000+

City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs

Mark & Evelyn Trammell Foundation

PNC

The Imlay Foundation, Inc.

The Molly Blank Fund of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

The Zeist Foundation

$25,000+

Cox Enterprises

Fulton County Arts & Culture

The Kettering Family Foundation

$20,000+

Cobb Travel & Tourism

Georgia Power Foundation

The Ray M. & Mary Elizabeth Lee Foundation

The Sartain Lanier Family Foundation

$15,000+

Arrow Exterminators   Google

$10,000+

Aprio  Chick-fil-A

Georgia Council for the Arts   National Endowment for the Arts   Peach State Health Plan

Publix Super Markets Charities

$5,000+

Anonymous (2)  ATS Waypoint  Hellen Ingram Plummer Charitable Foundation

Massey Charitable Trust  Portnoy, Garner & Nail, LLC  South Fulton Institute

The Dante S. Stephensen Fund

$1,000+ Burberry

Goddard Foundation

The Roderick Seward, Flossie Radcliffe & Helen M. Galloway Foundation, in honor of Kathy Knous

$500+ Akris

Lindsey Treadaway, Realtor, Harry Norman Realtors  Sweet Tea Murals  Theory

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.

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.

Ms. Jan P. Beaves

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

John K. Palmisano & Stephen A. Williams, III

Elizabeth Morgan Spiegel

Katherine Scott  Marianne Stribling

ATLANTA BALLET IS

GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING PARTNERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT

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ATLANTA BALLET IS GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING PARTNERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT

Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters, The Official Coffee Provider of Atlanta Ballet

Cookerly PR

Atlantic Capital, The Preferred Bank of Atlanta Ballet

Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters, The O cial Co ee Provider of Atlanta Ballet

Corporate Sports Unlimited, Inc., The Official Health, Wellness, and Fitness Partner of Atlanta Ballet

Corporate Sports Unlimited, Inc., The O cial Fitness Partner for Atlanta Ballet

Doyle Law, LLC, Immigration Counsel

Daniel Solberg, DSol Productions

Jones Day, Attorneys

Deloitte Consulting LLP

Kim Kenney Photography

Doyle Law, LLC, Immigration Counsel

Publix Super Markets, The Preferred Supermarket of Atlanta Ballet

JD French Media

Frank A. Sinkoe, DPM, podiatric medicine

Atlantic Capital, The Preferred Bank of Atlanta Ballet

Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters, The O cial Co

Corporate Sports Unlimited, Inc., The O cial Fitness

Doyle Law, LLC, Immigration Counsel

Jones Day, Attorneys

Kim Kenney Photography

Publix Super Markets, The Preferred Supermarket

Frank A. Sinkoe, DPM, podiatric medicine

Kara Pepper, MD, internal medicine, Laurette Medical

Kara Pepper, MD, internal medicine, Laurette Medical Group

Jones Day, Attorneys

Laura Gandy, MD, internal medicine, Laurette Medical

Kim Kenney Photography

Laura Gandy, MD, internal medicine, Laurette Medical Group

Nadine Kaslow, Ph.D, ABPP, Psychologist, Emory University School of Medicine

Bryn Chafin, LCSW, Brookwood Center for Psychotherapy

Nadine Kaslow, Ph.D, ABPP, Psychologist, Emory

Publix Super Markets, The Preferred Supermarket of Atlanta Ballet

Brandon Nguyen, B-Right Atl Sports Massage

Dr. Cliff Willimon, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Bryn Chafin, LCSW, Brookwood Center for Psychotherapy

Republic National Distributing Company, The Official Liquor Provider of Atlanta Ballet

Brandon Nguyen, B-Right Atl Sports Massage

Dr. Cliff Willimon, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Children’s

Dr. Dominic Carreira, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Peachtree

Dr. Dominic Carreira, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Peachtree Orthopedics

Dr. Jason Bariteau, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Emory Healthcare

Shoccara S. Marcus Photography

Dr. Ched Garten II, MD, Paragon Sports Medicine

Smith & Howard, Audit Firm

Dr. Jason Bariteau, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Emory

Dr. Ched Garten II, MD, Paragon Sports Medicine

Dr. Rayden Cody, MD, Peachtree Spine and Sports

Troutman Pepper

Dr. Rayden Cody, MD, Peachtree Spine and Sports Physicians

Mandy Blackmon, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therapy, Atlanta Dance Medicine

Emma Faulkner, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therapy, Atlanta Dance Medicine

Mark Nimmo, PT, DPT, physical therapy, BenchMark Physical Therapy

Ami Kirollos, PT, DPT, CSCS, physical therapy, One on One Physical Therapy

Physical Therapy Services and medical coordination provided by Atlanta Dance Medicine, LLC Mandy Blackmon, PT, DPT, Emma Faulkner, PT, DPT, and Ann MacDougall, PT, DPT and their affiliates.

Susan Bush, PT, DPT, CMTPT, physical therapy, Atlanta Dance Medicine

Anzika Tuliva, PT, physical therapy, On-Site Solutions Physical Therapy

Physicians and allied health providers:

Ali Hoegel, DPT, physical therapy, Atlanta Sport & Spine Physical Therapy

Liz Chesarek, PT, DPT, SCS, physical therapy, Atlanta Dance Medicine

Caroline Collins, MD, Emory Healthcare

Maggie Schessele, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therapy, Druid Hills Physical Therapy

Lauren Alesch, PT, physical therapy, PT Solutions

Mandy Blackmon, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therapy, Emma Faulkner, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therapy, Mark Nimmo, PT, DPT, physical therapy, BenchMark Ami Kirollos, PT, DPT, CSCS, physical therapy, One Susan Bush, PT, DPT, CMTPT, physical therapy, Atlanta

Anzika Tuliva, PT, physical therapy, On-Site Solutions

Ali Hoegel, DPT, physical therapy, Atlanta Sport & Liz Chesarek, PT, DPT, SCS, physical therapy, Atlanta

Courtney Gleason, MD, sports medicine, Emory Healthcare

Maggie Schessele, PT, DPT, OCS, physical therapy, Lauren Alesch, PT, physical therapy, PT Solutions

Val Schonberg, MS, RD, nutrition and dietetics

Val Schonberg, MS, RD, nutrition and dietetics

Rosa Pasculli, MD, sports medicine, Emory Healthcare

Courtney Gleason, MD, sports medicine, Emory Healthcare

Nova Medical Centers, Occupational Medicine Clinic

Bryn Chafin, LCSW and associates at Brookwood Center for Psychotherapy

Courtney Gleason, MD, sports medicine, Emory Healthcare Nova Medical Centers, Occupational Medicine Clinic

American Family Care, Family Practice

Val Schonberg, MS, RD, Dietitian, EnlightenU Nutrition Consulting

American Family Care, Family Practice

Dr. Hal Silcox, MD; Dr. David Schiff, MD; Dr. Ashok Reddy, MD; & Dr. Ezequiel Cassinelli, MD, Peachtree Orthopedics

Brandon Nguyen, B-Right Atl Sports Massage

Dr. Howard Krone, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon

Dr. Thomas Dopson, MD, Resurgens Orthopedics

Dr. Hal Silcox, MD; Dr. David Schiff, MD; Dr. Ashok Reddy, Dr. Howard Krone, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon

Stephanie Hsu, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho Institute

Dr. Stephanie Hsu, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho Institute

Dr. Thomas Dopson, MD, Resurgens Orthopedics

Cliff Willimon, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Dr. Christopher Potts, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho Institute

Dr. Stephanie Hsu, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho

Dr. Christopher Potts, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho

Tatiana Patsimas, MD, Sports Medicine, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Dr. Mark Sakr, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho Institute

Dr. Alonzo Sexton, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho Institute

Dr. Mark Sakr, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho Institute

Dominic Carreira, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Peachtree Orthopedics

Dr. John Andrachuk, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho Institute

Dr. Alonzo Sexton, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho

Jason Bariteau, MD, Orthopedic Surgeon, Emory Healthcare

Smith & Howard, Audit Firm

Ched Garten II, MD, Paragon Sports Medicine

Ryder Truck Rental Systems, Inc., The O cial Set Transporter of Atlanta Ballet

Epitome Risk Solutions, Inc.

Dr. John Andrachuk, MD, Northside Hospital Ortho

Smith & Howard, Audit Firm

Rayden Cody, MD, Peachtree Spine and Sports Physicians

Diego Herrera, DO, Northside Hospital

Kennard Hood, MD, Emory Healthcare

Ryder Truck Rental Systems, Inc., The O cial Set Epitome Risk Solutions, Inc.

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EXECUTIVE

EXECUTIVE

Tom West, Executive Director

Tom West, Executive Director

Nathan Jones, Executive Assistant

Danielle Wallace, Executive Assistant & Board Liaison

FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION

Pamela Whitacre, Chief Operating O cer

ARTISTIC

Thomas Fowlkes, General Manager

Gennadi Nedvigin, Artistic Director

Hana Miller, Controller

Angela Agresti, Company Repetituer

Amani Hill, Accounts Payable & Benefits Manager

Rory Hohenstein, Company Repetiteur

Dana Hylton Calabro, Director, Data Services

Eduardo Permuy, Company Repetiteur

Claudia Schreier, Choreographer-in-Residence

ADVANCEMENT

Western-Li Summerton, Company Pianist

Manda Wilhite, Senior Director of Advancement, Major Gifts and Board Liaison

ARTISTIC OPERATIONS

CENTRE FOR DANCE EDUCATION

CENTRE FOR DANCE EDUCATION

Gennadi Nedvigin,  Artistic Director

Gennadi Nedvigin, Artistic Director

Sharon Story,  Dean

Sharon Story, Dean

Kelly Tonina Cooper , Centre Administrative Director

Serena Chu, Atlanta Ballet 2 Repetiteur

Diane Caroll, Community Partnerships Director

Diane Caroll Sales,  Community Partnerships Director

Kate Gaul,  Buckhead Centre Principal

Kelly Tonina Cooper, Centre Administrative Director

Nicole Adams,  Virginia-Highland Centre Principal Ansilla Bearden,  Satellite Manager

Ansilla Bearden, Buckhead Centre Manager & Summer Programs Manager

Brittney Flowers,  Centre Education Associate

Ashley Gibson Suta, Virginia-Highland Centre Manager

Faculty

Rina Cook, Front Desk Manager

Amelia Murren, Adult Dance Coordinator

Sicily Palms, Director of Operations

Sherren Sandy, Director of Advancement, Donor Engagement

Kelly Criss, Director of Advancement, Leadership Gifts

Allison Cash, Artistic Operations Coordinator/ Assistant Stage Manager

Faculty

Katie Ude, Orchestra Operations Coordinator/ Music Librarian

Francesca Frederick, Director of Advancement, Institutional Gifts

FINANCE

MARKETING

& ADMINISTRATION

& PUBLIC RELATIONS

Tricia Ekholm, Chief Marketing O cer

Pamela Whitacre, Chief Operating Officer

Allison Kang, Director of Public Relations

Calla Vaughn, Controller

Taylor Graves, Interim Graphic Designer

Brian Wallenberg, Video Content Producer

Kimberly Jackson, Project Accountant/AP Manager

Myredith Momongan, Associate Director of Group Sales

Natasha Harris, Director of Human Resources

Dana Hylton Calabro, Director of Technology and Sales Operations

Toni C. Vacinek, Associate Director of Marketing Communications

PATRON SERVICES

Nicole Adams, Alice Balhatchet, Ansilla Bearden, Shirley Bennett, Haley Brink, Darby Burgess, Serena Chu, Harmony Clair, Kelly Tonina Cooper, Kameron Davis, Nardja el-Shabazz, Kate Gaul, Ashley Gibson, Nell Heflin Goza, Jennifer Inman, LaToya Princess Jackson, Aaron James, Malik Jenkins, Caroline Kraehe, Sergio Masero, Loren McFalls, Arneshuia Nelson, Anna Penny, Chantia Robinson, Diane Caroll Sales, Roscoe Sales, Erin Smith, Jasmine Stevenson, Abigail Tan-Gamino, Grace Thompson, Jennifer Van Meter, Calla Vaughn, Natalya Vyashenko, Martine Weber

Marlena Marshal Abaza, Shirley Bennett, Nadyne Bispo, Georgie Grace Butler, Diane Carroll, Serena Chu, Kelly Tonina Cooper, Kameron Davis, Mia Givens, Jennifer Inman, Madelin Jamison, Courtney Johnson, Sergio Masero, Amelia Murren, Hannah Myers, Arneshuia Nelson, Anna Penny, Chantia Robinson, Roscoe Sales, Anderson Souza, Caitlin M. Spencer, Jasmine Stevenson, Ashley Suta, Calla Vaughn, Natalya Vyashenko.

Accompanists

Accompanists

Elizabeth Grimes, Aleksandra Korshunova, Yulia Rice, Gretel Rodriguez, Kyla Zollitsch

Kristian Brown, Patron Services Lead Coordinator

Zoey Fleck, Social Media Manager/Graphic Designer

Avery Jarrard, Stephanie Kosarin, Yulia Rice, Kyla Zollitsch

Centre Education Associates

PATRON SERVICES

Stephen Hall, Patron Services & Group Sales Associate

Connor Maguire, Patron Services Associate

Lindsay Smith, Associate Director of Patron Services

Centre Education Associates

Imani Austin-Edwards, Shannon Geary, Flora Mangio, Hui-Wen Peng, Kaitlin Roemer, Jada Russell, Samantha Schuermann, Emma Seif

Imani Banks, Leilani Burks, Sophia Doctoroff, Sidney Hall, Carol March, Sophia Wang

Desiree Houston, Patron Services Manager

ADVANCEMENT

Mallory Hazen , Patron Services Assistant

Juliana Han Witt, Chief Advancement Officer

Jasmine Martinez , Patron Services Assistant

Kelly Criss, Director of Individual Giving

Josh Reynolds , Patron Services Assistant

Sherren Sandy, Director of Special Events

Brianna Smith, Individual Giving Manager

PRODUCTION

Ansleigh Brown, Individual Giving Coordinator

Kathryn Gutierrez, Special Events Coordinator

Dave Smith, Production Manager & Technical Director

Sicily Palms, Company Manager

MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS

Tricia Ekholm, Chief Marketing Officer

Nicole Walters, Production Stage Manager

Fiona Shaw, Senior Manager Communications

Jane Kuipers, Assistant Stage Manager

Kristin Kelley , Assistant Stage Manager

Alane Marco, Design Director

Amber Times, Social Media Manager

Tumi Akin-Deko, Communications Coordinator

COSTUMES

Colleen McGonegle,  Costume Director

Abby Polston,  Draper

PRODUCTION

Susan Carter, Costume Construction Supervisor

Dave Smith, Production Manager

Jonathan Fries, Technical Director

Nicole Walters, Production Stage Manager

Abby Parker, Company Shoe Manager/Wardrobe Supervisor/Costume Technician

Chloe Gervais,  Costume Technician

Maddie Simmons, Costume Technician

COSTUMES

Ashleigh Dobrin,  Finisher

Colleen McGonegle, Costume Director

Susan Carter, Costume Construction Supervisor

Abigail Dupree-Polston, Patternmaker

Abby Parker, Company Shoe Manager/Wardrobe Supervisor

Briá Sanders, Costume Technician

Katherine Savage, Costume Technician

Maddie Simmons, Costume Technician

Atlanta Ballet Boutique

Atlanta Ballet Boutique

Kate Gaul, Boutique Merchandise Manager

Louise Gordon, Retail Operations Manager

Leslie Campbell Judge, General Manager Nardja el-Shabazz,  Asst. General Manager, Atlanta Ballet Boutique

Pamela Pelletier, Boutique Associate

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

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.

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