With the Atlanta Ballet Orchestra Conductor, Ari Pelto Guest Conductor, Tamara Dworetz
Music by Pyotr IIyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography by Yuri Possokhov
Scenic Design by Tom Pye
Costume Design by Sandra Woodall
Lighting Design by David Finn
Video Design by Finn Ross
Props and Set Decoration by Faye Armon-Troncoso
Supported by
COMPANY BALLET REPETITEURS
Angela Agresti, Rory Hohenstein, Eduardo Permuy
CHOREOGRAPHER-IN-RESIDENCE
Claudia Schreier
DEAN OF THE CENTRE FOR DANCE EDUCATION
Sharon Story
CHILDREN’S CAST REHEARSAL ASSISTANTS
Serena Chu, Natalya Vyashenko, Marlena Abaza, Kelly Tonina Cooper
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, Matoi Kawamoto, 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
SYNOPSIS
This staging of The Nutcracker ballet takes place in a charming German city on Christmas Eve and incorporates elements from E.T.A. Hoffmann’s 1816 story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King,” set to the iconic Tchaikovsky score. This two-act ballet, a classic holiday story, uses elaborately crafted scenery combined with advanced techniques in lighting and video projection to enhance the story’s magic.
ACT I
It is Christmas Eve, and family and friends gather for holiday festivities at the Stahlbaum house. Guests arrive by sleds and skis and frolic outside. Young Marie Stahlbaum, a shy bookworm, welcomes the arrival of the guests, including her mysterious godfather Drosselmeier, a clock worker who, with his magical abilities, makes Christmas presents for his nieces and nephews every year. This year, he brings a peculiar gift to Marie — a Nutcracker Doll.
Atlanta Ballet dancers and Atlanta Ballet Centre for Dance Education students. Photo by Kim Kenney.
It is nearly midnight, the party has ended and the guests have said their goodbyes. Marie returns to the cabinet to check on her new Nutcracker Doll and suddenly finds herself surrounded by a horde of menacing mice. Magically, her beloved Nutcracker jumps to the rescue as she watches her dolls come to life and everything around her grows in size.
After an exhausting, yet unfinished battle, Drosselmeier reveals to Marie that the Nutcracker is a prince. Charmed with each other, they dance through a wonderland of snow before embarking on a magical journey.
ACT II
Drosselmeier enters in grand fashion and introduces a world of books, thousands flying in the air when he selects one particularly interesting book. It happens to be the very same book Marie used to fight off the mice and where the Mouse King hid after the battle. The Nutcracker Prince and Marie float back in together and dance among the flowers. Drosselmeier recalls the book, which has grown tremendously, and the Mouse King and his army appear. Drosselmeier arms the Nutcracker Prince for a battle, and the Nutcracker Prince defeats the Mouse King with his sword.
Drosselmeier invites Marie and the Nutcracker Prince back into his mysterious world, taking them on a journey through the pages of a storybook to fantastical places where they meet characters from different countries around the world. Remarkably, they witness bullfights, snake charmers, and the most amazing flower garden dancing in the wind.
On their way back after spending enchanted time together, the Nutcracker Prince wants Marie to stay with him. Drosselmeier separates them, holding onto Marie as the Nutcracker Prince departs.
Marie finds herself dreaming and wakes up. She realizes that everything must come to an end and she is delighted by memories of a wonderful world filled with beautiful music, travel and adventure, evoking the timeless and magical spirit of the holidays that she will fondly remember for years to come.
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 five. 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 in 2021. 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 management 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 Farrell’s 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 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 seven 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.
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
BROOKE GILLIAM Boulder, Colorado
JESSICA HE Rancho Cucamonga, California
AIRI IGARASHI Gunma, Japan
DARIAN KANE Lincoln, California
MATOI KAWAMOTO Tokyo, Japan
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
SOJUNG LEE Chungju, South Korea
Atlanta Ballet photos by Kim Kenney.
LUIZ FERNANDO XAVIER São Paulo, Brazil
MARIUS MORAWSKI Łódź, Poland
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
SPENCER WETHERINGTON Bridgeton, New Jersey
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
20 creative team
YURI POSSOKHOV (Choreographer) danced for 10 years with the Bolshoi Ballet, performing leading roles in the company’s classical and contemporary repertoire. While performing, Possokhov studied choreography and ballet pedagogy at the State College of Theatrical Arts. He was a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet for two years before joining the San Francisco Ballet (SFB) as a principal dancer in 1994. During his 12 years dancing with SFB, he began choreographing. Upon retirement from dancing, he joined SFB’s artistic staff as choreographer-in-residence. He has choreographed over 15 ballets for SFB and continues to create new works for the company. Possokhov also choreographs for companies worldwide. For the Bolshoi Ballet in 2015 and 2017—A Hero of Our Time and Nureyev—full length ballets that received the prestigious Benois de la Danse Award, established by the International Dance Union. Anna Karenina, premiered in 2019 as a co-production of Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet and the Australian Ballet. His most recent full-length ballet, The Seagull, premiered with the Bolshoi Ballet in the summer of 2021. He is a frequent guest choreographer with Atlanta Ballet. His most recent productions for the company were The Nutcracker in 2018, and Classical Symphony and Don Quixote in 2023. Learn more at yuripossokhov.com
TOM PYE (Scenic Designer) has worked with a diverse range of directors around the world in theatre, TV, film, opera and dance. Current credits include The Hours (The Metropolitan Opera), My Neighbour Totoro (RSC/ Barbican Theatre), as well as the “The Ballad of Renegade Nell” for Disney+. After being nominated for a Craft & Design Award for his work on season one, Pye has now been nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for his work on season two of Sally Wainwright’s acclaimed BBC One and HBO series “Gentleman Jack.” Pye served recently as Designer on the Bolshoi Theatre debut of The Seagull and Messiah for the Châtelet Theatre in Paris and the Lyon Opera. Select Broadway credits include Long Day’s Journey into Night, All My Sons, The Glass Menagerie, Fiddler on the Roof (Tony nomination), The Testament of Mary, Cyrano de Bergerac and Medea. Select West End credits include Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, A Christmas Carol, Sinatra and Medea. Select opera credits include Cosi fan Tutte, The Death of Klinghoffer and Eugene Onegin (ENO and The Metropolitan Opera co-productions); Akhnaten (ENO, MET, LA Opera); and Anna Karenina (Joffrey Ballet). In film and television, Pye’s credits include “To Walk Invisible” by Sally Wainwright (BBC, PBS); “Gloriana,” “A Feast at Midnight,” “Christie Malry’s Own Double Entry,” “Richard II” and “Twelfth Night” (Channel 4).
SANDRA WOODALL (Costume Designer), visual artist and a leading designer for dance, has designed sets and costumes at San Francisco Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Norwegian National Ballet, the State Opera Ballet of Austria, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Royal Winnipeg Ballet, Houston Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance Project, Singapore Dance Theatre, National Ballet of Finland and other companies around the world. Woodall’s artwork has been shown in exhibitions at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Connecticut, the San Francisco Museum of Performance and Design, and at WearableArt, Hong Kong. She has been a Fulbright scholar at Taiwan National University of the Arts and has designed many productions in Taiwan and China, including 2009’s stadium-scale opening for the Deaf Olympics, the 100th anniversary celebration of Taiwan National Day, Winter Journey by Wan Fang in Beijing and the 2019 premiere in Shanghai of Stan Lai’s 8-hour epic, AGO
DAVID FINN (Lighting Designer) began his professional career as a lighting designer at age 16, working for puppeteer Burr Tillstrom — “Kukla, Fran and Ollie.” His design credits for dance include works for such renowned choreographers as Sasha Waltz, Paul Taylor, Twyla Tharp, Merce Cunningham, James Kudelka, José Limón, Helgi Tomasson, Liam Scarlett, Yuri Possokhov and Dana Reitz, as well as for leading international companies. Finn was the resident lighting designer for Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project from 1993 to 2000. His opera work includes projects for the Metropolitan Opera, Royal Opera, Paris Opera, La Scala Milan, Salzburg Festival and many others. Finn has designed the Cirque du Soleil shows ZED in Tokyo, and R.U.N. and Michael Jackson ONE in Las Vegas. Recent projects include the world premieres of The Flying Dutchman for the Metropolitan Opera, The Seagull for The Bolshoi Ballet, Symphonie MMXX for Sasha Waltz and The Berlin Ballet, Anna Karenina for the Joffrey Ballet, Lohengrin for The Bolshoi Opera & the Metropolitan Opera, Antony & Cleopatra for the San Francisco Opera, Cinderella for The Royal Ballet, and Summer & Smoke with choreographer Cathy Marston for ABT and the Houston Ballet.
FINN ROSS (Video Designer) has won two Oliviers, a Tony Award and three Drama Desk awards. Ross’ theater work includes My Neighbour Totoro (Barbican); Dancin’ (Broadway); Frozen (International); Back to the Future (West End); Tammy Faye, Spring Awakening (Alemdia); Mean Girls (Broadway); Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (West End and Broadway); The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time (Broadway, West End and tour); Jagged Little Pill, In the Body of the World and Crossing (American Repertory Theatre and Broadway); American Psycho (Broadway and Almeida); Betrayal (Broadway); Chimerica (Almeida and West End); The Tempest (Royal Shakespeare Company and Barbican); and Master and Margarita, All My Sons and Shun-kin (Complicité). His opera credits include The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Royal Opera House); Benvenuto Cellini, Death of Klinghoffer, Death in Venice, Eugine Onegin, Simon Boccanegra, Damnation of Faust and Don Giovanni (English National Opera); Hansel und Gretel, Zauberflöte and A Dog’s Heart (Dutch National Opera); La clemenza di Tito and The Adventures of Mr. Brouèek (Opera North); Les Pecheurs de Perles, Turn of the Screw (Theatre an der Wien); and Rinaldo (Glyndebourne). Ross’ design work for dance includes Le Petit Prince (National Ballet of Canada) and Frankenstein (Royal Ballet).
FAYE ARMON-TRONCOSO
(Props and Set Decorator) was the first Props/ Set Decorator to have won an Obie Award — ever! Her Broadway credits include The Museum of Broadway; Linda Vista (Hayes); Head Over Heels (Hudson); The Terms of My Surrender (Belasco); Oslo (Lincoln Center); Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Booth); The Gin Game (Golden); Fun Home (Circle in the Square, Tony Award nomination for Best Set); The River (Circle in the Square); Of Mice and Men (Longacre); Macbeth (Lincoln Center); Testament of Mary (Walter Kerr); Golden Boy (Belasco); Clybourne Park (Walter Kerr, Tony Award nomination for Best Set); War Horse (Lincoln Center, Tony Award for Best Set); The Merchant of Venice (Broadhurst/Delacorte, Tony Award nomination for Best Set); Enron (Broadhurst) and Edward Albee’s Seascape (Booth). Faye’s Off-Broadway credits include In the Heights (37 Arts) and Bug (Barrow Street Theater, Obie Award) and a million more OffBroadway productions at Lincoln Center Theater. For television, Faye was Art Director on “The Big Fib” and Prop Master on “The Good Fight.”
ARI PELTO (Conductor). After earning his Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance at Oberlin Conservatory, Pelto studied conducting at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, the Rubin Academy in Jerusalem and at Indiana University. At the age of 24 he was appointed Assistant Conductor at the Spoleto Festival, followed by his appointment at Sarasota Symphony, then known as Florida West Coast Symphony, as Associate Conductor. He has conducted some of America’s leading symphonic orchestras, among them Detroit Symphony, San Diego Symphony, St Louis Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, and Virginia Symphony, as well as opera orchestras in repertoire that includes Bartok, Boccherini, Britten, Debussy, Gluck, Korngold, Laitman, Gershwin, Haydn, Kodaly, Mozart, Mahler, Prokofiev, Puccini, Respighi, Schoenburg, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, and Wagner. Appointed Music Director at Opera Colorado in 2015, Pelto has conducted acclaimed performances of La Traviata, Don Giovanni, Madama Butterfly, Aida, La Boheme, Falstaff, La Fanciulla del West, Le Nozze di Figaro, Lucia di Lammermoor, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, I Pagliacci, Otello, Carmen, Rigoletto, and Die Tote Stadt among others for the company to date, and contemporary titles include The Shining; the world-premiere of Lori Laitman’s long-awaited work, The Scarlet Letter (a recording of which was released on the Naxos label); and the world premiere of Gerald Cohen’s new opera, Steal a Pencil for Me, based on a true love story set in a concentration camp during WWII. In 2023, Maestro Pelto was appointed Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor at Sacramento Philharmonic and Opera; symphonic concerts this season include Brahms’ Stormy Symphony, suite from Prokofiev’s Lieutenant Kijé, Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with Michelle Cann, Sibelius’ Symphony No. 3, and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition
TAMARA DWORETZ (Guest Conductor) is driven by her belief in the power of classical music to inspire, spread joy and create community. Her compelling, imaginative performances transport audiences so that “reality still(s).” [Seattle Times]. Dworetz’s 2024-25 season plans include debuts with the Atlanta Ballet and Sarasota Orchestra and a world premiere violin concerto by composer Michael Kurth in her second year as Artistic Director & Conductor of the Georgia Philharmonic. She was recently appointed Associate Conductor of Carnegie Hall’s National Youth Orchestras, NYOUSA and NYO2 and will work on a team with James Ross and Carlos Ágreda to prepare NYO-USA and NYO2 before traveling on NYO-USA’s South American Tour with Marin Alsop and Jean-Yves Thibaudet. Dworetz recently conducted her first staged opera, Bizet’s Carmen, and debuted with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Arkansas Symphony Orchestra featuring pianist, Conrad Tao. In 2022, Dworetz was selected as one of 14 candidates from a worldwide pool in the 2022 La Maestra Conducting Competition and Academy for Women Conductors in Paris. She was the only US-born conductor selected for the competition and earned a spot as one of six semi-finalists. ‘Maestra’, a documentary directed by Maggie Contreras with Executive Producer David Letterman, features five conductors from the competition, including Dworetz, and was premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and highlighted in the NY Times, LA Times, CBS National News as well as international film festivals. Dworetz has conducted the Paris Mozart Orchestra, Boston Pops, Dallas Opera Orchestra, Cabrillo Festival Orchestra, Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Amarillo Symphony, and Mankato Symphony. She has served as an assistant conductor for the Orchestre de Paris (Klaus Mäkelä), Gürzenich Orchestre Cologne (François-Xavier Roth), BBC Concert Orchestra (Bramwell Tovey) and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (Nathalie Stutzmann) and won 2nd prize in the Boston Pops’ Leonard Bernstein Conducting Competition.
Illustration by Jade Orlando
Video Programmer, Moro Media
Video Engineers, Michael Commendatore & Joey Moro
Associate Lighting Designer, Ben Rawson
Makeup Design by Blythe Tierney Dever
Costume Construction by Parkinson Gill Ltd.
Lighting Equipment provided by 4 Wall Entertainment, Inc.
Additional Costume Construction by Birgit Pfeffer, Mark Zappone, All-Stitch
Masks & Mice Artisan, Robert Allsopp
Additional Costumes, Scenery & Props Construction by Alliance Theatre
Deck Crew Chiefs, Shawn Grable, Brian Rosser
Co-Head Electrician, Justin Schwartz, Kevin Zegan
Head Props by Arlene Collins
Lead Projectionist, Jay Holloway
Acrobat Coaches, Cary Jones, Nicole White
Makeup Artist, Tati Hayton
Wigs Artist, Hagen Linss
Automation Lead, Doyle Petty
Rigging Equipment provided by Atlanta Rigging Systems
Assistant Stage Manager, Jane Kuipers
For the full creative team behind this production, visit atlantaballet.com/performances/nutcracker
board of trustees
Officers
Nancy Field, J.D., Chair
Nigel Ferguson, Vice Chair
Linda Morris, Treasurer
Jan Beaves, Secretary
Trustees
Elizabeth Adams
Emily C. Baker
Ginny Brewer
Chris Carlos
Lynn Cochran-Schroder
Cynthia Crain, Ed.D.
Vanessa Delmer
Lovely A. Dhillon, J.D.
Yelena Epova, CPA
Jacqueline Flake
Amy Gerome
Caroline B. Gottschalk
Matthew Hartnett
Mona Heyer
Joyce Houser, Ph.D.
Barbara S. Joiner
Kathleen Knous
Kristin Manion Taylor
Taylor Meyer, CFA
Gennadi Nedvigin*
Rachel Lee Phipps
Kristy Rachal
Katherine Scott
Scott Wagner
Tom West*
Cristel Williams
Advisory Council
David M. Barnett
Mark R. Bell Ph.D.
Dr. Meria Carstarphen
Harvey Coleman
Elaine E. Davis
Erroll B. Davis
Anne-Laure Desjonquères
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
Sharon Silvermintz
Rebecca Christian Smith
Anat Sultan-Dadon
Dov Wilker
Allen Yee
Honorary Board
Margaret Carton
David Crosland
Kenneth R. Hey
Wade Hooper
J. David Hopkins
Bill Huber, CPA
Michael Jones
Sloan Kennedy-Smith
Edward 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 Fiftal
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
Memoriam
ATLANTA BALLET ORCHESTRA
VIOLIN
Lisa Morrison Concertmaster
Sally Gardner-Wilson Assoc. Concertmaster
Linda Pinner Principal Second
Patti Gouvas
Alison James
Kathryn Koch
Mao Omura
Patrick Ryan
Angèle Sherwood-Lawless
Elonia Varfi
Rafael Veytsblum
Ying Zhuo
VIOLA
Joli Wu Principal
Josiah Coe
Shadwa Mussad
CELLO
Charae Krueger Principal
Alana Bennett-Garcia
Alexis Lee
InYoung Park
CONTRABASS
Adam Bernstein Principal
FLUTE
Jeanne Carere Principal
Aaron Rib
OBOE
Alexandra Shatalova Prior Principal
Christina Gavin
CLARINET
Katherine White Principal
Greg Collins
BASSOON
Amy Pollard Principal
Dan Worley+
HORN
Jason Eklund Principal
Eric Hawkins
Amy Trotz Richard Williams+
TRUMPET
Kevin Lyons Principal
Greg Holland+
TROMBONE
William Mann Principal
Ryan Black
Mark Spradley
TUBA
Don Strand Principal
PERCUSSION
Mike Cebulski Principal
Karen Hunt
Jeff Kershner
TIMPANI
Scott Douglas Principal
HARP
Nella Rigell Principal + Leave of Absence
ANNUAL FUND DONORS
Atlanta Ballet gratefully acknowledges the following individuals whose generous annual contributions were received during the period of October 1, 2023 – October 1, 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
Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Courts II
Katherine Scott
Carol & Ramon Tomé
RUBY $75,000+
Anonymous
Kathleen & Kirk Knous
SAPPHIRE $50,000+
Anonymous
Ms. Nancy Field & Mr. Michael Schulder
EMERALD $25,000+
Mrs. Lynn Cochran-Schroder & Mr. Bill Schroder
Cynthia Crain, Ed. D. & Dwight Lee, Ph.D.
Elaine & Erroll Davis
Morgan Family Fund
The Elster Foundation
PEARL $20,000+
Anonymous
Elizabeth & Howell Adams III
Ginny & Charles Brewer
Jacqueline Flake & David Dase
Caroline Bergman Gottschalk and Allen W. Nelson
Barbara & Eric Joiner
Mr. William F. Snyder
OPAL $15,000+
Anonymous
Emily C. Baker & Christopher Bly
Nigel Ferguson
Bonnie & Terry Herron
Linda & Don Morris
Pam & Paul Whitacre
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
Taylor & Brad Meyer
The Mortimer Family, in memory of Thespi & Ed Mortimer
Heather & Bill Preston
Kristen Manion Taylor & Jason Taylor
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
Catherine Binns
THE DANCERS CIRCLE
Recognizes generous gifts up to $10,000
Lucy & Henry Bush, in memory of Lavona Currie, and in honor of Sharon Story
Dr. Peter & Mrs. Beverly Thomas
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
Allison & Jay Jowers
Mr. Shea Meddin
Paul & Kimberly Meisel
Margaret Painter
Ginger Brill Pisik
Wade Rakes & Nicholas Miller
Silberman Family Fund, in honor of Ron Breakstone
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
Dr. Harold J. Brody & Mr. Donald E. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome M. Cooper
James Datka & Nora DePalma
Dr. Madalyn Davidoff
Steve, Susan & Grace Hauser
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
Mr. & Mrs. Larry Pelletier
Stuart Pliner & Barbara Bing Pliner
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ratonyi
Debby & Baker Smith
Sharon Story, Julien & Kim Kenney
Dr. John Trimble & Ms. Marianne Stribling
Andrea Weyermann & Tim Goodwin
GLISSADE $1,000+
Anonymous (3)
Mr. & Mrs. Martin P. Bennett
Kaitlyn Bergeron
Richard Bohrer
Peter & Dulce Boucher
Mr. & Mrs. Sean Bowen
Dr. and Mrs. James A. Brennan
Dr. & Mrs. William Brinkman
Sara & Alex Brown
Mr. Michael E. Carroll and Mr. Paul Alberto
David Cofrin and Christine Tryba-Cofrin
Harvey J. Coleman
John Condo
Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence W. Davis
Mr. Joseph Dawsey III
Katie Deegan
Lovely Dhillon
Jennifer Dodd & Reggie Graham
Kevin & Demi Doyle
Mr. & Ms. Rolston A. Dyer
Lauren & Rick Elliott
Doug & Florida Ellis
Brad Foresythe
Dr. Spencer Gelernter & Sonya Kuropatwa
Dr. Marvin Goldstein
Margaret Graff
Rand Hagen, in honor of Martine Weber
Marius Hechter
Virginia Hepner & Malcolm Barnes
Lisa & Forrest Hibbard
Mr. Douglas Hopkins
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Humphreys
Dorothea & Robert Jeffrey
Oren Johnson
Mrs. Peter G. Kessenich, Sr.
Edward Krugman & Jill Pryor
Allegra Lawrence-Hardy & Timothy Hardy
Linda L. Lively & James E. Hugh III
Drs. Robert & Mary Jo Lund
Dr. & Mrs. Ellis L. Malone
Albert and Jeanie Marx
Mimi Maslia
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene F. Meany
Christine & Eric Nelson
Anthony & Judith Ragunas
Arden & Walter Rowland
Scot Safon and Rebecca Leary Safon
Ashley & Drew Scott
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
Manda Wilhite and Jeremy Shankel
Allen Yee
Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Young
RELEVÉ $500+
Anonymous
Judith Alembik
Ms. Tracie Arnold
Leigh Ball
Cynthia Brant
Kerry Bryan
Kate & Scott Carmack
Carolyn Champion
Lawrence M. Cohen
Charles & Elizabeth Cohn
Carol Comstock & Jim Davis
Cynthia & Mike Davison
Dr. Carlos del Rio & Jeannette Guarner
Lauren Jo & David Dixon
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
Mr. J. David Hopkins
Jean Gatton Jones
Dr. Harvey P. Kaufman
Stacey Leebern, in honor of Ginny Brewer
Ms. Doreen 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
Steve & Eloise Shepherd
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 October 1, 2023 – October 1, 2024.
$100,000+
Bobbie Bailey Foundation
Hearst Foundations
The Home Depot Foundation
The Shubert Foundation
The Thalia & Michael C. Carlos Foundation
$50,000+
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+
City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs
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
National Endowment for the Arts
$10,000+
Aprio Chick-fil-A
Georgia Council 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
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
Mrs. Lynn Cochran-Schroder
Cynthia Crain
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
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IS GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING PARTNERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT
IS GRATEFUL TO THE FOLLOWING PARTNERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT
ATLANTA BALLET
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
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
Nadine Kaslow, Ph.D, ABPP, Psychologist, Emory 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
Mark Nimmo, PT, DPT, physical therapy, BenchMark Ami Kirollos, PT, DPT, CSCS, physical therapy, One Susan Bush, PT, DPT, CMTPT, physical therapy, Atlanta
Dana Hylton Calabro, Director of Technology and Sales Operations
Myredith Momongan, Associate Director of Group Sales
PATRON SERVICES
Toni C. Vacinek, Associate Director of Marketing Communications
Kristian Brown, Patron Services Lead Coordinator
Georgia Smith, Group Sales Manager
Zoey Fleck, Social Media Manager/Graphic Designer
Stephen Hall, Patron Services & Group Sales Associate
PATRON SERVICES
Connor Maguire, Patron Services Associate
Lindsay Smith, Associate Director of Patron Services
ADVANCEMENT
Desiree Houston, Patron Services Manager
Juliana Han Witt, Chief Advancement Officer
Mallory Hazen , Patron Services Assistant
Brianna Smith, Individual Giving Manager
Jasmine Martinez , Patron Services Assistant
Josh Reynolds , Patron Services Assistant
Ansleigh Brown, Individual Giving Coordinator
Kathryn Gutierrez, Special Events Manager
PRODUCTION
MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS
Tricia Ekholm, Chief Marketing Officer
Dave Smith, Production Manager & Technical Director
Sicily Palms, Company Manager
Fiona Shaw, Senior Manager Communications
Henry Woods, Manager of Marketing Strategy and Data Analysis
Nicole Walters, Production Stage Manager
Jane Kuipers, Assistant Stage Manager
Alane Marco, Design Director
Kristin Kelley , Assistant Stage Manager
Amber Times, Social Media Manager
COSTUMES
Tumi Akin-Deko, Communications Coordinator
Colleen McGonegle, Costume Director
PRODUCTION
Abby Polston, Draper
Jonathan Fries, Technical Director
Susan Carter, Costume Construction Supervisor
Nicole Walters, Production Stage Manager
Abby Parker, Company Shoe Manager/Wardrobe Supervisor/Costume Technician
COSTUMES
Chloe Gervais, Costume Technician
Colleen McGonegle, Costume Director
Maddie Simmons, Costume Technician
Ashleigh Dobrin, Finisher
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
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 Abaza, Jemiah Alex, 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, Han Myers, Arneshuia Nelson, Anna Penny, Chantia Robinson, Lay’la Rogers, Roscoe Sales, Anderson Souza, Caitlin Spencer, Jasmine Stevenson, Ashley Suta, Calla Vaughn, Natalya Vyashenko.
Accompanists
Accompanists
Elizabeth Grimes, Aleksandra Korshunova, Yulia Rice, Gretel Rodriguez, Kyla Zollitsch
Avery Jarrard, Stephanie Kosarin, Yulia Rice, Kyla Zollitsch
Centre Education Associates
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, Emily McAllister, Sophia Wang
Atlanta Ballet Boutique
Atlanta Ballet Boutique
Kate Gaul, Boutique Merchandise Manager
Louise Gordon, Retail Operations Manager
Pamela Pelletier, Boutique Associate
Leslie Campbell Judge, General Manager Nardja el-Shabazz, Asst. General Manager, Atlanta Ballet Boutique
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
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 $17 (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.
$17 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 that 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.
The approximate performance run time of The Nutcracker is 2 hours and 8 minutes, inclusive of a 25-minute intermission.
