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» 41st Season, 2018-2019 PROGRAM BOOK CONTENTS » Artistic, Production, Administrative Staff » FBP Board of Trustees » A Welcome from the Artistic Director » Artistic Staff » Company Dancers » Apprentices & Trainees » 41st Season Overview » Choreographers » Outreach Programs » Contributors » Edward M. Fogarty New Works Fund » Company History » Summer Dance Intensive 2019 » FBP School
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PRESIDENT Toots Zynsky VICE PRESIDENT Larry Eichler TREASURER Erica Guatieri SECRETARY Laurine Ryan-Perry BOARD MEMBERS Joan Abrams Judy Barrett Litoff Chris Corey Gail Higgins Fogarty Linda McGoldrick Mary Tsangarakis Marie Weiss Kimberly Winslow EX-OFFICIO Mihailo Djuric
Vilia Putrius in Coma
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» From the Artistic Director Welcome! Two decades ago, I was welcomed into the Festival Ballet family and took the reins of a company with a rich history and a promising future. With a great deal of sweat and joy this Company has grown from promising seeds to a flourishing bouquet of flowers, coloring the stage with their many varied hues. The 2018-2019 Season promises to be a celebration of each stem, as my buds blossom into the bold and beautiful works we are bringing you this year, my 20th Season as Artistic Director. The season kicks off with a new interpretation of Robin Hood, the first of two new creations for the ever-popular chatterBOXtheatre series. The second is one of my favorite stories as a little boy: Three Little Pigs. I'm delighted that both of these ballets are being choreographed by familiar faces: my former student and FBP School alumna Mary Ellen Beaudreau (Robin Hood) and former Company dancer Louisa Mejeur (Three Little Pigs). I’m eager to see what these talented women will bring to the stage; I'm certain it’s going to be enchanting. Our innovative Black Box series, Up Close on Hope, will bring two stunning programs with an impressive roster of choreographers, from Tony-winning visionary Christopher Wheeldon to emerging local voice Courtney Asselin. Of course, the holiday season would not be complete without The Nutcracker, the beloved tradition that has delighted families for more than four decades! My wish is that this magical fairy tale, with its stunning sets and costumes, will awaken the child in us all. Three ballets—George Balanchine’s masterpiece Serenade, Yury Yanowsky’s commanding contemporary ballet, Smoke & Mirrors, and Viktor Plotnikov’s gripping dance-drama, Coma—will be presented in a daring program titled Mirrors, reflecting dance at its finest and providing a range of rousing pieces sure to leave you feeling stirred. We will close the season with the iconic Swan Lake, the pure and timeless classic that makes us stand in awe of this art form and its possibilities. So, whether it’s classical treasures from the past or groundbreaking debuts, this season truly celebrates the power of dance.
Enjoy the show!
» About Mr. Djuric
Mihailo "Misha" Djuric Artistic Director
Mihailo "Misha" Djuric is a former first soloist with the National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. His training and experience encompass ballet, jazz, modern, folk dance and musical theater. During his ballet career, he has worked with Nevena Miric, Dusanka Kecojevic, Jovanka Bilegojevic, Ana Roje, Natalia Dudinskaya, Constantin Sergeyev, Svetlana Afanasieva and Maryon Lane. As a choreographer, he has been recognized with numerous awards including gold and bronze medals at the Yugoslavian choreographers' competition. Besides Yugoslavia (and its former six republics) and the United States, his work has been performed in Russia, Switzerland, Malta, Romania, Italy and Venezuela. In 1991, Misha was appointed Artistic Director at Ballet New England. Under his direction, Ballet New England's Company and School dramatically increased its programs and visibility, becoming the leader of New Hampshire's dance community. In 1993 and again in 1998, Mr. Djuric was awarded an Individual Artist Fellowship from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts (NHSCA). In July, 1998, Misha was appointed as the Artistic Director of Festival Ballet Providence (FBP) where he is responsible for managing the Company, the Trainee Program and the Festival Ballet Providence School. During his tenure, the organization has grown into one of the most exciting and accomplished arts and cultural organizations in Rhode Island and has been recognized as one of top regional ballet companies in the country. In 2007, Misha received the Pell Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Arts, and in April 2011, he received the "Vip Invites" Award from the Serbian Ministry of Culture at the Belgrade International Dance Festival. He is honored to have been named the first laureate to receive this award for outstanding Serbian artists living and working outside of Serbia.
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» Artistic Staff Mindaugas Bauzys Ballet Master
Born in Lithuania, Mindaugas graduated from Vilnius Ballet School, joining the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre where he was a principal dancer. He continued his training at the Copenhagen Bournonwille Summer Academy and the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. He was a principal dancer with Ballet Arlington and a soloist with Boston Ballet. In 2008, Mindaugas joined Festival Ballet Providence, where he performed numerous lead roles. His repertory includes Cinderella, The Nutcracker, Les Sylphides, Giselle, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, La Sylphide, Romeo and Juliet, Raymonda, Daphnis and Chloe, Tchaikovsky, Carmen, Greek Zorba, Don Quixote, Le Spectre de la Rose, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Artist’s Life, Venetian Carnival, Hamlet, Apollo, Divertimento # 15, Allegro Brillante, Eldar Aliev’s A Thousand and One Nights and many modern and contemporary works choreographed for him. Mindaugas has performed as a guest artist in the USA, Canada, Denmark, Spain, Latvia, Estonia, Russia and, in 2000, he performed in Vladimir Vasilyev’s anniversary Gala at Bolshoi Theatre. He was also honored as Ballet Artist of the Year and he received the St. Christopher’s Prize from the Lithuanian Theatre Union while becoming the laureate in the arts category of the Baltic Assembly Prizes for Literature, The Arts and Science. In 2001, he was awarded the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas, which was given by the Lithuanian President. After his retirement from the stage in May 2016, he joined the Festival Ballet artistic staff as Ballet Master with the Company and as a faculty member with Festival Ballet Providence School.
Leticia Guerrero Ballet Mistress
It all started with a last minute call to learn and perform Mr. Djuric’s renowned ballet Today. Leticia Guerrero, a native of Venezuela, received her training and graduated from Escuela de Ballet Keyla Ermecheo, a prestigious ballet school in Caracas. She joined Festival Ballet Providence artistic staff as Ballet Mistress in 2011 after dancing for the company for nine years. She has performed with numerous companies including Ballet Nuevo Mundo de Caracas, Metropolitan Ballet of Caracas, North Atlantic Ballet, Minnesota Dance Theater, Michigan Ballet, Charleston Ballet Theater, José Mateo Ballet Theater, Cadence Dance Project and Part of the Oath. She danced leading roles in Di Marco’s El Amor Brujo, Schéhérazade, Azucar; Viktor Plotnikov’s Carmen, The Widow’s Boom, Loof and Let Dime, and Coma; De Bouteiller’s Romeo & Juliet; and Don Quixote. Other leading roles include, Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, Rubies, Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux, Tarantella, Who Cares?; Pelzig’s The Princess and the Pea; Eldar Aliev’s A Thousand and One Nights; Odette and Odile in Swan Lake; Sugarplum Fairy, Snow Queen and Dew Drop Fairy in The Nutcracker. Leticia also participated in the 2004 Venezuela del Mundo Gala and was recognized for representing Venezuela internationally with “high standards and projection dignity and beauty”. In addition, former Providence Mayor David Cicilline awarded a Citizen Citation for her “exceptional and wholehearted devotion for the art of dance.” After her retirement from the stage in May 2012, she transitioned into her full-time role as Ballet Mistress with the Company and as a faculty member with Festival Ballet School, where she continues to pass her knowledge to a new generation of dancers.
Vilia Putrius
School Director, Summer Dance Intensive Director
Born in Lithuania, Vilia received her early training at the Vilnius Ballet School. Following graduation, she joined the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre where she was a soloist. From there, she joined Ballet Arlington in Texas as a principal dancer and then joined the Boston Ballet. In 2006, she became a Festival Ballet Providence company member. Vilia traveled with the company in 2008 for a multi-city tour of Venezuela and in 2011 for the Belgrade Dance Festival which was televised and broadcast throughout Europe. Putrius performed with Festival Ballet as a leading dancer for 11 seasons, performing lead roles in major productions like The Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, Giselle, and many other roles including principal roles in works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Viktor Plotnikov, and others. With 16 years of teaching experience, Putrius is an experienced educator and coach for aspiring dancers. She is married to Mindaugas Bauzys, current Ballet Master of the Company.
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Marissa Parmenter Company Manager
Marissa Parmenter danced at Festival Ballet Providence from 2002-2006 and 2014-2017. Her most memorable FBP roles are Pingril, the witch in The Widow’s Broom, the Nurse and Lady Capulet in Romeo & Juliet, Bernarda in House of Bernarda Alba and Saskia in For Saskia. In addition to FBP, she danced for Les Grands Ballet Canadiens de Montreal, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater and BalletMet Columbus. She has performed as a guest artist with many companies in the US including Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, and Boston Ballet. Marissa has created works with leading choreographers, Ohad Naharin, James Kudelka, Mauro Bigonzetti, Edwaard Liang, Dominic Walsh and Viktor Plotnikov. She has also had the pleasure of performing works by icons such as Christopher Wheeldon, Jiri Kylian, Balanchine, Sir Frederick Ashton, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano and Alejandro Cerrudo. Marissa received her MFA from Hollins University in collaboration with the Forsythe Company in 2014. She recently joined the faculty at Boston Conservatory at Berklee College. She is on faculty at FBP School as well as Company Manager.
» Company Dancers Azamat Asangul Azamat was born in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. He started his studies at age 10. In 2007, Azamat was awarded a Presidential Scholar “Personnel 21st Century” for “Creative achievement in the Performing Skills”. Later he was invited by Altynai Asylmuratova to study in Saint Petersburg, Russia, and graduated from the Vaganova Ballet Academy in 2010. He then joined Moscow City Ballet under the direction of artistic director Victor Smirnov. In 2012, Azamat was selected by Julia Moon to join Universal Ballet in South Korea. He also continued to dance with the Kyrgyz National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre. In 2013, Azamat was invited to join The Russian National Ballet by Artistic Director Sergei Radchenko. He has toured with The Moscow City Ballet in the United Kingdom, Ireland, China, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Taiwan, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Cyprus, Russia and with The Russian National Ballet in the USA. In 2014, Azamat joined Island Moving Co. in Newport, Rhode Island to focus on his contemporary style. Azamat has appeared as a guest artist with Kyrgyz National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre, Russian National Ballet, Charleston City Ballet and Ballet Idaho. This is Azamat's second season with the Company.
Brenna DiFrancesco
Brenna DiFrancesco was born in Seekonk, Massachusetts. She began her training with the Brae Crest School of Ballet, official school of the State Ballet of Rhode Island, under the guidance of Herci Marsden before joining Festival Ballet as a Junior Company member. While in the Junior Company, Brenna performed Snow and Flower corps in The Nutcracker with the company and the Don Quoxite pas de deux in Festival Ballet Providence School’s Culmination performance. She attended summer programs at The Nutmeg Conservatory and Orlando ballet, and The School of American Ballet. Brenna also competed in the Youth American Grand Prix competition placing second in 2003 and first in 2004. Brenna joined the company as a Trainee in 2010. She has since performed many roles with the company, including Chinese, Lead Snow, and Lead Flower in The Nutcracker, Joan in Boyko Dossev’s Mother Goose Goes to Hollywood, Cygnets in Swan Lake, and soloist roles in George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante and Rubies. This will be Brenna’s eighth season with the Company.
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David DuBois began his dance training at the Pinellas County Center for the Arts in St. Petersburg Florida. David then attended the Boston Conservatory, studying under Luis Fuentes and Laszlo Berdo. David began his professional career in 2003 with Jose Mateo’s Ballet Theater. There, he performed as Cavalier in The Nutcracker and many other principal roles. David joined Island Moving Company in 2007, working with choreographers such as Colin Conner, Scott Putman, Colleen Cavanaugh, Kelly Ann Sloan, and Monica Bill Barnes, also originating the title role in Miki Ohlsen’s critically-acclaimed Dracula. He has been a principal guest artist with many dance organizations throughout New England. In 2010 and 2011, David competed in the Sibiu Romania IBC with his wife Kristy Anne DuBois. David joined American Repertory Ballet for its 2011-2012 season. There, David performed the role of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. David re-joined Jose Mateo’s Ballet Theatre in 2012, dancing many principal roles there with his wife. David has been with Festival Ballet Providence since 2015 and has danced in a vast range of classical and contemporary works including Von Rothbart in Mihailo Djuric’s Swan Lake and Balanchine’s Allegro Brilliante. This is David’s fourth season with the Company.
Kristy DuBois
Kristy Anne DuBois grew up in New Jersey and studied at the South Jersey Ballet Theatre. After high school, she moved to NYC to study at The Ailey School in conjunction with the Fordham University BFA program. While there she had the opportunity to learn Horton, Graham, and West African dance techniques. Kristy then accepted a traineeship with the Richmond Ballet, and performed in Valse Fantasie, Giselle, Sleeping Beauty, Midsummer Night’s Dream, and The Nutcracker. She moved to Newport, Rhode Island and spent five years dancing with the Island Moving Company. While there, Ms. DuBois created the role of Lucy in Miki Ohlsen’s critically acclaimed ballet Dracula. She also danced in works by Colin Connor, Scott Putman, Carol Somers, and Colleen Cavanaugh. In 2011, Kristy moved to Boston to dance with Jose Mateo’s Ballet Theatre, and had the opportunity to dance principal roles in many of Mr. Mateo’s original ballets as well as the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker. Kristy's dance achievements include being named a “Finalist” in the 2011 Sibiu International Ballet and Contemporary Dance Competition in Sibiu, Romania. This is Kristy's third season with the Company.
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Kirsten Evans
Born in Providence, Kirsten began training in the FBP School at age 11. She performed as a member of FBP’s Junior Company for 5 years before joining the main company as a Trainee in 2010. Kirsten has attended summer intensives with Bolshoi Ballet Academy, The Nutmeg Conservatory, and was a member of the Jacob’s Pillow Summer Dance Festival in 2009. Kirsten was a two-time finalist in the Youth America Grand Prix in New York City, where she was awarded several scholarships as well as a traineeship with Ballet West in Utah. Previous roles with FBP include Wendy in Jorden Morris’ Peter Pan, the title role in Winthrop Corey’s Cinderella, Pas de Trois, Big Swans, and Cygnets in Swan Lake, Princess Tsarevna in Mihailo Djuric’s The Firebird, the roles of Sugarplum Fairy, Dew Drop Fairy, Clara, Spanish, and Marzipan in The Nutcracker, and the principal in Etudes, as well as principal roles in George Balanchine’s Apollo, Allegro Brillante, Agon, Rubies, and Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux, in addition to the principal role in Christopher Wheeldon’s The American. Kirsten has also been featured in contemporary works by Viktor Plotnikov, Dominic Walsh, Ilya Kozadayev, Joseph Morrissey, and others. Kirsten works as the PR and Communications Assistant for FBP and is also pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts/Journalism at Providence College. This is Kirsten’s ninth season with the Company.
Dylan Giles
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Dylan Giles began his training at the age of six in Raleigh, North Carolina at Raleigh School of Ballet. Throughout his youth, he performed with Carolina Ballet in various productions between 2002 and 2008 and attended summer courses at North Carolina Dance Theatre, Boston Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet. In 2008, Mr. Giles joined Indiana University Ballet Theater where he performed in Balanchine’s Rubies, Allegro Brillante, and Who Cares? He graduated in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science in Ballet Performance and an Outside Field in Journalism. At FBP, he has performed the role of Wolf in Little Red Riding Hood, Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker, and M. Duval in Lady of the Camellias, and Lady #2 in Pippi. Dylan also serves as Director of Marketing for FBP. This is Dylan's eighth season with the Company.
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Olivia Kaczmarzyk Olivia began training at Festival Ballet Providence at age six and was later invited to join FBP’s Junior Company for several years. While a member of the Junior Company, Olivia performed with the corps de ballet in The Nutcracker and The Sleeping Beauty. Since joining the company in 2015, Olivia has danced roles such as Cygnets in Swan Lake and featured roles in George Balanchine’s Allegro Brillante, Viktor Plotnikov’s House of Bernarda Alba and Carmen, as well as various contemporary works and classical ballets. This is Olivia’s fourth season with the Company.
Alex Lantz
Alex Lantz began his dance training at age seven at the Rockford Dance Company in his home town of Rockford, Illinois. In 2006, he was accepted into the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School Professional Division. Alex joined the Royal Winnipeg Ballet company as an apprentice in 2010. He performed with the company in The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Moulin Rouge – The Ballet, Dracula, Wonderland, The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, Svengali and Giselle. Alex also joined the company in 2010 on a three-city tour of Israel, part of the RWB’s 70th Anniversary tour. Lantz came to Festival Ballet Providence in 2012. He has performed the roles of Spanish, Snow King and Sugarplum Cavalier in The Nutcracker, has been featured in Dominic Walsh’s Afternoon of the Faun, Ilya Kozadayev’s Moonlight Pas De Deux, and has also performed leading roles in Viktor Plotnikov’s Orchis and Coma as well as principal roles in George Balanchine’s Agon and Tchaikovky Pas de Deux. Mr. Lantz also has performed a number of character roles including Von Rothbart in Swan Lake, The Witch in Hansel & Gretel, Kastchai in The Firebird, Smee in Jordan Morris’ Peter Pan and Herr Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker. This is Alex's seventh season with the Company.
Jay Markov
Jay Markov was born in Phoenix, Arizona and started training in classical ballet at the age of 7 with Slawomir and Irena Wozniak of Master Ballet Academy. The years following he received full scholarships and training at San Francisco Ballet School, Harid Conservatory for the Arts, School of American Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and American Ballet Theatre. At age 15 Jay was selected to train at San Francisco Ballet School for the year round program. In 2012, Jay began his dance career with Ballet Arizona under the direction of Ib Anderson where he performed roles in productions of Swan Lake, La Bayadere, Napoli, Sleeping Beauty, Giselle, Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Don Quixote, and Western Symphony. From 2016-2018 Jay danced as a corps member with Los Angeles Ballet under artistic directors Thordal Christensen and Colleen Neary where he performed contemporary works by Meghan Lou, Aszure Barton, and Alejandro Cerrudo. Jay has also performed in many of Balanchine’s Ballets such as Theme and Variations, Serenade, Movements and Monumento, Violin Concerto, Who Cares, Four Temperaments, and Prodigal Son. This is Jay’s first season with the Company.
Elizabeth Mochizuki
Born in California, Elizabeth received her early training in Fresno with Diane Mosier. Her professional career began with the 1999/2000 season as an apprentice with FBP, during which she was a full-time college student in Boston. She has since appeared with Anna Myer and Dancers, BalletRox, Boston Dance Company, Dance Currents, Ithaca Ballet, Jose Mateo’s Ballet Theatre, Spindle City Ballet, and State Street Ballet. Previous roles include Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, Taglioni in Pas de Quatre, and the title role in Cinderella, Giselle, Raymond, Snow White, and Sylvia. Elizabeth has also worked with such accomplished contemporary choreographers as Gianni DiMarco, William Soleau, and Josie Walsh. Ms. Mochizuki holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in American Studies from Tufts University. This is Elizabeth's seventh season with the Company.
Charlotte Nash
Charlotte Nash is from Sammamish, WA. She trained at Pacific Northwest Ballet School and San Francisco Ballet School. In 2016 she joined Houston Ballet II. During this time, she performing soloist roles in Stanton Welch AM’s Brigade and Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra as well as George Balanchine’s Allegro Brilliante. In 2017 she joined BalletMet 2 and performed in Edwaard Liang’s Familiar, Swan Lake Pas De Trios, as well as First Violin from Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco. She also danced with the company in ballets like Balanchine’s Rubies, Gerard Charles’ The Nutcracker, and Edwaard Liang’s Dorothy and the Prince of Oz. This is Charlotte’s first season with the Company.
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Ty Parmenter returned to Festival Ballet Providence in 2014 after having been with the company from 2003-2006. His most memorable FBP roles are the Eunuch in Schéhérazade, Romeo in Romeo & Juliet, and Faun in Afternoon of a Faun. He returned to FBP after having danced with Hubbard Street 2, Dominic Walsh Dance Theater and BalletMet Columbus. He has performed as a guest artist with many companies in North America including Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, New Choreographers Initiative, and Les Grands Ballet Canadiens. In 2006, he performed in the Mozart Sommer Festival in Würzburg, Germany. Ty has created works with leading choreographers such as James Kudelka, Edwaard Liang, Dominic Walsh, Andrea Miller, Christian Spuck, Gabrielle Lamb and Viktor Plotnikov. He has also performed works by Christopher Wheeldon, Mauro Bigonzetti, Matthew Bourne, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano and Alejandro Cerrudo. In 2012, Ty was awarded the Columbus Dances Fellowship from the Greater Columbus Arts Council for his piece There is Silence. He is currently on faculty at FBP School as well as Digital Media Coordinator. Ty has choreographed four new works on the FBP company and five new works for the FBP school. This is Ty's fourth season with the Company since returning.
Jennifer Ricci
Jennifer, of Johnston, RI, is a graduate of Rhode Island College. She trained with Winthrop Corey and Christine Hennessy, becoming a member of Festival Ballet as a teenager. Her principal roles include Arabian, Snow Queen and Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker; Titania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream; Cinderella; Neapolitan, Pas de Trois and Big Swan in Swan Lake; Snow White; Princess Elena in Firebird; Mina in Dracula; Prelude and Seventh Waltz in Les Sylphides; Giselle. Jennifer has performed leading roles in Esmeralda, Djuric’s Upon Dark, Magnificat, Loose Ends, Quartet for the End of Time, The Sleeping Beauty, Con Amore, Robbins' 2 & 3 Part Inventions, Balanchine’s Rubies, Pelzig’s The Princess and the Pea, Antony Tudor’s The Leaves Are Fading, Plotnikov’s Coma, Carmen, The Widow’s Broom, Princess Budur in Eldar Aliev’s A Thousand and One Nights, Scheherazade, Gypsy Queen in Don Quixote, Colleen Cavanaugh’s Schumann Songs; Jennifer premiered as Marguerite Gautier in Gianni Di Marco’s Lady of the Camellias and Juliet in Ilya Kozadayev’s Romeo and Juliet . In 2006, she premiered Mr. Djuric’s Dancing by Ear at the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival. In April, 2011, she toured with FBP to the Belgrade International Dance Festival. This is Jennifer's twenty-eighth season with the Company.
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Tegan Rich
Originally from Stuart, Florida, Tegan began her training at the Dance Academy of Stuart with Alicia Chodera, Loretta Miller, Charles Russell, and Charlotte Ray. She later moved to Miami and danced with the Miami City Ballet School where she studied under Alexandra Koltun, Alex Lapshin, Geta Constantinescu, Carter Alexander, and benefitted from master classes with Edward Villella. While at MCBS, she danced Russian Girl in Serenade, Medora in Le Corsaire and Balanchine’s Square Dance. At Festival Ballet, Tegan has performed roles such as the Dew Drop Fairy, Mouse Queen, and Spanish in the The Nutcracker, Finger Fairy in The Sleeping Beauty, Balanchine’s Agon and Allegro Brillante, Solo Girl in Balanchine's Rubies, Carmen in Viktor Plotnikov's Carmen, Marguerite in Gianni Di Marco's Lady of the Camellias, Christopher Wheeldon's The American and many other contemporary and classical ballets. Tegan has attended summer programs at Orlando Ballet, Joffrey Midwest, ABT NY, SAB, and Miami City Ballet School. This is Tegan's eighth season with the Company.
João Pedro Sampaio
João Sampaio from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil started his dance studies under the care of Carlos Henrique Bonforte in Três Rios – RJ and his classical ballet training under the care of Ana Palmieri and Romulo Ramos in Rio de Janeiro, where he went to national and international competitions and received awards such as 1st Place at the World Ballet Competition (WBC) 2014 in Orlando, Fl in the Grand Pas de Deux Category, 1st Place at Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) 2014 in NYC in the Ensamble Category with Balletarrj School of Dance and went to the Final Round for the Senior Classical Variations Category, and also received awards such as Best Male Dancer around competitions in Brazil. Joined Tulsa Ballet in 2014 where he performed featured roles in ballets such as Wayne McGregor’s Infra, Nacho Duato’s Remansos, Kurt Jooss’ The Green Table as Standard Bearer, Jiri Kylian’s Petite Mort, Yuri Possokhov’s Classical Symphony, Edwaard Liang’s Romeo and Juliet as Paris and Age of Innocence, and performed ballets from Choreographers such as John Cranko, Adam Hoagland, Jorma Elo, Marcello Angelini, Ma Cong, Dwight Rhoden, Nicolo Fonte and more. This is João's first season with the Company.
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Melissa Wong
Melissa Wong began her training in her hometown of Portsmouth, OH at En’Lair Ballet Theatre School and later at BalletMet Columbus Dance Academy and the University of Akron Dance Institute. From 2008-2012, she continued her training at Pioneer Valley Ballet in Easthampton, MA, and the Five College Dance Department. In 2012, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chemistry from Smith College. Prior to joining FBP as a trainee, she studied at Cincinnati Ballet Otto M. Budig Academy. Melissa has attended summer programs with BalletMet Columbus, Northern Ballet Theatre, Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, and Festival Ballet Providence. This is Melissa's fifth season with the Company.
Eugenia Zinovieva
Born in Moscow, Russia, Eugenia moved to the United States at a young age. She began her classical ballet training at the Boston Ballet School while also competing as a rhythmic gymnast. She graduated from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts’ high school program under the artistic direction of Ethan Stiefel. She spent a year coaching with SLK Ballet in New York City before coming to Festival Ballet Providence. She supplemented her ballet education with programs at ART of Marseille Forsythe Workshop, the Harid Conservatory, Boston Ballet, and the Academie de Danse Princesse Grace in Monaco. Throughout her professional career, she has also appeared with Quixotic Cirque Nouveau, North Atlantic Dance Theater, the Kansas City Dance Festival, Tony Williams Ballet, and Staten Island Ballet. Roles include the title roles in The Firebird, Carmen, and Mark Diamond's Little Mermaid, principal roles in Balanchine's Apollo, Glinka Pas de Trois, and Rubies, Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker, principal in Wheeldon's The American, principal in Radenko Pavlovich's Etudes, soloist roles in Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake, and contemporary works by Viktor Plotnikov, Ilya Kozadaev, Yury Yanowksy, Vilia Putrius, and others. This is Eugenia's seventh season with the Company.
» Apprentices Jessica Alvarez
Born and raised in Arizona, Jessica started her dance training at Master Ballet Academy under the direction of Slawomir and Irena Wozniak. Here she performed various roles in productions such as The Nutcracker, Carmen, Paquita, Chopin’s Suite, Prokofiev’s Classics, Swan Lake, and Don Quixote. Jessica has also worked with contemporary choreographers such as Natasha Louis, Dana Metz, Chehon Wespi-Tschop, and Dominik Olechoswki. Throughout her dance career, Jessica received training and scholarships at various intensives. Upon graduating, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her career as a commercial dancer with Bloc LA Talent Agency. When not performing, Jessica serves as a judge for National Dance Competitions in addition to teaching ballet to students throughout the country. This is Jessica's first season as an apprentice with the Company.
Katherine Bickford
Originally from Miami, Katherine began her training at the age of four with Dance Empire. She continued to study ballet more seriously with the Portland School of Ballet in Maine, and attended summer intensives with Walnut Hill, Bossov Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Ballet, and Houston Ballet Academy. At the age of 13, she enrolled full time at Canada’s National Ballet School, from which she graduated in 2010. Katherine went on to earn a B.S. in Environmental Science from the University of Maine. While in university, she danced with Bangor Ballet and as a contributing artist with Robinson Ballet. In 2015, Katherine joined Festival Ballet Providence as a trainee. This is Katherine’s fourth season and her second as an apprentice with the Company.
Kailee Felix Kailee Felix grew up in the small town of Swansboro, North Carolina, where she started her career at Swansboro Dance Studio. At the age of 10, she performed with Carolina Ballet in their productions of Cinderella, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and La Sylphide. In 2013, Kailee continued her training at the Gelsey Kirkland Academy, where she performed a variety of classical repertory. In 2016 when she joined Festival Ballet Providence as a trainee. This is Kailee’s third season and her first as an apprentice with the Company.
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Hannah Klinkman was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she studied ballet, jazz, and modern dance at Ballet Chelsea under Wendi DuBois and Nancy Giles for 7 years. After graduating high school, she studied dance and psychology at Grand Valley State University in the honors program for 2 years. She then moved to Ohio to become a trainee under the guidance of Timothy Lynch at Ballet Met Columbus. Ms. Klinkman’s favorite experiences so far are dancing in Edwaard Liang’s The Sleeping Beauty and being a part of Ballet Met and Cincinnati Ballet’s collaboration of Balanchine’s Who Cares? This is Hannah’s third season and her first as an apprentice with the Company.
Emily Lovdahl
Born and raised in southeast Wisconsin, Emily received her early training from Marc Darling and Linda Bennett at The Studio of Classical Dance Arts in Racine, WI, as well as attending summer programs with Milwaukee Ballet, BalletMet, and Oklahoma City Ballet. After completing high school, she was invited to join Milwaukee Ballet II for the 2014-15 season, and spent the following year dancing with BalletMet in Columbus, OH as a trainee. Emily joined Nevada Ballet Theatre in 2016 where she worked with Cynthia Gregory on her staging of Swan Lake and appearing in George Balanchine’s Serenade and Western Symphony as well as in other classical and contemporary works. This is Emily's first season with the Company.
»APPRENTICES
Hannah Klinkman
Dara Capley Nicole
Dara Nicole, born in Sarasota, FL, began her training with Gloria Gaither in Sarasota and received full scholarships to train with Sarasota Ballet, Orlando Ballet, and Next Generation Ballet. Dara joined Nashville Ballet II for two seasons and performed soloist roles in Anne Frank, Ferdinand the Bull. Since being at Festival Ballet Providence Dara has performed soloist roles in Viktor Plotnikov’s The House of Bernarda Alba, Ty Parmenter’s Wrest, and How We Found The Stars, two roles that Mr. Parmenter created on her, as well as corps de ballet roles in George Balenchine’s Rubies, Viktor Plotnikov’s Carmen, and Mihalo Djuric’s The Nutcracker. This is Dara’s fourth season and her first season as an apprentice with the Company.
Linnea Wahle
Originally from upstate New York, Linnea began training in multiple styles of dance in 2008 on Cape Cod at Atlantic Coast Academy of Dance under the direction of Tanya and Coby Vincent. She remained at the studio throughout her high school career, performing in The Nutcracker as well as the role Swanilda in Coppelia in 2016. Throughout her high school career, she was able to assist all-star dancers from So You Think You Can Dance at competitions and conventions. After high school she attended Festival Ballet’s Summer Dance Intensive and started her first year with the company as a trainee. This is Linnea’s second season and her first as an apprentice with the Company.
» Trainees Athina Alimonos Athina Alimonos, of Hadley, MA, trained at East Street Ballet with Irina Vakhromeeva and continued at Massachusetts Academy of Ballet with Rose and Charles Flachs. She’s performed the lead in Paquita, Odette/ Odile in Swan Lake, Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty, and the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nutcracker. Athina was a YAGP finalist in NYC, a gold medalist at the Connecticut Classic ballet competition, and a finalist at the World Ballet Competition. She was invited to train in Moscow, Russia, at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy year round. This is Athina's first season with the Company.
Eleanor Ambler
Originally from Cambridge, Massachusetts, Eleanor Ambler received her training from Fresh Pond Ballet, Boston Ballet School, Orlando Ballet School, and summer intensives at Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theater, American Ballet Theater in New York, and Northern Ballet. In 2016, she became a trainee with American Repertory Ballet in Princeton, New Jersey. During her two years there, she had the opportunity to perform a variety of roles with the company in The Nutcracker and originated the role of Georgiana Darcy in the world premiere of Douglas Martin’s Pride and Prejudice. This is Eleanor's first season with the Company.
Sara Clarke A Connecticut native, Sara Clarke received her formative training from Wendy Fish-Lawrence and David Lawrence at Connecticut Concert Ballet. She then continued her studies at Mercyhurst University, where she had the opportunity to perform in both classical and contemporary ballets as well as choreograph for numerous mainstage productions. In 2017, Sara spent the summer with Boca Ballet Theatre where she was fortunate to perform in David Parson's The Envelope. She has danced professionally with Lorelei Chang’s modern company, dancEnlight, and has appeared as a soloist with Lake Erie Ballet. This is Sara's first season with the Company.
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»TRAINEES
Peyton Colegrove Born in New Hampshire, Peyton began her training in Bedford under the artistic direction of Patricia Lavoie. She’s performed numerous roles including the Sugar Plum Fairy with former Boston Ballet Principle dancer Carlos Molina for her hometown school’s The Nutcracker. She attended Summer Programs including Ellison Ballet and Houston Ballet where she was accepted to attend Houston Ballet’s Year-Round Professional 2 Training Program in 2016. She then moved to Providence to train in the Post Graduate Program at Festival Ballet Providence. This is Peyton’s second season and her first as a trainee with the Company.
Julia Guiheen Julia began her ballet training under the direction of Leslie Drucks at the Studio Allegro School of Ballet in her hometown of Madison, NJ. She attended various summer programs with American Ballet Theatre and the French Academie of Ballet before going on to pursue her BFA in Dance at Butler University in Indianapolis, IN. While at Butler, she performed numerous roles in both classical and contemporary works, including Lead Angel in The Nutcracker, demi-soloist in the Grand Pas from Paquita, and Stepmother in Cinderella. In addition to dance, Julia studied Strategic Communications at Butler and graduated cum laude in 2018. She is also a freelance web contributor for Pointe Magazine. This is Julia's first season with the Company.
» Post Graduate Program Maria Rogler Maria, a native of Boston, Massachusetts, began dancing at age four, first at Dance Explosion where she studied with Leticia Guerrero, and subsequently with the International Ballet Academy of Norwell, with Cosmin and Melinda Marculetiu, and at Festival Ballet’s Summer Intensives. She has competed at ballet competitions including the International Ballet and Contemporary Dance Competition in Bari, Italy, as well as the Universal Ballet Competition in Atlanta, Georgia. Maria has been home schooled her entire life and was accepted to many prestigious colleges, including Butler and the Universities of Utah and Oklahoma, but decided instead to pursue a career in ballet. This is Maria's first season with the Company.
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ROBIN HOOD
Black Box Theatre
MISHA’S 20TH SEASON
Black Box Theatre
UP CLOSE ON HOPE
Black Box Theatre
Oct. 13-21, 2018
Nov. 3, 2018 | One night only!
Nov. 9-17, 2018 | Program 1
THE NUTCRACKER Dec. 21-23, 2018
MIRRORS
Feb. 15-17, 2019 | Mixed Repertory
THREE LITTLE PIGS
Black Box Theatre
UP CLOSE ON HOPE
Black Box Theatre
March 23-31, 2019
April 5-14, 2019 | Program 2
SWAN LAKE May 10-12, 2019
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» Choreographers » Viktor Plotnikov
Resident Choreographer
Born in Kharkov City, Ukraine, Plotnikov received his training at the Kiev-Ukraine School and the St. Petersburg Vaganova Ballet Academy. From 1987 to 1990, he was a soloist with Donetsk Ballet Company in the Ukraine. Plotnikov held principal dancer positions at Ballet Mississippi and Tulsa Ballet Theatre between 1990 and 1993, before joining Boston Ballet as a principal dancer in 1993, where he performed until 2006. In 1998 Plotnikov’s extensive performance career lead to choreographic inspiration. Since then Plotnikov has created a myriad of original works for numerous organizations and individuals, often to great acclaim. These include solos and duets performed at international gala performances and as part of international ballet competitions, with musical taste ranging from Brahms to Pink Floyd. He has created original, commissioned works for companies including Boston Ballet, Cincinnati Ballet, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Richmond Ballet, New Jersey Ballet and the Bolshoi Theatre. Awards include Best Choreography at the 2005 Helsinki International Ballet Competition and at the 2007 World Ballet Competition, Orlando; Outstanding Choreography Prize at the 2006 Youth American Grand Prix Competition; Second Prize winner of the 2007 International Choreographic Competition in Milwaukee; Best Choreography Award at the 2008 Ballet Competition in Perm, Russia; and Outstanding Choreographer Award at the 2009 Youth American Grand Prix. In 2003, FBP Artistic Director Mihailo Djuric commissioned Plotnikov to create an original version of Carmen, his first full length ballet. That success lead to numerous ensuing commissioned works by the company, including The Widow’s Broom (2004, based on the story by Chris Van Allsburg, with original score by Novi Sad native Alexandra Vrebalov), Loof and Let Dime (2006), Viktorations (2006), Bre (2007), the overwhelming critically acclaimed Coma (2007) , Cinderella (2007), Atom (2009), Sun Dust (2009), Surrender (2010), Orchis (2013) and Sharps and Flats (2014). In 2010, Djuric named him Festival Ballet Providence Resident Choreographer. Plotnikov is married to Boston Ballet’s Larissa Ponomarenko.
» Milica Bijelic
Guest Choreographer - Swan Lake
Born in Belgrade, Milica started her dance education at the Lujo Davico Ballet School at age 10. From 1975 to 1978 she studied at The Academy of Choreography in Moscow, and joined The National Opera and Ballet Theatre of Belgrade upon graduation in 1978. She quickly, became a soloist, and in 1985 she was promoted to principal ballerina. The majority of her dancing career has been devoted to the National Opera and Ballet Theater in Belgrade where she appeared in a great number of principal roles over the period of more than two decades, including those in: Swan Lake, Giselle, Don Quixote, Coppelia, Les Sylphides, Romeo and Juliet, The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Per Gynt, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Jelisaveta, Concerto Baroccco, Love Divine, Ohrid’s Legend, Tales of Hoffman, Peter Pan, Resurrection, and many others. Her awards include: the Prize of the National Opera and Ballet Theatre (1980) for the role of Swanhilda in Coppelia; a Public Award of Merit (1981) for the role of Antonia in Tales of Hoffman; the Award of Distinction on the Tenth Yugoslavian Ballet Biennial (1983) in Ljubljana for the role of Solveig in Per Gynt and a Public Award of Merit (1985) for role of Wendy in Peter Pan. The National Opera and Ballet Theatre in Belgrade honored Bijelic with a life-achievement award in 1997 for artistic and professional excellence throughout her career. She retired in 2002 as principal dancer at National Opera and Ballet in Belgrade and same year become ballet mistress at Festival Ballet Providence. At the end of her tenure as Ballet Mistress, Bijelic was given a Citizen Citation by the Mayor of the City of Providence for her extraordinary efforts. In 2008 she returned to Belgrade and become ballet teacher in state ballet school “Lujo Davico” for one year. In 2010 she was given a title of Deserving Artist by the Ministry of Culture of Serbia. In 2013 she was given “Golden Beocug”for permanent contribution to culture of Belgrade. In 2014 Association of Ballet Dancers of Serbia honored Bijelic with a lifeachievement award. In 2017 she hold ballet seminar in Greece and teach Summer intensive in China. Since 2013 Milica has worked with students and young dancers in her own studio.
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»CHOREOGRAPHERS
» Yury Yanowsky
Guest Choreographer - Smoke and Mirrors
Yury Yanowsky was born in Lyon, France and grew up in Madrid and Las Palmas, Spain. He began his ballet training with his parents, Carmen Robles and Anatole Yanowsky, and also studied at the National Ballet of Cuba. Yanowsky joined Boston Ballet’s corps de ballet in 1993, was promoted to soloist in 1995 and to principal dancer in 1999. In 1992 he won first prize at the Prix de Lausanne in Switzerland and the Silver Medal at Varna International Ballet Competition, and in 1994 he won the Silver Medal in the Senior Division at the International Ballet Competition in Jackson, Mississippi. Throughout his career, Yanowsky has participated in numerous international ballet galas. His Boston Ballet repertoire includes Mikko Nissinen’s The Nutcracker and Swan Lake, Rudolf Nureyev’s Don Quixote, John Cranko’s The Taming of the Shrew and Onegin, Val Caniparoli’s Lady of the Camellias and Lambarena, Stanton Welch’s Madame Butterfly, Maina Gielgud’s Giselle, Jorma Elo’s Carmen and Le Sacre du Printemps, Jiří Kylián’s Sarabande, No More Play and Petite Mort, Christopher Wheeldon’s Corybantic Ecstasies and Polyphonia, William Forsythe’s In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated, Helen Pickett’s Etesian, George Balanchine’s Rubies, Prodigal Son, The Four Temperaments and Stars and Stripes, Asaf Messerer’s Spring Waters, Peter Martins’ Distant Light, and Marius Petipa’s Raymonda Act III. Yanowsky is also an up and coming choreographer, and most recently won the choreographic prize at the 2015 Eric Bruhn Competition for his ballet District. In the 2015-2016 Season he commissioned world premieres for Boston Ballet, The Bundes Jugend Ballet, and The Jacobs Pillow Opening Night Gala.
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Âť Community Outreach Programs IN THEATERS
Full-length field trip programs at our mainstage theaters for educational groups.
IN SCHOOLS
In-school and afterschool programming bringing the art of dance to schools across the region.
IN THE COMMUNITY
Popular workshops in libraries and other community spaces which include interactive demonstrations, crafts, and storytelling.
Festival Ballet's innovative, youthdriven community arts program that has established itself as a model for engaging and inspiring students with in-school workshops and residencies.
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Âť Contributors
For the period of September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018
$10,000 + David and Jenay Evans Gail Higgins Fogarty Merle and Stanley Goldstein Miriam Hospital Providence Tourism Council Rhode Island Foundation RISCA University Orthopedics Alan and Marie Weiss Toots Zynsky
$3,000 - $9,999 Judy Barret Litoff
Linda and Harold Kushner
Bristol County Savings Bank
Evelyn and James Leach
John and Deborah Chapman
Mary Lovejoy
Christopher and Erica Corey
Nordson Foundation
Flavia and Vlado Dukcevich
Seven Stars Bakery
Emma Clyde Hodge Foundation
TZ Studio
EOG Resources
Vets Foundation
Barnet Fain
Don and Kitty Wineberg
The John E. Fogarty Foundation
WPRI
Don and Jana Jagoe
Zennovation Fund
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$1,500 - $2,999 Joan and Richard Abrams Anonymous Croft School Delta Dental Dr. and Mrs. Peter Evangelista The Florence Family Fund
Hunt's Photo and Video John Leo Jane S. Nelson Santina Siena Textron Dr. and Mrs. Charles Wong
$500 - $1,499 Lorne Adrian
Alison and Larry Eichler
Advanced Dental Care
Donald Fowler and Joe Hollingsworth
Tony Aguilar
Diane and VG Gooding
Lauren Amoriggi and Neil Pettit
Erica Guatieri
Anonymous (x2)
Jennifer Kiddie
The Bentley Foundation
Lisa LaDew and Bill Morris
Kip and Judith Brott
Brooke and Eugene Lee
Ann and Bob Burke
Legislative Grant - Senator Gayle Goldin
Gloria Callaci and Larry Suffredin
Duncan Maio and Kristen Westmoreland
Demetria and Stephen Carr
John and Kathleen Malmborg
Anne, Maia and Philip Carty
Brankica and Damir Mazlagic
Colleen Cavanaugh, M.D.
Victoria M. and Wallace Murray
April and Jeffrey Chase-Lubitz
Amy and Kevin Orth
Honorable David Cicilline
Pearlman Charitable Fund
Ruth Davis
Alan and Laurine Perry
Jennifer Davis
Martin and Linda Reynolds
Davide Paride Dukcevich
Chris and Lisa Van Allsburg
Brian Ehlers
Kimberly Winslow
$250 - $499 Bob and Roberta Andreozzi Anonymous (x3) Mark and Carol Aultman Patricia and John Biasuzzi Juanita and Paul Cullen
Michael and Nancy Donohue Eastside Marketplace Dr. Paul and Maria Fadale Orest Fedan
Sheila Delaney
Cary Fleisher
Jim DeRentis and Brett Smiley
Marilyn H. Forest
Mark Fleisher
Bob and Mimi Grant Jim and Laura Higgins Patricia and David Hopfenberg John Kimball and Rosamond Fogarty Kehoe Paula and Rick Keogh Dr. Peter Kriz
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$250-$499 (continued) Erika Lee Barbara Levine Little Bitte Cocktails
Jose Medina and Jeanne Moore
Paula and Bill Rooks
Jeffrey and Jessica Nathan
Nancy Safer
Patrice A. Lyons and Robert Kahn
Pamela Nelson Erskine
Thomas and Mary McAndrew
Tom Parrish
Dr. Brett Owens
Mary and Donald McClure
Kurt Raaflaub and Deborah Boedeker
Linda McGoldrick
Timothy Rivinus
Gary Rubin Debra and Jack Schiavone Sharon Tamposi Mary Tsangarakis
$1 - $249 Olatubokun Adenugba Jane C. Ahearn Dr. Marisa and Christopher Allegra Kerry Altman Ashley Andries Anonymous (x8) Gale Aronson Andrew Ayer Cameron Baldassarra Bank of America Carol Barbero Laura Barnes Neil and Cheryl Bartholomew Christopher Batty Brenda Beard Kevin and Ellen Beaulien Christopher Belleau Heidi M. Berggren Linnell Bickford Dan Bickford Lisa Bigney Asuman Bilgin Ann and Ray Blake Bobbi Blake and Cyd Slotoroff Susan Bowler and Charles Golembeske Jr. Ulrike Brahmst Nicole Brennan Thomas Bryson Janet Buckley Family Davor Cakaric David and Majorie Calderara Aldo CampaĂŁtaro Beth and Vincent Cannon
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Jennifer Canole Dara Capley Anthony and Charlene Capuano Jr. Roger Carlsten Pauline Caron-Ricci Meriliz Cary John Chamberlin Ken Chang Carla Ciampanelli Citrin Consulting Gerald Cohen Vincent and Lorraine Coiffari and Vekens Gina Collins Michael Collins Thomas and Rosemary Coover John Cowl Sandra Cronsberg Ranee and Stefan Csigay Melissa Csigay Meredith Curren D'Oliveira and Associates Mary Daly Irene Daniels and Amy Smith William and Kate Darling Donna De Paolo Ellen DeCaltaldo Catherine Denning Carolyn DiFrancesco Misha Djuric Elizabeth Donabedian Michael Donaghue Gretchen Dow Simpson and James Baird
Kelley Dyer Anne Earle Judi Eicher Charles Eil and Adele Geffen Mary Catherine Epatko Sandra and Peter Evangelista (In memory of Lucia Rao) Kirsten Evans Tom Evans Violette Falk Bruce Fisher-Messier Roberta Fitzgerald Ray and Phoebe Fogarty Mary Lee and George Foley Kendra Frank Celine Fugere Greer Gagnier Heidi Gagnon Adam Gagnon The Galipeau Family Michael Gallogly Elizabeth and Maribeth Garofalo Nancy Gaucher Thomas Michael Genese Louis Giancola Dylan Giles Google Joe Gorgi Susan Greenhalgh Collin Grubaugh Michele Gutlove David Halko Ernest and Suzanne Hardy Barbara Harris
$1 - $249 (continued) Stephen and Carol Harvey Ann and Shawn Harwood Linda Hennessey Cathy Higgins Amy Hill Jeff Hoover Hope Houston P. William Hutchinson Joe and Anna Ilacqua Madeline Issa Allison Johnston Jane Johnston Melvin and Karen Jolly Anja Josuweit Harriet Kazarian Ellen Kellner Sauliius Kerikas Reina Kiefer Lisa Klinkman Susan Korte Norman Krasner Marilyn and Robert Kraus Pierre LaForce Lisa LaFort Neil Lafrance Roy Lauth Patricia Lawlor Hyun Pyo Lee Francois and Fran Lemire Jason Leong Joy Lima Dennis Littky Margaret Lo Shanon Ludden James and Kathleen Lynch Jessica MacLeod Terrance and Dorothy Martiesian John Mathius Celia and John McGillivray Susan and Peter McCalmont Leslie McCarthy Karen and Thomas McCluskie Mary and Warren McGoldrick Linda McGoldrick Patt Mello William and Ingrid Mercer Debra Meunier Michael Meyers Joyce Michel
Sarah Miller Helen and Michael Minetti Janice Minuto Greg and Marisa Mize Thomas Moakley Chip Molten Maria Montanaro Daniel and Nancy Moore Alicia Morgan Cameron Morgan Sharon Moyan Daniel Mun Gregory Mundy Robert and Kathleen Murphy Judith Nelson Jordan Nelson Dara Nicole Myrese Nochomowitz Geoff and Cynthia Nuanes Dee Dee and John Nuanes Emily Nunes Amy Nunes Denis and Paula O'Brien Barbara O'Connell Jennifer O'Donnell Elizabeth O'Flaherty Louis Oppenheimer Claudette Ospina Karen and Reed Ostiguy John and Sandra Owens Calvin Oyer Gail A. Parente Michal Parsley Raj Patel Wayne and Debbie Peacock Patricia and Gary Petersen Kevin and Pat Pettit Jessie Pettit and Joshua Malo Suzanne and Barbara Pezzulli Alissa Picard Ellen Piccerelli Joan and Anthony Pierpaoli Donna Pilkington Diane Pizetoski Rebecca and Barry Preston Joe Rainey Scott Redfield Caroline Reed and Daniel Lederer Patricia and Robert Reidy
Madeline and Jim Reilly Barbara Rhian Donna and John Ricci Tegan Rich Heidi Rich Marlem Roalva Judy and Arthur Robbins Thomas and Carole Roberts Barry Robillard John and Georgeanne Roe Tom Root Gwynn Root Mike Russo Dan and Jane Ryan Richard Saltzman Kenneth Satten and Joyce Farling Andrew Schirmer and Susan Devine Christopher Schmid Helen Scott Gloria Vera Shafaee Moghadam Ruby Shalansky Martha Sherman Laurie and Steven Sherman and Michaud Stephanie Silva Beth and Joshua Smith Family Mary Sorice Lisa St. Pierre Ellyn Stevenson Julie Strandberg Vivian Sung Mackenzie Sutter Grace Tagliabue Maureen Taylor Joseph and Rosalyn Thomas Paula Toland Janet Tuffy Judith Ullucci Chiara and Peter Van Erp Jeannine Vaughn Lorraine Vekens Gary and Mimi Venable Tim and Meredith Walsh Colin Ward Missy Wong Melissa Wong Daniel and Kathy Zachem
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Âť In-Kind Donors Advanced Production & Design Alan Pickart The Allied Group Tom Aquino Arrow Salon Azamat Asangul Aunt Tatty's Barrington Books Mindaugas Bauzys Freda Bromberg Colleen Cavanaugh Jeffrey and April Chase Lubitz Chelo's Jaime DeRocker Misha Djuric Alison and Larry Eichler Kirsten Evans Jenay Evans Flipp Salon Gail Higgins Fogarty
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Friends of Festival Ballet Jan Gendron Dylan Giles Gracie's Erica Guatieri Jasper Just Like Nana's Luminous Salon Justin Lutes Mary Ann Mayer Lisa McGuirk Mesa Fresca Monroe Dairy Jeanne Moore Cameron Morgan Jordan Nelson Thomas Nola Rion Olive del Mondo Marissa Parmenter Pasta Beach
Pastiche PPAC Providence Diamond Public Kitchen Vilia Putrius RGE RGE Salon RI Public Radio Laurine Ryan Perry Louis Sossa & Sossa Construction Stock Trinity Rep Twin Oaks Veterans Memorial Auditorium Waterfire Marie Weiss Melissa Wong Toots Zynsky
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Edward M. Fogarty New Works Fund In celebration of the life and legacy of our friend, advocate, and tireless leader, Festival Ballet Providence has established a memorial fund to honor Edward M. Fogarty. The fund honors Ed’s passion for creativity by supporting the development of new works of art and dance. contributors as of Aug. 31 2018
Joan and Richard Abrams Jane C. Ahearn Kerry Altman Mark and Carol Aultman Carol Barbero Christopher Belleau John and Patricia Biasuzzi Ann and Ray Blake Bobbi Blake and Cyd Slotoroff Susan Bowler and Charles Golembeske Jr. John and Judith Brott Ann and Bob Burke Alan Alberto and Davor Cakaric David and Majorie Calderara Beth and Vincent Cannon Jennifer Canole Stephen and Demetria Carr Carla Ciampanelli David Cicilline Gerald Cohen Thomas and Rosemary Coover Chris and Erica Corey Ranee and Stefan Csigay Paul and Juanita Cullen Irene Daniels and Amy Smith Ruth Davis Ellen DeCaltaldo Sheila Delaney Misha Djuric Michael Donaghue Michael and Nancy Donohue Anne Earle Judi Eicher Dr. Peter and Sandy Evangelista Dr. Paul and Maria Fadale Violette Falk Gail Higgins Fogarty Mary Lee and George Foley Marilyn H. Forest Heidi Gagnon Dylan Giles Merle and Stanley Goldstein VG and Diane Gooding
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Bob and Mimi Grant Ernest and Suzanne Hardy Stephen and Carol Harvey Ann and Shawn Harwood Cathy Higgins Laura and Jim Higgins Joe Hollingsworth and Donald Fowler Jana and Don Jagoe Jane Johnston Allison Johnston Anja Josuweit Harriet Kazarian John Kimball and Rosamond Fogarty Kehoe Paula and Rick Keogh Jennifer Kiddie Susan Korte Marilyn and Robert Kraus Dr. Peter Kriz Linda and Harold Kushner Lisa and Bill LaDew and Morris Pierre LaForce Patricia Lawlor Brooke and Eugene Lee Francois and Fran Lemire Mary Lovejoy James and Kathleen Lynch Patrice A. Lyons and Robert Kahn Duncan Maio and Kristen Westmoreland Terrance and Dorothy Martiesian Celia and John Mc Gillivray Thomas and Mary McAndrew Susan and Peter McCalmont Karen and Thomas McCluskie Mary and Warren McGoldrick Michael Meyers Helen and Michael Minetti Janice Minuto Greg and Marisa Mize Maria Montanaro Daniel and Nancy Moore Jeanne and Jose Moore and Medina
Sharon Moyan Robert and Kathleen Murphy Victoria and Wallace Murray Geoff and Cynthia Nuanes Dee Dee and John Nuanes Denis and Paula O'Brien Barbara O'Connell Jennifer O'Donnell Amy and Kevin Orth Dr. Brett Owens Tom Parrish Neil Pettit and Lauren Amoriggi Jessie Pettit and Joshua Malo Ellen Piccerelli Joan and Anthony Pierpaoli Donna Pilkington Kurt Raaflaub and Deborah Boedeker Joe Rainey Caroline Reed and Daniel Lederer Patricia and Robert Reidy Madeline and Jim Reilly Martin and Linda Reynolds Barbara Rhian Donna and John Ricci Judy and Arthur Robbins Thomas and Carole Roberts Gary Rubin Dan and Jane Ryan Richard Saltzman Kenneth Satten and Joyce Farling Santina Siena Stephanie Silva Brett Smiley and Jim DeRentis Larry Suffredin and Gloria Callaci Grace Tagliabue Sharon Tamposi Joseph and Rosalyn Thomas Chiara and Peter Van Erp Tim and Meredith Walsh Marie and Alan Weiss Don and Kitty Wineberg Daniel and Kathy Zachem
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» Company History Originally named Festival Ballet of Rhode Island (FBRI), the Company was founded in 1978 by two former Royal Winnipeg Ballet Principal Dancers, pima ballerina Christine Hennessey and her partner Winthrop Corey. The pair led the FBRI for almost twenty years, establishing it as a force in the New England dance community and one of the strongest regional companies in the country.
world premiere contemporary choreography with a newfound intimacy. Known as the "Up Close on Hope" series, these small venue programs became an immediate audience favorite. The Company now performs over 25 productions each season in the Black Box Theatre, which grows in technological advancement and pushes the boundaries of live performance each year.
As the Company grew, so too did its repertory. In the early years, Hennessey and Corey built upon their shared dream of bringing world-class dance to Rhode Island, attracting big names to stage ballets by eminent choreographers such as George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, and Arthur Mitchell (Mr. Mitchell and Ms. de Mille both personally came to set their ballets—Rhythmetron and Golden Age, respectively— on the young company). The FBRI Nutcracker quickly became a beloved tradition for the holiday season at the Providence Performing Arts Center as well as a welcomed spectacle in additional touring locations across New England.
Throughout its 41 year history, FBP has never lost sight of its roots, continuing to stage classical story ballets beloved the world over. Giselle, Don Quixote, Swan Lake, Esmeralda, and The Sleeping Beauty are among the classics that FBP has performed, in addition to many works by George Balanchine, Antony Tudor, Christopher Wheeldon, and a vast array of other neoclassical and contemporary choreographers.
Hennessey led the Festival Ballet until her untimely death in 1997. Hennessey’s daughter Elizabeth (a leading dancer in the company for many years) acted as Interim Artistic Director while the Board of Trustees searched for a replacement. In 1998, choreographer and dancer Mihailo "Misha" Djuric was selected to direct the Company. Djuric’s determined pursuit of artistic excellence and impish personality combined with his "tough love" approach to directing promised to boost FBRI to great heights. Djuric’s ambitious vision involved reaching broader audiences with an even more diverse repertory, mixing contemporary and classical choreography and incorporating an unprecedented number of emerging choreographers on the roster. One of Djuric's first initiatives was to bring the Festival Ballet School under the wing of the Company, establishing it as the top destination for professional ballet training in Rhode Island. The Festival Ballet School has continued to produce skilled dancers, many of whom have gone on to dance with ballet companies around the world, including Festival Ballet. In 2001, recognizing the tremendous role that the City of Providence plays in the artistic fabric of Rhode Island, the Company moved to the historic East Side of the capital city and officially changed its name to Festival Ballet Providence (FBP).
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In 2006, Festival Ballet received the honor of touring throughout Venezuela in the 1st Internacional Ballet del Siglio XXI Festival. In 2011, FBP was invited to perform in the Belgrade International Dance Festival, joining ballet companies from around the world (including Nederlands Dans Theater, Royal Ballet of Flanders, Royal Swedish Ballet, among others) for an event that was televised live throughout Europe. The monumental tour was sponsored by the United States Embassy. After the FBP performance in Belgrade (an all-Plotnikov program that included the world-premiere of Surrender), Djuric was awarded the "VIP Invites" Award from the Serbian Ministry of Culture, making him the first laureate to receive this prestigious honor recognizing outstanding Serbian artists working abroad. Advancing the legacy of the dedicated individuals who built its foundation with the generous backing of its supporters—corporate, foundational, public, and individual—Festival Ballet Providence proudly continues its mission: "To thrill and move our audience, dancers, choreographers, students, supporters, and staff, with art and discipline. We dance to enrich and inspire lives."
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That same year, FBP followed the lead of other regional dance companies around the world by constructing its own adaptable performance space, distinct in form and function from the expansive auditoriums that full-length ballets often require. The creation of a new "Black Box Theatre" in the East Side building allowed FBP to present mixed programs of
In 2003, Djuric discovered the young Viktor Plotnikov (then a principal dancer with Boston Ballet), an encounter that would later blossom into one of the most productive and artistically diverse relationships in the Company’s history. Plotnikov began choreographing for FBP that year, enrapturing the Rhode Island audience with his bold and quirky style. Plotnikov’s contemporary adaptation of Carmen as well as his captivating interpretations of Cinderella and The Widow's Broom earned him critical acclaim.
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